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For a little while it seemed The People’s Joker might be lost to time, a new generation’s Day the Clown Cried or, if you like, Promises Written in Water. Despite an initial screening in TIFF’s Midnight Madness program, director Vera Drew pulled her film from subsequent showings over rights issues. Yet it came to light this December that The People’s Joker would open spring 2024 via Altered Innocence, and ahead of its April 5 debut at the IFC Center (with nationwide bookings to follow), there’s a trailer for the feature a PR email informs us “is in no way created by, endorsed by, or affiliated with DC Comics or any of its related companies.”

What’s seen hews closer to Repo Chick than The Dark Knight, recalling also Tim and Eric––a fitting comparison given Drew’s involvement with many of their projects, to say nothing of Tim Heidecker...

Alex Cox returns after forty years with "Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer." This sequel makes up for Universal's unofficial sequel, "Repo Men." "Repo Man 2" will add to "Repo Man's" big but unofficial film universe.

It was recently announced that Alex Cox is returning to his 1984 cult classic, Repo Man, with an upcoming sequel, Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer, which will fix a 14-year old injustice created by Universal when they made their own unauthorized Repo Man sequel. Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer is a direct sequel to the 1980s hit, Repo Man. According to director Alex Cox, Kiowa Gordon has signed on to play Repo Man's Otto Maddox, and rather than repossessing cars, the iconic lead character will be surfing the internet and hijacking onboard computers.

In an interview with Inverse, Cox spoke about his Repo Man sequel: "Otto, who has...

Get ready to dive back into the punk rock sci-fi wasteland of 1984’s Repo Man — a sequel, titled Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer, has been announced, with the original writer and director, Alex Cox, set to return.

The story was first reported by Variety, who confirmed that Cox would be in the director’s chair, with Kiowa Gordon (Twilight) starring as the punk-turned-repo-man, Otto, portrayed by Emilio Estevez in the original. Plot-wise, the new film will pick up right where the original left off, following Otto after a brief trip “across the infinities of time and space,” which has only aged him “exactly 90 minutes.”

According to filmmakers, Repo Man 2 will “deliver an enthralling mix of punk energy, existential comedy, and unconventional storytelling, navigating the absurd and chaotic world of repo men into a new age of nuclear brinkmanship and driverless cars.”

Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer...

Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer's writer and director, Alex Cox, reveals the upcoming film's plot, character details and filming window.

The film is partly a reimagining and partly a sequel to the 1980s cult classic Repo Man, also directed by Alex Cox. In an interview with Inverse, Cox revealed some significant details about the upcoming sequel, which he aims to start filming around June/July 2024. Cox shared that Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer follows Otto's (Kiowa Gordon) transition from cruising through rough neighborhoods in search of cars to utilizing internet searches and hacking into onboard computers. Cox replaced Otto's original actor Emilio Estevez with Kiowa Gordon from The Twilight Saga as the lead.

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Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer will see Otto trade in punk rock for tech upgrades in the repo world of 2024. Alex Cox hopes to begin filming the sequel with Kiowa Gordon and Angela Sarafyan in June or July. The iconic punk rock soundtrack and black humor of the original will make a comeback in this highly anticipated sequel.

Alex Cox, writer and director of the 1984 cult classic Repo Man, has revealed details about his upcoming sequel, Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer. Starring Emilio Estevez as Otto Maddox, a young punk rocker turned reluctant “repo man” in pursuit of a vehicle with extra-terrestrial connections, Cox’s sci-fi comedy garnered widespread acclaim on its original release. Bolstered by an iconic punk rock soundtrack featuring the title track sung by Iggy Pop, the original Repo Man would go on to be considered one of the best independent movies of the 1980s.

Alex Cox’s 1984 “Repo Man” was a Reagan-era satire about consumerism and the Atomic Age. Its punk rock soundtrack transformed it into a cult hit, but its funny and strange combination of sci-fi, workplace comedy, and the fear of nuclear annihilation made it an enduring classic.

Forty years later, Cox will revisit the repo man and the world of bland, generic grocery store clerks stocking and selling “Food” and “Beer” day in and day out. He has written and will direct a sequel, “Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer,” and he told IndieWire why this film will embody “the repo world of 2024.”

Cox said “The Wages of Beer” will take place in a world of self-driving cars and an even more pressing threat of global destruction. “The advent of incredible technology means, for the repo man, that everything has changed — and nothing has changed,” he said via email.

