by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Authors (left to right) Andy Harp, David Morrell, James Rollins, Douglas Preston and Steve Berry take time out from their week-long USO tour to take a quick photo November 9, 2010. Whether writing about Special Forces soldiers (Rollins), Special Agents (Preston) or...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2013 | Films
Written and Directed by Sarah Polley Starring: the Polley family and friends After her films, AWAY FROM HER and TAKE THIS WALTZ, Sarah Polley shows up with a third film, a documentary where she turns the camera on her own family. Polley’s mother, an actress, died when...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 21, 2013 | Books
This week features are of my favorites! Crimespree magazine, in conjunction with Friday Reads Facebook page, is giving away copies of Bill Loehfelm’s THE DEVIL IN HER WAY and T. Jefferson Parker’s THE FAMOUS AND THE DEAD THE DEVIL IN HER WAY by Bill...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 20, 2013 | Comics
Here’s the thing about the term “Bargain Bin.” On one hand, it makes you think that what you get out of it is a leftover, all the good stuff is gone. But here, we use the term as “look what I found! Everyone else missed this! Buried treasure!” That was exactly my...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Kate (and Dan) | Jun 20, 2013 | Comics
ZOOM IN Dan is playing with his phone when Kate starts furiously flipping between the cover and inside of a graphic novel. D: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! You’re going to crease the cover!! K: ::looks up, goes back to flipping back and forth in the comic:: D: ::grabs book::...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 19, 2013 | Home Entertainment
September 10th sees the Criterion Collection release of THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carré, about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmuted by director Martin Ritt into a film every...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 19, 2013 | Books
Having recently returned from a six month secret mission, Tom Schreck presents part six of his ongoing series on writing and being a working author. In addition to being the author of five books, he is has written for a wide variety of publications including The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 19, 2013 | Author Interviews, Books
Antonio Hill took the time to answer a few questions for us. His first book is just coming out here in the US and it’s wonderful. Also one of my all time favorite book titles! THE SUMMER OF DEAD TOYS Jon: Antonio, I would like to start off by saying that the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 19, 2013 | Books, Five Things
FIVE BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY WRITING LIFE By Meg Gardiner 1. The Stand, Stephen King. When I was in college, and looking for a novel to read, a family friend said: Want something scary? Try this—an apocalyptic plague kills 99% of the people in the world… and then the...