by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 29, 2009 | TV
Things are looking up for CHUCK.The show was on the bubble last season, with a heavy push by fans and cast alike helping win Chuck another season.Now NBC has announced they are extended this seasons order by six episodes to bring the season total to nineteen.
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 28, 2009 | Features, Films
Written and Directed by Jane CampionStarring: Abby Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fix, Paul SchneiderReleased: US, September, 2009Running Time: 119 minutesI will confess to seeing this film on a night when the Detroit Tigers faced elimination in post-season playoff...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 28, 2009 | Home Entertainment, TV
Warner Home Video Release date: October 20th, 2009 MSRP: $29.98 Contents: Play It Again, Charlie Brown, You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, There’s No Time For Love, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It’s A Mystery, Charlie Brown,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 28, 2009 | Films
I know many of you are frustrated that SHUTTER ISLAND was pushed back to Feb of 2010, but here is the third trailer for Scorsese’s take on the Dennis Lehane novel.The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule, have come to Shutter...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 27, 2009 | TV
Last spring, I mentioned several new projects that were under consideratin at TNT, most of which were crime-related.Now THR has posted that TNT has ok’d a pilot for DELTA BLUES. George Clooney is exec producer of this series about a Memphis cop that moonlights...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 26, 2009 | Films, Reviews
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin Directed by Ruben Fleisher Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick Release Date: October 2, 2009 Running time 80 minutes Last week I wrote that my enjoyment of BRIGHT STAR was compromised by my...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 26, 2009 | Films
Back in March, word came out that Joel and Ethan Coen were going to remake TRUE GRIT. But rather than follow directly in the footsteps of The Duke, the plan is to revisit the source novel by Charles Portis and stay closer to that, instead of the John Wayne film.Now,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 26, 2009 | Films
We are now less than two months away from the release of Guy Ritchie’s take on one of biggest mystery icons of all time: Sherlock Holmes. For anyone that has been living under a rock, Robert Downey Jr. will be playing the sleuth, with Jude Law as Dr. Watson....
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 26, 2009 | Home Entertainment, TV
Acorn Media release date: September 29, 2009 MSRP: $149.99 I have always meant to watch FOYLE’s WAR, really I have. For a couple of previous releases, I had every intention of doing reviews, but always got distracted by something shiny. So when Acorn Media sent...
by Crimespree Magazine | Oct 26, 2009 | Films
Since reporting Vince Flynn’s film/book deal with CBS/Simon & Schuster, I have been asked, almost daily, for news on the film front.Who will be playing Mitch?Who is directing?When is it being made?Well, I don’t really have answers to those questions,...
