Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Hollie McKay
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This week on Geek Actually we are joined by our very special guest Hollie McKay who is the entertainment reporter at foxnews.com. Hollie is visiting Australia for a week and we are honoured that she took the time out of her busy schedule to come and visit us in the Geek Actually studio. After Hollie’s visit David and Josh review Tim Burton’s new film ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Before we start with the news, Hollie tells us a little of her experiences during award season in Hollywood.
News
Hugo Weaving in final stages to play Red Skull in ‘The First Avenger: Captain America’
http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/03/captain-america-villain-hugo-weaving-as-red-skull.html
The new Tron Legacy Teaser – Watch it here
Corey Haim dies at 38
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-corey-haim-obit,0,7616140.story
Midnight Run 2 is happening – god save us all!!!!
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/05/midnight-run-2-really-happening-de-niro-returning/
The new Iron Man 2 Trailer – Watch it here
Guy Ritchie’s new King Arthur movie, is this just a remake of Excalibur?
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/10/trainspottings-john-hodge-rewriting-guy-ritchies-king-arthur-project/
The new Twilight Sage: Eclipse Teaser – Watch it here
We finish our news segment with this very cleaver video on the predictability of earnest trailers – Watch it here
Hollie has to leave but just wanted to express her opinion on our feature review – She enjoyed ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and loved Helena Bonham Carter.
This week we review Tim Burton’s new film, ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Both David and Josh were completely unimpressed with the film. Visually splendid but empty. That’s two strikes (after ‘Public Enemies’) for Johnny Depp. David also gives his opinions on the 3D conversion process used for the film – it was like watching an old ViewMaster, not impressed.
This episode carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.
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