Mia Kirshner - Portrayed Sarah in "The Crow: City of Angels"

Personal History

Mia was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1976. Her mother was/is a teacher and her father a journalist. She attended the McGill University in Montreal where she majored in Russian literature with a minor in 20th century film industry (which helps when you are an aspiring actress!).

Professional History

Mia began acting in grade school and made her professional debut in her early teen years, accruing Canadian and American television credits before entering into film. Some of her television credits include "Johnny's Girl" and "Dracula - The Series". After gaining almost overnight prominence in the Canadian film business with roles in "Love & Human Remains" (Genie Nomination) and "0109759", Mia made her first US movie appearance in "Murder in the First" (1995). She is credited with more than 15 films.

What is she up to now?

Mia is presently living in Los Angeles, California. Last year, she could be seen in "Mary Janes Last Dance" and "Now & Forever". She has two movie projects coming out, "Century Hotel", 2001, and "Admiring Melora", in 2002, in which she plays the title character.

January 30th, 2000
COA for Playstation found

A frequent visitor to ABaHB, ZERO, reports in that he has found where you can get a copy, new and used, of the COA Playstation game. It can be found at VG Fanatic. Here is the URL to go and order it. Thanks to ZERO for the heads up. The cost of the game is $34.95 new and $16.34 used.

http://www.vgfanatic.com/product-vg.mcic?sku=PSX-10447

January 29th, 2000
Special Salvation Screening

Don't forget to follow this link for all the info on Salvation's special screening in Northampton, Massachusetts!

http://members.aol.com/ericmabius

And here are the detials from The Black Circle of Eric Mabius site;

Academy of Music Theater, Main St. Northampton, MA 01060

Seating will be general admission. Doors to the theater open at 11:00 PM. TICKETS are $10.00 in advance and $10.00 the night of the show. Seating is limited to 800. Tickets will go on sale at the Academy of Music Theater on February 3rd at 7:00pm.

January 28th, 2000
And the Boycott Goes On........

Here is the current list of films that are coming out or already out. Thanks to Andrew Jones for keeping up with the list and sending it in.

Dracula 2000

Chocolat

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Bandolier

Spy Kids

Malena

Birthday Girl

Dimension's latest dark movie, Dracula 2000 , continues to get bad press. Here is an excerpt from an Entertainment Weekly article dated Jan 19, 2001, issue #578. This excerpt came under the title "loser" in their picks of winners and losers for the movies in 2000:

Loser: Doing the same old thing

We've already touched on the billionth Schwarzenegger action vehicle. But other film franchises wore out their welcome as well. Disney's 102 Dalmations will be lucky to gross half of its predecessor's take. And judging by the toothless performance of Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 , Dimension seems to have released one too many quickie horror flicks.

Hmmmm, I seem to recall someone else making that same last statement somewhere before....wonder where?? :-)

Take care....LLcruize

Salvation Screening

Don't forget to follow this link for all the info on Salvation's special screening in Northampton, Massachusetts!

http://members.aol.com/ericmabius

January 27th, 2000
We Have all the Answers

The massive Crow Questions and Answers section has had another overhaul, this time becoming larger than ever! The info found in the Q and A section will answer the questions of even the biggest Crow Fan. Some questions answered are; when will Salvation be out? What is happening on The Crow 4? What is the latest on STH? Where can you find the Movie Maniacs figures, and so on. So what are you waiting for? Click over to the Questions and Answers section now and enjoy the read!

January 26th, 2000
Fantastic Fan Fiction

We've had a few more updates to the Fan Fiction section of ABaHB in the recent days, so if you're always waiting for new forms of Crow Creativity, then why not drop by the Fan Fiction section and have a good look around! So, while you're waiting for some new Crow News, go have a look.

January 25th, 2000
Salvation On VHS Update

Want to thank Scarysting2 for the heads up on the Hollywood Video stores getting the preview copy of Salvation on VHS. He reports they should be in around the same time that the DVD release is to occur in March. So those that do not have a DVD player will be able to see Salvation at the same time as everyone who has DVD.

