by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 16, 2009 | Comics
I have to say that I really enjoyed reading comics this year. There were tons of great books, both new and old. The same can be said of creators. Some people I’ve loved for years and a bunch of people that are new to me.Before I take off for the holidays I...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 15, 2009 | Features
Up As much as I’ve loved other animated features, this is the first onethat made me laugh, sob, and wish (and momentarily believe) that the chubbylittle cubscout was a real, live boy so I could adopt him. Extra points forbringing back the wonderful Ed...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 13, 2009 | Home Entertainment, TV
The folks behind (and on) DARK BLUE can breath a sigh of relief. TNT has ordered a ten episode second season of the gritty police drama.DB stars Dylan McDermott (looking as though his last good night’s sleep might have been during the Clinton years) as the head...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 13, 2009 | TV
Emmy winner Alfre Woodward has signed on for TNT’s DELTA BLUES. Woodward will be playing Dwight’s (Jason Lee) lieutenant. My impression is that there will be friction between the two. Alfre’s career is a long and impressive one. She has won the Emmy,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 13, 2009 | Features
This could be fun.Natalie Portman has signed on to play Elizabeth Bennet, everyone’s favorite Jane Austen heroine. Initially this is sounds pretty ho-hum except that this is Elizabeth Bennet the zombie slayer!Natalie is going to star in the film version of PRIDE...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 12, 2009 | Features
My Top Five of 2009 – Nothin’ but Noir EditionThe Friends of Eddie Coyle – Peter YatesThis year the ever-reliable Criterion Collection released the 1973 adaptation of the George V. Higgins classic The Friends of Eddie Coyle. DIrector Peter Yates of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 11, 2009 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
MVD Entertainment GroupRelease date: November 17th, 2009MSRP: DVD: $49.95, Blu-ray: $69.95Add Elvis Costello to the list of those that have their own talk show, but unlike most, Elvis seems to have something fresh to bring to the table.Broadcast on the Sundance...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 11, 2009 | Features
For over a year now I have been hearing doom and gloom. There have been layoffs, cutbacks and a lot of scrambling around. There is also a lot of time and energy spent trying to place blame on why sales may be down. The economy, Kindle, weather, plagues of locusts. US...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 10, 2009 | Features
In 2005, when I decided to create Cotton Malone in The Templar Legacy, I struggled with the challenge of predictability. Creating a fictional world and a cast of characters, fleshing them out over the course of many novels, came with the fear that readers will...
by Crimespree Magazine | Dec 10, 2009 | Features
I confess it has been four weeks and three days since my last blog. But the holidays begin this weekend in earnest and, so I wanted to take a moment and say thank you to all who have been a part of our lives. Those who know us and those who don’t.As a reader,...
