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Set in a small coastal town in New Zealand, Mysterious Ways quietly explores what it means to follow your heart in the face of adversity. At the center of the story are Reverend Peter Simmons, the vicar of St. John’s Anglican Church, and his partner Jason, a former prisoner turned local rugby coach.

Peter is an openly loving man who believes the church’s message of acceptance and compassion. Under his leadership, St. John’s parish embraces people from all walks of life. But when Peter proposes to Jason over the radio and requests to wed in the church, it awakens reaction in their tight-knit community. Not all share Peter’s progressive values, and conservative forces within the diocese move to pressure the reverend into backing down.

Directed by Paul Oremland, Mysterious Ways follows Peter and Jason’s journey with subtlety. Shot elegantly on location around Auckland, it feels...

Stars: Lene Kqiku, Timo Torikka, Vincent Willestrand | Written and Directed by Peter Simmons

Writer/director Peter Simmons’ feature debut Another Day To Live Through opens with the foreboding words “Evil men don’t die easily. God doesn’t want them, and the devil can wait” and follows Satu (Lene Kqiku) during a hike, as she intends to reach a wilderness cabin ahead of an oncoming storm. What happens next is a blur, as the young woman awakens within a secluded cabin feeling disorientated. Also in the cabin is Lauri (Timo Torikka), an army medic who claims to be taking care of the young woman after she hits her head.

While Satu wishes to phone her friends and asks where her stuff is, Lauri makes excuses which sets alarm bells ringing. Danger signs are evident as audiences see him rummaging through Satu’s bag, including a prolonged sequence as he reads...

This isn’t just Another Day To Live Through in a brand new hauntingly powerful, psychological, ground-hog-day-esque horror out now on UK Digital courtesy of Reel 2 Reel Films.

Directed by Peter Simmons, in his feature debut, this captivating British/Finnish thriller unveils a world of harrowingly exquisite visuals, shrouded in enigma. Satu (Lene Kqiku – Carcera), a Finnish ex-pat seeking solace after a terrible loss, returns to her homeland and there, meets Lauri (Timo Torikka – The Winter War), a semi-retired, bitter military contractor.

But nothing is what it seems as Satu and Lauri find themselves ensnared within a labyrinth of disconcerting, violent and bewildering recurring scenarios, where roles and identities shift in an isolated cabin with no obvious escape.

As time distorts, reality fractures and dangerous truths come to light, Satu must do all she can to break the cycle and escape the waking nightmare she is trapped in…

This sinister,...

An Australian journalism student on an exchange in the Us has found himself in trouble for trying to write a profile of a hockey coach and telling one of his potential sources in an email that their comment “does not have to be positive”.

Alex Myers was threatened with suspension by the State University of New York College at Oswego after also telling the source that he worked at Suny Oswego’s office of public affairs when he in fact interned there.

Myers is a fourth year sports journalism student at Charles Sturt.

He faces disciplinary action and was told he was suspended – although this was later withdrawn – over his email.

According to documents published by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Myers wrote an email to hockey coaches:

My name is Alex Myers, I work for the Office of Public Affairs at Suny Oswego.

“I am currently writing...

Earlier this year, we reported that director Mark Pavia (The Night Flier) was working on a new Stephen King anthology movie. We now know the title, as well as the four stories that will be featured in the film:

The movie will be called The Reaper’s Image and takes its title from Stephen King’s short story of the same name. The four segments of the anthology are all adaptations of previously released King stories:

The Reaper’s Image: “Jonathan Spangler investigates a mirror with a unique history. The DeIver looking glass is one of just five created by John DeIver, and Spangler is interested in its authenticity, not its historical rumors that those people that see the Reaper in the reflection disappear forever.”

Mile 81: “By the time Pete Simmons wakes up from his vodka nap, there are a half a dozen cars at the Mile 81 rest stop.

Stephen King’s Mile 81 is currently available as an ebook, but is set to be released as an audiobook on January 10, 2012. Simon & Schuster has recently posted an audiobook sample and ebook is available at online retailers including Simon & Schuster website, as well as Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, and Barnes & Noble online.

To hear the audiobook sample, visit the official audiobook page from Simon & Schuster.

“At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who’s supposed to be looking out for him, heads off to the gravel pit to play “paratroopers over the side.”

Pete, armed only with the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle...

The audio book version of Stephen King's Mile 81 novella, which is read by Edward Herrmann and Thomas Sadoski, will be released on January 10, 2012; and to help get you geared up for it, we have an excerpt that you can listen to via the comfort of your own computer.

Just click the image to the right to download the Mile 81 mp3, and then pre-order your copy of either the audio book or the ebook from the EvilShop below.

Synopsis:

At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who’s supposed to be looking out for him, heads off to the gravel pit to play “paratroopers over the side.”

Pete, armed only with the...

Simon & Schuster has announced that Stephen King’s Mile 81 has just been released. It is only available only as an eBook and is priced at $2.99. It also includes a never before seen exerpt from King’s upcoming novel 11/22/63 and is currently available at the Simon & Schuster website, as well as Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, and Barnes & Noble online.

“At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who’s supposed to be looking out for him, heads off to the gravel pit to play “paratroopers over the side.”

Pete, armed only with the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle of vodka in the boarded up...

As we told you a few days ago, Stephen King has a new eBook novella on the way this September entitled Mile 81, and now, thanks to his official site, we have word on what it's about. In addition, an excerpt from the author's upcoming 11/22/63 is included in the download. Talk about a win/win!

Synopsis:

At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop, a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who’s supposed to be looking out for him, heads off to the gravel pit to play “paratroopers over the side.”

Pete, armed only with the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle of vodka in the boarded up burger shack and drinks enough to pass out.