by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 7, 2010 | Home Entertainment
CRONOS: The Criterion Collection (1993)Director: Guillermo del Toro; stars: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook DVD: $29.95 , Blu-ray: $39.95 Extras: Two audio commentaries, one featuring del Toro and the other producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 6, 2010 | Monday Movie Quotes
[Matt is looking at a plastic Santa Claus with his right hand raised] Matt Albie: What’s he doing? Cal Shanley: There are gonna be reindeer up in the balcony; he’s waving at them. Matt Albie: He’s giving the Nazi salute! Cal Shanley: Nah, he’s...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 6, 2010 | Home Entertainment
Fox Home Entertainment have announced that Robert Rodriguez’ MACHETE will be released, on BD and DVD, on January 11th, 2011.From director Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse, Sin City), and featuring an all-star cast including Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro and Jessica...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 4, 2010 | Home Entertainment
Acorn Media has announced they will be releasing BLUE MURDER: The Complete Collection on Feb 1, 2011.Caroline Quentin stars as Detective Chief Inspector of the Manchester Police force. Jane struggles to not just excell at her job, but also raise four children by...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 3, 2010 | Films
As most of you know, Victor Gischler is a hell of a writer. Nothing new there, but in the last year, Hollywood has come to realize that as well. At the time of this writing, Victor has four novels optioned as well as one original screenplay in development.Earlier this...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 2, 2010 | Home Entertainment
Over the next few weeks, we will offer up some gift suggestions for the Holidays. Today, we will look at some television sets:AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MARPLE THE GERALDINE McEWAN COLLECTION (Acorn Media) is something that works for the reader of traditional British...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 2, 2010 | Features
Bigger….Better…BACK! The Midwest’s ONLY readers’ and writers’ mystery, romantic suspense, thriller and dark fiction conference returns to Chicago Feb. 4-6, 2011 at the Intercontinental O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont. * Meet renowned...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 1, 2010 | Home Entertainment
Acorn Media has announced that DIRTY TRICKS will be released, on DVD, on January 4th, 2011.DT is based on the novel by the late Michael Dibdin and stars Michael Clune (DOC MARTIN, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) as Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school and a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 1, 2010 | Features, Guilty Pleasures
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls:Welcome to the first installment of GUILTY PLEASURES. Each Wednesday, one of our fellow members of the crime community will talk about a film they consider to be a guilty pleasure.We start things off with our Movie Maven Patti...
by Crimespree Magazine | Nov 29, 2010 | Monday Movie Quotes
Rumack (Leslie Nielsen): You’d better tell the Captain we’ve got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital. Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hargarty): A hospital? What is it? Rumack: It’s a big building with patients, but...