David McVay

Owner and admin of GeekActually.com and the host of the Geek Actually and Film Actually podcasts..

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Planet of the Apes Prequel in the Works?

Last month, CHUD reported that 20th Century Fox had a script in the works titled Genesis: Apes, which is essentially a remake of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. The site said that the project is the story of Caesar, the first ape with speech who started the events that led to a world …

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First Photo of Gambit in Wolverine

Empire has been bringing us really good coverage of the new Wolverine film. As part of its Wolverine coverage in the magazine’s new issue, Empire has debuted this first official photo of Taylor Kitsch (“Friday Night Lights”) as Gambit. He isn’t quite how I saw Gambit but I will keep a very open mind because …

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Obama to Nominate Clinton Monday

Well, it is official, President-elect appoints secretary of state — Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his secretary of state on Monday. Source: Variety.com Go to Source

Australia tanks at the US Box Office

Baz Luhrmann’s wannabe epic Australia has tanked on its first day at the US Box Office. According to news.com.au, Variety and the Herald Sun, the film made $3.4 million on its first day (Thanksgiving). This works out to an average of $1318 per screen. Compare this to Twilight’s takings of an average $35.055 per screen …

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Vodafone offers $0 laptop plans

This was a pretty neat little article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Also, if you go to the Dell site you could win a computer. Dell and Vodafone take a leaf out of the mobile phone handbook and offer $0 netbook computers on a 5GB wireless broadband plan. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Go to Source

New Geek Actually Poll

Love to hear what you have to say. Take a second to answer the poll. n n {democracy:2} EDIT-I don’t think the poll is working. If it is, put an answer so I can see. – David