by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 24, 2006 | Home Entertainment
The end of March does not have much to offer the crime buff, so let me take a moment to preview April. April will bring us Syriana, special editions The Dirty Dozen, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Mission Impossible and Crash, seasons of Magnum P.I., Knight Rider...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 24, 2006 | Home Entertainment
Inside Man really isn’t anything we have not seen before: a caper flick that tries to keep its viewers guessing until the very end. Sound familiar? It should because it has been done a million times. But Inside Man has some things going for it that the others...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 23, 2006 | Features
I did an google image search for dumb books. I got this: Dumb Books A review of Stuart Woods Then I foud this which lead to this on a search for stupid books Bad books gave me the crew from Black Books, the wonderful sitcom Nothing much I agreed with under great...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 23, 2006 | Features
We got #11 into the mail last week and while this might be cause to celebrate, we already have our next deadline upon us this weekend. Books still coming in with the hope of being reviewed for that issue. #12 is going to have the one and only Val McDermid on the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 22, 2006 | Books, Reviews
Sometimes I don’t go to sleep. It makes my wife a little worried. But I need to be up. I have things to do. Things important and deep. And I refuse to feel hurried. And really, I’m just not tired I’m not. And sometimes I stay up because I need to...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 18, 2006 | Features
V for Vendetta: Good acting, good action and just plain good. Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, Vendetta is set in a not too distant future in which England has become a fascist state. A shadowy figure, known only as V, wages war on the government with...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 18, 2006 | Features, Home Entertainment
A History of Violence New Line Cinema Release date: March 14, 2006 I have never been a big fan of David Cronenberg; too much of his work is a little too… offbeat for my taste. Another way to put it is that his work can be just plain weird. Having said that, I was a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 17, 2006 | Home Entertainment
There is an overlooked gem (The Dying Gaul) and one of the best films of all time (Stalag 17) coming out on the 21st. Add to that Capote’s release and I think a trip to the store is in order. Jeremy Lynch DVD releases for March 21st Capote (2005) Dir.: Bennett Miller;...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 15, 2006 | Features
It’s in the mail as of this morning. Our mailing service tells me 7 to 10 days. Unless you are in Canada, then they get there really quick… And Welcome to our new Japanese subscribers! Three this month. What’s in Issue # 11? From the Editor by Ruth Jordan...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 14, 2006 | Books, Events
In case you haven’t heard the new Robert Crais book, THE TWO MINUTE RULE is amazing. Mr. Crais is on tour with it and was in Milwaukee tonight. After an interview with the main man Ruth and I went to two, not one, TWO signings. Great fun with a great guy. He...
