by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 23, 2011 | Features
In a move that should surprise nobody, A&E announced they have ordered a third season of THE GLADES. At first, I was pretty critical of THE GLADES. It was cutesy and felt, to me, lazy. I never really felt they took advantage of the exotic locale and the scripts...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 23, 2011 | Features, TV
In a move that should surprise nobody, A&E announced they have ordered a third season of THE GLADES. At first, I was pretty critical of THE GLADES. It was cutesy and felt, to me, lazy. I never really felt they took advantage of the exotic locale and the scripts...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 20, 2011 | Comics
Before he was Mr. Marvel, Brian Michael Bendis was an independent writer. Creator of brilliant works such as “Torso,” “Goldfish,” and “Sam and Twitch.” He joined the Marvel stable and penned a little mature reader title called “Alias.” Jessica Jones stars as a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 19, 2011 | Features, Films
I hate musicals. I sometimes direct theatre and I’ve directed a couple musicals. I sincerely hate musicals. I have to admit that even the very few films like Von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark or Steve Martin’s Pennies from Heaven which transcend the genre have been a bit...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 18, 2011 | Features, Films
Nobody is willing to acknowledge it, but it appears that author John Burdett and Sony Pictures are working on a deal to bring Burdett’s Thai police officer Sonchai Jitpleecheep to the big screen. Burdett has written six novels overall, with four featuring...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 17, 2011 | Features, Home Entertainment
Fox Home Entertainment Release date: Jul 26, 2011 MSRP: $22.98 Based on a graphic novel by Italian comics creator Tiziano Sclavi (Which was collected and translated by Dark Horse Comics) Dylan Dog is best described as a supernatural PI story. I don’t think the movie...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 15, 2011 | Features, TV
This one shocks me not. Deadline is reporting that TNT has opted not to order a third season of MEMPHIS BEAT. MB stars Jason Lee as Dwight Hendricks, a smart Memphis cop whose love for his city helps him do his job. The show was often, in press releases, described as...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 15, 2011 | Films
By now, almost everyone has heard that there will be a fifth DIE HARD movie. The title is A Good Day To Die Hard…I am guessing the film will suck as much as that title. Let us be honest, did anyone actually enjoy DIE HARD IV? Worldwide, these films still do...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 15, 2011 | Books, News
Dennis Lehane rocks, I have thought that since we first met back in…well, it was a long f**kin’ time ago. Dennis was a rising crime writer about whom, big things were predicted. He has more hair and we both had fewer lines. Those predictions came true and much of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 14, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by George Clooney Written by Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon (based on his play Farragut North) Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright Wow! This has to be one of the...