And our many thanks to Jason for sending in this report;

"I work at Movie Gallery and we received our screener copy of The Crow: Salvation the other day. Suffice it to say, I'm eagerly anticipating watching it and hope it's good. Anyway, the official VHS & DVD street date, from our video distribution magazine is March 20th. (amazon.com also confirms this.) That of course could change at any time, but as of NOW, the release date is March 20th."

January 24th, 2000
STH Episodes In February

Scarysting2 has reported in and given us the STH schedule for February. Remember, the show airs on the SciFi channel, Sunday's at 11pm EST:

February 4th - "Voices"

February11th - "Get a life"

February 18th - "Like It's 1999"

February 25h - "Solitude's Revenge"

To check out what the above episodes are about, go to our review section and page down to the episodes:

http://abahb.crowfans.com/Reviews/index2.html

SciFi is showing the episodes in a little different order than they were shown during the original run back in 1998. We list the episodes by number. You will want to choose episode #4 to read about "Voices". Episode #5 to read about "Get a Life", Episode #3 to read about "Like It's 1999". Episode #6 to read about "Solitude's Revenge".

January 23rd, 2000
CrowFans.com Version 2
CrowFans.com - The Starting Point For "The Crow"
http://www.crowfans.com/
CrowFans.com Version 2 - Service Pack 1

Doesn't that sound like a MicrosoftTM product ?

It's been a while since we have done a major update to CrowFans.com. We have three new features and a contest to announce. The layout and navigation is fairly the same, no major shocks there unlike the debut of version 2. The three new features allow for better fan participation, these sections allow you the fans to contribute and be a part of.

Our first of the three new feature is Crow Events. Crow Events will be an online calendar of upcoming crow events such as birthdays, release dates, personal and autograph appearances, TV appearances, and much more. Check out this new feature at http://events.crowfans.com/ ..

The second new feature to CrowFans.com is Arcade Games. Arcade Games is a download section where you can download crow skins, themes, trailers, and other cool downloads. In the future we hope to have stuff for the Macintosh, wallpapers, and actual games !! Check it out at http://downloads.crowfans.com/ ..

The last of the new features is Crow Links. Crow Links is a ranked database of crow-releated website links. There are five judges currently, Corvus of The Crow: A Dead Man Visits You, AltaShame the founder of CrowLinks.com, Antaydos of As The Crow Flies, LLCruize of A Boy and His Bird, and one representative from CrowFans.com. If you have a crow-related site and would like it listed on Crow Links, then hop over to http://www.crowlinks.com and click on submit a crow link.

Along with the new features we did some minor tweaks and changes to the site. The first one is CrowFans.com Radio will now be called The Pit Jukebox, we will be adding more songs to the feature in the near future based on your input. We added a support page to take care of those questions we get asked quite a bit. The newsletter archive for A Murder of Crows Newsletter has been updated.

Another change happened earlier this month when we switched to a new message board script, which has already become more popular than the last board script we used. We are running a contest on the new forum until January 31, 2001 so check out our new message board at http://www.crowfans.net/ ..

Speaking of contests, we are running one to celebrate the addition of the three new features at CrowFans.com for The Crow: Salvation VHS/DVD poster the contest will end on March 15, 2001. To enter the contest all you have to do is one or all of the following.

- Sign up and become a member of CrowFans.com (if you're already a member then you're already entered)

- Subscribe to A Murder Of Crows Newsletter (if you're already subscribed then you're already entered)

- Sign up and use our free CrowFans.net e-mail service.

There will be an update to the CrowFans.com store in early February with more merchandise you can order. You can pre-order The Crow: Salvation on DVD or The Crow DVD Box Set from The Crow Fans Store along with other cool crow merchandise.

The staff of CrowFans.com would you like to enjoy the new features and for visiting our site thank you.

January 22nd, 2000
The Winged Messenger
ABaHB Articles

The new addition to our writing staff, J. Hawk has written up a storm with his analysis of Stairway to Heaven and how it holds up on its own merits. This article is a stunning addition to ABaHB and I hope you take the time to read it!

