Geek Actually Episode 76 – Dominos and Beer

March 20, 2010

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Brandon McClelland

The Geek Actually Podcast, your weekly dose of ‘the week in geek’. This week we are joined by our new friend and aspiring actor Brandon McClelland. This week we re-introduce our tech section with a few unusual tech stories, and let’s just say if you find these interesting, you are a geek. After our usual entertainment news section we review two films, one old and one new. First up, a listener request (thanks Popshot), we review the classic Robert Altman film ‘M*A*S*H’ and then we take a look at the new Matt Damon/Paul Greengrass film ‘Green Zone’. Here are the links to our stories.

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Tech News

Look out Harry Potter, you’re not the only one with an invisibility cloak!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/researchers-create-3d-invisibility-cloak/story-e6frfro0-1225842645660

Forget touch screens, how about touch skin! Skinput is just around the corner.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/skinput-turns-humans-into-a-walking-touchscreen/story-e6frfro0-1225842249103

We can all relax, Apple doesn’t own the letter ‘i’
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/apples-future-wont-be-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-i-20100312-q27r.html

For more deeper stories and more detailed tech news, listen to Geek Actually Tech. Recorded live on Wednesdays at 8pm AEDST and the podcast is available on iTunes Thursdays.

Entertainment News

Peter Graves Dies at 83
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-peter-graves15-2010mar15,0,836018.story

Tim Burton to make a new 3D stop motion animated film – The Addams Family
http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/tim-burton-next-3d-animated-film-da-da-da-snap-snap-the-addams-family/

The new Predators sneak peak video – Watch it here

Conan news: Mickey Rourke out, Ron Perlman in. Check. Rose McGowan joins the cast…wait what about Red Sonja?
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/14/conan-casting-ron-perlman-replaces-mickey-rourke-as-conans-dad-gi-joes-breaker-joins-cast/
and http://geekactually.com/2010/03/18/does-this-mean-red-sonja-is-now-officially-dead/

Joaquin Phoenix’s meltdown is over apparently
http://movies.indiatimes.com/Gossip/Oscar-winning-Resul-signs-Joaquin-Phoenix-film/articleshow/5675203.cms

Watch Joaquin Phoenix’s Letterman appearance (the video we watch) here.

The Hobbit is finally getting underway, shooting begins in July.
http://www.mckellen.com/cinema/index1.htm

The new Heavy Metal film not dead, not if James Cameron and David Fincher have anything to do with it.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/12/heavy-metal-isnt-dead-david-fincher-still-flogging-a-revamp-of-the-animated-anthology-with-james-cameron/

Film Reviews

‘M*A*S*H’ the classic 1970 Robert Altman anti-establishment/anti-war film based on the novel ‘M*A*S*H’ by Richard Hooker and starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman and Robert Duvall. The story of life on a mobile army hospital and the character’s total disregard of authority during the Korean war. The film went on to spawn a TV series that lasted 10 years. The film was nominated for five academy awards (it won 1 for screenplay), nominated for six Golden Globes (it won best picture musical or comedy), nominated for five BATFA awards and it won the Palm d’or at Cannes. On top of that it won best director for Robert Altman at the Director’s Guild Awards. An odd little film that still delivers it’s message today even though it is showing signs of dating. Robert Altman’s style was unique and visionary, no other film was like it when it came out.

‘Green Zone’ the new film by Paul Greengrass, starring Matt Damon, Greg Kinear, Brenden Gleeson, Amy Ryan and Khalid Abdalla. The plot, on discovering the intelligence on WMD sites is false, U.S. Army Chief Miller, with the help of CIA operative Martin Brown, goes rogue to discover the truth about the invasion of Iraq. Based loosely on the book ‘Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone’ by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. A disappointing film that plays with the facts and ultimately fails to deliver a punch in either the political intrigue or the action.

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Geek Actually Episode 75 – Hooray for Holliewood

March 13, 2010

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.

Film Review

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.

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Geek Actually 2nd Annual Oscar Special

March 8, 2010

It’s that time again. Join host David McVay and his guests Mirren Lee and Nicholas ‘The Little Geek’ McVay as they discuss the 2010 Academy Awards broadcast. How did it shape up to past years? Were the winners a surprise, expected or deserved? And finally, interpretative dance: good, bad or evil?

We spent the day watching the live broadcast, now hear our opinions.

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Geek Actually Episode 74 – Based on the Novel by…

March 6, 2010

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Pablo

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This week on Geek Actually: In a bid to catch up on the Oscar nominated films for this year we review two of the candidates, ‘Precious – Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire’ and the Sandra Bullock starring ‘The Blind Side’. We are joined this week by Geek Actually first timer Pablo (Actor/Writer/Photographer and Aspiring Filmmaker).

