by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 19, 2007 | Films
The Good German, based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Kanon, takes place in post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a former lover whose missing husband is the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 18, 2007 | Home Entertainment
The Illusionist Fox Home Entertainment Is anything I know to be true, real, or is any I know to be real, true? These are the questions that fuel the psychological engine of The Illusionist. Written and directed by Neil Burger, The Illusionist stars Edward Norton and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 17, 2007 | Films, TV
Somebody please tell me this is a cruel hoax.Garth Franklin, of Dark Horizons, is reporting that Teletext UK is reporting that writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber has not only completed his script for Magnum P.I., but has started casting.According to the story,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 17, 2007 | Films
Charlie Matthau, son of the late Walter Matthau, has purchased the rights to Elmore Leonard’s Freaky Deaky. FD has languished in Hollywood for over a decade, with the rights belonging to Quentin Tarantino and John Malkovich at various times. When the rights came back...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 16, 2007 | Films
Get Shorty Out of Sight Dead Again Heaven’s Prisoners Minority Report Hell of a resume, isn’t it? Scott Frank was the screenwriter behind all of those movies. Now he is making his directorial debut with The Lookout. Joseph Gordon-Levitt ( Brick, 3rd...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 15, 2007 | Films
Martin Scorsese appears to have picked up a new hobby: Collecting Awards.On Monday night, he won the Golden Globe for Best director. It was his second Globe in seven nominations.For those keeping count at home, here are some of the Best Director awards Mr. Scorsese...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 15, 2007 | Home Entertainment
Father Brown, Set 1 (1982) Two-disc set with seven episodes of the PBS Mystery! series based on the G.K. Chesterton clergyman-detective; $39.99. (Acorn Media).In Her Line of Fire (2006) Mariel Hemingway, David Keith, David Millbern, Jill Bennett. A tough but beautiful...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 14, 2007 | Features
In the past year, we have featured DVD/theatrical reviews and previews here on the Central Crime Zone.Now, we at Crimespree magazine are proud to announce the launch of Crimespree Cinema @ www.crimespreecinema.blogspot.com. Crimespree Cinema will feature the same...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 13, 2007 | Films, TV
The Hollywood Reporter and Variety are both reporting that The Weinstein Company has signed Award-winning author Michael Connelly (of Harry Bosch fame) and Terrill Lee Lankford to write the script for the big screen adaptation of The Equalizer.Michael is best known...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 13, 2007 | Features
Let me open this with a simple statement.I love Live Music.I love going to shows and I love watching them on DVD and I like listening to the live shows on the stereo.I don’t go to the live shows as much as I used to. What they charge for tickets is a part of...