January 21st, 2000
ABaHB takes a look at Vincent Perez

Vincent Perez portrayed Ashe Corven

Personal History

Born on June 10, 1964 to emigre parents, a Spanish father and a German mother, Vincent Perez grew up on the Swiss plains near Lausanne. He was the second of three children. At age 18 he left Switzerland and moved to France. Before finally settling on acting, he considered becoming a sculptor, painter or photographer. He began his acting studies in Geneva, went on to the Paris Conservatoire and completed his training at L'Ecole des Amandiers in Nanterre. Vincent Perez is married to Senegalese model/actress Karine Sylla. On May 2, 1999, Karine gave birth to Vincent's first child, a daughter named Iman.

Professional History

Vincent has been one of Europe's leading matinee idols for the last 15 years. He has more than 20 films under his belt, but first came to the public's attention in 1990 in "Cyrano De Bergerac". Perez gained his widest international audience in 1996 with his first Hollywood film, "The Crow: City of Angels". Some of his other films include "Indochine" (92); "Queen Margot"(94); "Shot Through the Heart" (98); "Swept from the Sea" (98); "Talk of Angels" (98) and "I Dreamed of Africa" (00). In 1992 he made his directing debut with the short film "L'ECHANGE" and has since directed two other short films.

What is he up to now?

Vincent is living in France with his wife Karine and daughter Iman. As well acting, (He has 2 films slated to come out in 2001, "Queen of the Damned" and "Bride of the Wind".) he is also continuing to pursue a directing career. If everything goes well, he is anticipating that he will begin the filming of a script, next spring, written by his wife.

January 20th, 2000
Crowing in March

Despite a big turnout for February in Crow merchandise and other assorted goodies, March won't bring anything in the way of Crow goods. But despite the lack in t-shirts and other merchandise, you can enjoy the Salvation DVD or Crow DVD boxed set that's coming up soon, so rest easy, Crow Fans, you can save up your money for now.

January 19th, 2000
Salvation VHS Release Coming Soon

We have received word that Hollyood Video stores have received an advance copy of Salvation to view for ordering purposes. As soon as they order the movie and are given a release date, we will be sure to pass it on ASAP.

January 18th, 2000
"Where Are They Now" Returning to ABaHB

In the coming weeks, look for ABaHB to start back with our "Where Are They Now" updates on actors, actresses and crew that have been featured in Crow projects, past and present. This truly unique and informative look into the persons responsible for creating the great stories within the Crow world continues ABaHB's quest to be THE fan site of choice on the net for information pertaining to The Crow. Take care…..LLcruize

January 17th, 2000
STH Airing Again Sunday

Just a reminder that STH is going to be on this Sunday, January 21st. The episode airing is "Souled Out". For a run down on the episode, as well as personal thoughts and the bands featured in the episode, click on the link below. This is the last time STH will be on in January. It will be back on Sunday, February 4th, and will be on every Sunday thereafter in February. Don't forget the new start time on SciFi www.scifi.com , 11pm EST.

http://abahb.crowfans.com/Reviews/TV/single/ep2.html

January 16th, 2000
Another Birth To Announce!!

It seems December was the month for persons who are fans or are involved with The Crow, to have children. Yours truly, welcomed a daughter on the 21st. As we reported earlier in the week, O'Barr welcomed a daughter. And now we are pleased to announce that Mark Dacascos and his wife Julie Condra welcomed a baby boy to the world on December 31st in Hawaii. His name is Makoalani Charles Dacascos. The origin of his first name is rather interesting and I thought you would like to see it. Here is how Mark described the origins on his official site, www.dacascos.com :

Makoalani is Hawaiian.

Makoa = courage, fearless...That's how Julie and I feel our son entered this world.

Lani = sky, heaven; heavenly, spiritual... That's where we believe he came from.

I found the word for 'courage.' Julie looked up the word for 'heaven.'

So we put them together and we have 'Makoalani' = Celestial Courage.

