Feb 02
We reviewed “Piranha 3D” on Film Actually a few months ago (on episode 98) and at the time I think I said that it was basically trashy fun. The other day on my way to the screening of “Faster” I bought the Blu-Ray of “Piranha” and watching it again I have to say I had such …
Feb 01
For the last few years Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been languishing in family film hell. The former wrestler was once the great hope for action fans and had starred in “The Rundown” (2003) (AKA “Welcome to the Jungle” in Australia), “The Scorpion King” (2002) and “Doom” (2005). In 2005 he proved he had great …
Jan 31
The story on this film is that while Joel and Ethan Coen were writing “Miller’s Crossing” (1990) they hit a massive case of writer’s block. To help them get past this they wrote this little film about a writer with writer’s block. It must have worked, because they resumed work on “Miller’s Crossing” and it …
Jan 30
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.blubrry.com/geekactually/geekactually.com/wp-content/filmpodcast/FilmActuallyEp025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com – This week David McVay and Josh Philpott review the new film from the Coen Brothers, “True Grit”. We also have some Entertainment Buzz including our thoughts on the Kevin Smith announcement and the Oscar …
Jan 29
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 …
Jan 28
If you know me at all, you may have noticed that I am an unabashed fan of the Coen brothers. So I was pretty excited to see their latest film, “True Grit” which is based on the Charles Portis novel of the same name. I just got back from the theatre and had to share …