Marking an incredible escape from director jail, Alex Cox is ramping up his first feature in seven years (and perhaps the first well-financed project in 20-plus). At this year’s Berlinale and European Film Market he’ll shop Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer, which continues directly from his 1984 cult classic as Otto, having aged a total of 90 minutes, boards “his trusty 1967 Chevy Malibu to journey across the infinities of time and space.” [Variety]

Cox has mostly laid low in recent years, directing the odd microbudget project here and there––among them a spiritual sequel, Repo Chick, that looks more like a Tim and Eric sketch than studio production––making this return to feature filmmaking quite notable. Though primarily known for Repo Man or Sid and Nancy, his filmography’s studded with treasures: Walker, Straight to Hell, and (personal favorite) Three Businessmen boast a punk-with-classicism sensibility that is simply non pareil.

Per Variety, Alex Cox is ready to return to the bizarre world of car repossession and extraterrestrials. The outlet reports that the director is set to helm Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer, a long-belated sequel to the 1984 cult classic.

The original movie starred Emilio Estevez as Otto, a young punk who is recruited by a car repossession agency and finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty – and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. The sequel will pick up “after Otto has boarded his trusty 1967 Chevy Malibu to journey across the infinities of time and space. In that time, he has aged exactly 90 minutes.” As Estevez is naturally a little too old to reprise the role, Kiowa Gordon has stepped in to play Otto in the sequel.

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Gordon is best known for...

Alex Cox is getting back behind the wheel.

The “Repo Man” director is revisiting the off-kilter world of extraterrestrials and car repossession that he mined so memorably in the 1984 cult classic in a new sequel that is being introduced to buyers at the Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market. Entitled “Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer,” the film is being backed by Buffalo 8 Productions, a film and media company best known for the critically acclaimed work on Netflix series “The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes.” Cox wrote the script along with directing the film.

Kiowa Gordon, best known for his role as Embry Call in “The Twilight Saga” and for his work in the AMC series “Dark Winds,” is set to lead the cast as Otto. Emilio Estevez played Otto in the 1984 original. The film picks up after Otto has boarded his trusty 1967 Chevy Malibu to journey across the infinities of time and space.

Sonia Pizarro of Operation Repo fame has sadly passed away. The reality show, which ran for eleven seasons on Telemundo and TruTV, depicts stories of repossessions going awry in the style of a documentary series. It ran from 2006 to 2014 and was created by Luis Pizarro, who served as one of the stars of the show. Sonia, his sister, was brought in to serve as one of the main cast members and became the boss. She just might be the most memorable personality on the show and helped keep the show popular with viewers during an era that was completely dominated by reality television.

On Instagram, Pizarro's ex-husband, Froylan Tercaro, announced that she had died at the age of 60. The post included an image of Pizarro along with a statement expressing how sad he is to say goodbye. Tercaro says she will always have a "special place" in his heart despite their divorce.

Hail director Amiel Courtin-Wilson is in distinguished company, one of 70 filmmakers from around the world who have contributed to an innovative film marking the 70th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival.

Each director has made a short film of 60-90 seconds for Venezia 70 . Future Reloaded, which both celebrates the world.s oldest film festival and reflects on the future of cinema.

Among the filmmakers invited to participate are Bernardo Bertolucci, Paul Schrader, Walter Salles, Catherine Breillat, Shekhar Kapur, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Abbas Kiarostami, Monte Hellman and Peter Ho-Sun Chan. All have had films screened in Venice over the past 20 years.

Courtin-Wilson.s 90-second film is bound to be controversial as it features a couple having graphic, animalistic sex.

He told If it.s based on several Scandinavian creation myths, is set in a world of endless night and ends with a solar eclipse. Screen Australia and Film Victoria supported the project.

Repo Man director close to $100,000 target for low-budget film adaptation of Harry Harrison's satirical science-fiction novel

The director of Repo Man, Alex Cox, is nearing a $100,000 target on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to fund science-fiction film Bill the Galactic Hero.

With four days of his campaign to go, Cox has received $91,897 toward what would be his first film since 2009's Repo Chick. The British film-maker, who has struggled for studio funding since the financial failure of his 1987 "acid western" Walker, intends to make the movie with the help of his students at the University of Colorado.

Bill the Galactic Hero is based on the 1965 satirical sci-fi novel by Harry Harrison, which was written as a counterweight to Robert A Heinlein's neo-fascist 1960 book Starship Troopers (itself borrowed by Paul Verhoeven for a 1997 film that heavily satirised its source's militaristic leanings).

"Bill the Galactic Hero is a feature-length science-fiction comedy set...

