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Jul 07
Fox Shows Off 20 minutes of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Yesterday I got the opportunity to see about 20 minutes of footage from the new Twentieth Century Fox film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and I was very impressed. Fox gave a nice presentation hosted by Weta Digital’s special effects guru Joe Letteri. According to Letteri this is the second biggest film, after …
Jul 06
No Podcasts This Week
Due to an extremely harsh cold that has just wiped me (and Josh) out this week, we have decided to not record shows this week. We will take some time to just get better and come back strong for next week’s podcasts. So, once again, there are no shows being recorded this week (July 9th) …
Jul 05
Trailer and Poster for the Remake of Footloose
Well this is a strange one. When I heard about this remake I assumed it was a film version of the Broadway Musical that was based on the original 1984 Kevin Bacon film of the same name. This kind of made sense to me as “Hairspray” (2007) was very successful and it was based on …
Jul 04
Film Actually Ep046 (138) – Transformers Dark of the Moon
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/geekactually/geekactually.com/wp-content/filmpodcast/FilmActuallyEp046.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott and guest Richard Gray This week David and Josh are joined by Richard Gray (theReelbits.com) for a review of “Transformers Dark of the Moon”. They also take in some entertainment news, including the new trailers for “Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol” and Pixar’s “Brave”. …
Jul 04
Trailer: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
All I can say is genius! This is how you make a trailer (watch it below). I was a child when the mini series based on John Le Carré amazing spy novel came out in 1979. I remember Alec Guinness being brilliant as Smiley and I remember the incredibly dense storyline but I wasn’t old …
Jul 04
Australian Trailer: Captain America The First Avenger
Now we’ve had the U.S. version of this trailer up for awhile but an Australian one has become available to us from our friends at Paramount Pictures Australia and considering our geographic location it seemed right to post this here. Considering that half of our audience is in the States I have left that other …