by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 1, 2012 | Comics
BEFORE WATCHMEN DC Comics is doing a series of miniseries this summer and it will be under the banner “Before Watchmen”. So it’s official and fact, Watchmen prequels are coming. There has already been a LOT of crybaby behavior and whining about it. I think it’s crazy...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 1, 2012 | Features, Films
I Probably Shouldn’t Tell You This, But…. By Kathryn Casey My guilty pleasure? That’s a hard one. You see, I have a few. I won’t put reading in this category, since it never makes me feel guilty. With that exempt from the list, here are a few: Truly good dark...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 30, 2012 | Awards, Books
Left Coast Crime 2012, “Mining for Murder,” will be giving four awards at the 22nd annual LCC convention in Sacramento, California. The awards will be voted on at the convention and presented at a banquet on Saturday, March 31, at the Sheraton Grand Hotel. The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 29, 2012 | Books
This morning, The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library announced the nominees for the 2012 Minnesota Book Awards. Among the awards is Genre fiction and since that is our area of passion, I figured I would share them with ya! Genre Fiction, sponsored by Marvin...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 29, 2012 | Features, Films
Ok folks, if you have not already seen this elsewhere, this is your chance to see the first official image from Oliver Stones’ film version of SAVAGES. Based on Don Winslow’s killer novel, SAVAGES is about a pair of marijuana growers horticultural genius...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 27, 2012 | Features, Films
Written by Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, based on the novel by John LeCarre Directed by Tomas Alfredson Starring: Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch I don’t have the head for movies or books about money. And I...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 26, 2012 | Books
On NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Walter Mosley announced that he will be writing another Easy Rawlins. The book, entitled LITTLE GREEN, will come out in 2013. Rawlins debuted in 1990 in Mosley’s acclaimed debut novel, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS and appeared in nine...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 26, 2012 | Comics
Best Comics You’ve Never Heard Of: JSA: the Liberty Files We all know who the Justice League is. The biggest and best heroes in the DC universe bound together to ward off evil. However, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of their predecessors, the Justice...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 25, 2012 | Features, Films
You want a guilty pleasure? I’ll give you a guilty pleasure. I’ll give you a pleasure so guilty you could blackmail me with it. A pleasure so guilty it ought to get the electric chair. If you know me and have any respect for me, prepare yourself. Your image of me as a...
