by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 13, 2011 | Books
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. Pub date: April 2011 MSRP: $24.95 I spotted this on the shelf in the true crime section of Barnes and Noble. The cover nailed me. A wraparound photograph of two tattooed hands pressed over a man’s face with his eyes barely showing....
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 11, 2011 | Books
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Pub date: July 2011 MSRP: $26.95 I’d like to suggest an alternate title for this book. I’m thinking of something along the lines of Whiskey Tango Hell (“whiskey tango” is phonetics for white trash, hell should be self explanatory)....
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 10, 2011 | Features, Home Entertainment
Release date: August 2, 2011 Shout Factory MSRP: $14.93 Starring the voices of Tom Kenny, David Boat, Steve Blum, Travis Willingham, Charles Adler, Alimi Ballard, Tara Strong. Runtime: 150 minutes Based on a line of Hasbro action figures, The Super Hero Squad Show is...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 10, 2011 | Features, Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Release date: Aug 16, 2011 MSRP: $35.99 Upon watching PRIEST, I got the impression that this might have been based on a video game. Truth be told, I kind of got the impression that I might have been watching a video game. Scott Stewart...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 9, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Rupert Wyatt Written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton Never be fooled by an overly exultant review by a critic you know to be untrustworthy. I went against my instincts to Rise of the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 8, 2011 | Features, Home Entertainment
Fox Home Entertainment Release date: Aug 23, 2011 MSRP: $19.95 Stars: Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin, Michael Nouri, Scott Paulin, Kim Gillingham. Written by Stephen Tolkin and Lawrence J. Block, based on characters created by Joe Simon and Jack...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 7, 2011 | Features, Films
The reason second chances are so riveting in the movies isn’t that they offer hope. Hope doesn’t work in the audience’s viscera. Redemption doesn’t, either. They’re operations of the spirit; they don’t inhabit the digestive tract. A second chance is the frightening...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 6, 2011 | Books
By now, many of you may have heard: Former FBI agent turned author Paul Lindsay passed away last Thursday. Tickle The Wire (a Law Enforcement site) reported it was due to complications from pneumonia. Paul wrote seven novels under his own name and two more under the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 5, 2011 | Features, Home Entertainment
MGM/Fox Home Entertainment Release date: August 2, 2011 MSRP: $16.99 Once upon a time, there was a legendary Japanese filmmaker named Akira Kurosawa. He made many great films, including one called Seven Samurai. Hollywood looked to the land of the Rising Sun, liked...
