by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 14, 2011 | Films
It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.The Blues Brothers is one of my all time favorite movies. I saw it in the theater when it first came out and I’ve...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 12, 2011 | Features
So, the state of Wisconsin is reading like a Ferrigno novel. That’s my tie-in to mystery. Those of us who read in this genre are looking upon what’s happening in WI with a certain sense of awe. How do two branches of government ignore the Constitution and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 11, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Jan Hrebyk Written by Petr Jarchovsky Starring Lenka Vlasakova, Milan Milulcik, Martin Huba, Anonin Kratochvil This is the third film from Jan Hrebyk, a Czech director, which I have been fortunate enough to see. And for me, it is truly his best. It has...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 10, 2011 | TV
From the press release:TNT has unveiled its summer schedule, including the Monday, July 11, return of basic cable’s top two series of all time: The Closer, starring 2010 Emmy® winner Kyra Sedgwick, and Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon (Law & Order) and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 9, 2011 | Books
Ah, the calendar says it’s less than a week until Ian Rankin hit’s the U.S. with his American tour for THE COMPLAINTS. First stop, Cambridge. For other tour stops see the Hachette Group author tour site.He’ll be in my home town of Milwaukee on March...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 9, 2011 | Features, Guilty Pleasures
GUILTY PLEASURES: PIRATE EDITION I know for a fact that some friends of mine would consider me a film snob. I went to film school, I have migrated to TV but still work in “the biz”. In high school I already owned my own copies of Fellini films and had ingested...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 9, 2011 | Features
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 6, 2011 | Features
Last May I had a bit of fun with CrimespreeJon and announced to the world on twitter he had just purchased his first cell phone. Replies came in that went rather like this, “Next thing you know he’ll set up the indoor plumbing” So, with head hung low...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 4, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Jaume Collett SerraWritten by Oliver Butcher and Stephen CornwellStarring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Bruno Ganz, Aidan Quinn, Frank LangellaFebruary, 2011There comes a point in a thriller when you notice that the movie is either working for...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 3, 2011 | TV
Today, USA network announced that Mark Harmon (NCIS) will play John Sandford creation Lucas Davenport in PREY, a telefilm based on Sandford’s CERTAIN PREY. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – March 03, 2011 – USA Network has acquired the rights to develop a two-hour movie...
