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'Repo Men' trailer: Jude Law goes out for blood (and livers)
24 December 2009 1:00 PM, PST
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Universal has just released a red-band trailer for Repo Men, a sci-fi thriller starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker slated for an April 2010 release. Despite the similar title, Repo Men is not a remake of the director Alex Cox's 1984 nihilistic sci-fi punk cult classic Repo Man. Its premise, though -- in a dystopian future, a sinister megacorporation dispenses new organs to needy patients at exorbitant prices, then sends out repo men to reclaim them when they default on their payments -- does bear a certain resemblance to Repo! The Genetic Opera, the campy, gory 2008 rock-opera musical that earned Paris Hilton
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Repo Men Trailer Starring Jude Law
24 December 2009 8:38 AM, PST
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Breathe easy folks, this is not a remake of the 1984 Emilio Estevez cult classic Repo Man, but rather a new dark sci-fi thriller starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. In the future, artificial organs save lives, but they also cost a lot of money. Many people buy them on credit, and when they fail to make a payment, Jude Law and his buddies come knocking at their door to rip the organs back out of their bodies. Sounds like kind of a clever concept to me, and perhaps a timely one as well.
The first trailer for Repo Men is a red band one, which is mainly so that they can show off the bloody nature of the job (although there is some brief nudity as well). You should be warned that the trailer does give away a plot twist that may or may not end up being a big spoiler.
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Where should sci-fi boldly go in 2010?
24 December 2009 3:41 AM, PST
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With the success of Star Trek, Avatar and District 9, It's been a high-profile year for science-fiction, but has the quality matched the publicity? What new paths might the genre explore in the next decade?
Earlier this year, sci-fi actioner Pandorum proved that you can concoct an entertaining - if rather artistically bankrupt - thriller in space by splicing together bits of other popular genre flicks: in this case, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien and Brit horror flick The Descent. Looking forward to next year's crop of sci fi movies, I wonder if Repo Men might follow a similar route.
The film is not, as its name suggests, a sequel to Alex Cox's wry 1984 punk cult classic, but rather an original piece based on the 2009 novel The Repossession Mambo, by Eric Garcia. I say original, for Repo Men seems to have grabbed elements of every sci fi flick from Gattaca to Minority Report,
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Poster and red band trailer for Repo Men
23 December 2009 4:40 PM, PST
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Universal has just released the official poster and red band trailer for Repo Men, starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, and Liev Schreiber. Sadly, this is not a sequel to the 1984 classic Repo Man, starring the once-badass Emilio Estevez. I’ve just finished the trailer, and it’s full of action, violence, blood, knives – the things that makes the world go ’round – but I find the story a bit strange. From what I saw, Remy (Law) and Jake (Whitaker) are organ repo men. In the future, you can buy an $80,000 organ and you’ll live long and prosper, but if you don’t pay up, the repo man will hunt you down and cut it out. After a weird accident, Remy has a change of heart and decides to take down the system.
Read more on Poster and red band trailer for Repo Men…
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Red Band Trailer for ‘Repo Men’
23 December 2009 1:42 PM, PST
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Today we have a the red-band band trailer for a sci-fi action-thriller called Repo Men. Before you start freaking out: no, it’s not the sequel to the 80s cult-hit with Emilio Estevez and flying cars.
Repo Men stars Jude Law and Forest Whitaker as two futuristic agents whose job is to repossess the hi-tech organs of recipients who can’t pay their costly bills to a less-than-friendly company called The Union. The movie is based on the novel The Repossession Mambo by Erica Garcia, who also wrote the novel-turned-movie Matchstick Men.
Of course, a film like this needs a twist and in Repo Men that twist comes when Law’s character, Remy, has an accident that forces him to receive one of The Union’s hi-tech hearts. When Remy can’t pay his own bills for the new heart, the company he used to get his hands dirty for
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Repo Men Red Band Trailer and Poster: This Ain’t Alex Cox’s Vision of the Repo Life
23 December 2009 1:05 PM, PST
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Repo Men is the film once called Reposession Mambo, which has been sitting on the shelf at Universal for a while. The movie has nothing to do with the Alex Cox classic Repo Man.
