by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 21, 2009 | DVD/Blu Ray Review
Shout! FactoryMSRP: $34.99DVD release date: July 28, 2009Stars: Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, Brit Morgan, Mary Pat Gleason, Jake SmollettTemping as a receptionist at A.N.D. Laboratories, 22-year-old art school grad Wendy Watson (Natalie Morales) is witness when a...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 20, 2009 | Features
Warner has announced they will be releasing a 50th anniversary edition of the Alfred Hitchcock classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, on DVD and Blu-ray, on Nov 3rd, 2009.Cary Grant (as the ultimate man-on-the-run in his fourth Hitchcock teaming) gives a superlative performance...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 19, 2009 | Features
It’s a time to reflect for me. Walter Cronkite is no longer with us. And yet for two and a half generations of us he will always be there. He was there for my grandparents. He was there for my parents & he is most definitely there for me. While others talk about...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 19, 2009 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentRelease date: June 16th, 2009MSRP: $38.96Theatrical release date: Jan 29. 1964Director: Stanley KubrickWriters: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George (Screenplay), Peter George (book: Red Alert)Stars: Peter Sellers, George C....
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 19, 2009 | Films
Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentRelease date: July 21st, 2009MSRP: $38.96Director: Alan ParkerWriter: Oliver StoneStars: Brad Davis, Bo Hopkins, Randy Quaid, John HurtTheatrical release date: October 6th, 1978Midnight Express is a damn impressive, and powerful, film...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 18, 2009 | TV
Shout! FactoryRelease date: July 7th, 2009MSRP: $59.99Stars: Joel Hodgson, Mike Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin MurphyGather round kiddies, it is time for another collection of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. The fine folks are Shout! Factory present the fifteenth (or XV...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 18, 2009 | Features
In order of where they sit in the pile:Green Lantern: Rage of the Red LanternsDC ComicsI’m really enjoying the build up to Blackest Night and this latest chapter does a great job of filling us in on some of the various other ring holders out there besides the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 17, 2009 | Films
When BLITZ lands in theaters next year, eagle-eyed mystery fans might notice a familiar face: that of author Ken Bruen.Mr. Bruen will have a bit part as a priest. While I initally cracked up at the thought of this, I have to say I can totally envision him in the white...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 17, 2009 | Films
Stephen Graham (Gangs of New York, Snatch) is joining Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley in the film version of Ken Bruen’s LONDON BOULEVARD.Graham, who can currently be seen as Baby Face Nelson in PUBLIC ENEMIES, will be playing the main cop in the film.LB is...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 17, 2009 | Films
Once upon a time, not long after starting Crimespree Cinema, I wrote about Charlie Matthau’s intent on bringing Elmore Leonard’s FREAKY DEAKY to the big screen.This was in January of 2007. Charlie wrote the screenplay himself, a script that Elmore Leonard...