Crowdfunding was made for guys like Alex Cox. Similar to Ralph Bakshi, whose successfully Kickstarter-ed project we profiled recently, The Sid and Nancy and Repo Man director is a cult filmmaker who doesn’t fit in Hollywood and who therefore has had a hard time getting his movies off the ground. Even when working with his old titles, as he did with the sorta-sequel Repo Chick and the re-cut release of Straight to Hell (called Straight to Hell Returns), he’s had trouble getting notice. Hopefully he’s able to turn things around with Bill, the Galactic Hero, a low-budget sci-fi comedy adapted from the same-titled novel by Harry Harrison (who wrote the basis of Soylent Green – the novel “Make Room! Make Room!” — and co-wrote the script for Bill with Cox before his death last August). Cox has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the movie at $100,000, and after a week he’s already halfway there...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 16, 2013

Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95

Studio: Criterino

Emilio Estevez is the nihilistic Otto in Alex Cox's Repo Man.

Alex Cox’s (Searchers 2.0) singular science fiction comedy Repo Man remains the quintessential cult comedy film of the 1980s.

The 1984 movie stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton (Seven Psychopaths) as a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club) as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it.

Featuring an ultimate early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack featuring music from Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, The Circle Jerks, Fear and other, the grungily hilarious R-rated Repo Man still rules (while being a politically trenchant take on President Reagan’s domestic and foreign policy)!

Oh,...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 2, 2012

Price: DVD $59.98, Blu-ray $69.96

Studio: Warner

Maggie Q takes aim in Nikita.

Maggie Q (Mission: Impossible III) returns as television’s sexiest assassin in the action-thriller show Nikita: Season Two.

In Season Two, undercover agent-gone-rogue Nikita and her fellow operative–and the man who trained her—Michael (Shane West, TV’s ER) are on the run with a hard drive containing the government’s darkest secrets and conspiracies. Together, they plan to right the wrongs their division has committed over the years. The only problem is that the hunt for the pair is being led by Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca, Hot Tube Time Machine), an agent who was trained by Nikita and who knows all of her mentor’s tricks!

Inspired by the 1990 film La Femme Nikita directed by Luc Besson (Lockout) and the subsequent 1997 TV series of the same name starring Peta Wilson, the hard-hitting...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Sept. 25, 2012

Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95

Studio: Criterion

Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov work their way up to Eating Raoul.

A sleeper hit independent comedy film of the early 1980s that has since gone on to become a cult favorite, Eating Raoul (1982) is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption.

Warhol superstar Mary Woronov (Rock’n'Roll High School) and co-writer/director Paul Bartel (The Usual Suspects) star as a prudish married couple who feel put upon by the swingers who live in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to simultaneously realize their dream of ridding themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and opening a little restaurant with a very unique menu.

Also starring Robert Beltran (Repo Chick) in the role of the ultimately consumable title character, Eating Raoul is a mix of anything-goes slapstick and clever satire on me-generation self-indulgence

Criterion...

Pulp Fiction

Release Date: Oct. 4, 2011

Price: Blu-ray $19.99

Studio: Lionsgate

Jackie Brown

Release Date: Oct. 4, 2011

Price: Blu-ray $19.99

Studio: Lionsgate

Pulp Fiction

Disc Dish is thrilled to see two of Quentin Tarantino’s most celebrated crime films from the 1990s, Pulp Fiction (1994) and Jackie Brown (1997), on Blu-ray.

Each has an all-star cast. In Pulp Fiction are John Travolta (Blow Out), Uma Thurman (Ceremony), Ving Rhames (Piranha), Samuel L. Jackson (Mother and Son), Tim Roth (TV’s Lie to Me), Eric Stoltz (TV’s Caprica), Bruce Willis (Red) and Rosanna Arquette (Repo Chick). And Jackie Brown features Pam Grier (Just Wright), Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver), Bridget Fonda (Point of No Return), Michael Keaton (The Other Guys) and Jackson.

Plus, of course, there’s that signature Tarantino dialog, the brilliant soundtracks, great directing and awesome editing.

The discs mark the movies’ high-definition debuts, remastered under the filmmaker’s supervision with new high definition lossless audio and 1080P video.

Here is an early preview of an upcoming independent thriller titled Resolution. The plotline is as follows: a drug addicted friend, Chris (Vinny Curran) is helped by Michael (Peter Cilella), when Chris has reached rock bottom because of his addictions. A forced drug withdrawal is the prescribed order of the day. Then, something mysterious begins to take place. A spirit seems to haunt the premise, demanding a "story." Strange tapes and pictures turn up, as Michael searches for answers to bizarre comings and goings.

Resolution was completed with a modest budget, under a 100K and the film stars Peter Cilella, Zahn McClarnon (Repo Chick) and Bill Oberst Jr. (A Haunting in Salem) . A release date has not been announced, but horror fans of indies will enjoy the first trailer for the film below. However, this is a restricted clip for strong language, drug use and tone. Those over eighteen proceed...