Instead it tells of a near future when human life spans have been greatly extended by expensive artificial organs created by a company called The Union. When people fail to make their payments for a fancy new liver or other piece of their gut, a team of surgical operatives are sent out to reclaim The Union's property. The film follows two of these guys, played by Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. Check out the first red band trailer to see what's in store.
I like Jude Law and love Forest Whitaker and Liev Schreiber, but despite the blood and guts this looks pretty routine. The actors have gone all in, no question, but there's not a
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- Russ Fischer
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Repo Men Red Band Trailer and Image Starring Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, and Forest Whitaker - Updated with Poster
23 December 2009 12:43 PM, PST
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Not a sequel to Alex Cox’s 1984 cult film Repo Man, Repo Men follows Jude Law and Forest Whitaker as a pair of killers who reclaim organs for a company when the recipient can’t make a payment. They do this happily and brutally as they’ll kill a man in front of his family and rip out his default organ. This futuristic scenario doesn’t seem so implausible when you stop to consider the current state of health care in our country.
The first trailer for the film has gone online. The good news is that it’s red band. The bad news is that it basically gives away the entire film so I won’t comment on the plot. I’ll just say it looks like a cool black comedy until it just becomes man-on-the-run action. I guess that’s the tone of the film since this trailer
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'Saint John of Las Vegas' trailer: It's a Buscemi bonanza!
3 December 2009 6:43 AM, PST
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I once worked at a magazine where we totaled up the minutes of time Steve Buscemi actually spent onscreen during the 1,792 films he had, at that point, appeared in. The answer was two and a half. I exaggerate (slightly). But there's no doubt the Fargo star is rarely handed the kind of chunky roles routinely gifted to actors who are no more talented but possess, well, more conventionally attractive, leading man looks (and I speak as someone who is rarely confused with George Clooney or Jon Hamm myself). However, the new comedy Saint John of Las Vegas seems to be
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Danny Arroyo on new film Repo Chick and his passion for superheroes
23 November 2009 12:47 PM, PST
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Among the stars of the upcoming new movie Repo Chick - Alex Cox's so-called "official non-sequel" to his 1984 sci-fi cult classic Repo Man - is Us actor/writer/producer Danny Arroyo.
The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, is co-produced by David Lynch's production company (Eraserhead, Dune, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks) and produced by Daren Hicks and Simon Tams (producers of Batman: Dead End, Searchers 2.0, Hunter Prey).
The official synopsis of the project is: "Against the background 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, the repo business has expanded to everything from boats, houses, aeroplanes, small nations...children."
Jaclyn Jonet stars as the central character Pixxi de la Chasse, a rich girl disinherited by her family for her antics. She ends up
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- David Bentley
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'American Idol' Alum Danny Gokey Debuts Country Single 'It's Only'
5 November 2009 10:13 PM, PST
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'The song went past the mental element and came directly into my heart,' he tells hometown radio station.
By James Montgomery
Danny Gokey
Photo: R. Mickshaw/ Getty Images
Earlier this year, "American Idol" third-place finisher Danny Gokey made waves when he said he was thinking of releasing a country album. Turns out, he wasn't joking, eventually signing a deal with RCA's Nashville label.
And on Friday (November 6), fans finally got to hear his first foray into the genre, when he debuted "It's Only," a swooning, countrified ballad on Milwaukee radio station FM 106.1.
