by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 21, 2006 | Events, Features
We’ve got about 5 weeks until it’s game time again. Mystery fans, writers and booksellers all gathered in one place to … well, to drink a lot, hang out, and share our love of mysteries. The panel assignments have gone out and the ladies in charge are...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 11, 2006 | Features
Apocalypse Now – The Complete Dossier $19.99 Extras: Commentary by Francis Ford Coppola, Watch Apocalypse Now with Francis Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando’s complete reading of T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men”, Lost “Monkey Sampan”...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 10, 2006 | Home Entertainment
Classic Peter Lorre playing a wonderful detective based on the books of JP Marquand. This was a real joy to watch. I have vague recollections of these movies from the days before cable television when the local independant station would run them on Saturday...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 10, 2006 | Features
I never watched this show when it was on network primetime. I didn’t see any reruns. I never really had any interest in it. Lawyers in a Tom Clancy setting, that’s what I thought. Jeremy asked if I would review the DVD set of season 1, I said sure, why...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 8, 2006 | Features
Brick Universal Studios Fans of hard-boiled literature and cinema MUST see Brick. This is a fantastic small film (made for $500K) that is refreshing in this day and age of exotic locals and huge explosions. Brendan, our hero, is a loner that sits on the edge of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 6, 2006 | Home Entertainment
Everybody was doing it. They all did it and then they talked about doing it. They really liked it. They tried to convince me to do it too. More and more I would hear about how great it was. I avoided it, I stayed away from the people talking about it. I knew I would...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 6, 2006 | Home Entertainment, Jon Thoughts
Everybody was doing it. They all did it and then they talked about doing it. They really liked it. They tried to convince me to do it too. More and more I would hear about how great it was. I avoided it, I stayed away from the people talking about it. I knew I would...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 4, 2006 | Features
Brick (2006) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Emilie de Ravin, Brian White. Meagan Good, Noah Segan, Matt O’Leary, Richard Roundtree. Noir mystery set in a Southern California high school. Extras: Commentary by cast and filmmakers,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 4, 2006 | Home Entertainment
The following is from an HBO press release: ACCLAIMED PEABODY-WINNING DRAMA SERIES THE WIRE KICKS OFF FOURTH SEASON SEPT. 10, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO The Peabody Award-winning drama series THE WIRE kicks off its 13-episode fourth season SUNDAY, SEPT. 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m....
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 3, 2006 | Features
almost every convention or conference has panels. That means that a small group of people sit down and map out a chart of times and panelists to plug into them. Add variables such as Author A won’t be in till Saturday, Author B won’t sit in the same room...
