Jul 27

Comic Con Footage – Avengers Assemble! Meet the Cast and Director

Straight from Comic-Con San Diego, here are The Avengers and Joss Whedon as (now officially) the director. The stars of ‘The Avengers’ are Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (now officially Bruce Banner/The Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton/Hawkeye), Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson) and not mentioned in this video but listed on IMDB is Don Cheadle (James Rhodes/War Machine) and as a villain Tom Hiddleston (Loki).

I am so looking forward to this film for four reasons: Continue reading

Jul 27

Trailer: Let Me In (trailer #2)

Okay, we showed the first trailer to this remake of ‘Let the Right One In’ on the show a few weeks ago and we were not very impressed. However, the second trailer for ‘Let Me In’ at least shows a little more originality and is looking a little more like it can stand on it’s own two feet.

I am still wary of this remake because I loved the original film so much. If you haven’t seen ‘Let the Right One In’ yet, I do recommend watching that film before you watch this remake. Even if the remake is somehow brilliant, it will taint your opinions on the original and that really is unfair to the original Swedish film. Continue reading

Jul 27

Pirate Trailer – The Walking Dead

I don’t know how long this will last until someone yanks it down, but here is a pirated trailer from Comic-Con of the the new AMC series ‘The Walking Dead’. I am currently reading the comic series (I am up to issue 40 of the 75 issues currently published) and it is brilliant. I am so glad that Frank Darabont’s new series looks very faithful to the comic series. This I can’t wait to see. Let me know what you think in the comments below.

NB: Click the thumbnail for a great piece of poster art created for the new series by Drew Struzan, arguably one of the best movie poster artists to have ever worked in Hollywood.

Jul 26

Fictionary by Ben O’Brien

On this week’s After Show (ep94) we talked about the new play called ‘Fictionary’ by our friend Ben O’Brien. Considering that the After Show goes online the same day that the play opens I felt we had better post up the details now. We want the play to do well because two of our friends and guests, Ben O’Brien and Celine Roberts, are both involved in the show.

Here are the details:

Liam and Jason are two ordinary people. They live in a moderate sized apartment. They’re both unemployed. They’re both also entirely fictional. However, what would happen if they discovered the truth about their own non-existence? Would they be set free and become able to live their own lives, or would the very fabric of reality dissolve around them? Written by Ben O’Brien, “Fictionary” is a comedy about how easy it is for two characters to trade in their fictional lives for real ones.

Starring Evin Donohoe, Emmanuel Spiropoulos, Melissa Vogt and Michael Yore

Written and Directed By Ben O’Brien
Produced by Brent Davidson

Week 2 (July 27th-31st) Tues-Sat 8pm

Prices for the show are as follows:

$10 General
$8 Student
$5 Studio Four Member

To Book Tickets Go Here : http://www.nuts.org.au/booking/show.php?rec_id=68

If you have any problems with booking tickets please contact brentcdavidson@gmail.com.

The show begins at 8:00pm sharp, please be at Studio One at least 15 minutes beforehand.

Jul 26

REPLAY – Geek Actually Live Shows for July 24th

Here are this weeks live show 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. Enjoy. Continue reading

Jul 25

Film Actually Ep002 (094) – A Thinking Man’s Movie

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Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott, Calum Austin Wilson & Shane Gregory

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 by Calum Austin Wilson and the very quiet Shane Gregory for a review of Christopher Nolan’s latest opus ‘Inception’. We have reformatted the show slightly and our new Lists of Five and Movie Tidbits sections are now up and running. We also take a look at the new ‘Tron Legacy’ trailer for Comic-Con.

*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 2 but when you listen to the show you will hear it referred to as episode 94, this is why. Sorry about any confusion or inconvenience.

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

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