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Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott and guest Richard Gray
This week David and Josh are again joined by Richard Gray (theReelbits.com) for a review of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”. They also take a look at some entertainment news, including the new trailers for “Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows” and Steven Soderberg’s new thriller “Contagion” and the full trailer for “The Adventures of Tintin”. Plus an all new Lists of Five: Five Fantastic Fantasy Films. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.
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Feature Film Review
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ directed by David Yates and written by Steve Kloves based on the novel by J.K. Rowling. It stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Warwick Davis, Helena Bonham Carter, Evanna Lynch, Jason Isaacs and just about every other working actor in England.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here. – Source Warner Bros.
Our Verdict: A great, action packed finale to a ten year old series of films. Well worth seeing but Part 1 is required viewing.
Watch the trailer here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/harrypotterandthedeathlyhallowspart2/
Entertainment Buzz
First look trailer for “Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows”
https://geekactually.com/2011/07/13/trailer-sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows/
A new director/writer for “Uncharted”.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039547
Steven Soderberg’s new thriller “Contagion” gets a terrific looking trailer.
http://www.slashfilm.com/contagion-trailer/
Spike Lee set to direct US remake of “Oldboy”.
http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/07/movie-or-manga-what-is-being-adapted-for-spike-lees-oldboy.php
Full “The Adventures of Tintin” trailer.
https://geekactually.com/2011/07/12/first-full-trailer-the-adventures-of-tintin/
A Sam Raimi produced Evil Dead remake is in the works.
http://www.slashfilm.com/diablo-cody-writing-evil-dead-remake/
Lists of Five
This week our Lists of Five: Five Fantastic Fantasy Films. It could be sword and sorcery, wizards and dragons, demons and demi-gods or just about anything thing else fantastical. We list five of the great ones.
Just a reminder, because we never like to just make things easy on ourselves, our lists are not necessarily top five lists, they are more or a less a list of film recommendations within the theme of the list.
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Brad and Charlie (formerly of “Movie Fan House”) are back, their new site is ReboundRadio.com and their new podcast is “Good Day Sir!”
Rachelle is over at The Funky Film Show, Thursdays on Radio Freemantle 107.9 FM or radiofreemantle.com
Find out about Josh’s other site and to listen to his other show DLC Live go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At
Check out Nicholas ‘The Little Geek’ McVay’s Lego animations at YouTube.com/NickyMcVay
Our show logo is by Josh Spencer over at Spencer Cartoons at http://attackninja.blogspot.com
We close the show with the track “Hedwig’s Theme” from the Harry Potter score by John Williams.