Actor Alex Feldman is the ultimate Hollywood party master in the upcoming Lifetime made-for-tv movie “Bling Ring,” based on the real-life burglaries that targeted A-list celebrities Currently, Feldman is writing and producing the psychological thriller “Eternity Hill,” and co-writing and will star in the feature comedy “All In.” Feldman also teaches acting and was recently named the Creative Director at the notable Acting Studio of Beverly Hills.

Check out my latest Versus to learn more about Alex Feldman, how it is to work with Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton on one of their projects “The Collector” , the ultra cool green screen/miniature comedy experience "Repo Chick" (if you haven't see this, you need too, read my review Here) and his other films you will be able to see him in soon.

Brian S- You have a lot of projects to talk about! First, tell me about your upcoming Lifetime movie...

Looks can kill—and they do—in Nikita: The Complete First Season, which Warner will release on Blu-ray and DVD on August 30 for the list prices of $69.97 and $59.98, respectively.

Maggie Q strikes a lethal pose as Nikita.

Maggie Q (Mission: Impossible III) stars as Nikita, a charming but deadly undercover agent gone rogue who attempts to bring down the nefarious secret government agency that trained her. She does all this—along with solving a bunch of nasty crimes along the way—over the course of 22 episodes.

Inspired by the 1990 film La Femme Nikita directed by Luc Besson and the subsequent 1997 TV series of the same name starring Peta Wilson, the hard-hitting action-thriller television show also stars Shane West (TV’s ER), Xander Berkeley (Repo Chick), Melinda Clarke (TV’s The O.C.) and Lyndsy Fonseca (Hot Tube Time Machine).

The final episode of Nikita’s first season was broadcast on...

The Sequel to the 2009 action film G.I. Joe looks to be adding its first new cast member.

Variety is reporting that Dwayne Johnson is in talks to star in G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes as Roadblock, whose real name is Marvin Hinton. The African-American character, who features in the G.I. Joe range of toys, comics and cartoons, serves as the team's heavy machine gunner and cook.

Jon Chu is directing the film - due out in August 2012 - from a screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

Three cast members from the first film are set to return - Channing Tatum as Duke, Ray Park as Snake Eyes and Lee Byung-hun as Storm Shadow.

We were hearing early last month that auditions were taking place, with Danny Arroyo (Lethal Weapon 4, Repo Chick) and former X Factor winner Shayne Ward among those who have tried for new roles in the film.

Casting is under way for the next movie in the G.I. Joe franchise.

Just recently, a report claimed that former X Factor winner Shayne Ward had tested for an unspecified role.

It's now been confirmed to us that auditions are indeed happening for this next film, G. I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes.

We are hearing that among the actors who have read for one of the new roles in the script is Danny Arroyo (pictured).

The G.I. Joe action figures have featured in comics and cartoons and Arroyo is a huge fan of geek culture including sci-fi and superheroes.

An ambassador for The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, which helps people with paralysis, Arroyo's credits include Lethal Weapon 4, The Resistance TV series, the kooky comedy Repo Chick and horror thriller Kill Katie Malone.

Danny is currently filming the main lead role in a Christmas family movie called Santa's Dog.

The Coventry Telegraph's sources say auditions are definitely going on, as well as revealing that actor Danny Arroyo, who's apparently a big comic book fan, has tried for a part in the film. Here's an extract from the article... Just recently, a report in The Sun claimed that former X Factor winner Shayne Ward had tested for an unspecified role. It's now been confirmed to us that auditions are indeed happening for this next film, G. I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes. We are hearing that among the actors who have read for one of the new roles in the script is Danny Arroyo. Arroyo's credits include Lethal Weapon 4, The Resistance TV series, the kooky comedy Repo Chick and horror thriller Kill Katie Malone. He's currently filming the main lead role in a Christmas family movie called Santa's Dog. G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes, directed by John Chu, hits...

Directed by: Alex Cox

Written by: Alex Cox

Cast: Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, Karen Black, Del Zamora, Rosanna Arquette

In Repo Chick, '80s punk provocateur Alex Cox turns his attention to the state of contemporary society. Needless to say, he doesn't like what he sees. And who can blame him. Even on the best of days, you have to admit it's pretty grim out there.

Told through the eyes of a Paris Hilton analogue, Repo Chick is the story of Pixxi de la Chasse (Jaclyn Jonet), a spoiled celebutante who's disinherited by her family for bad behavior. This forces her and her self-serving entourage out into the cold, cruel world. Luckily, Pixxi lands a job as a repo chick, which brings her into contact with some very bad people doing very weird things.

