Feb 14

Geek Actually Episode 25 – The Comeback Kid

Geek ActuallyHost: David McVay

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David flies solo to tell you the weeks film and tech news. First up he discuss Christian Bale’s apology, The Inglourious Basterds trailer, Mickey Rourke’s amazing BAFTA speech and he tries to understand why DC has chosen a redheaded lesbian Batwoman to replace Batman.

Film news includes Candyland The Movie, Michael Moore’s next film, Halloween 2, Eliza Dushka wants Iron Man 2, Christopher Nolan’s next film, Kate Winslet’s bum and the Wachowski’s may take on Superman!

Tech news includes Facebook’s legal problems, Quicktime Pro, Apple Stores get a face lift, Android drops multi-touch and a lot of news about Australia’s Clean Feed.

David reviews three films this week. First up, does Mickey Rourke deserve the Oscar for “The Wrestler”? Absolutely! Secondly, let’s get our hands dirty with “My Bloody Valentine 3D” and then another Oscar contender, “The Reader”.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language.

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Feb 06

Geek Actually Episode 24 – Don’t Eat All Her Cookies

Geek ActuallyHosts: David McVay, Jacob Oberman and Katrina Smith

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David is joined by returning guest hosts Jacob Oberman and Katrina Smith in this long slight heavy tech edition of Geek Actually. First up we discuss Christian Bale’s bad manners on set and other stars who have lost it on camera.

New of the week includes the tech stories about LG’s new iPhone look a like, parking tickets that cause malware problems, a man who tried to strangle his girlfriend with a Wii controller and iTunes DRM free. We also throw in some film stories, including Jeff Bridges’ new body in Tr2n, Sean Penn and Johnny Depp are up for The Three Stooges, Green Lantern gets a director while the Green Hornet loses it’s director.

David and Katrina review “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” and Katrina tells us about “Marley & Me”.

This episode carries an explicit tag due to bad language (mostly from Christian Bale and Julia Roberts).

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Jan 31

Geek Actually Episode 23 – Masturbation Is Good For You

Geek ActuallyHosts: David McVay and Mirren Lee

David flies solo in this episode for the first half. During this time he runs through some film and tech related stories such as: Australia’s “Clean Feed” is delayed (yay!), MP3 players (complete with government secrets), Stallone wants to make more Rambo movies and Harry Potter’s stunt double hospitalised.

David then reviews “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Slumdog Millionaire”.

Mirren suprises David with a last minute appearance and they review “Frost/Nixon” together. And Finally, Mirren explains why masturbation is good for you.

This episode carries an explicit tag due to possible, infrequent, bad language.

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Jan 24

Geek Actually Episode 22 – The Really Hot Episode

Geek ActuallyHosts: David McVay, Mirren Lee and Nicholas McVay

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As Sydney is gripped by a minor heat wave David and Mirren push through and sweat up a storm in the very hot studio.

With tech news leading the way, we discuss Steve Jobs’ liver transplant, Windows 7 Beta and President Obama’s Blackberry. Along the way we sweat some more, did I mention that it is hot in the studio.

In movie news, we discuss the Oscar nominations and the Razzie nominations. Then David and Mirren review the new Sean Penn film, “Milk” and David and Nicholas talk about Disney’s “Bolt” and the miracle of digital 3D.

By the way, did I mention it is really hot in the studio?

This episode carries an explicit tag due to possible, infrequent, bad language.

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Jan 22

Test Shoots Start for Deathly Hallows

Here is one for all the Harry Potter fans out there…

“Harry Potter” franchise star Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) posted the following message on her official website on Monday, January 19th.
Source: comingsoon.net
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Jan 22

Belkin apologises for paid online reviews

An electronics company says it is investigating one of its employees for offering to pay for positive online reviews of its products.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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