by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 14, 2010 | Features, Films
Brit Noir at The Heights Theater The Twin Cities have been hurting for some good old-fashioned revival shit for a while now. When I was in middle and high school (this is way back in the late nineties/early 00’s, mind you), the Oak Street Cinema was the greatest...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 14, 2010 | Features, Films
I first met Michael at the 2009 Bouchercon in Indy. I knew he was a talented writer, but quickly came to see he was a very cool guy whose passion and knowledge of films reminded me of my own. I asked him to share some of that passion for Crimespree Cinema for this day...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 13, 2010 | Films
Might the film of James Sallis’ novella DRIVE actually get made? A comment by what appears to be the new director suggests it might be happening. Empire has Nicolas Winding Refn (PUSHER trilogy, BRONSON, VALHALLA RISING) making the following comment:...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 12, 2010 | TV
THR is reporting that Kate Winslet will star in an HBO miniseries of James M Cain’s MILDRED PIERCE.Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 11, 2010 | Home Entertainment
Acorn Media will release series two of MURPHY’S LAW on April 27th. A maverick Irish cop takes on the London crime world. James Nesbitt (Cold Feet, Match Point) returns as undercover cop Tommy Murphy in this action-packed crime drama. In Series 2, the stakes are...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 11, 2010 | News, TV
Last month, I mentioned that CBS was moving forward with their plans for a new HAWAII FIVE-O series. At the time, there was little in the way of actual news. No timetable or cast. Now the cast is starting to come together. Alex O’Loughlin (MOONLIGHT, THREE...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 11, 2010 | Films
Variety is reporting that Dennis Lehane will be adapting his own story Animal Rescue for Fox. Animal Rescue appeared in the excellent anthology BOSTON NOIR. The story features Bob Saginowki, a part-time bartender whose life gets more than a little crazy when he...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 11, 2010 | TV
FX has posted several Behind the scenes of JUSTIFIED segments to prepare us for the series debut on March 16th at 10 pm EST. Based on the Elmore Leonard story Fire in the Hole, Justified features Timothy Olyphant (DEADWOOD, DAMAGES) as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 9, 2010 | TV
The fine folks at FX have made public some new characer photos for the upcoming series JUSTIFIED. 1. Nick Searcy (CAST AWAY, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON) as the Chief Deputy of the Lexington U.S. Marshall Service office Art Mullen. Based on the Elmore Leonard story...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 9, 2010 | Films
Sorry folks, I just don’t see it. Variety is reporting that Katherine Heigl (TV’s GREY’S ANATOMY, KNOCKED UP) is on board to play Stephanie Plum in the film version of Janet Evanovich’s ONE FOR THE MONEY. “Stephanie Plum, an unemployed...
