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Friday, 03 February 2006 |
 BY Joseph B. Mauceri
{FEARSmag} - Take one die-hard
horror fan, a dash of high school anxiety, and a different kind of
twists of a few teenagers untimely, but not unjust demise, and you have
TAMARA. Written by Jeffery
Reddick, a friend of FEARS we first met on ìFinal Destination,î when he
was still employed by New Lin Cinema in their New York Offices. I saw
Jeff at this yearís New York City Horror Film festival, where TAMARA was screened. When we
learned that Lions Gate was helping to distribute the film we got in
touch with Jeff to help bring to you, the fans, a behind-the-scenes
look at one of the first ambitious and frightfully entertaining films
of 2006.
FEARS: Itís been sometime between when we first spoke on ìFinal
Destinationî and now TAMARA.
Was this film your intended next feature?
Jeffrey Reddick: Itís interesting because it was kind of the
next project after ìFinal Destination.î I sold the story to New Line
for the second one as well, and than I decided to quit the office life
and peruse writing fulltime.
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Saturday, 21 January 2006 |
 Reported by Joseph
B. Mauceri
British actress Kate Beckinsale first gained notice in the U.S. as the
heroine of John Schlesingerís ìCold Comfort Farmî and subsequently
appeared in Kenneth Branaghís ìMuch Ado About Nothing,î Whit Stillmanís
ìThe Last Days of Disco,î Jonathan Kaplanís ìBrokedown Palace,î and in
the British comedy ìShooting Fish.î
In 2001, Beckinsale starred opposite Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in
the Disney epic ìPearl Harbor.î She has also starred opposite John
Cusack in ìSerendipity,î and opposite Christian Bale and Frances
McDormand in the ensemble drama ìLaurel Canyon.î Her Recent film
appearances include starring opposite Hugh Jackman in ìVan Helsing.î
Reprising her role of Selene from the 2003 ìUnderworld,î Beckinsale
once again dons her latex suite, contacts, and fangs to take on
vampires and lycans in her husbandís, Len Wisemanís anticipated genre
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Friday, 20 January 2006 |
Reported by Joseph
B. Mauceri
Filmmaker Len Wisemanís began his career through his work in the art
department on the blockbuster hits like ìGodzilla,î ìMen In Blackî and
ìIndependence Day.î His design talents soon got him behind the camera
directing commercials for PlayStation, Time Warner, Oracle, Intel and
Activision, and quickly lead to work in music videos. Len received
numerous award nominations, including Best Art Direction at the 2002
MTV Awards for Quarashiís ìStick ëEm Upî and Best Director at the 2002
MVPA Awards for the Rufus Wainwright video ìAcross the Universe.î In
addition, Wiseman directed music videos for Megadeath, En Vogue, Static
X, Paul Oakenfold and Brooke Allison.
Len came to the
attention of Skip Williamson, President of Lakeshore Records. After
seeing his work on the set of the Rufus Wainwright video, Williamson
made the push for Lakeshore to take a look at ìUnderworld.î
Len and writer
Danny McBride met through their agent, Nick Reed at ICM. The two hit it
off through their common love and fanís knowledge of genre films.
In 2003 Len and
Dannyís ìUnderworldî was released and went on to become a box office
hit. Itís 2006, and armed with a bit more money and a few new faces to
the story, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION is poised to ravage your local
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Saturday, 07 January 2006 |
BY Joseph B. Mauceri
Full of adventure and fun, two American college buddies Paxton (HERNANDEZ) and Josh (RICHARDSON) backpack through Europe eager to make classically hazy travel memories with new friend Oli (GUDJONSSON), an Icelander they meet along the way.
Paxton and Josh are eventually lured by a fellow traveler to whatís described as a sort land of milk and honey for American backpackers ñ a particular hostel in an out of the way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya (NEDELJAKOVA) and Svetlana (KADERABKOVA). In fact, too easilyÖ
Initially distracted by the good time theyíre being shown, the Americans quickly find themselves in an increasingly sinister situation that theyíll discover is as wide as the vast web of post-Communist government corruption and as deep as the darkest, sickest recess of human nature itself ñ if they survive.
Taking a much more macabre tone than did Eli Rothís feature debut ìCabin Fever,î HOSTEL is an amalgamation of many of the most terrifying things about human nature and the world at large, culled from lots of pulpy-but-true stories of international organized crime, human trafficking, and sex tourism. Relentlessly graphic and deeply disturbing, the film is sure to delight hardcore genre fans. FEARSmag caught up with Roth as he just was returning home to the States prior to the filmís opening. |
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Friday, 09 September 2005 |
Reported by Joseph B. Mauceri.
{FEARSmag.com} - THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE is a compelling tale of a young womanís struggle with a desperate and inexplicable illness. Emily Rose experiences terrifying visions and endures wracking convulsions that leave her body twisted and weak. She is diagnosed as an epileptic by a neurologist, but the medication he prescribes proves ineffective. When her symptoms worsen, a second specialist makes a diagnosis of not only epilepsy, but that Emily Rose is also psychotic. However, when she turns to her parish priest, who presents the case to the archdiocese, he is granted permission to help Emily by performing an exorcism.
It is a harrowing performance that is brought to the screen with such ferocity and integrity that it sure to garner this young actress, Jennifer Carpenter, notice and acclaim. Jennifer recently starred opposite the Wayne brothers in the comedy ìWhite Chicks.î A graduate of the Julliard School, she appeared on Broadway in ìThe Crucible,î directed by Sir Richard Eyre, and shared the stage with actors Laura Linney and Liam Neeson.
FEARS: How do you like to work, in terms of your own training and how you prepare yourself?
JENNIFER CARPENTER: I think I like to work the way that I like to drive. I like to have an idea of where Iím going. You know. I like to get, officially in this type of role I had to do a lot of research. You know, do a lot of homework. I got as much research as I could on the prosecution and the defense. So I could give each of them a solid case and hopefully keep the audience and myself on the fence as long as possible. Then looked at tapes of epilepsy and what seizures looked like. And I even looked at some Kabuki theater. I wanted to put my hands in a lot of pots so that on the day I could forget it all and go in there and see what happened. Look at Tom and see what came up. You know.
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