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...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 29, 2011 | Films
Ok, this is not even remotely, crime related, but I am a fan of Whit Stillman and feel the need to mention this.This fall will see the debut of DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, a new film by Whit Stillman (LAST DAYS OF DISCO, DID is, according to The Playlist, about “a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 28, 2011 | Features, Films
Written and Directed by Mike Leigh Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Leslie Manville December, 2011 2hrs, 11 minutes If there ever was a film that succeeded on great acting, great dialogue and an original idea, Another Year is it. I don’t remember a finer...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 26, 2011 | Guilty Pleasures
Today, Victor Gischler steps up to admit to one of his dark pleasures. Seeing how Victor is one of the baddest, hard-boiledest dudes on the planet, one would think this will be the kind of thing that leaves us with nightmares for years. GUILTY PLEASURES: ABBA EDITION....
