Media Murder

 

FILM

The Christian Science Monitor reviewed Nothing But the Truth, the political thriller from writer-director Rod Lurie, concluding that although actors such as Kate Beckinsale and Alan Alda "seem to be having a high old time," the film feels more like it belongs on television.

The Japan Times reviewed the new film, K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces, from director Shimako Sato, based on a creation of pioneering Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo and featuring a Moriarty-like criminal rival to the Sherlock Holmes-esque detective Kogoro Akechi.

Nestled among all the tributes pouring out after the recent death of writer Donald Westlake, the Guardian has a slide show of Westlake's legacy at the movies.

The new DVD release Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years Collection from Lionsgate offers cineastes a rare opportunity to see five of the Master of Suspense's early films: 1927's The Ring, 1929's The Manxman, (both silent), Murder! from 1930, and Skin Game and Rich and Strange, both from 1931.

TELEVISION

AMC has an untitled new political thriller series created by Jason Horwitch (The Pentagon Papers) in the works starring James Badge Dale and Miranda Richardson. Sopranos veteran Allen Coulter will direct the pilot, with production scheduled to begin this month.

60 Minutes on CBS rebroadcast their interview with Joaquin (Jack) Garcia, author of Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family.

Notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is getting his own reality show on the on Fox Reality Channel.

The Iceland Review took a look at the DVD Release of the four-part crime drama series I Hunt Men (Icelandic title: Mannaveidar) directed by Björn B. Björnsson, which follows two detectives as they attempt to track down a serial killer who has a penchant for murdering goose hunters.

Australian TV has a new six-party series, Carla Cametti PD, featuring Diana Glenn in the titular role of the Italian-Australian PI and Vince Colosimo as detective senior sergeant Luciano Gandolfi.

RADIO

Mary and Carol Higgins Clark were interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition.

Carol O'Connell discussed her novel Bone by Bone on Minnesota Public Radio.

PODCASTS

Deutsche Welle culled highlights from their 2008 Inspired Minds program, including an interview with crime writer Minette Walters, whose first book The Ice House became a worldwide best-seller just months after its publication and won the John Creasey Award in the UK.