by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 6, 2011 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Anchor Bay Release date: Jan 25th. 2011MSRP: Blu-ray: $29.99, DVD: $19.98Everyone loves a KO. We may chatter about technique and appreciate a slick submission, but a jaw-dropping (or breaking) Knock out will bring the crowd to their feet every time. So it is no...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 4, 2011 | Features
Some serious news from Vince Flynn:In November, at the end of my last tour, I was diagnosed with Stage III metastatic prostate cancer. Just a few years ago, this diagnosis would have been a death sentence. Today, specialists are making great strides in the areas of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 4, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Derek CianfranceWritten by Derek Cianfrance, Carni Delavigne, Joey CurtisStarring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Ben Shenkman, John Doman, Mike VogelAn historian friend and his wife had quite different takes on this movie. Because it left out the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 3, 2011 | Home Entertainment
Acorn MediaRelease date: Feb 1, 2011MSRP: $49.99Owen McDonnell stars as Sergeant Jack Driscoll, a cop that has been sent from Dublin to the west coast of Ireland, the area from which he came. The position he is taking was held by his father before him. While he...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 2, 2011 | Films, Guilty Pleasures
I have to admit my Guilty Pleasure is Terry Gilliam movies, ones he directs and writes. My all-time favorite of his is essentially a heist movie, and thus is appropriate for this blog: Time Bandits (1981). I have a warm regard for the bumbling dwarves, who while...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 2, 2011 | Features
The mystery community lost another bookstore this week. The Mystery Bookstore in LA has shut it’s doors. I’m not exaggerating when I say people are mourning the loss.Indie stores are vital to the genre of crime fiction. It’s where new authors and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 1, 2011 | Films
This looks like a hell of a lot of fun. I will be there and hope you are too!Valentine’s Day Massacre Fundraiser event for the film “How to Jail” written by novelist Dennis Tafoya.Killing Joke Films and Brute Force Films present The Valentine’s Day Massacre Fundraiser...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 31, 2011 | Films
My, how things change.Last August, actor Idris Elba (aka Stringer Bell of THE WIRE, THE LOSERS) was slated to play Dr. Alex Cross, the bestselling creation of James Patterson, in a new film. David Twohy (PITCH BLACK, A PERFECT GETAWAY) was to write and direct.Now...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 31, 2011 | Monday Movie Quotes
The scene:Five college buddies are driving to Mexico. The car, belonging to Phil, runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere.Gardner comes up with an idea: They will use some steel cable (from a nearby fence) to hook the car up to the back of an oncoming train. Upon...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 31, 2011 | Comics
When I first read the Starman series is was really happy with the ending, but sad to see the end. James Robinson did such a great job with the series. He took a character from the 40’s which i only had a passing interest in, reading about Starman in...