With his latest flick, Cox takes on the world in which we live, and everything is fair game.

Year: 2011

Directors: Alex Cox

Writers: Alex Cox

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Amazon: link

Review by: agentorange

Rating: 7 out of 10

In Repo Chick, British avanteur Alex Cox substitutes the grimmy, punk-rock La of the early 80s with a new "pink-rock" vision to create a sequel-in-spirit to his first underground hit, Repo Man. Yes people I am as stunned as you are, but Repo Chick is Not the epic misstep that the film's trailer made it out to be, in fact quite the opposite. Repo Chick may not consistently entertain but it's a wildly unique, artful vision by a director who is so unafraid to take risks that he continues to be a relevant force in outsider cinema.

If 80s punk-rock counter culture was about slackers and burnouts desperate to avoid the mainstream, then today's "pink-rock" is about slackers and burnouts obsessed with buying into it. In Cox's pessimistic view, today's youth...

In 1984, Director Alex Cox brought the world his punk cult classic, Repo Man. The movie was a bomb at the box office but it was a critical success and has found a life of it’s own since hitting TV, VHS and DVD. 27 years later, Cox has decided to revisit the world of repo with his somewhat follow up, Repo Chick. I just wish he would have taken a vacation into another land instead.

Repo Chick tells the story of heiress with problems Pixxie De La Chasse. She has been arrested many times, has 9 court dates, is caught sleeping around and causes nothing but problems for her father (Xander Berkeley), aunt (Karen Black) and grandmother (Frances Bay). Her family decides to cut her off unless she finds a job. Pixxi is not happy with this decision, as she thinks it’s not fair. Along with her entourage; SixSixSix (Danny Arroyo) Pixxi’s bodyguard,...

Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, Sci-Fi, Cinematical

Maybe a year or so ago, some of my online colleagues posted a trailer for Alex Cox's then-forthcoming film 'Repo Chick.' As a longtime fan of 'Repo Man,' I eagerly hunted down the clip in anticipation of what I assumed would be the director's return to form after seemingly decades of silence. But what I saw was dramatically different than anything I could have expected - a shoestring special effects extravaganza that bore little resemblance to the gritty punk universe of its predecessor, much less Cox's many other memorable films, including 'Sid and Nancy' and 'Straight to Hell.' So I did the only thing I could think of: I hunted down Cox himself and interviewed him about the film, which at the time was in no position to be released theatrically, on hone video, or via any other format.

Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, Sci-Fi, Cinematical

Maybe a year or so ago, some of my online colleagues posted a trailer for Alex Cox's then-forthcoming film 'Repo Chick.' As a longtime fan of 'Repo Man,' I eagerly hunted down the clip in anticipation of what I assumed would be the director's return to form after seemingly decades of silence. But what I saw was dramatically different than anything I could have expected - a shoestring special effects extravaganza that bore little resemblance to the gritty punk universe of its predecessor, much less Cox's many other memorable films, including 'Sid and Nancy' and 'Straight to Hell.' So I did the only thing I could think of: I hunted down Cox himself and interviewed him about the film, which at the time was in no position to be released theatrically, on hone video, or via any other format.

If you're a good little film geek, then you saw Alex Cox's Repo Man years ago.  The mid-80's cult classic-- featuring Emilio Estevez, a very strange car, and a plot involving aliens-- has earned its reputation over the past few decades, and ever since its release Cox has been asked about the possibility of a follow-up.  While Repo Chick isn't a direct sequel to Repo Man-- you'd be hard-pressed to find the connective tissue here, unless you're a mega-fan-- it is...well, it's something.  Read on to find out if Repo Chick is worth your time after the jump, folks. Like many of you, I saw the "trailer" for Repo Chick at some point last year and felt a wave of confusion wash over me:  what the hell did anything I was seeing onscreen have to do with Repo Man, the 80's cult classic starring Emilio Estevez...

Repo Chick is the kind of high-concept lark that sounds fascinating in theory but dies onscreen. It’s a film giddy with ideas and outrage, a pop-art provocation so plugged into our crazy cultural zeitgeist, it already feels dated. (A subplot involving the mortgage crisis, in particular, feels ripped from yesterday’s headlines.) Fans of Alex Cox’s 1984 cult classic Repo Man might be excited to learn that he’s made a deliberately cheap-looking, didactic, postmodern extended riff on celebrity, Paris Hilton, the recession, and globalization, and that it’s also sort of almost-not-really a Repo Man sequel. But ...

