by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 28, 2012 | Comics, Home Entertainment
September 25th will see the release of THE AVENGERS in two forms: a Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack and a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. S.H.I.E.L.D operative Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Brown) brings together a team of superheroes to do battle...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 28, 2012 | Comics
So, June is Gay Pride Month. I wanted to take a look at homosexuality in comics. As we’ve seen, a lot has been happening with gay characters lately. It’s such a hot button topic politics-wise that we can see why the companies would want to get on the band-wagon. Some...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 28, 2012 | Films
By now, you should all know the dealio on this. Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Aaron Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Taylor Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry—raising some of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 27, 2012 | Films
This trailer gives us a much better feel for the film. It goes beyond the basic premise and shows the present (Jospeh Gordon-Levitt) and future (Bruce Willis) Joe talking in a dinner and working out what is happening. In Looper, time travel will be invented —...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 27, 2012 | Books, Reviews
HOLLOW CITY by Dan Wells Tor July 2012 I can’t remember the last time a book fucked with my head as much as Hollow City. I picked it out on a whim because I liked the synopsis. I had no idea what to expect and no preconceived notions about the author. I went in blind...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 27, 2012 | Comics
Anthony Bourdain/Joel Rose/LagndonFoss Publisher: Vertigo Publication date: July 3rd, 2012 If you spot this book in a comic store or book store it’s going to jump out at you. Respond to the desire to pick it up, turn a couple pages. Once you see a few of the interior...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 27, 2012 | Books, Five Things
1. The Illustrated Man – Ray Bradbury I discovered Ray Bradbury when I was about nine years old, living in a small town in Australia. From memory, the first I ever picked up was The Illustrated Man a collection of eighteen short stories that opens with two men sitting...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 26, 2012 | Films
Based on James Patterson’s CROSS, ALEX CROSS Opens on October 19 and stars Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns and Jean Reno. Crusading Detective/Psychologist ALEX CROSS (Tyler Perry) meets his match against the psychotic, mob hit man, MICHAEL...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 26, 2012 | Books
LADY, GO DIE! by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins Titan Books May 2012 Fans of classic pulp have been getting a special gift for the last few years. After Mickey Spillane’s passing in 2006, his close friend and fellow literary icon Max Allan Collins has been...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 26, 2012 | Films
Directed by Ridley Scott Written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof Starring Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Idris Elba Prometheus is a breaktakingly bad movie that uses terrific special effects to mask its deficits. I can’t...