Go check out his official site's news section for complete details. He has posted a letter there, that initially was sent to all of his family, but he cared enough about his fans that he requested it to be posted on his site as well. We wish them all the best with their new son. Take care...LLcruize

January 15th, 2000
Shopping for The Crow

The CrowManiac has sent in some goodies for all you Crow Fans out there. If you've got a lot of money to spend, you can buy a faux leather Draven coat from TrenchCo. it's not a bad replica, but very, very expensive for what it's worth. On the other hand, if you're looking for the 12 inch Crow online, you can find it over at Action Figure Times. Then again, if you're looking for a true collectors item, you can spend 20,000 (US) and buy the real deal. The moleskin shirt, long double breasted (actually vinyl, not leather) coat and leather pants Brandon Lee wore in The Crow. Enjoy!

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January 14th, 2001
Salvation DVD Trailer

ABaHB's old friend Lee sends along some great news for the upcoming DVD release of Salvation, namely the illusive trailer! Read on.

"I thought it would be definitely worth mentioning that now everyone can see the trailer for Salvation..........provided you have access to a DVD player. In this months issue of Total Movie magazine, the DVD that comes with it has the Salvation trailer in it. You can find it under the DVD EXTRAS menu selection and just scroll down 'till you find it. I found the trailer to be pretty impressive. The make-up looks kick-ass, and just the overall look of the film (or, at least what I saw from the preview) looks like a cross between the Original and City of Angels. The only thing I saw that was, for lack of a better word, a disappointment, was that in Salvation, there is another scene where the Crow just stands there as he gets shot by a lineup of badguys......does this have to be done in every Crow film? Oh well, none the less, it looks impressive."

Extra thanks to: The Crow Lives

January 13th, 2001
STH Returns On Sunday

Make sure to tune into the SciFi www.scifi.com channel this Sunday, 11am EST, for The Crow: STH. They are starting again with the first episode, "Soul Can't Rest". Click here for a synopsis of the episode, along with a personal thought, Crow rating and list of music groups featured in the episode:

http://abahb.crowfans.com/Reviews/TV/single/ep1.html

To start things off right with STH, here is a bio on the star, Mark Dacascos.

Mark Dacascos - Eric Draven

Mark Dacascos is the son of Al Dacascos, Moriko McVey, and his stepmother, Malia Bernal. His father is of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. His mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese. Mark lived in Hawaii with his grandparents, Raymond and Jan Kijoko until he was 6. He then moved to Denver, Colorado, with his father and stepmother, Malia. Mark's parents were Kung Fu teachers (his father still is), and had successful schools in Denver, Colorado. Mark competed in his first martial arts tournament at the age of seven. Mark lived in Denver for four years before he moved to Europe. His parents had the opportunity to be some of the first Kung Fu teachers to share their art commercially in Germany, so they took it. Mark found himself in Hamburg, going to a school that taught English only as a second language. It was not long before he was fluent in German and comfortable living as European. Nearly every month, Mark had the good fortune of either competing and performing for the Dacascos Kung Fu School in yet another foreign land, or just being a tourist with his family. When Mark was 17, he traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, to study Mandarin and to learn some Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. His teacher in the art was Sifu Muo Hui Shen, originally from Mainland China. Mark studied with him for six months before returning to Hamburg. At the age of 18, Mark moved back to Hawaii, and lived with his other grandmother (Grandma Nancy) and his Uncle Allen/Charlie, in Kalihi Valley, on Oahu. Mark's family has lived on that same property for over 50 years. After spending so many years living as a foreigner in a different country, it was really special for him to come back "home."

Mark has over 17 films to his credit. He recently finished two projects, Le Pacte des Loups ( "The Wolf Brothers") in Paris and "China Strike Force" in Shangai. Le Pacte is due to premiere in Paris on January 25th. Strike Force could be a U.S. theatrical release summer of 2001. He is currently working on "The Perfect Husband". His list of movies include "No Code of Conduct", co-starring with Charlie Sheen, "The Base", "Sanctuary", "Drive", co-starring with Kadem Hardison, and "Boogie Boy". Two of his early movies, "Double Dragon", and "Only The Strong", helped to propel his career.