Written by Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley and produced by Mark Bright (who's worked with Carrie Underwood), "It's Only" is the first single from Gokey's RCA debut, which will reportedly hit stores in March of next year. The song details the trials of the jobless and the homeless and doesn't shy away from the topic of faith,
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Entertainment Weekly Lists the 25 Best Soundtracks from the Past 25 Years
3 November 2009 2:34 PM, PST
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I’m no music expert what with their fancy degrees and ability to appreciate music beyond “This sounds good.” But I do know lists and lists generate controversy and controversy equals traffic! And with their patented “slideshow” format which creates more hits based on an itemized story, EW.com has a real racket going!
Well, we just listed it like normal people after the jump. Take a look, see if you agree, and scream your disbelief at how a certain album you love wasn’t included. Also, remember that this is a list of soundtracks which are usually a collection of songs used in a movie as opposed to a score which is usually the instrumental accompaniment to the film created by a single composer (although there are obviously scores created by more than one composer).
If you want to click through the list like a chump, click here. It
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Early Reviews of Alex Cox’s Repo Man Quasi-Sequel Repo Chick (An Anti-Golf Farce?)
9 September 2009 10:07 AM, PDT
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Last night at the Venice Film Festival, the spiritual sequel to writer/director Alex Cox's punk rock, sci-fi cult classic Repo Man, Repo Chick, premiered. Co-produced by David Lynch, the film has loomed with some hesitation in the minds of fans as an oddity, because it was shot almost entirely on green screen using Red cameras and an indie budget. After the jump, we'll take a look at the first review by Variety, whose reviewer seemed surprised to like it as much as she did, if not as much as the original. I've also included photos and videos from the production, and I'll update in the comments as more reviews come in...
This sentence sums up the review's sentiments like a spinning hub cap: "A wacky blend of leftist, anti-establishment politics, eye-searing colors, outre costumes and manic overacting, Repo Chick could be likened to what you would get if
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- Hunter Stephenson
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Exclusive Pics: Alex Cox's Repo Chick
1 September 2009
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- Michael Moore isn't the only one whose getting into narratives concerning the nation's economic troubles. We've got an exclusive look at a set of stills for Alex Cox's Repo Chick, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival next week and looks to nothing to do with his 1984 film, Repo Man.
I won't spoil the rest of plotline - the character is sent on some wacky pilgrimage out East, but this should 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 (Jacklyn Jonet from Cox's Searchers 2.0) 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.
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Alex Cox Reveals More About the Non-Repo-Sequel
12 August 2009 9:03 AM, PDT
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Alex Cox has a really crowded business card: Cult Filmmaker. Fallen from Grace. Hollywood Outsider. Looking for a Comeback. In the 1980s, he was a Next Big Thing after Repo Man (1984), which is undoutedly the greatest movie ever made about paranoia, cars, punks and aliens in Los Angeles. He quickly followed that with Sid and Nancy (1986), a dizzying biopic of Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and his deranged girlfriend Nancy Spungen. That film not only earned a cult following, but also got a fair measure of mainstream critical recognition.
Afterward, Cox's career struggled to regain the same kind of momentum. His next film, Straight to Hell (1987), was almost universally dismissed as an exercise in weird, but his fourth film, Walker (1988), was a hit among European film buffs, and it was recently bestowed with a high-class Criterion DVD release. Since then his films had very sporadic distribution and some of
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- Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Personal Recollections Of John Hughes From Inside MTV
7 August 2009 11:30 AM, PDT
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MTV staffer Jonathan Mussman had a unique opportunity to work closely during high school with John Hughes. I don't want to spoil the surprise, so why don't we let Jonathan take it from here...
by Jonathan Mussman
As someone who spent his teenage years growing up in Northbrook, Il on the famed Chicago North Shore, John Hughes was more than iconic -– he was everything I strived to be. A successful filmmaker who never once turned his back on his hometown. We lived and breathed John Hughes as he captured my high school life to an exact T on film.
I first met John Hughes at a pre-screening of "Sixteen Candles" at the Old Orchard Theater in Skokie. From that moment I became obsessed with this man, who could capture my life and neighborhood on screen so well, to the point that the city and the suburbs were another character in his films.
