Archive for June, 2009

The Ultimate Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Review

June 29, 2009

I want to thank our regular listener AtomicBetty for sending this review to me, it is quite possibly the best review of the new Transformers movie I have read yet. I was laughing out loud. Click the link below and prepare to have your mind expanded Let’s face it, this is what we are all [...]

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The Bodyguard to be sort of remade!!! Oh My God It’s Miley!

June 29, 2009

I think Hollywood may now have officially reached creative rock bottom. Variety reported that Hugh Jackman and Miley Cyrus are teaming up for a ‘kind of’ tween, musical remake of The Bodyguard (remember Whitney and Kevin?) called Personal Security (obviously tweens don’t know what the word bodyguard means). Jackman will play a New York police [...]

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Australian Censorship Strikes Again! Online Gamers Beware

June 29, 2009

It’s been awhile since we at Geek Actually had a go at the Australian Federal Government, but something new just came up and here we go again. The Sydney Morning Herald had an interesting article today, which you can read here. In a nutshell (and I am paraphrasing a lot), Stephen Conroy (The Federal Communications [...]

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Geek Actually Episode 41 – More Than Meets the Eye

June 28, 2009

David McVay is joined by Josh Philpott, Sarah Kalpokas and Nicholas McVay Recorded live on Ustream. David, Josh and Sarah discuss the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, the return of Steve Jobs to Apple and the teaser trailer for The Last Airbender. Then we reviewed (spoilers and all) Transformers : Revenge of the [...]

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Podcast – Live Tomorrow

June 26, 2009

Just a reminder that the Geek Actually Podcast will record live tomorrow (Saturday Australian time) at 11am AEST (UTC+10). Hope you can join us in the chat room. Just click the live link above and log into Ustream (it’s free) to join the chat. The audio version will be released on Sunday on the feed [...]

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Steve Jobs Returns to Apple

June 26, 2009

On a brighter note, Steve Jobs has returned to Apple. All the speculation and rumour mongering that has been going on over the last few months, Steve Jobs quietly returned to work at Apple a week ago. He had a liver transplant two months ago but everyone is being tight lipped as to why, but [...]

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The Original Angel, Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62

June 26, 2009

What a day! I woke up to the news today that Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett have both died. Farrah Fawcett has been battling cancer for the last couple of years and last night she passed. Farrah Fawcett was one of the original cast members of the 70′s show Charlie’s Angels and became as famous for [...]

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The King of Pop Dies at 50

June 26, 2009

After much speculation this morning, it has been now confirmed that Michael Jackson has died of a heart attack at the age of 50. This marks the end of an era for me, I was a child when The Jackson 5 were huge during the 70′s and I was a teenager during Jackson’s solo career [...]

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