Visit www.dacascos.com , the official Mark Dacascos site, for a complete look at his films and other information.

January 12th, 2001
Loft Report on Upcoming DVD Set

Frank from The Crow's Loft had a chat with Kevin Kasha of Miramax Home Video and Kim of the DVD department over at Miramax. This is what they had to say!

For the UK fans and people overseas. Miramax does not have the rights for foreign distribution in most markets.

There will not be any music videos due to the copyright and royalty nightmare that creates.

Extra Brandon Lee interviews are being worked on currently, that also want to be sensitive to the family at the same time.

Here is what is confirmed and official for the DVD Box set. There is still a few more features being worked on. Each of the DVD's will contain a screen play viewer and an enhanced playback track which includes commentary and trivia from Jeff Connor, and a list of web links.

The Crow DVD - Behind The Scenes, 30 minute James O'Barr commentary. Three extended scenes which include Arcade Games, The infamous Funboy/Eric Draven fight, and THe Shoot Out at Top Dollars. However there will not be any video footage of the liquor store hold up, due to today's politcal environment. There will be a bunch of deleted scenes stills. The storyboards will contain info on the liquor store hold up and Skull Cowboy. The Skull Cowboy footage will not be on there since it's already on the web.

There will a Devil's Night Retribution Trivia Game. Different levels of diffculty. People can post their scores online too.

The Crow: City of Angels - Behind The Scenes, Costume Design, Production Design, Still Gallery of the original poster concept, and Storyboards. Commentary from Jeff Most, Graeme Revell, Richard Brooks, and Alex McDowell.

The Crow: Salvation - Behind The Make Up , Behind The Scenes, Storyboards, Production Design, Who's that bird, footage with the crow trainer. Commentary from Bharat Nalluri, Eric Mabius, Jeff Most, Macro Beltrami, and the production designer.

And you can pre order your own Crow boxed set from the Crow Fans store or Amazon.com.

Extra thanks to: The Crowmaniac

January 11th, 2001
Screening of The Crow

Justin H sends along some great news regarding a new screening of The Crow in NYC! The 'Freakylinks' episode mentioned is one that bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain Crow film in production, as here is the episode synopsis; "When a rapper, previously thought to have been gunned down, starts to make unsubstantiated appearances, Derek and the group investigate the phenomenon on the "Subject: Still I Rise" episode." Resurrected rappers seem to be the order of the day, as that makes two projects now with the same premise. Now, here is Justin's report of the screening of The Crow!

"At Fangoria.com in the "Terror Teletype" section there is some information about the Crow. There is a film festival being held by the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Rose Cinemas in NYC featuring a retospective of Ed Pressman's films. The Crow will be shown on Feb. 24. There is a link to a web site for the festival, but it didn't work. Also, if you are still interested, the Freakylinks episode about the resurrected rapper out for revenge airs this Friday at 9:00 on Fox."

O'Barr Welcomes A New Child

We have received an unconfirmed report that James O'Barr and his wife Kerin, have a brand new baby girl named Noel. She was born two weeks ago. This is fantastic news and we wish them all the best.

January 10th, 2001
Miramax movies to boycott

For those still supporting the boycott, here is a list of upcoming, or already in the theater, movies that Crow fans need to steer clear of.

Dracula 2000

Chocolat

Captain Corelli's

Bandolier

Spy Kids

If anyone missed the financial numbers from "Dracula 2000", here they are: First week: 7.8 million Second week: 6.7 million That is a total of 14.5 million dollars made in two weeks. Seems ole Drac just isn't the draw at the box office he used to be, even if Wes Craven has his name attached to it. This, instead of Salvation, was Miramax's "dark" theatrical release of the fall. With all the positive buzz from fans on Salvation, I have no doubt it would have made 14.5 million in its first week alone. I hope everyone has stayed away from renting and purchasing "Scary Movie" on VHS/DVD. They (Miramax) are getting ready to put together another original idea, "Scary Movie 2". One thing we can take hope in. The announcement of "The Crow: Lazarus" mentioned that it has no distributor at this time. Hopefully the folks at Pressman can find someone who will support "The Crow" from a theatrical release standpoint. Thanks to Carol Jones for the update on the films to look out for. Take care.