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Alex Cox Versus Universal: Fight!
30 July 2009 3:14 PM, PDT
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Yesterday in Page 2 I mentioned that the title of Universal's Repossession Mambo had been changed to Repo Men, and wondered if fans of Alex Cox's awesome Repo Man might be a little irritated. Being in a bit of a rush to put that page together, I didn't think about how Alex Cox might feel. And the answer is: a little peeved. See, Cox has a new film called Repo Chick that could be hitting soon, and he's faced a threat from Universal over the title and script. Now that the studio has retitled their film to sound like a sequel to his, things could get nasty.
Here's the basic rundown. Repossession Mambo, with Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, was shot early last year (not 'two years ago' as Cox claims) and has been slated for release later this year. But Universal owns Repo Man and sent Alex Cox a
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- Russ Fischer
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The Venice Film Festival: Herzog, Soderbergh, Clooney and More
30 July 2009 11:32 AM, PDT
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Cannes has La Croisette and the world premieres and the yachts and the red carpet mishegoss, but Venice is no slouch when it comes to excellent directors and exciting premieres (and oh yeah, the parties). This year's line-up has plenty to offer cinephiles from around the world. And for you betting types, take note that Abel Ferrara and Werner Herzog will both be there; Herzog will be showing his "re-imagining" of Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, which so incensed Ferrara that he wished dire bodily harm upon Herzog and star Nicolas Cage.
I'm also particularly excited about Alex Cox showing Repo Chick, a sequel to his fabulous 1984 film Repo Man. Other super-cool stuff includes Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! with Matt Damon and his creepy mustache, Grant Heslov's The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney, and [Rec 2], the sequel to the Spanish horror film from Jaume Balaguero. Michael Moore with
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Alex Cox vs Universal on Repo Chick
30 July 2009 9:15 AM, PDT
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Today's Venice Film Festival announcement included mention of a film called Repo Chick, directed by Alex Cox. The film is not listed on IMDb, but it would seem reasonable to assume that it's a sequel to Cox's 1984 cult classic Repo Man, no? As Cox writes on his blog, "It isn't really; it's a story of different characters in a different world" -- but that hadn't stopped Universal, the studio that owns the 1984 film, from issuing a cease and desist, claiming that Cox has made "an illegal sequel" to their property.
Cox had decided to ignore the filing and continue work on the movie -- there is apparently significant effects work to finish up in the month left before its Venice premiere -- until receiving news that Universal had t
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Page 2
29 July 2009 1:39 PM, PDT
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Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 25 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.
The folks at ScreenCrave (with guests from Collider and other sites) spent some of Saturday night shooting and editing footage, and the super-secret (ok, not that secret) project is out: Iron Man 2 has been sweded.
Tony Scott's Unstoppable may actually be that. Not only is Denzel Washington back on board, production offices have been set up in Pittsburgh for a mid-September start. [Production Weekly]
From the bad title change department: Reposession Mambo becomes Repo Men. Which fans will be more angry, those for Alex Cox's Repo Man or Darren Lynn Bousman's Repo! The Genetic Opera? [Styd]
Didn't get
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Repo Men Do the Repossession Mambo
29 July 2009 11:33 AM, PDT
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During the past year anytime I’ve recommended Darren Lynn Bousman’s Repo! The Genetic Opera to anyone, they look at me and ask whether or not I’m referring to the 1984 Alex Cox comedy Repo Man. I expect even more confusion this winter when the upcoming organ harvesting flick formerly known as Repossession Mambo hits theaters with a suspicious title change.
Universal recently announced that their organ repossession flick will hit theaters sometime in early 2010 under the new title Repo Men! (complete with exclamation point – for some reason). Not sure why Universal is so keen to resemble a film that didn’t exactly garner mainstream attention, but there it is.
Repo Men! stars Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga and Forest Whitaker. We’ll bring you more as it happens.
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