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Friday, 26 January 2007 01:13 |
BY Joseph B. Mauceri
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment present a darkly romantic thriller that explores the limbo between the human and the inhuman worlds, BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, based on the best-selling novel by Annette Curtis Klause. The film stars Agnes Bruckner (ìBlue Carî) and Hugh Dancy (ìElla Enchantedî) as the two young lovers who risk everything to cross it, and Olivier Martinez (ìS.W.A.T.î) as the powerful shape-shifter whose survival hinges on stopping them. BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE is directed by Katja von Garnier (ìBanditsî) and the film is written and executive produced by Ehren Kruger (ìThe Ringî).
Co-writer and Executive Producer Ehren Kruger is a graduate of New York Universityís Tisch School of the Arts. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesí prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1996 for his original screenplay ìArlington Road,î which was produced by Lakeshore Entertainment. One of the most sought after screenwriter for genre screenplays, his numerous screenwriting credits include ìThe Skeleton Key,î ìThe Ringî and its sequel ìThe Ring Two,î ìThe Brothers Grimm,î ìReindeer Games,î ìScream 3î and ìImposter.î Taking a break from his adapting Stephen King and Peter Straubís ìThe Talismanî into a six-hour television mini-series, FEARSmag talk with Kruger about his work on BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE and his thoughts on screenwriting.
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Monday, 30 October 2006 03:25 |
 By Joseph B. Mauceri
The filmmakers behind The Blackwater Valley Exorcism wanted to add another element of reality to their film that is based on an actual case. They turned to Bishop Jason Spadafore to act as a consultant and ensure there was an element of authenticity to the rituals used in the film.
The film focuses on a troubled priest beckoned to an isolated ranch by an old flame in order to exorcise the demons from a possessed girl, her younger sister. The terror that awaits him threatens to consume his very soul. Father James attempts to muster the faith he will need to flush the demonic force back into the pit from which it came. As his feelings for his beloved ex-girlfriend are gradually rekindled, Father James discovers too little too late just how deceptive demons can truly be. This supernatural tale of horror stars Cameron Daddo and James Russo.
Bp. Jason Spadafore is a practicing independent Roman Catholic Bishop of both +Duarte Costa and +Ngo Dinh Thuc lineage. Bp. Spadafore is known for a number of writings on the occult, which brought him to the attention of the filmmakers involved with The Blackwater Valley Exorcism. He is based out of St. Raphael of the Angels, where he ministers to the needs of those who have been hurt, marginalized, or otherwise been put out by both the Novus Ordo Church and the Traditional Catholic movement, or have grown tired of the politics that occurs within these movements.
When I was offered the opportunity to talk with Bp. Spadafore I first went and viewed his website ñ raphaelsociety.org. As I began to digest what he addresses on his site I realized that what we should talk about was the relationship between faith, possession, and the rite of exorcism. Instead of doing this in my usual way, in this instance a telephone, I decided to send Bp. Spadafore my questions and allow him the opportunity to reflect on them.
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Sunday, 20 August 2006 00:00 |
 BY Joseph B. Mauceri
Writer, director, producer, David Goyer serves as executive producer on the Spike TV original BLADE, based on the Marvel comic. A long time comic book fan, Goyer has earned a reputation in Hollywood for adapting genre tales and fantastical characters into inventive, action-packed hit films, like the ìBlade trilogy,î ìCrow: City Of Angels,î and ìDark City.î
Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Goyer wanted to write comic books since he was a kid, which eventually lead to his bringing them to life for the big screen. Goyer sold his first action script at the age of 22 while still at USC, which became the Jean Claude Van Damme thriller ìDeath Warrant.î He explored the worlds of horror in ìPuppetmastersî and also served as a producer on ìMission To Marsî and the television series ìSleepwalkers.î
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Thursday, 03 August 2006 00:00 |
 A FEARS Exclusive!
REPORTED BY Joseph B. Mauceri
ìWhen the light of day is turned off for five and a half million years, creatures trapped in perpetual darkness must learn to navigate without seeing, to live in an atmosphere that could kill outsiders and to make do without the solar energy that sustains the food chain elsewhere.î
- Malcolm W. Brown, Science correspondent, The New York Times, December 12, 1995
One year after a tragic accident, six girlfriends meet in a remote part of the Appalachians for their annual extreme outdoor adventure, in this case the exploration of a cave hidden deep in the woods. Far below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes, and thereís no way out. However, there is something else lurking under the earth. As the friends realize they are now prey, their primal instincts surface in an all-out war against an unspeakable horror, the ìcrawlers.î The attacks come without warning, increasing in intensity, pushing them beyond on the boundaries of their humanity.<
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Friday, 21 July 2006 00:00 |
 REPORTED BY Joseph B. Mauceri
- Bryce Dallas Howard, the daughter of actor/director Ron Howard, made her feature film debut in M. Night Shyamalanís ìThe Village,î opposite Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix and Sigourney Weaver.
Howard recently starred in Lars von Trierís ìManderlay,î the filmmakerís follow-up to ìDogville,î which also stars Lauren Bacall, Chloe Sevigny, Danny Glover and Jeremy Davies, and premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Howard will next star opposite Kevin Kline in Kenneth Branaghís film adaptation of the Shakespeare classic ìAs You Like Itî and is currently in production on Spider-Man 3 with director Sam Raimi, opposite Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Thomas Haden Church.
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 17:50 |
REPORTED BY Joseph B. Mauceri
Running from his past and miles from his purpose, Cleveland Heep, played by actor Paul Giamatti, is a former doctor taking refuge as the superintendent of The Cove, a run-of-the-mill apartment complex in the Philadelphia suburbs, where he buries himself in the busy routine of quick fixes and all but anonymous interactions with the world around him. But Clevelandís attempts to suppress his tremendous pain and sadness have manifested into a stutter, leaving the other tenants to regard him, as Paul Giamatti describes, as ìa bit of a sad figure ñ a guy with a cloud over him
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