Nov 07

Film Actually Ep063 – Anonymous

Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott

This week David & Josh review “Anonymous”. Plus they discuss a little entertainment news including the new Bond film “Skyfall” and the new trailers for “Underworld: Awakening” and “21 Jump Street”. All this plus feedback and a brand new Lists of Five – Five Literary Films. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

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This show carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.

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Nov 07

WINNERS: Shark Night 3D Double Passes

The names have been drawn and here are the winners of the “Shark Night 3d” double passes. Congratulations to the winners and I hope you enjoy the film.

  • Matt W. (NSW)
  • Diana D. (NSW)
  • Sheridan S. (WA)
  • Mara J. (Vic)
  • Katrina C. (SA)
  • Ian H. (Vic)
  • Peter C. (Vic)
  • Betty D. (Vic)
  • Di C. (SA)
  • Sarah Jane N. (WA)

Nov 06

Behind The Panels (beta) Issue 2

Hosted By: David McVay & Richard Gray

This week, because the first episode was late getting out there, we decided to postpone the discussion about Sandman until next week. In its place we take a look at the Marvel MAX series Alias, a smart, dark and thoroughly engrossing series about ex-superhero turned private detective, Jessica Jones. We also talk a little about DC’s mysterious woman in red and Marvel’s inability to beat DC at the small screen animation game.

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Behind the Panels is still in beta, how can you tell? Read the title again, yes that’s right we tried on the name “Between the Panels” last week but have now officially changed the name. This issue still carries temporary music and cover art and we continue to work out format issues. That being said, the first issue was downloaded in huge numbers so we hope you all had as much fun listening to it as we did recording it. We hope you will continue to help us craft this show (via email and feedback) into the finest comic book podcast on the market.

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Nov 06

TRAILER – Underworld: Awakening

Underworld is back baby and I am looking forward to this fourth instalment. Underworld Awakening sees the return of Kate Beckinsale, in her oh so tight black clothes, as she now has to fight the humans. I think of the Underworld films as junk food, they aren’t really great for you but they are so tasty to consume.

The vampire warrioress Selene, escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

Underworld Awakening is released in Australia on the 26th of January 2012 in 3D and IMAX.

Nov 06

Geek Actually Ep151 – All Good Things Come To An End

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Hosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott

This week on Geek Actually David and Josh take a look at the weird and wonderful world of geeks. Stories include terminator style robots a reality, unmanned fighter jets, synthetic blood, bendable self powered e-ink paper, pumpkin carving with combustible gases, a killer asteroid and crazed gunmen who think their neighbour is threatening them telepathically! All this plus edible spray paint, listener feedback and our picks of the week. Enjoy.

It is a sad day as this will be the last episode of the Geek Actually podcast. Due to new work commitments something had to give, so after three years and 151 episodes, this podcast will no longer be produced.

Fear not though as we aren’t going anywhere, Film Actually will continue and we have a new podcast that has just launched about comic books called Behind the Panels and you can still find those shows here at geekactually.com or search for them on iTunes.

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Nov 06

FIRST CLIP: Burning Man

One of the great joys I have had this year was seeing Burning Man, the new film by Jonathan Teplitzky. I had lost a lot of faith in the Australian film industry and then this film comes along and just blew me away. Our friends over at Paramount Pictures have made a clip available from the film for you to see. This is a must see film this year.

Watch the site this week as I had a chance to sit down and have a chat with director/writer Teplizky and star Bojana Novakovic and I’ll be posting that video soon. In the meantime, have a look at the video below.

Burning Man is the reckless, sexy, funny, moving and ultimately life-affirming story of Tom, a British chef in a Bondi restaurant, who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey. Whatever Tom is up to, his actions seem to be tolerated by those around him. As Tom descends into darkness, fragments of a different story begin to emerge. All the women in his world are trying in their own, very different ways to help put him back together.

Written and directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. It stars Matthew Goode, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis, Kerry Fox and Rachel Griffiths.

Burning Man will be released in Australia on the 17th of November.