Feb 24

The 81st Academy Award Winners

Hi there,

Okay, we posted yesterday our predictions for the Oscars, here are the winners (and where we got it right and wrong).

The Top Eight

Best Picture – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Director – Danny Boyle (we got it right)
Best Actor – Sean Penn (we predicted Mickey Rourke)
Best Actress – Kate Winslet (we got it right)
Best Supporting Actor – Heath Ledger (well, duh!)
Best Supporting Actress – Penelope Cruz (we got that so wrong, we predicted Viola Davis)
Best Adapted Screenplay – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Original Screenplay – Milk (we got it wrong, we predicted In Bruges) 

The Secondary Awards

Best Foreign Language Film – Departures (we got it wrong, we predicted The Class)
Best Animated Feature – Wall-E (we got it right)
Best Animated Short Film – La Maison en Petits Cubes (we got it wrong, we predicted Presto)
Best Live Action Short Film – Spielzeugland (Toyland) (we didn’t offer a prediction)
Best Documentary – Man on Wire (we got it right)
Best Documentary Short – Smile Pinki (we didn’t offer a prediction) 

Technical Awards

Best Sound Editing – The Dark Knight (we got it wrong, we predicted Iron Man)
Best Sound Mixing – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Art Direction – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (we got it wrong, we predicted The Dark Knight)
Best Costume Design – The Duchess (we got it wrong, we predicted Milk)
Best Cinematography – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Film Editing – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Visual Effects – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (we got it right)
Best Makeup – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (we got it wrong, we predicted Hellboy 2)
Best Original Music for a Motion Picture – Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)
Best Original Song – Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire (we got it right)

So, how did we go? We managed to predict 13 correct out of 24, not bad but we will have to do better next year.

Feb 23

Geek Actually Special Episode – The Post Oscar Wrap Up

big-geek-oscarHosts: David McVay and Jacob Oberman

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David and Jacob for this special Geek Actually wrap up of the 81st Academy Awards. We talk about the show, the winners and the losers.

Warning: Spoilers in this episode. If you haven’t watched the awards yet and don’t want to know who won, don’t listen yet.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language (There is very little in this episode!).

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(This post edited 24th May, 2009)

Feb 23

Special Oscar Post Show Today

Hi,

Just to let you know that we will be publishing a special Oscar post show today. It is the movie industry’s big night and we will be watching closely. We have been calling our picks for the last few weeks on the show, now we get to see if we are right.

Our predictions for the top awards:

Mickey Rourke – Best Actor
Kate Winslet – Best Actress
Heath Ledger – Best Supporting Actor
Viola Davis – Best Supporting Actress
Slumdog Millionaire – Best Film
Danny Boyle – Best Director
Wall-E – Best Animated Film
The Class – Best Foreign Film
Slumdog Millionaire – Best Score
Man on Wire – Best Documentary Feature
Hellboy 2 – Best Makeup
The Dark Knight – Best Art Direction
Slumdog Millionaire – Best Cinematography
Milk – Costume Design
Slumdog Millionaire – Editing
Jai Ho – Best Song
Iron Man – Sound Editing
Slumdog Millionaire – Sound Mixing
Benjamin Button – Visual Effects
Slumdog Millionaire – Adapted Screenplay
In Bruges – Original Screenplay

Let’s see how accurate we are. Talk soon.

Feb 20

iLife ’09 rocks!!

A couple of weeks ago, me and my dad, The Big Geek, bought iLife ’09 and it is really cool. I like iMovie ’09, it is better than iMovie ’08 because it felt to me that I couldn’t do much with iMovie ’08. But iMovie ‘o9 is like Final Cut Express but easier to use. And my dad likes iPhoto ‘o9 a lot because of the face recognition. I really like it too.

Dad and I talk about iLife ’09 in the latest episode of Geek Actually (episode 26), check it out for more detail.

Feb 20

Geek Actually Episode 26 – I Have a Responsibility to Make Money

Geek ActuallyHosts: David McVay, Jacob Oberman and Nicholas McVay

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David is joined in studio by Jacob as they discuss the latest in film and tech.

In tech news: Telstra boss Sol Trujillo has his mobile stolen by a pickpocket, Mr. Trujillo also states that he doesn’t care what is best for customer he just wants to make money and Facebook backtracks on it’s new terms.

Film news includes: no Ironman 2 for Mickey Rourke but he will work with Stallone, no Superman Reboot for the Wachowski’s, no Ironman 2 for Eliza Dushku, a Jetsons live action film in the works for Robert Rodriguez and the Academy Award winners leaked…or have they?

In review, Jake and David review Oliver Stone’s “W.” and John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt”. Both films are well received but Doubt is clearly the favourite.

Nicholas McVay (The Little Geek) joins David to discuss Apple’s new iLife 09 suite of programs. To quote Little Geek, “Awesome!”

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language (There is very little in this episode!).

Listen or download it here or subscribe to it on iTunes

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Show Notes:
Just a couple links to some things mentioned in the show.
A Picture of a great Dictator … Sorry I mean Sol Trujillo
The Leaked List of Academy Award Winners
The Trailer and Clip for Doubt
The Trailer for W.
Apple’s iLife 09

Just a reminder, if you have any comments about the episodes please leave them in the comments field below or email us using the contact link above. If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review as we are trying to get on the featured list and every review helps. Your comments (good or bad) help us improve the show.

(This post edited 24th May, 2009)

Feb 18

Pirate Bay copyright test case begins

A copyright test case involving one of the world’s biggest free file-sharing websites has started in Stockholm.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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