Jun 05

Geek Actually Ep134 – Wisconsin Style

Hosted by: David McVay & Josh Philpott

This week on Geek Actually David and Josh take a look at the week in geek including the speculations about Apple’s WWDC announcements, high flying jet packs, a first look at Windows 8, a cellar built airplane, The Onion’s amazing new Sony parody and canned food that has to be seen to be believed. All this plus our picks of the week. So get out your can openers and enjoy this tasty morsel.

Geek Actually is the fusion of the old Tech Actually and Geek Actually After Show podcasts into an all new show. 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.

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Jun 05

REPLAY – Geek Actually Live Video Shows for June 4th, 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. Check the individual audio show posts for the show notes.

This week on Geek Actually we discuss the rumours and speculations about Apple’s June 6th announcements, jetpacks, Windows 8, tasty looking canned food and many other odd and weird geek things.

This week on Film Actually we are again joined by Richard Gray (@DVDbits) from theReelBits.com and DVDBits.com. Together we review “X-Men First Class”. We also check out the week’s entertainment news, watch a couple of trailers and deliver a brand new Lists of Five. I hope you enjoy. Watch the videos below. Continue reading

Jun 02

Geek Actually Regular Mirren Lee on The Morning Show 2nd June 2011

Geek Actually podcast regular (and my mother) Mirren Lee was invited onto The Morning Show to discuss bad casting couch practices. This was inspired by an article written by our good friend Fox411’s Pop Tarts columnist Hollie McKay. Read the original article that inspired this interview here.

What are your thoughts? Comment below.

Jun 02

Video: The X-Men First Class Experience

It’s here! “X-Men First Class” opens today across the country and to get you in the mood we were sent this great little video to share. The deck of the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York played host to the Xavier Academy to give people the X-Men Experience. Wind Tunnels, obstacle courses and tesla coils were all used to teach the participants how to be X-Men. It looked like awesome fun. Watch and enjoy, but more importantly go see the “X-Men First Class” movie and let us know what you thought.


X-MEN_First Class Experience by AJ_Movies

Catch my full review of “X-Men First Class” here and on this weeks Film Actually show.

Thanks to our friends at Way to Blue for the video links.

Jun 01

Review: X-Men First Class

My first reaction to the news of a new X-Men movie was concern. Although “The X-Men” was a really good film and “X-Men 2” set a benchmark, gold standard, for future superhero movies, “X-Men The Last Stand” was not great. It had some good moments and it was the X-Men so I forgave a lot of its short comings, but it was pretty average when compared to the first two films. It was followed by “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, a bitterly disappointing film that once again had good moments but the overall package is just forgettable.

So the thought of a new X-Men movie filled me with mixed emotions. Would it be like the first two films or would it be just another “X-Men Origins” quality film? Things perked up when I found out that Bryan Singer, director of the first two films, was back on board as producer. Singer then brought Matthew Vaughn on to direct the film. Vaughn had just had great critical success with the comic book adaptation of “Kick-Ass” so he seemed like the perfect fit. One of the great strengths of “Kick-Ass” was the script, so Vaughn brought on it’s writer, Jane Goldman, to polish up the “X-Men First Class” script. All systems were go.

So, what is the final product like? I’m glad to report that “X-Men First Class” is a solid film. It won’t change your world but it will entertain. To put it in perspective, it is far better than “X-Men The Last Stand” and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and as good as the original, but not quite as good as “X-Men 2”. Continue reading

May 30

Trailer: Bait

Forget “Snakes in a Plane” director David R. Ellis’ “Shark Night 3D”, this should have been his follow up film! The film in question is “Sharks in a Supermarket”, no sorry that is wrong, it is “Bait” in 3D.

Just when you think you’ve thought of everything, along comes another stupid story line. In this film a huge tsunami floods an Australian supermarket, trapping the people inside and filling it with Tiger Sharks! Really, I couldn’t make this shit up. You can see the trailer for this magnificent train wreck below. Continue reading