Tony Jaa kicks ass and elephants in Ong Bak 3, out from Magnet this week. Big fan of this series and particularly like the decision to go back in time, giving the films a primordial, almost mythic vibe.

Big week for horror fans as Anchor Bay is releasing their I Spit on Your Grave remake along with Meir Zarchi's original 1978 version on Blu-ray for the first time ever. The other big title is of course Paranormal Activity 2, which proved to be a worthy followup and show that the franchise still has potential to make a big pile o' cash.

Wes Craven's My Soul to Take, his first feature as writer and director since 1994's New Nightmare is out this week. The 3D teen thriller in was a bit of a disappointment for me, but I've never been a huge Craven fan anyway, so don't take my word for it.

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Tesis" (1996)

Directed by Alejandro Amenabar

Released by Widowmaker Films

Long out of print, "The Others" director Alejandro Amenabar's debut about a grad student's discovery of a snuff film is being remastered and rereleased by Widowmaker Films.

"Alice in Murderland" (2011)

Directed by Dennis Devine

Released by Brain Damage Films

A year after Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" scared the bejeezus out of kids in multiplexes everywhere, this horror take on Lewis Carroll's classic fairy tale aims to do so intentionally on DVD players around the country.

"America, America" (1963)

Directed by Elia Kazan

Released by Fox Home Entertainment

Elia Kazan's most personal film based on the story of his uncle's immigration to the United States from Turkey, where as a Greek his family is persecuted, was already released as part of last year's Kazan boxed set, but now will be...

 

                                        

Repo Chick comes to us from writer/director Alex Cox, the same guy who brought us Repo Man. Repo Chick is not a sequel so if you're like me and haven't seen Repo Man you're going to be ok. I will say after watching this I'll check out Repo Man which is also celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Repo Chick is about millionaire heiress Pixxi De La Chasse  (Jaclyn Jonet) who gets disinherited by her snobby family, which includes veteran genre actress Karen Black.  What spoiled Pixxi has to do next is something she never dreamed about, she has to get a job!

Pixxi enters the real word looking for a job and becomes what else? A repo chick! All I can say is I literally fell in love with this film! Jaclyn Jonet owns this role and makes it her own to perfection and has full support of a great cast.

Another week, another list of DVDs and Blu-rays out to buy from today. It’s a mixed bag this week, with killer sharks, elevator accidents, blackploitation, scary homes and plenty of arse-kicking!

Black Dynamite (DVD)

When “The Man” murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House. Michael Jai White stars as Black Dynamite, a gun-toting, nunchuck-wielding, ladies man and soul brother.

Circle Of Pain (DVD)

After a fight that went tragically wrong, Mma champion Dalton Hunt (former world karate champion Tony Schiena) retired from the ring vowing never to return. But when a ruthless promoter discovers there s one fight left on his contract, a clash is set up with The Brick, the fearsome new and undefeated title holder.

Filmmaker Alex Cox's kooky comedy Repo Chick - the "official non-sequel" to his 1984 sci-fi cult classic Repo Man - is to get a Us theatrical release this month as it heads to DVD and Blu-ray.

It will open theatrically at the IFC Center in New York on January 14 and at the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles on January 21.

It will then hit stores on DVD and Blu-ray on February 8, as confirmed by Disc Dish.

Repo Chick was shot 98 per cent on greenscreen and also incorporated miniature sets and stop-motion animation.

I've been sent some exclusive stills showing scenes before and after the digital backgrounds were added, giving an insight into the production and the amazing possibilities presented by modern technology. Those comparison images are included below.

I previously reported on the film in November 2009, after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival. In that article, actor Danny Arroyo (pictured...

1984's cult classic Repo Man is finally getting a sequel: Repo Chick. Alex Cox's story is about a teen girl who gets kicked out of her parents' house and takes a job finding antique cars for repo man to make money. While doing her job, she discovers and then sets out to stop a plot to destroy Los Angeles. Rosanna Arquette, (pictured, Battle for Terra), Chloe Webb (Practical Magic) and newcomer Jaclyn Jonet star.

Repo Chick will hit theaters in New York and Los Angeles in January and will be released to DVD Feb. 8.

Source: Variety...

Remember Alex Cox's 80's cult-classic sci-fi comedy 'Repo Man'? You know the one, the low-budget and extremely bizarre flick that starred Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton (and not to be confused with the recent 'Repo Men', starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker). Well 25 years later and Cox is back with the 'unofficial non-sequel' 'Repo Chick'. It debuted at the Venice Film Festival in September 2009 and now will finally hit Us DVD shelves as well as screen in both New York and La next January. Check out the full synopsis and screening dates below. Jaclyn Jonet (below) stars as 'Repo Chick' and she's joined by Miguel Sandoval, Rosanna Arquette, Chloe Webb, Del Zamora, Alex Feldman, Xander Berkeley, Robert Beltran and Karen Black!...

