by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 22, 2008 | Features
If you take away the historical impact of it, In the Heat of the Night is a classic crime film. But when you add the racial aspects, well it becomes one of the all time greats. When an important white gentleman is found dead, Deputy Ben Bubba (Warren Oates) is told,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 20, 2008 | Features
Michael Clayton is a tight legal thriller that is everything that most of the genre want to be: Suspenseful and smart, with a complex and rather clever screenplay. After seeing it, you won’t be able to settle for the likes of The Firm and Legal Eagles (Well. Nobody...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 18, 2008 | Features, Home Entertainment
Ironside is a show that evokes a few thoughts immediately. The piercing opening sounds of the theme song by Quincy Jones, the silhouette of Ironside getting shot and of course Raymond Burr in a wheelchair. My own memories of this show also included a really cool place...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 14, 2008 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Affleck’s choice for his directorial debut is somewhat surprising and yet makes sense at the same time. On the one hand, he is adapting the work of an author whose material has already produced a modern classic crime drama (Mystic River) so the bar is already set...
by Crimespree Magazine | Feb 13, 2008 | DVD/Blu Ray Review, Home Entertainment
Watching this 1970’s action/drama series is like visting with old friends. Kevin Tighe and the impossibly skinny Randoph Mantooth return as paramedic partners Roy DeSoto and Johnny Gage in this 1970’s Jack Webb produced action/drama. There were almost no casting...
