Category: Crime

Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins and Marco Finnegan

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Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins and Marco Finnegan (based on Atkins novel of the same name) is available,

After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson — who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads — Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley.

If this graphic novel sounds like something you’d like, you can order here.

If you’re more into prose, then this link is for you.  Either way, you’re in for a fun ride.

Den of Thieves (2018) / Z-View

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Den of Thieves (2018)

Director: Christian Gudegast

Screenplay: Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring

Stars: Gerard Butler, Jordan Bridges, Pablo Schreiber, Evan Jones,O’Shea Jackson Jr., 50 Cent, Cooper Andrews and Michael Bisping.

The Pitch: “Think The Shield meets Heat!”

Tagline: None.

The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…

Big Nick Flannagan (Butler) leads a LA Sheriff’s office strike force on the trail of an elite team of thieves who’ve staged several bank robberies executed with military precision.  Flannagan’s team considers themselves a gang with badges and they’re not above doing whatever it takes to solve cases. When they find themselves head-to-head with thieves that are their equals it becomes clear that a final showdown is looming.

Den of Thieves is more than just a good guys vs bad guys or heist movie.  I really liked it and the 2 hours and 20 minutes flew by.  Everyone with me felt the same.  It was interesting in that the most likable character wasn’t Big Nick Flannagan, yet, like The Shield‘s Vic Mackey, you find yourself pulling for him.  Den of Thieves hits all the right notes and has a great twist ending that I won’t spoil.  I have a feeling that Den of Thieves will be one that I like even better on subsequent viewings.

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Marv from Sin City by Eduardo Risso!

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Yesterday we posted that Frank Miller’s 300 prequel premieres in April of this year.  While I’m excited about Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, I’d really love to see Miller return with a new Sin City yarn.

Sure, Sin City is Miller’s baby.  He writes, pencils, inks and letters every page of every issue.  So a new Sin City tale is probably a long, long way off.  However, if Miller ever decides to let another artist in on the action, I’d vote for Eduardo Risso, the cat who did the Marv drawing above.

Cosa Nostra by Dirk Manning and Dan Dougherty

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“You’re going to help me find out who killed me whether you like it or not, brother o’ mine…”

Dirk Manning‘s latest newsletter featured 9 comic projects coming in 2018.  Manning writes in a lot of genres but this mash-up of crime with a supernatural twist appealed most to me.  Cosa Nostra written by Manning with art by Dan Dougherty is scheduled to debut at the end of May at Cherry Capital Comic Con.  This is one to watch for.

Preview of John Wick #1!

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John Wick #1 from Dynamite Comics is available now…

JOHN WICK: BOOK OF RULES PART ONE

When a young John Wick emerges from prison and embarks upon his first, epic vendetta, he comes up against a strange, powerful community of assassins and must learn how to master the Book of Rules that guides their lethal business. What are the Three Bills? Who is Calamity? And who was John Wick before he became the Baba Yaga? Here for the first time, read the thrilling origin story of John Wick, from “Planet Hulk” writer Greg Pak and “Dark Horse Presents” artist Giovanni Valletta.

If you’d like to see a 5 page preview plus all of the variant covers you can by clicking over to The Outhousers.com.

The Best Movies That Should Be Made Into TV Shows

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IndieWire recently asked critics to pick the Best Movies That Should Be Made Into TV Shows.  Of all the movies suggested, I liked the idea of Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins Devil in a Blue Dress being turned into a series.  If it did well then other Easy Rawlins’ yarns would be ripe for the picking.

If I was to suggested movies that would make great tv shows, I’d suggest these three for starters…

  • The Expendables (where team members were actually expendable)
  • Sin City (using Miller’s stories)
  • Night of the Living Dead (focus on different stories/casts each season from the first few nights of the zombie outbreak)