Alex Cox's Repo Chick won't be sent to the dumps. The Venice preemed, sequel to Cox's Repo Man is set to get a quick release via Industrial Entertainment in New York City’s IFC Center on January 14th and the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles on January 21st. Gist: A follow-up to the 1984 film Repo Man, this will unfold against the backdrop of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the Us, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high. Spoiled rich girl Pixxi De La Chasse has been disinherited due to her irresponsible life. When her car is repossessed, Pixxi becomes the best repo chick around with the help of her entourage; punk grrrl confidante, model; looks bodyguard and flaming stylist. Clueless Pixxi ends up on a wacky train ride which is actually a plot by a terrorist organization.

Alex Cox is set to follow-up his cult classic "Repo Man" with the upcoming "Repo Chick," coming out via Industrial Entertainment in New York City's IFC Center on January 14th and the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles on January 21st. The film, starring Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, and Rosanna Arquette, is not a sequel, according to director Alex Cox. "It's entirely a freestanding film about a very wealthy young woman ...

Are you around the North East of Scotland this Monday? If so, you may want to be heading along to this very special evening.

Controversial and, wait for it, 'cult' director Alex Cox is the subject of the latest Director's Cut talk in Aberdeen.

This special series of events, run by the University of Aberdeen, has hosted such diverse guests as Simon Callow (Four Weddings & A Funeral), David Mackenzie (Hallam Foe), Nicolas Roeg (Don't Look Now), Guy Hamilton (Live & Let Die), Raúl Ruiz (Klimt) and Sir David Attenborough.

This Monday sees the director of films such as Repo Man and Sid & Nancy, Alex Cox, take center stage to talk about his life and work with BBC presenter Janice Forsyth (for broadcast at a later date). His film Walker, starring Ed Harris, broke new ground as an abrasive postmodern comment on the USA's military interventions in Latin America and his latest...

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London

A reminder that "human rights" is a universal issue rather than an empty poltical buzz word, with 28 searing films from around the world. Like Anthony Lapaglia's star turn in The Balibo Conspiracy, a gripping fictionalisation of the disappearance of five Australian TV journalists during the East Timor invasion of 1975, the truth of which lay undiscovered for over 30 years. Or the timely Moloch Tropical, a film from Haitian minister of culture-turned-auteur, Raoul Peck imagining the mental unravelling of the country's prime minister. Other highlights include Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's intimate Women Without Men, and Red Chapel, which finds comedy in North Korea.

Various venues, Wed to 26 Mar, visit hrw.org/iff

Andrea Hubert

London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

There's little to galvanise this year's crop (over 75 films and documentaries), besides tragedy, love, religion, schooldays and nestling together under a big rainbow-coloured umbrella.

It’s that time of year again, kids. Dread Central’s 2010 Horror at the Oscars coverage. Horror was indeed present this year and in black-tie. While Roger Corman and Lauren Bacall were honored a few months back at the Governor’s Award Ceremony, it was an unexpected delight to see Corman, recipient of the lifetime achievement Oscar, enjoy a standing ovation on national television.

I was, however, very disappointed that neither of them were allowed to speak. Roger Corman’s contributions to modern cinema are too vast for him to just stand up and wave. James Cameron was one of many Corman acolytes present, and his nomination speaks to Corman’s tremendous legacy. On the Terminator DVD Cameron mentions, "I trained at the Roger Corman Film School.” Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola, among many others, were also former students.

The terror continued with a spoof of Paranormal Activity...

The 16th annual Bradford International Film Festival, which will run March 18-28, is a total celebration of all forms of cinema, from classic films to modern world cinema to a tribute to Cinerama and more. But, most excitingly, is a bombastic collection of some of the best, most exciting underground films being made today.

From Bad Lit’s perspective, the most thrilling screening of the entire 10-day affair is the new film by British filmmaker Peter Whitehead, Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts. In the U.S., Whitehead is a “lost” filmmaker from the underground’s heyday in the ’60s, being left out of most histories of the underground movement. Whitehead directed several influential films, including Wholly Communion and The Fall, before dropping out of filmmaking in the mid-’70s.

Film historian Jack Sargeant wrote extensively about and interviewed Whitehead for his wonderful book on Beat cinema, Naked Lens.

