by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 20, 2011 | Films, Guilty Pleasures
Guilty isn’t really a word I much associate with the movies. (Music is another story. I have CDs of artists I liked when I was an adolescent that I don’t even let my wife know about.) Maybe porn would have qualified once, but even that doesn’t...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 19, 2011 | Books
New York Times bestselling author [and scriptwriter for Law & Order], Peter Blauner, has written six critically-acclaimed novels including Slipping Into Darkness and The Last Good Day. Here, Peter shares the back-story behind his first novel, the Edgar...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 18, 2011 | TV
Michael Mann (HEAT, THE INSIDER) and David Milch (NYPD BLUE, DEADWOOD) are teaming with HBO for a new series based in the world of Horse Racing. LUCK stars Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz, Kevin Dunn, Richard Kind, Jason Gedrick, Ritchie Coster, Ian Hart,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 15, 2011 | Features, Films
Written and Directed by Tom McCarthyStarring; Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Carnavale, Alex Shaffer, Jeffrey Tambor, Burt Young, Melanie LynskeyI saw this movie at my local art house, elbowed in between two foreign language films. This seemed strange to me because...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 13, 2011 | Features
To say I know Barry Bonds would be perhaps, an exaggeration. To say he was stand up when we were in proximity to one another is not. As a young woman in my twenties I took the trek to work the Cactus League in Arizona, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 13, 2011 | Films
If the screenplay for DOUBLE EXPOSURE falls flat, Michael Lister will have no one to blame but himself.As part of the deal for his novel, Michael has agreed to co-write the screenplay with director/producer Jason Hreno.Hreno is a trilingual (English, French and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 11, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Brad FurmanWritten by John Romano, based on the novel by Michael ConnellyStarring: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, Frances, Fisher, Bryan Cranston, William H. MacyGood cast right? I don’t usually...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 10, 2011 | Books
oI first met Marcus Sakey about a year before his book came out. I liked him right off. Months later we got an advance copy of his first book, THE BLADE ITSELF to review. I was a little nervous. What if I didn’t like it? I like Marcus, what would I say?...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 8, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga Written by Moira Buffini, based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte Starring: Mia Wasikowski, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Sally Hawkins, Judi Dench Release date: March 11, 2011 This is my favorite version of JANE EYRE. I might as well...
by Crimespree Magazine | Apr 6, 2011 | Films, Guilty Pleasures
Once I started to ponder this undertaking, I found myself torn between a number of films. I could pick a film that is actually pretty good, but the content is a tad embarrassing for me to admit to liking. I could pick a turkey of a film that is the sort of oddball...
