Geek Actually 2nd Annual Oscar Special
March 8, 2010
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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
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Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Pablo
Watch us live at geekactually.com/live 12pm Saturdays (AEST UTC +11)
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
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
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Hosts: David McVay, Dave Kozicki and Katrina Smith
Watch us live at geekactually.com/live 12pm Saturday Mornings (AEST UTC +11)
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???
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.
The Flash movie is back on track and almost has a director.
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?
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
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Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Dave Kozicki
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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
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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 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
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Hosts: 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.
This episode carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.
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Geek Actually Episode 69 – The Butler Did It
January 31, 2010
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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 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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Send feedback for this show to feedback@geekactually.com or leave us a voice mail message to play on the show at +61 02 8011 3167 or Skype a voicemail using Skype username: geekactually. Just a reminder, if you have any comments about the episodes please leave them in the comments field below or email us using the contact link above. If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review as we are trying to get on the featured list and every review helps. Your comments (good or bad) help us improve the show.
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The Geek Actually Podcast is recorded live on Ustream every Saturday. We start at 12pmish Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (UTC+11). If you still just want to listen to the audio podcast, it will go out as normal on Sunday. Want to catch up with the video but missed the show on Saturday? Go to geekactually.com/live, the repeat runs all week.
‘Platforms’, the gaming podcast is recorded live on Ustream on Monday night, 8pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (UTC+11). You can watch it at geekactually.com/platforms. The repeat will run all week at the same address. You can subscribe to the audio version on iTunes.
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.
Geek Actually Episode 68 – Not So Lovely Bones
January 16, 2010
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Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Dave Kozicki (with Nicholas McVay)
The Geek Actually Podcast is recorded live on Ustream with chat interaction.
This week David, Josh and Dave dig in deep and pull apart Peter Jackson’s latest opus, “The Lovely Bones”. A shout out to our friends at The Reel Junkies Podcast at weekendronin.com and The Movie Fan House Podcast at moviefanhouse.com.
News: NBC’s Leno Experiment a costly failure, Raimi and Maguire leave ‘Spider-Man 4′, ‘Clash of the Titans’ to feature music by Massive Attack and Jackie Earle Haley in talks to play Sinestro in ‘Green Lantern’. We also look at the new trailers for ‘The A-Team’, ‘Inception’ and ‘Kick-Ass’.
This Week in Television: We take a look at Matt Smith as the new Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’ and review the return of ‘Chuck’, was it worth saving? We think so.
This Week’s Feature Review: Peter Jackson unleashes his long awaited drama ‘The Lovely Bones’. For a change of pace, Josh defends the film as Dave Kozicki and David McVay ravage it. Final verdict, wait for DVD.
After the end music stick around for Nicholas ‘The Little Geek’ McVay’s review of ‘The Fantastic Mr. Fox’. He also fills us in on his latest animation efforts.
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‘Platforms’, the new gaming podcast is recorded live on Ustream on Monday night, 8pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (UTC+11). You can watch it at geekactually.com/platforms. The repeat will run all week at the same address. You can subscribe to the audio version on iTunes.
Geek Actually Episode 67 – In With The New
January 9, 2010
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Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott, Dave Kozicki and special guest Suze Ryan (Editor of Australian Penthouse)
The Geek Actually Podcast is recorded live on Ustream with chat interaction.
We’re back for 2010! This is the first of our redesigned Geek Actually podcast. Out with the tech (we might cover major events now and then) and the games (they have their own podcast now, see below) and in with more film news and reviews and our new TV section. This week David, Josh and Dave are joined by Suze Ryan, the editor of Penthouse Magazine, for a look at the career of Guy Ritchie and a review of his new film ‘Sherlock Holmes’. A shout out to our friends at The Reel Junkies Podcast at weekendronin.com and The Movie Fan House Podcast at moviefanhouse.com.
News: We look at the latest in Polanski’s case, run through the Director’s Guild Award nominations and celebrate the ‘Green Lantern’ movie’s green light. We also take a look at the new trailers for ‘Clash of the Titans’, ‘Robin Hood’, ‘Iron Man 2′ and ‘Kick-Ass’.
This Week in Television: We take a look and review David Tennant’s last outing as The Doctor in ‘Doctor Who The End of Time’.
This Week’s Feature Review: The career of Guy Ritchie; from ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ to being married to Madonna to his comeback film ‘Rocknrolla’. Then we review his latest effort ‘Sherlock Holmes’ starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Over all well received by all with some small issues by David and Josh, as usual.
This episode carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.
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‘Platforms’, the new gaming podcast is recorded live on Ustream on Monday night, 8pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (UTC+11). You can watch it at geekactually.com/platforms. The repeat will run all week at the same address. You can subscribe to the audio version on iTunes.
