by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 12, 2010 | Films
Production Weekly has reported that Stephen Sommers is eying Dean Koontz’ ODD THOMAS.“The dead don’t talk. I don’t know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 11, 2010 | Home Entertainment
One of the all-time great films is coming to Blu-ray: BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI will be released on BD on November 2nd, 2010. William Holden plays a G.I. that escapes from a POW camp, only to be “asked” to lead a squad of commandos back to take out a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 10, 2010 | Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video Release date: August 31, 2010 MSRP: $44.98 I have not regularly watched a sitcom for well over a decade. As I have gotten older, I simply find myself drawn to dramas. I don’t know that the sitcoms of today are worse than those I grew up with,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 9, 2010 | TV
On Wednesday, Turner Broadcasting announced that pilots have been ordered for four new dramas for TNT and TBS.For TNT:PERCEPTION (working title) – Executive producer Kenneth Biller (Star Trek: Voyager, Legend of the Seeker) and co-executive producer Mike Sussman (Star...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 9, 2010 | TV
From Entertainment Weekly:McG and Prison Break creator Paul T. Scheuring are developing I, PI – an hour-long drama about a private investigator who learned everything he knows about his chosen profession from favorite childhood shows like Magnum, P.I. and Simon &...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 8, 2010 | TV
ITV announced, last week, that they have commissioned several new crime dramas:INJUSTICE features James Purefoy as William Travers, a criminal barrister who is recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal system. The series...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 7, 2010 | Features
Fall has come and that means it is time for another Cork O’Connor novel by the award-winning William Kent Krueger.Kent launched VERMILION DRIFT, the tenth novel to feature Cork O’Connor, at Once Upon A Crime in Mpls.Some nights, Corcoran O’Connor...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 7, 2010 | Home Entertainment
This week has some nice releases, but I have to say that PRIME SUSPECT is a must have. If you are not familiar with the show, it is one of the best, if not the best, British police procedural series ever. Pick this up, you won’t regret it.CHUCK: The Complete...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 6, 2010 | Films, Monday Movie Quotes
For many, Eric Bogosian is simply the boss (or was the boss) on LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT.But in 1988, he adapted his play TALK RADIO for the big screen. Oliver Stone directed, and co-wrote, and Eric starred as Barry Champlain, a brutal radio show host that...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 4, 2010 | Home Entertainment
CBS/Paramount Home Entertainment Release date: August 24th, 2010 MSRP: $55.98 I have just rewatched all seven seasons of this show. I’ve been a fan from the beginning and even bought the season of JAG with the two parter that kicked NCIS off. And while I have enjoyed...
