by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 25, 2014 | CrimespreeTV
Major Crimes is one of the most popular crime drama shows on television, portraying a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes. It has taken the already rich and developed characters of The Closer and endowed them...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 25, 2014 | Home Entertainment
The most notable release for this week is THE EXPENDABLES 3, the third film in the action series. The cast keeps getting bigger, but the box offices smaller. Kino Lorber is presenting a pair of Robert Altman films from the early 1970s, including his take on Raymond...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 23, 2014 | Awards
Our good friend Judy was awarded The David Thompson Award at Bouchercon. She was more than a bit surprised, and as a result didn’t have anything prepared. As these things go, she came up with something great after the fact. I thought we’d let her share it...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 21, 2014 | Films
BIRDMAN Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Written b y Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Nicholas Giacabone, Armando Bo Starring: Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Amy Ryan, Zach Galifianakes I guess it’s no secret that Michael Keaton has...
by Kate (and Dan) | Nov 20, 2014 | Comics
::Dan is sitting at the kitchen table with a laptop computer open in front of him. He is wildly tapping at the keyboard and muttering under his breath. :: K: Take it easy on the new laptop, Ace. We just got that and let’s try not to break it in the first 24 hours. We...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 19, 2014 | Home Entertainment
BBC America has announced that Idris Elba’s troubled, but brilliant DCI John Luther will be returning in late 2015. LUTHER’s return will consist of 2 sixty minute episodes, with filming taking place in March. Golden Globe®-winner Idris Elba stars in the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 19, 2014 | Books
BROKEN TRUST Shannon Baker 2014 Midnight Ink The title is a double entendre as the heroine, Nora Abbott, works for an environmental non-profit Trust. Actually, she’s just started the job, left vacant when the former finance director was murdered by a few shots in the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 18, 2014 | Features
Few things are as demeaning to a modern day law enforcement officer than being called a “Wyatt Earp.” Depending upon the circumstances, the officer will laugh it off, or be a bit insulted. This is not news – it has long been a rib tickler thing for cops – but of...