After 2002's Die Another Day was reviled by critics, many fans and by veteran Bond star Roger Moore - despite being the highest-grossing 007 adventure at that time - producers admitted they wanted to return to the traditional formula.

They hit reset and the result was 2006's Casino Royale with Daniel Craig as a more craggy, edgy 007.

It was swiftly followed by direct sequel Quantum of Solace. The next instalment - so far known only as Bond 23 - is on hold while studio MGM is up for sale so it's the perfect time to look back on Bond and find the winning formula for the next film.

In this guest article, actor/writer/producer and self-confessed movie and comic book geek Danny Arroyo - whose upcoming films include Kill Katie Malone, Groupie, and Repo Chick, which was featured on here last November - takes a look at which Bond movies deserve a licence to thrill.

Repo Man was one of those films some of us in the 80's would watch every other day after school, alternating with Excalibur and a couple of others. It was one of those films that you really had to have been there; if you never saw it, then you'll likely never see what we saw in it. It has its flaws, sure, and it admittedly doesn't make a lot of sense - but it had a dry wit and an 80's style that just made it work at the time. If you're not sure why, then just consider a plate of shrimp, and go from there.

So it was with some surprise and trepidation that I first heard of an upcoming sequel titled Repo Chick, created and directed by Repo Man director Alex Cox. The trailer is embedded below for your inspection and judgment. If anything, it certainly looks even weirder than the first.

The 1980s were a golden age for wonderfully weird independent films. Films like Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead, Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy, the Coen brothers' Blood Simple, David Lynch's Blue Velvet, and Alex Cox's Repo Man. Actually, that last one may be the strangest movie of the bunch. But unlike the other directors on that list, Cox never managed (or wanted) to cross over into the mainstream. Instead, he got swallowed up by his own idiosyncratic obsessions and continued to make films that fewer and fewer people went to see. It was clear from the beginning...

Everywhere you look, people are getting repo'ed. They just did a godawful abortion of a musical about repossessing organs and Hot Topic. Now, Jude Law and Forrest Whitaker are going all gunkata on the same basic concept. But there was always the glorious, glorious punk rock original.

Alex Cox's Repo Man is not a great movie. It's like the Buzzcocks version of filmmaking: gritty, boiled down, loud, boisterous, obnoxious, smashmouth, berserker, ridiculous, sproingy. The power of Repo Man comes from authentic anger, a lashing out at the commercialism of the world. Emilio Estevez steals cars and drinks generic white cans with Beer stenciled on the side. It's a middle finger up the ass of Reaganomics.

What the fuck Alex Cox thinks he's doing with Repo Chick is anyone's guess. Punk rockers should die young or fade away. You can't oi against the establishment when you're collecting social security. Check...

While writer/director Alex Cox's official follow-up to his cult action comedy thriller Repo Man is strictly confined to the graphic novel world, his new film, Repo Chick, takes place in roughly the same world, albeit with some very different characters. And now there's a trailer to be found online.So what can you expect from Repo Chick? Er… Based on the footage, it looks like a school project made with ultra low-budget green screen for many scenes and an Ott blend of camp, pulpy, wink-wink craziness. The plot follows wealthy bad girl Pixxi (Jaclyn Jonet) who, after getting "disinherited" takes a job as a repossession operative. She soon proves to be an ace at the job, but also gets mixed up in a weird criminal plot. At least, that's what seems to be happening in the promo.We're not sure how many people will be rushing to part...

On the basis of this trailer it would seem that Alex Cox's Repo Chick is less a sequel to his well-aged cult fave Repo Man as it is a strange, post-modern collage that simply uses the Repo connection as one more reference point in a tangled constellation. It also seems to be an openly disagreeable work, in many respects, and I certainly can't see its aesthetic pleasing everybody (read: anybody much). I'd be interested in hearing what side folk fall on after checking it out after the break. The 'actual' sequel to Repo Man was Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday, published as a graphic novel. You can check out a sample for free through Cox's official site for the project. It's not too attractively illustrated, unfortunately. Trailer heads-up from Quiet Earth, in turn citing Cinematical.

A trailer has premiered on youtube for Repo Chick, the "sequel" to Alex Cox's 1984 cult classic Repo Man, starring Emilo Estevez. I should say that I am, and always have been, a very big fan of Repo Man, but not really of Alex Cox as a director. So on that note, I should say that I'm not entirely sure what to make of Repo Chick. It's not quite as post-punk as I was hoping, but then again, I guess it's not 1984 anymore...

Synopsis:

As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles.

Repo Chick stars Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, Del Zamora, Alex Feldman, Chloe Webb, Xander Berkeley and Rosanna Arquette.

Trailer (via: Cinematical) after the break

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