News

I would never have seen this coming… Del Toro now in talks to shoot The Hobbit films in 3D… Duh!
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/01/guillermo-del-toro-confirms-hobbit-3d-discussions/

Acclaimed Roger Ebert gets his voice back with the help of a computer after cancer took it.
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/See-How-Technology-Gave-Roger-Ebert-His-Voice-Video – We have video

We take a look at an intriguing new trailer for the Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo directed thriller ‘After.Life’ – See it here

The team behind ‘9′ team up again for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/02/burton-and-bekmambetov-team-up-to-produce-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/

Conan remake may have it’s main villian – Stephen Lang
http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-stephen-lang-offered-the-role-of-khalar-singh-the-main-villian-in-conan-9352

Sasha Baron Cohen’s Oscar skit dropped so Cameron won’t get upset
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/sacha_baron_cohen_james_camero.html

Martin Scorsese thinks even films like Precious should be in 3D!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100302/ap_en_mo/us_film3d_drama

Finally we take a look at the new trailer for the Jerry Bruckheimer produced ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ directed by Mike Newell – see it here

Film Review

This week we review ‘Precious – Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire’ and have mixed feelings. Pablo loves the film and feels that it worthy of the praise that is being dumped on it. Josh and David take a more centre line and feel that it is a movie of amazing moments and performances, but the film is uneven and ultimately flawed. Then we review ‘The Blind Side’, Pablo liked the football moments but wasn’t digging the rest of the film. David and Josh both liked the film and felt that it was a nice, safe and pleasant film that should be a crowd pleaser. Sandra Bullock was a joy to watch but does she really deserve an Oscar? We don’t think so.

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Geek Actually Episode 73 – Wax On Wax Off

February 27, 2010

Hosts: David McVay, Dave Kozicki and Katrina Smith

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This week on Geek Actually: Our film news section takes a decidedly geeky turn with an awful lot of comic book movie news, and in our feature review we take a look at the Luc Besson produced action film ‘From Paris With Love’.

Television

William Shatner to star in Shit My Dad Says – awesome!

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/19/perfect-casting-william-shatner-in-shit-my-dad-says/

Film News

Brian DePalma directing Paranormal Activity 2 – wtf?

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44087

We show the new trailer for The Kung Fu Ki…Sorry, The Karate Kid remake – See It Here

There may be a shred of hope for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 – Ian McShane cast as Blackbeard.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/22/ian-mcshane-cast-in-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/

It’s okay, we can all relax – Battleship won’t be in 3D! This is news???

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/02/23/exclusive-battleship-wont-begin-with-an-alien-war-no-3-d-planned/

We show the new trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street with More Jackie Earle Haley – See It Here

Conan remake news. Micky Rourke cast as Conan’s father and Bob Sapp cast as the villian.

http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/02/mickey-rourke-to-play-conans-father.html

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/25/mma-fighter-bob-sapp-cast-in-conan/

It would seem that it is confirmed, Mark Strong is Sinestro.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/21/geoff-johns-tweets-confirmation-that-mark-strong-will-be-sinestro/

The Flash movie is back on track and almost has a director.

http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8500:iesb-exclusive-the-director-of-the-flash-is&catid=41:news&Itemid=71

David Goyer has been hired to make Superman fly again.

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-david-goyer-hired-to-write-superman-the-man-of-steel-9286

Has Marvel Productions lost it’s mind when it comes to Captain America casting?

http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/02/captain-america-contenders-krasinski-cassidy-vogel-fluger-more.html

Film Review

David McVay gives us a short  history of Europa Corp. and The Digital Factory. This leads us into a feature review of their new film ‘From Paris With Love’ starring John Travolta and directed by Pierre Morel. David and Dave really enjoyed the film but recogised that it is a very silly film. Good throw back to the 1980s buddy film. Katrina was a little harder on the film suggesting that you wait for DVD.

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Geek Actually Episode 72 – Dangerzone

February 20, 2010

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Dave Kozicki

The Geek Actually Podcast is recorded live on Ustream with chat interaction.

This week David, Josh and Dave check our sanity at the door and review Martin Scorsese’s new film ‘Shutter Island’. A shout out to our friends at The Reel Junkies Podcast at weekendronin.com and The Movie Fan House Podcast at moviefanhouse.com.

This Week in Television: Dave K. introduces us all to ‘Archer’, a new animated series about spies that is wrong in every way. It is a fantastically funny show that needs to be seen by everyone. A reboot/continuation of ‘La Femme Nikita’ is on the way to the small screen.

Film News: John Hughes to get a special tribute at the Oscars, strong rumours that the ‘Spider-Man’ reboot will be based on the Ultimate series, the trailer for Woody Harrelson’s new film ‘Defendor’, Morgan Spurlock and Joss Whedon team up for new Comic-Con doco, ‘The Three Musketeers’ to be rebooted…again, the new ‘Toy Story 3′ gives us a little more story, Kevin Costner returns to the director’s chair, the international ‘Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps’ is an improvement but we still don’t really want to see the film and finally, Martin Scorese is going to make a kids film…in 3D!

