by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 25, 2007 | Features
The Aura IFC Films The Aura, written and directed by Fabian Bielinsky is a crime film which makes obvious Bielinsky’s love for noir and caper films. Esteban Espinosa played by Ricardo Darin is a rather strange man. A taxidermist with a habit of being precise and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 24, 2007 | Features
It’s Tuesday night at Casa Jordan. It’s mystery week around the globe. The Edgars are here. As I type this little piece everyone who’s anyone is sipping beverages with Bonnie and Joe at Black Orchid. And Thursday the envelopes will be opened. My...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 24, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Kidnapped, like the famous Monty Python Parrot, is deceased and I fear no amount of tub-thumping can bring it back. But tub-thump I shall, because…well, I’m not very smart. I am however smart enough to get in out of the rain and to recognize good stuff...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 24, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Just want to start by giving everyone a heads up. There are several new titles in the DVD Calendar, including The Prisoner (season one, vol one), JAG (Season Four) and Dexter (season one) just to name a few. Columbo: Mystery Movie Collection (1989) $26.98 Three-disc...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 23, 2007 | Features
You might want to take a look at this and sign the petition of protest below. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has axed the position of book editor and will largely rely on wire services for their book reviews. This seems like a first stage step toward the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 22, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Idi Amin Dada was, from 1971 to 1979, the President of Uganda. President is a little misleading, as Amin came to power via a military coup. His reign is famous for it’s brutality. An estimated 300,000 to 500,000 were put to death under his rule.In the Last King...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 21, 2007 | Films
Legendary musician Levon Helm will play confederate General John Bell Hood in the big screen adaptation of James Lee Burke’s In the Electric Mist (with the Confederate). Helm is best known as a member of the Rock n Roll Hall of Famers The Band.As was previously...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 19, 2007 | Films
For me, one of the most eagarly awaited films this year is Gone Baby Gone. I am a huge of Dennis Lehane (author of the awesome book of the same name) and have been anticipating this film for quite some time. Hoping and praying that director Ben Affleck does the novel...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 19, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The plan was to sit in front of the TV and veg out with a no-brainer, pure junk movie. If the aliens had flown over scanning for intelligent life, they wouldn’t have stopped at my house. That’s what I wanted....
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 18, 2007 | Films
Variety is reporting that Christopher Columbus, producer of the Harry Potter films and director of the first two, will be directing and producing the bring screen version of Rick Riordon’s The Lightning Thief.The Lightning Thief is the first of a five book...
