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...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 16, 2009 | Features
Craig reads great books
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 16, 2009 | Films
Last week, I mentioned that there were plans to put Remo Williams back on the big screen.Williams is the main character in the Destroyer novels. A series of over 150 books that was created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir.I thought I would check with Warren and see...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 16, 2009 | Books, News
These are great looking books and the first two they did last year were great fun to read. It’s really nice to see them back in print. Here’s the official release Academy Chicago Re-releases Next Two Titles in Charlie Chan Mystery Series AVAILABLE NOW:...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 16, 2009 | TV
This morning the nominations for the Emmy Awards were announced.Emmy nominations complete listOutstanding Drama SeriesBig Love • HBOBreaking Bad • AMCDamages • FX NetworksDexter • ShowtimeHouse • FOXLost • ABCMad Men • AMCOutstanding Comedy SeriesEntourage • HBOFamily...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 16, 2009 | Films
Here is the teaser for the upcoming PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF. The film is based on Rick Riordan’s massively successful young adult novel. I have to say it is always great to see somebody as talented as Rick get the praise (and coin)...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 15, 2009 | TV
Tonight, TNT debuts a new crime drama about a deep undercover police unit.DARK BLUE takes place in the underbelly of Los Angeles, where criminals roam free under the veil of night or hide in the shadows of daylight. Wandering in and out of this seedy underworld is...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 15, 2009 | TV
Tonight begins season two of LEVERAGE.Nate Ford reluctantly reassembles the team to pit the local Irish mob against a banker who is gaming a government bailout. If they survive, Nate has to deal with four thieves who’ve decided he needs them in his life, whether he...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 14, 2009 | TV
TNT looks to continue its string of popular female-centered dramas with HawthoRNe (Tuesdays, 9:00 PM Eastern), starring Jada Pinkett Smith as Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital. Christina Hawthorne seems aware of everything that goes on at the hospital...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jul 14, 2009 | Home Entertainment
12 (2007) Director: Nikita Mikhalkov; Stars: Sergei Makovetsky, Sergey Garmash, Apti Magamaev, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuriy Stoyanov $28.96 (Sony).”When a Chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his stepfather, it’s up to a room full of jurors divided...