Salvation Review

JV Roig takes a personal and straight forward look at Salvation in his new review of the film. In it, he deals with the pros, cons and appeal of Salvation, while looking at the films weaker points. So, click here to check it out!

January 9th, 2001
The Winged Messenger
ABaHB Articles

Raven's new article has flown in, and it's certainly worth the read. Raven takes the essence of each Crow venture and holds each one up on its own, rather than compare it with the first film, hence why the article is called 'No Comparison.' Do take the time to click over and check it out!

January 8th, 2001
Finland Fans Fly

GRAiN has some fantastic news for those Crow Fans in Finland! Salvation has had another release, here is the full report;

"This has been great week for Crow fans in Finland. Crow -Salvation (Finnish name: Crow-Pelastus) has been released (by Egmont-Entertainment) on VHS. There were no advertising or promotion of any kind and I'm sure that many finnish Crow fans doesn't even know that Salvation is released. Salvation will be released on DVD 26.01.2001. "

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January 7th, 2001
More on Joseph Kahn

Just to give a little perspective on what a great choice Joseph Kahn is for director of "The Crow: Lazarus", here are some career facts:

* Directed over 200 videos

* To date, has over 600 shooting hours between videos and other film forms

* For 6 of the last 8 years he has been his own director of photography (a quality that he shares with former Crow director Alex Proyas), so you know he is coming into Lazarus with a great visual sense.

Joseph is probably the most well-known Korean outside of the country. His slick visual style has helped him become one of the most prolific, high-tech hip-hop video directors around outside of Hype Williams and McG. Joseph has recently worked with many of today's heavy chart hitters such as Janet Jackson, Faith Hill, Sisquo, Korn, Moby, Backstreet and Britney Spears. His experience with shooting videos will serve him well, especially when it comes to budget and time constraints of a movie. To date, one of the more experienced directors to take the helm of a Crow movie.

January 6th, 2001
Tim Bradstreet Takes On "Blade 2"

Fans of "The Crow" should recognized Tim Bradstreet from his excellent cover artwork for the KSP comic "The Crow: City Of Angels", as well as his work featured in the Crow anthology book "The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams". Tim has been picked to do the artwork for the upcoming "Blade 2" feature film. Check out the comics continuum article, which goes into full detail on what Tim is doing and it offers some insight as to what to expect from the movie's storyline and characters http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0101/03/index.htm

Blade's other Crow connection is, of course, script writer and Producer, David S. Goyer. He was the scribe for the "The Crow: City Of Angles" script.

Tim and David continue the trend of former production personnel and artists connected with "The Crow" moving on to doing bigger and better things.

January 5th, 2001
A full slate of STH on SciFi in February

STH will be on every Sunday morning at 10am CST in February. As we reported earlier, STH will be back starting Sunday, January 14th, with the episode "Soul Can't Rest". That will be followed by "Souled Out" which is airing on January 21st. We are still trying to find out why SciFi is starting the series from the beginning again rather than picking up where they left off in October 2000. Atleast it is back on and it appears in February atleast, back in full swing.

January 4rd, 2001
2001, A Crow Odyssey

Welcome to the new year, Crow Fans, this year we can delight to two new Crow films (despite one being released on DVD), the resurrection of the Crow comics by James O'Barr himself and a new perspective on all things Crow. It's going to be a wild year, so join us as we present you with a daily dose of around the clock Crow News 24/7!

January 2001 for The Crow

Unfortunately, nothing in the realm of Crow merchandise or comics are slated for this month, however, next month is the beginning of a new era of The Crow as brand new merchandise is on its way! Stay tuned for more...

Out with the old...

As always, the new month brings a revolution in the news, so you can find December 2000s news now in the ABaHB Archives! It was quite a month, so if you're a little behind, do fly over and check it out.