This Week’s Feature Review: This week we review Martin Scorsese’s new thriller ‘Shutter Island’. After being delayed by 4 months, the film finally hits the screens. Was it worth the wait? A good film that has flaws. It may not be remembered as a Scorsese masterpiece but well worth a watch.

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Geek Actually Episode 71 – The Bad Idea Show

February 13, 2010

New Geek Actually Cover ArtHosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Dave Kozicki

The Geek Actually Podcast is recorded live on Ustream with chat interaction.

This week David, Josh and Dave venture into Greek mythology and review ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief’. A shout out to our friends at The Reel Junkies Podcast at weekendronin.com and The Movie Fan House Podcast at moviefanhouse.com.

This Week in Television: Dave K. finally gets to run down the changes in the new season of ‘Scrubs’, Neil Gaiman might or might not be writing an episode of ‘Doctor Who’ and we review the new cable show ‘Spartacus: Blood and Sand’. Definitely a pass on this one. It is a ‘300′/’Gladiator’ rip off done on a mediocre TV budget. It fails on almost every level (except the gratuitous nudity).

Film News: New trailer for ‘The Losers’ looks like fun, The ‘Daredevil’ reboot looks like it might be going ahead, ‘The Thing’ prequel has a director and starts casting, the ‘MacGruber’ trailer has a mixed reaction, The ‘Escape from New York’ remake gets fast tracked by New Line Cinema and Christopher Nolan is overseeing a ‘Superman’ reboot.

This Week’s Feature Review: This week we review Chris Columbus’ new family film ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief’. Mixed review on this one with Dave K. enjoying the film, David M. seeing some redeeming things but over all not liking it and Josh not liking it. 10 year olds might get something out of it, but it is no Harry Potter.

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Geek Actually Episode 70 – The Feel Good Film of the Year

February 6, 2010

New Geek Actually Cover ArtHosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott, Dave Kozicki and special guest Susan Ryan (editor of Australian Penthouse Magazine)

The Geek Actually Podcast is recorded live on Ustream with chat interaction.

This week David, Josh and Dave are joined again by Susan Ryan for our review of ‘The Road’. We want to take a moment to say rest in peace Zelda Rubinstein (Poltergeist), she passed away this week. A shout out to our friends at The Reel Junkies Podcast at weekendronin.com and The Movie Fan House Podcast at moviefanhouse.com.

News: Disney kills Miramax, the new international (age restricted) trailer for ‘Kick-Ass’, ‘Real Steel’ starts casting, The leaked Super Bowl trailer for ‘The Last Airbender’, ‘Watchmen 2′ could be a possibility, ‘The People vs. George Lucas’ trailer sparks debate, ‘Avatar’ is now officially the most successful film of all time, Gordon Gekko is back in the ‘Wall Street Money Never Sleeps’ teaser trailer, The Oscar and Razzie nominations are out and new international ‘Clash of the Titans’ trailer doesn’t spark excitement.

This Week in Television: The final ‘Dollhouse’ episode has aired and we take a look back on the show and review the last episode to see if it was all worth it.

This Week’s Feature Review: This week we look John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ starring Viggo Mortensen. An excellent film that is at times uncomfortable to watch. This is a film that will make you remember it even if you don’t want to.

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Geek Actually Episode 69 – The Butler Did It

January 31, 2010

New Geek Actually Cover ArtHosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Dave Kozicki

The Geek Actually Podcast is recorded live on Ustream with chat interaction.

This week David, Josh and Dave make up for missing last weeks show with two feature reviews ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ and ‘Up in the Air’. A shout out to our friends at The Reel Junkies Podcast at weekendronin.com and The Movie Fan House Podcast at moviefanhouse.com.

News: Tim Burton remakes ‘Sleeping Beauty’, Danny Elfman’s music back in ‘The Wolfman’, ‘Clash of the Titans’ and ‘Harry Potter’ get the 3D treatment and ‘Green Lantern’ concept art leaked. We also take a look at the trailers for ‘Alice in Wonderland’, ‘Knight and Day’ and the leaked ‘Piranha 3D’.

This Week in Television: On the eve of the last ever episode, the two Daves examine the final days of’ ‘Dollhouse’ and the state of the current season of ‘Chuck’.

This Week’s Feature Review: This week we look at two feature films. First up ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ which starts strong and falls apart about half way through. Wait for DVD to enjoy a good performance by Gerard Butler. Then we move on to Jason Reitman’s new film ‘Up in the Air’ starring George Clooney. This is a wonderful, charming and grown up movie that is highly recommended to all. George Clooney is pitch perfect in the role.

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No show this this week due to weather

January 22, 2010

Sorry to do this to guys but we have cancel the show this week because of extremely hot weather and we are concerned about the equipment. The temperature is predicted to be 40 degrees (celsius) tomorrow (and the studio gets hotter than that!) and the programs we run to make Geek Actually possible are very CPU intensive. The computers get really hot on a normal day so I am predicting big time crashes if we try and do this tomorrow.

The weather breaks on Sunday so Platforms goes ahead as normal and Geek Actually will be back next week.

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