Sep 29

Trailer: The Coen Brother’s ‘True Grit’

Below is the first trailer for the new Joel and Ethan Coen film ‘True Grit’ starring Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper and introducing Hailee Steinfeld. Ever since I heard about this project, a remake of the 1969 Henry Hathaway film starring John Wayne and Kim Darby, I have been excited. It is a weird sensation because even though there have been good remakes (‘Oceans 11’ and ‘Brother’ for example), I usually have a feeling of dread when I first hear about a remake going into production. Not so with this film, I love the original ‘True Grit’, it is one of my favourite westerns but a lot of time has passed and the Coen’s themselves have said they are not trying to remake the original film, they are creating a new adaptation of the original Charles Portis novel that both films are based on. Continue reading

Sep 28

Geek Actually After Show Ep101 – Let’s Talk About Sex Baby

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Hosted by: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Calum Wilson Austin

Welcome to the Geek Actually After Show. This un-stuctured and un-planned podcast is what what you get after we finish recording the two main shows Tech Actually and Film Actually. We basically just leave the mics on and record whatever we feel like talking about. This show gives us a chance to talk about anything that didn’t fit into the format of the main shows.

The Geek Actually After Show is recorded live on Saturdays around 2.30pm (AEST UTC+10). Go to geekactually.com/live to watch it live. Continue reading

Sep 27

The Little Geek Show Ep. 3 – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Updated)

Finally a new episode of The Little Geek Show, this episode we review ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’.

Update, Dec 6th 2010: I have re-submitted the film to YouTube with different music so hopefully all dispute resolutions will go away now. So no I can embed the video for you.

Enjoy.

Sep 27

REPLAY – Geek Actually Live Shows for September 25th

Here are this week’s live shows presented in the same order that we recorded them. We start with Tech Actually then Film Actually and end the day with the After Show.

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 in Tech Actually, David and Josh discuss the week’s news and list off 20 cool apps for new iPhone users. In Film Actually David and Josh are joined by Calum Austin Wilson for a review of ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ plus give you a list of five foreign language films that you can watch instead of this, not so good, film. In this week’s Geek Actually After Show we discuss the new Fall TV Season, Intel’s new pricing scheme and unsimulated sex scenes in mainstream films. Enjoy the shows. Continue reading

Sep 26

Film Actually Ep009 (101) – The Girl Who Did What Now?

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Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Calum Wilson Austin

Welcome to the Film Actually podcast, your weekly dose of movie geek. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

This week David McVay and Josh Philpott are joined Calum Wilson Austin for a review of the second film in the Millennium Trilogy, ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’. We also have some Entertainment Buzz including the new trailer for ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1’ and a new List of Five, five foreign language films you must watch.

*Update 14/10/2011 – 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 9 but when you listen to the show you will hear it referred to as episode 101, this is why. Sorry about any confusion or inconvenience.

Film Actually is recorded live every Saturday at approximately 1.15pm (AEST UTC +10) at geekactually.com/live

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