May 24

First Look at Bane from The Dark Knight Rises

This badass image of Tom Hardy as Bane from the new Christopher Nolan Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” surfaced over the weekend and I just felt we needed to share with you, our loyal readers. Click the image below for a much bigger version.

As usual, it looks like Nolan is going for a real world, possible look to the character rather than the overly cartoony, fantastical version of the comic books. When I heard that Bane was in the new Batman movie, I wondered how they were going to make him realistic and I guess we have part of the answer now.

What do you think of this Bane? Comment below.

May 24

Teaser Trailer: The Muppets

This was a great way to launch your film. Imagine, if you will, that you are in a U.S. cinema and you have just sat down to watch “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and a trailer starts to roll that is for a new romantic comedy starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams called “Green with Envy”. The film looks cheesy and corny and is about to out stay its welcome when all of sudden… wait, why don’t you picture all of the above, watch the trailer and then we’ll talk.

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May 24

International Trailer: The Adventures of Tintin

I know I posted the first teaser of “The Adventures of Tintin” last week but this is the international version that has become available from our friends over at Paramount Australia. So for the sake of completion I thought I’d better share this one too as there are a couple of shots that are new. If you are not a die hard Tintin fan then there probably isn’t much new for you here, but if you are chomping at the bit for this like I am then you want every morsel you can get, I present this new version of the teaser, enjoy.


The Adventures of TinTin-The Secret of the Unicorn by Paramount_Australia

“The Adventures of Tintin” is coming out for the Christmas holidays 2011.

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May 23

Film Actually Ep040 (132) – Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides

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Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott

This week David and Josh review “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” as well as give a few thoughts on the comedies “Your Highness” and “Burke and Hare”. Plus the latest in entertainment news, trailers and a brand new Lists of Five, this week: Five Career Defining Performances. Grab a drink and a snack and enjoy. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

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Make sure you check out our other fine podcast Geek Actually for all your tech and geek culture needs.

*Update 31/07/2012 – Film Actually was a split off from the main Geek Actually show and originally maintained numbering continuity with that show. That logic no longer works as the shows have become two unique entities, so we have gone back and re-numbered the Film Actually shows to reflect their true episode number. This show is now officially episode 40 but when you listen to the show you will hear it referred to as episode 132, this is why. Sorry about any confusion or inconvenience.

Film Actually is recorded live every Saturday. Go to geekactually.com/live for the schedule and to watch it

Your show notes:

First an apology…

To the filmmakers of “Iron Sky”, David offers a humble correction. Last week David said that the production of “Iron Sky” was Swedish, it is not, it is Finnish. Sorry guys. Find out more about “Iron Sky” at ironsky.net.

What We’ve Been Watching

Josh saw “Your Highness” and David saw “Burke and Hare”.

Feature Film Review

‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ directed by Rob Marshall and written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio based on characters by the writers and Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert. It stars Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Penelope Cruz, Kevin McNally, Sam Claflin, Astrid Berges-Frisbey and a special appearance by Keith Richards.

Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. – Source: IMDB

Our Verdict: Director Rob Marshall doesn’t quiet have the same kinetic energy in the action sequences as the original director Gore Verbinski, but his story telling is clearer and the film isn’t as convoluted as the last Pirates film. Overall, not as solid as the first film but a fun Saturday popcorn film that is a fun ride and should be seen.

Watch the trailer here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/disney/piratesofthecaribbeanonstrangertides/

Entertainment Buzz

The Australian film experiment “The Tunnel” now available on BitTorrent legally.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/psst-you-can-legally-download-aussie-horror-flick-the-tunnel-now-via-bittorrent/

Schwarzenegger’s career on hold due to personal reasons. Aw, no “Governator”.
http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/19/arnold-schwarzenegger-governator-terminated-animated-stan-lee-comics-canceled-pos/

“The Adventures of Tintin” gets a teaser.
https://geekactually.com/2011/05/18/posters-and-a-trailer-for-the-adventures-of-tintin-2011/

Keanu Reeves passes on “Akira”, thank god.
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exclusive-keanu-reeves-passes-on-akira-so-whats-next

“Bloodsport” is getting re-booted, why?
https://geekactually.com/2011/05/18/a-bloodsport-remake-is-in-the-works-why/

Watch Out, the Fall TV Series is coming

Spielberg produced TV series “Terra Nova” gets a trailer.
https://geekactually.com/2011/05/17/the-first-look-trailer-for-the-new-series-terra-nova/

“Napoleon Dynamite” goes animated.
http://www.slashfilm.com/napoleon-dynamite-animated-series-trailer/

“Charlie’s Angels” is rebooted as a new series.
http://www.slashfilm.com/abcs-charlies-angels-tv-trailer/

Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: Five Career Defining Performances. Have you ever seen a performance from an actor that just completely changed your mind on that actor? Or has there ever been a performance that completely redefined that actor for you? Or did an actor just create a character that will go down in history.

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.

Everything Else

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We are finishing the show today with the end titles track from Hans Zimmer’s score to “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”.

Go see more movies, you don’t see enough movies and all of life’s questions are answered in the movies.

May 22

REPLAY – Geek Actually Live Video Shows for May 21st, 2011

Here are this week’s live shows presented in the same order that we recorded them. We start with the all new Geek Actually and then move onto Film Actually. Because the show is live, you get it here with all the mistakes intact. Check the individual audio show posts for the show notes.

This week on Geek Actually we discuss the latest on the Sony hacks and the Australian NBN. Plus Josh and David recommend some software including the games “Portal 2” and “L.A. Noire”.

This week on Film Actually we review “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”. We also check out the week’s entertainment news, watch a couple of trailers and deliver a brand new Lists of Five. I hope you enjoy. Watch the videos below.

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May 22

Geek Actually Ep132 – We’re Still Here

Hosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott

This week on Geek Actually David and Josh take a deep breath of relief that the world hasn’t ended and look at the week in geek stuff. Stories include an update on the impending robot apocalypse, more Playstation Network hacks, the NBN has gone live, Twitter in the classroom, terrible ASUS advertising, foldable AMOLED screens, naked coders, the most useless robot ever designed and Netflix is taking over the internet! All this plus picks of the week and the future of food packaging, so whack in the earbuds and prepare to hack into the geeky goodness.

Geek Actually is the fusion of the old Tech Actually and Geek Actually After Show podcasts into an all new show. All the Tech and geek goodness that you have come to expect from the old shows wrapped up and made easier to swallow as one simple, little, tasty podcast. DeltaKnight (AKA DAvid Murray) continues to supply us with some of the geekiest stories on the web and Josh and David love to play with the tech news.

Geek Actually is recorded live on Saturdays around 12pm (AEST UTC+10). Go to geekactually.com/live to watch it live.

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