Stories from the film and tech world that should interest geeks everywhere.
Jul 07
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 05
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
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
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 03
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/geekactually/geekactually.com/wp-content/episodes/GeekActuallyEp138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott with guest Richard Gray This week on Geek Actually, David and Josh are joined by Geek Actually newbie Richard Gray for a look at the week in geek including artificial armpits, Skype spying, Apple mark ups, VW auto pilot and the …
Jul 01
Polishing The Turd That Is The Twilight Saga Part 1
Part 1 of the new Geek Actually multi part opinion piece about the films of “The Twilight Saga” Polishing the turd that is the Twilight Saga Part 1 2008 was a bumper year for poo! The first Twilight film was released! And the “Mythbusters” team empirically proved that given sufficient motivation, pressure, time and effort, …
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