by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 27, 2012 | Features, TV
FRINGE fans can breath a sigh of relief, FOX has picked up FRINGE for a fifth and final 13-episode season. The announcement came from Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. “FRINGE is a remarkably creative series that has set the bar as...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 26, 2012 | Books
The Mystery Writers of America have announced the winners of the 2012 EDGAR Awards. Best Novel GONE by Mo Hayder (Atlantic Monthly Press) Best First Novel By An American Author BENT ROAD by Lori Roy (Dutton) Best Paperback Original THE COMPANY MAN by Robert Jackson...
by Kate (and Dan) | Apr 26, 2012 | Author Interviews, Comics
For this installment of Kate (and Dan) Read Comics, we are very lucky present an interview with industry veteran Phil Hester. With an exhaustive resume as both writer and artist, Phil has worked on titles ranging from creator owned projects like The Wretch and The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 25, 2012 | Awards, Books
Tonight, at the MWA’s Agents & Editors Party, THE MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD was presented to Sara J. Henry for LEARNING TO SWIM. The nominees are picked based on the following criteria: The protagonist is a very nice young woman, 27-38 or so, whose life is suddenly...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 25, 2012 | Films
The fine folks at Strategy PR has provided a couple of clips from the forthcoming FREAKY DEAKY. Charlie Matthua has brought Elmore Leonard’s fabulous novel to the big screen and it is looking Leonardriffic. First up is Woody Ricks (Crispen Glover) struggling...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 25, 2012 | Five Things
Is it me, or does music intrude on our lives all too much? Sure, it was cute when you were a kid, laying on your stomach on the floor next to your record player with your best friend, kicking your feet in the air in time to the latest Bobby Darin 45. But personally,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 24, 2012 | Books, Reviews
THE ROOK Daniel O’Malley Jan 11, 2012 Little, Brown and Co You wake up surrounded by dead bodies that are wearing surgical gloves. You’re soaking wet and you have no idea what just happened. What do you do? Where do you go? Who do you trust? What has happened to your...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 24, 2012 | Features
My first exposure to Casablanca came young, not through seeing the film itself, but through Kermit and Miss Piggy reenacting the final scene on an episode of The Muppet Show. Whether it was Woody Allen’s Play it Again Sam or Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal obsessing over...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 23, 2012 | Films
Shoreline has announced the purchase of the international rights of the Elmore Leonard based tale. A disgraced Detroit cop gets a shot at a comeback when a beautiful young actress needs help taking down a powerful movie producer. Extortion, treachery, and dynamite are...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 23, 2012 | Books, Comics
Chicks Dig Comics Mad Norwegian Press Pub date: April 10th, 2012 Presented by Mad Norwegian Press, CHICKS DIG COMICS is a collection of essays and interviews from the comic world meant as celebration of female fandom. It succeeds. For every one of us who’ve walked the...
