by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 9, 2012 | Comics, Reviews
You know what’s great? Those 70’s B-movies with buxom babes, blood and over the top violence. They’re the perfect kind of cheesecake kind of fun that you can laugh at and escape for 90 minutes. You know it’s bad but who cares? Every once in a while a B-movie comes...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 9, 2012 | Books
Another Love Is Murder is in the books and here are the winners of this year’s Lovey Awards: BEST FIRST NOVEL: BASIC BLACK by SCOTT DOORNBOSCH BEST TRADITIONAL: THE FINE ART OF MURDER by DONALD BAIN BEST PI/POLICE PROCEDURAL: THE TOWMAN’S DAUGHTERS: by DAVID...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 8, 2012 | Films
My first introduction to Jeremy Renner was on the odd, and under-rated, TV series THE UNUSUALS. While the show was quietly airing on ABC, THE HURT LOCKER was collecting rave reviews and critical praise and put Renner in the limelight. He is also Matt Damon’s...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 8, 2012 | Books
The latest issue of Crimespree is at the shippers as of Friday and will be showing up in mailboxes soon. Here’s whats inside the latest issue: From The Editor by Jon Jordan A look at some of our Favorites from 2011 Joe Finder interviewed by Judy Bobalik SPIRIT...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 8, 2012 | Films
The Nutty Professor – Jerry Lewis (1963) I first got to see The Nutty Professor as a toddler in Johannesburg in the sixties. South Africa had no television back then (the rabid Calvinists who formulated Apartheid liked to keep a tight lid on what their flock were...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 7, 2012 | Books
Q&A for Down & Out Books 1. How did the Wiley series come about? I never envisioned a series when I wrote the first book—in fact, I didn’t really envision it being published. I thought it would be bunch of pages about a father who had lost his way sitting on a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 7, 2012 | Books
Q&A for Down & Out Books 1. How did the Wiley series come about? I never envisioned a series when I wrote the first book—in fact, I didn’t really envision it being published. I thought it would be bunch of pages about a father who had lost his way sitting on a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 7, 2012 | Features, Films
Summit Entertainment has announced that ALEX CROSS (previously I, ALEX CROSS) will be released on October 24. The film features Tyler Perry as James Patterson’s iconic detective and is directed by Rob Cohen. The film is apparently based on a couple different...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 7, 2012 | Books
“Hey, wait a sec. This isn’t a comic review! And where’s the curvy redhead?! She’s the only reason we read your slop, anyway!” Yes, I’m sure these are the exact words coming out of your mouth at this moment. And to be honest, they’re all true. But for this review, I’m...
