Project Repoman 13 – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) This is the first in two films, where I’ve seen the remake, but not the original. Invasion films of this time have a very particular atmosphere. The one I remember from this period of film-ma…

This week's #projectrepoman film is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). I watched it with my lad. Halfway through he said, "This is really gripping. I'm on the edge of my seat, because they just don't know who to trust." I think he got the film. stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/p...

Project Repoman 12 – The Long Hair of Death Although I’m a horror writer, mid century Italian gothic horror is not a genre I’m over familiar with, but I am familiar with some of the tropes that come with a film like this set in t…

New #projectrepoman post up. This week was The Long Hair of Death. Normally I don’t compare my thoughts to the Alex Cox intro, but I when I watched it after the film I was pleased to see we’d both seen the same similarity with another classic horror stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/p...

Project Repoman 11 – The Parallax View This week, we move on from westerns to that other staple of United States culture – political assassinations. The landscape of film has changed a little bit since Alex Cox recorded the introd…

It’s time for a new #projectrepoman post. This week, we move on from westerns to that other staple of United States culture - political assassinations with The Parallax View stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/p...

Project Repoman 10 – Johnny Guitar Johnny Guitar is unusual for Moviedrome, in that it was shown twice, initially in this first season with Alex Cox, then in 1999 when Mark Cousins took over hosting duties. The video of Cox’s …

Evening! It’s Monday so it’s time for another #projectrepoman film. This weekend I watched Johnny Guitar, and you can read my post about it here stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/p...

Project Repoman 9 – The Hired Hand There’s no video of the Alex Cox introduction, but here’s a transcript. “In 1968, Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Bob Rafelson and Henry Jaglom made Easy Rider, t…

Halfway through the first season of Moviedrome!

Today's #projectrepoman post is about The Hired Hand, an acid western from 1971, starring and directed by Peter Fonda, fresh off the success of Easy Rider.

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A photo of the artist Georges Seurat. He is looking toward the right of frame, with a beard and curly hair, and is wearing a jacket and cravat.

A photo of Jane Fonda in 2025. She is staring straight out of the photo at the viewer and is wearing a dress of white flowers. By Gabriel Hutchinson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=172974952

What connects Georges Seurat and Jane Fonda?

That's right. The link is the 1968 film Barbarella.

No, Seurat wasn't resurrected to appear as an extra, but if you want to find out why, my latest #projectrepoman

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A portable black and white Ferguson tv with dial to tune into the tv channel and a circular wire aerial.

#FlashbackFriday. My #projectrepoman film this week is the 1st Moviedrome I remember watching, so I thought I’d look for the tv I had in 1988.

Behold the mighty Ferguson B&W 38030 portable tv that changed my life at 12 years old when I discovered Alex Cox talking about cult films on Sunday nights

Project Repoman 7 – The Last Picture Show The first thing to note about The Last Picture Show, is that it starred Jeff Bridges who also appeared in Fat City, last week’s Moviedrome film. I’m not sure this was intended to sit as…

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It’s Monday, so that means a new #projectrepoman post, this time I’m rambling on about The Last Picture Show. stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/p...

New #projectrepoman post out in the world!

Project Repoman 6 – Fat City This is another film in the first Moviedrome season where the Alex Cox introduction doesn’t seem to be available, so here’s the transcript. “Fat City is a film about small-time bo…

Week 6 of #projectrepoman, and this time it’s the John Huston film Fat City. stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/p...

New #projectrepoman post up to read on my blog. Week 5 of watching the Moviedrome films in order and blogging about them.

The poster for Big Wendesday, showing a surfer on a wave, with an inset photo showing three men and two women.

My latest #projectrepoman post is now available to read, this time looking at the surfing film Big Wednesday. I'm not a surfer, but this got me thinking abut subculture films in general stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/p...

The film poster for the film Razorback. Showing a demonic boar against a full moon, with a burning house, and a behatted figure with a hunting rifle. The tagline is No nightmare will prepare you for it.

The fourth post in #projectrepoman is now on my site to read. This time I'm talking about the Australian film Razorback stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/p...

For the evening crowd new #projectrepoman up at my blog.

Project Repoman 3 – Diva When I was younger there were some films and TV series I never saw, but knew from adjacent elements. For example I only recently started watching Twin Peaks, but I know the soundtrack intimately, b…

My third #projectrepoman post is up, this time looking at the film Diva. All of these are fairly short. For me, they're a nice little record of thoughts as I work my way through the #moviedrome films, but I do hope other people find them interesting. stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/p...

In case you missed it, my second post in #projectrepoman is up. Really enjoying the start of this project, watching the Moviedrome curated films in order.

Project Repoman 2 – Electra Glide in Blue With Electra Glide in Blue (1973), film two of the original Moviedrome run, we reach the first where the Alex Cox introduction isn’t available. Fortunately, the script is (via moviedromer.tum…

Post 2 of #projectrepoman is now available on my blog, talking about the second film in the original Alex Cox run of Moviedrome - Electra Glide in Blue

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Project Repoman 1 – The Wicker Man Out of all the films shown as part of Moviedrome, The Wicker Man is probably the one I’ve seen the most. It’s very hard to talk about Anthony Schaffer’s film without talking about…

First #projectrepoman post is now live, talking about the first film featured as part of Moviedrome on the 8th May 1988 - The Wicker Man

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(Also, thanks to @laurenlaverne.bsky.social on 6music for the shout-out)

Project Repoman – An Introduction Project Repoman is one of those ideas that grew out of a long conversation. I was talking to a good friend of mine about the influences on us when we were younger. We grew up in the generation that…

I've mentioned I'm starting #projectrepoman in 2026. Here's the official introduction post, explaining what I'll be doing. The first film post will be up on Monday. stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/p...

A photo of trees on a projector screen. The trees are apple trees in blossom.

And so #projectrepoman begins!

A photo showing the DVD covers for The Wicker Man, and The Last Picture Show, alongside the Blueray for Razorback.

Another DVD arrived today, ready to start Project Repoman, a little blogging series I’ll be doing throughout 2026 #projectrepoman