by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 23, 2011 | Guilty Pleasures
Despite the “Guilty Pleasures” theme, I actually make no apologies for my taste in movies. This goes double for my love of a little gem released in 1992 called SHINING THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH is a period flick featuring Melanie Griffith as a feisty, half-Jewish, U.S....
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 22, 2011 | Home Entertainment
ALL-STAR SUPERMAN (2010)Christina Hendricks, Matthew Gray Gubler, Linda Cardellini, Anthony LaPaglia, Alexis Denisof. Blu-ray/DVD/Digital copy $24.98(Warner)Fueled by hatred and jealousy, Lex Luthor masterminds an elaborate plot to kill the Man of Steel – and it...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 21, 2011 | Films
Word comes that Shane Black will be taking over the IRON MAN franchise. Black first gained attention as a screenwriter for LETHAL WEAPON 1 & 2. He later made his directorial debut with KISS KISS BANG BANG, which featured IRON MAN star Robert Downey Jr.In KKBB,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 21, 2011 | Comics, Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video MSRP: $24.98 Release date: February 22, 2011 Runtime: 75 minutes Rated: PG Starring the voices of James Denton, Christina Hendricks, Anthony LaPaglia Written by Dwayne McDuffie Based on the comics graphic novel by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 18, 2011 | Features, Films
Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Mordecai Richler (novel) Michael Konyves (screenplay)Starring: Paul Giamatti, Rosamnund Pike, Minnie Driver, Dustin Hoffman, Bruce GreenwoodI was a great fan of the novels of Mordecai Richler in the seventies and eighties. Set...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 17, 2011 | TV
Last Feb, NBC passed on a proposed U.S. version of the acclaimed British series PRIME SUSPECT. Word was that they were unable to secure a satisfactory lead.They are having another go at it and have signed Maria Bello (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, ER) to star.PRIME SUSPECT...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 16, 2011 | Features, Guilty Pleasures
Talk with me for even a little while and you won’t be surprised to learn I enjoy watching The Little Mermaid, The Princess Bride, and While You Were Sleeping, any time, any place, any day. These are great, upbeat, fun movies that I simply can’t walk past if they’re...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 15, 2011 | Home Entertainment
Acorn MediaRelease date: Feb 1st, 2011MSRP: $99.99As BLUE MURDER begins, we see the life of Jane Lewis undergo major changes. She arrives home to inform her husband of her promotion, to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector, only to find him in their bed with another...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 15, 2011 | Home Entertainment
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (Blu-ray) Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards $34.99 Extras: Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of All the President’s Men, Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire, Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat, Commentary...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 14, 2011 | Features
What makes Crimespree work is our readers. Without them, we’re kind lof like that guy walking by himself in New York talking to himself.So as a thank you, anyone subscribing to the magazine or renewing their subscription will get an extra copy if they do so...