by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 7, 2010 | Features
MGM/Fox Home EntertainmentRuntime: 116 minutesRelease date: February 2, 2010MSRP: $24.99Starring: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, and Dean Stockwell.Screenplay by Gerald Petievich and William Friedkin, based...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 6, 2010 | TV
Entertainment Weekly has reported that Fox has ordered a third season of FRINGE.Despite having a passionate fan base and delivering some seriously good television, the show has never brought in big numbers. It was seen as having a 50/50 chance at coming back.As a def...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 6, 2010 | Features
In the past, Bradley Hayward has offered up some DVD reviews for Crimespree Cinema. Well, I am pleased as punch to announce that he will be a regular contributor from here on out. Mr. Bradley is an accomplished playwright as well as a veritable movie/television guru....
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 6, 2010 | Features
Paramount Home Entertainment Release date: Feb 16th, 2010 MSRP: $36.98 Stars: William Conrad, Patrick Culliton, Tom Pittman, Charles Bateman, Donovan Jones The early seventies was a great time for television detectives, some better than others. The networks were run...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 5, 2010 | Films
Oliver Stone is looking to bring the characters of Don Winslow to the big screen. No, not THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE, which seemed a sure thing for the big screen when it came out, but SAVAGES.SAVAGES will be released in July and is described thusly:Two pals from...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 5, 2010 | Features
2010 Oscar Nominations for Best PictureThis is the first year in recent history that the Academy has nominated ten movies for Best Picture. I saw eight and a half of the ten Best Picture Nominations this year. And I saw eight at the theater. I did not see Blind Side...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 5, 2010 | News, TV
Book ’em Danno! Most of us (ok, most of us of a certain age) know that phrase, even if we did not regularly watch HAWAII FIVE-O. Now the new FIVE-O has it’s Danno: Scott Caan. Detective Danny “Danno” Williams A veteran cop from the Baltimore...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 4, 2010 | TV
We first reported this last November, but here is the official press release for the upcoming television adaptation of Mark Billingham’s SLEEPYHEAD. Sky1 today (Tuesday 2 March, 2010) announced the start of production on thorne: sleepyhead and the commission of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 4, 2010 | Features
Paramount Home EntertainmentRelease date: Feb 16th, 2010MSRP: $39.98Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Sandra de Bruin, Brendan Dillon, Bill ErwinOK, I’ll admit it. When this was on I made fun of the old guy solving crimes. But because of my mother’s love for crime...
by Crimespree Magazine | Mar 4, 2010 | Films
Variety is reporting that Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper will star in THE DARK FIELDS. The DARK FIELDS is based on the 2001 novel by Alan Glynn.Imagine a drug that makes your brain function with perfect efficiency, tapping into your most fundamental resources of...