by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 26, 2007 | TV
Paramount Home Entertainment In my on going quest for entertainment on DVD I purchased Criminal Minds. I hadn’t seen it on network television because I just don’t watch TV anymore. What drew me to this particular series was the FBI profiler aspect and two...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 25, 2007 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
MGM/Fox Home Entertainment“Baby, if you’ve ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me. I’m living on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati WKRP.”In the interests of full disclosure, I must confess that I am a HYOOOGE fan of WKRP in Cincinnati.Set in the late 70s, WKRP...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 25, 2007 | Films
In the last year, there has been a lot of talk that Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State) would be playing a young Fletch in Fletch Won, a new film based on the works of Gregory Mcdonald.The wisecracking reporter first came to the big screen, played by Chevy Chase, in...
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...
