January 31, 2009
Hosts: David McVay and Mirren Lee David flies solo in this episode for the first half. During this time he runs through some film and tech related stories such as: Australia’s “Clean Feed” is delayed (yay!), MP3 players (complete with government secrets), Stallone wants to make more Rambo movies and Harry Potter’s stunt double hospitalised. [...]
Tags: appearance, Australia, curious case of benjamin button, David McVay, donations, Geek, government secrets, harry potter, hosts, itunes, listeners, millionaire, mp3 players, nixon, rambo, stallone, stunt double, suprises
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January 24, 2009
Hosts: David McVay, Mirren Lee and Nicholas McVay Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com. As Sydney is gripped by a minor heat wave David and Mirren push through and sweat up a storm in the very [...]
Tags: beta, blackberry, bolt, David McVay, digital 3d, disney, donations, Geek, heat wave, hosts, itunes, leading the way, listeners, liver transplant, miracle, oscar nominations, razzie nominations, sean penn, steve jobs, sydney
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January 22, 2009
Here is one for all the Harry Potter fans out there… “Harry Potter” franchise star Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) posted the following message on her official website on Monday, January 19th. Source: comingsoon.net Go to Source
Tags: emma watson hermione granger, franchise, harry potter, hermione granger
Posted in External Feeds, Movie News
January 22, 2009
An electronics company says it is investigating one of its employees for offering to pay for positive online reviews of its products. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Go to Source
Tags: electronics company, morning herald, sydney morning herald
Posted in External Feeds, Tech News
January 22, 2009
This should get dropped in that huge box (the movie Australia also belongs in it) labled “Bad Ideas”. Once again sorry this is a little late, we were offline for a couple of weeks. An Australian production company on Monday announced it had secured the rights to The Phantom Legacy , a follow-up to the [...]
Tags: Australia, billy zane, jungle, legacy, masked hero
Posted in External Feeds, Movie News
January 22, 2009
This is a little late but I have been offline Just a little follow up to the Clean Feed issue that we have talked about on the podcast. Sex shops will inundate the country if the Federal Government filters internet pornography, an industry expert has warned. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Go to Source
Tags: federal government, industry expert, internet pornography, morning herald, sex shops, sydney morning herald
Posted in External Feeds, Tech News
January 22, 2009
This post is purely food for thought. When I watched ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ last year I turned to Mirren Lee (Geek Actually co-host and my mom) and I proposed a thought to her. Judd Apatow (Producer of Forgetting Sarah Marshall) seems to take whoever is co-starring in his current film and cultivate that person into [...]
Tags: bill hader, comingsoon, danny mcbride, David McVay, dewey cox story, forgetting sarah marshall, gary cole, Geek Actually, james franco, jason segal, john c reilly, jonah hill, mark my words, paul rudd, pineapple express, rocket scientist, russell brand, seth rogan, slasher film, steve carell, walk hard the dewey cox story, will ferrell
Posted in Movies, Opinion
January 21, 2009
Hi everyone, just a quick note to let everyone know that the podcast, “Geek, Actually” is changing day. We have been trying to get it up on Tuesdays since we started and we are always late because of schedule conflicts etc. So After a little thought, I have moved the release day to Fridays. So [...]
Tags: fridays, Geek, schedule conflicts
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