Aug 16

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Rules!? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Rules!

Part 3 of the Geek Actually multi part opinion piece about the films of “The Twilight Saga”

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright;?The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,?And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;?But there is no joy in Mudville – Forks, Washington. Mighty Casey Jacob has struck out.

With apologies to Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer ©

Greetings, Gentle (patient and faithful) Reader. At last the end is in sight. I have been immersing myself so much in this Twilight world, I feel like an undercover cop who has been ‘too deep for too long’ – so I have decided to forget about rules and constructs and ‘just try to go with it.’ Does this mean that I am losing my critical and moral compass? Hopefully I will escape unscathed. But, as Shakespeare’s PROSPERO said; No harm. I have done nothing but in care of thee, Of thee, my dear one – Gentle Reader, yes it’s all for you, I’m protecting you. (Does this sound sufficiently disturbing? It should because that is how much the whole Edward ‘protecting Bella’ thing is creeping me out.) Yeah, yeah, spoilers (whatevs). Continue reading

Aug 15

Film Actually Ep051 (143) – Green Lantern

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Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott and guest Richard Gray

This week David, Josh and Richard Gray (theReelBits.com) review the new superhero film “Green Lantern”. They also take a look at the new trailers for “50/50” and “A Very Harold and Kumar 3d Christmas” plus take in a little entertainment news. All this and we still have time for an all new Lists of Five: Five Movies With a Colour in the Title. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

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*Update 31/07/2012 – 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 51 but when you listen to the show you will hear it referred to as episode 143, this is why. Sorry about any confusion or inconvenience.

Film Actually is recorded live every Saturday. Go to geekactually.com/live for the schedule and to watch it

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Before We Begin…

Feedback and what we’ve been watching.

GeekBetty wanted to tell us about ClipJoint
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/aug/10/clip-joint-unexpected-dancing
and the great behind-the-scenes doco of The Shining DVD is online.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4745727919325920852&hl=en

Feature Film Review

‘Green Lantern’ directed by Martin Campbell and written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldenberg based on the DC Comics character. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, Temuera Morrison, Angela Bassett and the voices of Michael Clarke Duncan and Geoffrey Rush.

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan. Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. Source: Warner Bros.

Our Verdict: Not as bad as we were led to believe. By no means a great film but a fun popcorn movie. David felt it would be better suited for a DVD/Blu-Ray viewing rather than cinema dollars. Josh and Richard felt that it was worth the price of admission.

Watch the trailer here: https://geekactually.com/2011/05/24/brand-new-trailer-green-lantern/

Entertainment Buzz

Jason “Conan” Mamoa writes his own sequel.
http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/172223-exclusive-jason-momoa-writing-a-conan-sequel

New 50/50 trailer. I am really looking forward to this film.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810212128/video/26251727

Home 3D is finally getting a standard.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/manufacturers-are-finally-standardising-3d-glasses-together/

A cinema made of fridges, this is pretty cool (pun intended!).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/aug/01/films-on-fridges-cinema-recycling

The trailer for “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810165651/video/26241813

We got our wish, the new Riddick film is a direct sequel to “Pitch Black”!
http://www.moviehole.net/201143902-exclusive-riddick-begins-casting-character-descriptions

Sony is so confident about “The Amazing Spider-Man” the sequel is already scheduled.
http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/sony-dates-amazing-spider-man-sequel/

The red band “The Sitter” trailer – wrong in every way!
http://au.ign.com/videos/2011/08/04/the-sitter-red-band-trailer

Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: Five Movies with a Colour in the Title. Green Lantern got us thinking, how many really good movies have a colour in the title? Here are five of them.

Just a reminder, because we never like to just make things easy on ourselves, our lists are not necessarily top five lists, they are more or a less a list of film recommendations within the theme of the list.

Before we go we played a quick tease from “Puss in Boots”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LVf1swl9uQ&feature=player_embedded 

The Rest…

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Our opening clip this week is from the reviewed film “Green Lantern”.

We close the show with the ‘We’re Going To Fly Now’ from the “Green Lantern” soundtrack by James Newton Howard.

Aug 14

Fun Little Viral Video for “Puss In Boots”

On this week’s Film Actually show, Richard Gray from The Reel Bits made me aware of this great little ‘No Pants Pants’ viral video that has surfaced on the web to market the new animated film “Puss In Boots”. This is pretty funny stuff.

“Puss In Boots” is out in cinemas this Christmas.

Aug 14

REPLAY – Geek Actually Live Video Shows for August 13th, 2011

Here are this week’s live shows presented in the same order that we recorded them. We start with the all new Geek Actually and then move onto Film Actually. Because the show is live, you get it here with all the mistakes intact.

The Geek Actually podcasts are recorded live every Saturday from 12pm (AEST) or UTC +10 at geekactually.com/live – You can now watch us live on Facebook by clicking here.

Check the individual audio show posts for the show notes. Watch the videos below. Continue reading

Aug 14

Geek Actually Ep143 – Green Band Porn

Hosted by: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Richard Gray

This week on Geek Actually, the Facebook phone book issue, Anonymous declares war on Facebook, smart phones will probably be the gaming consoles of 2015, the Star Wars porn parody is upon us, Android watches, geeky food sculptures, beautiful WWII colour photographs and HP used to know nothing about computers. All this plus the picks of the week and listener feedback. Enjoy.

Geek Actually is the fusion of the old Tech Actually and Geek Actually After Show podcasts. All the tech and geek goodness that you have come to expect from the old shows wrapped up and made easier to swallow as one simple, little, tasty podcast. DeltaKnight (AKA DAvid Murray) continues to supply us with some of the geekiest stories on the web and Josh and David love to play with the tech news.

Geek Actually is recorded live on Saturdays around 12pm (AEST UTC+10). Go to geekactually.com/live to watch it live or you can also now watch the live show on Facebook – Click here to watch.

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Aug 11

Review: Cowboys & Aliens

A stranger (Daniel Craig) wakes in the desert with no memories, an injury and a strange metal bracelet on his wrist. After an altercation with some potential bandits, the stranger heads to the nearest small town which turns out to be controlled by the rough cattle boss Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). The stranger is identified as Jake Lonergan, a thief who had stolen from Dolarhyde, and is arrested. Just as he is about to be taken away to the authorities, the aliens invade. At this point Lonergan and Dolarhyde have to join forces and lead a posse that includes the mysterious Ella Swenson (Olivia Wilde) to defeat the aliens and get back the townspeople who were abducted in the raid.

When I first heard that Jon Favreau was going to direct an adaptation of the comic book “Cowboys & Aliens” by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg I was a little wary. I was not a fan of the original comic book, I felt it was very simplistic and I wasn’t sure how well it would adapt to the screen. However, I did have a lot of faith in Jon Favreau after his two outings with the “Iron Man” franchise and the trailers were looking good. Continue reading