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Podcast: Film Actually Ep 93 – The Amazing Spider-man

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott, Richard Gray & Nicholas McVay

This week David, Josh & Richard take a look at the latest reboot out of Hollywood, “The Amazing Spider-Man”. Plus What We’ve Been Watching, Josh’s Bargain Basement and a brand new Lists of Five – Five of Our Favourite Villains. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

The news section is now officially it’s own show called Film Actually News. Look for it on the feed because it is loud, fast and under thirty minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

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

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Your Show Notes Follow:

What We’ve Been Watching:

A collection of other things we’ve been watching during the week. In “Josh’s Bargain Basement” he talks about The House of the Devil.

Feature Film Review

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ directed by Marc Webb. It is written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sergent and Steve Kloves based on the Marvel comic book character created by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. It stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Chris Zylka and Irrfan Khan.

The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker, an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero. Source: Sony

Our Verdict: A fun and entertaining superhero film with some huge gaping plot holes and an overall sense of DejaVu. However, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are fantastic and share a great chemistry on screen.

Spoiler Section: 00:44:11 – 00:59:11 – Fast forward this bit if you don’t want to hear spoilers.

Watch the trailer here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/theamazingspiderman/

Make sure you stay at the end of the show for Nicholas “The Little Geek” McVay’s opinions on “The Amazing Spider-Man” & “Brave”.

Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: Five of Our Favourite Villains. What is a hero without a great villain? Here are five of our favourites.
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.

The Rest…

Join us on our Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/GeekActually or follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually

The Reel Junkies podcast can be found at weekendronin.com

Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting TheReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDBits

We opened the show with a clip from Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man”.

Go see more movies, you don’t see enough movies and all of life’s questions are answered in the movies.

July 11, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually Ep 92 – Brave

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Richard Gray

This week David, Josh & Richard take a look at the latest film from Pixar, Brave. Plus a quick talk about Seth MacFarlane’s first feature film Ted, What We’ve Been Watching, Josh’s Bargain Basement and a brand new Lists of Five – Five of the Best of the Year… So Far. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

The news section is now officially it’s own show called Film Actually News. Look for it on the feed because it is loud, fast and under thirty minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

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

Listen or download it here or subscribe to it on iTunes

Your Show Notes Follow:

What We’ve Been Watching:

A collection of other things we’ve been watching during the week. David and Richard talk about Ted and in Josh’s Bargain Basement he talks about Rising Sun.

Feature Film Review

Brave directed by Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews & Steve Purcell. It is written by Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell & Irene Mecchi. It stars the voice talent of Billy Connolly, Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd & Craig Furguson.

Set in Scotland in a rugged and mythical time, “Brave” features Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty. Merida makes a reckless choice that unleashes unintended peril and forces her to spring into action to set things right. Source: Walt Disney Pictures

Our Verdict: A beautiful looking film (does Pixar know how to make an ugly film?) that falls short of the greatness that Pixar films used to be. Fun and whimsical but ultimately disappointing.

Watch the trailer here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/disney/brave/

Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: Five of the Best of the Year… So Far. Here we are at the half way point for the year, so what have we liked so far?
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.

The Rest…

Join us on our Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/GeekActually or follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually

The Reel Junkies podcast can be found at weekendronin.com

Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting TheReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDBits

We opened the show with a clip from “Toy Story”.

We close the show with a track from the original score for “Brave” by Patrick Doyle.

Go see more movies, you don’t see enough movies and all of life’s questions are answered in the movies.

July 5, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually Ep 91 – Snow White and the Huntsman and Cabin in the Woods

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Richard Gray

This week David, Josh & Richard have a pair of reviews, first up “Snow White and the Huntsman” followed by the Joss Whedon produced “The Cabin in the Woods”. Plus What We’ve Been Watching and a brand new Lists of Five – What Was Old Is New Again (or Films That Redefined Their Genres). Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

The news section is now officially it’s own show called Film Actually News. Look for it on the feed because it is loud, fast and under thirty minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

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

Listen or download it here or subscribe to it on iTunes

Your Show Notes Follow:

What We’ve Been Watching:

A collection of other things we’ve been watching during the week. This week Richard gives us the low down on the films in the Sydney Film Festival.

Feature Film Review 1

‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ directed by Rupert Sanders. It is written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini. It stars Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Ian McShane, Sam Claflin, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan and Bob Hoskins.

In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen. Source: IMDB

Our Verdict: A strikingly beautiful film that is ultimately a mess. The film is so busy stealing scenes from other movies it completely forgets to tell a cohesive story. In what universe is Kristen Stewart the fairest of them all?

Watch the trailer here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/snowwhiteandthehuntsman/

Feature Film Review 2

‘The Cabin in the Woods’ directed by Drew Goddard. It is written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard. It stars Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford and Amy Acker.

Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods. Source: IMDB

Spoiler Section: 00:42:33 – 00:54:31 – Fast forward this bit if you don’t want to hear spoilers.

Our Verdict: A clever reworking of a tired genre. Joss Whedon again proves that he is a master of genre bending. This is a must see movie.

Watch the trailer here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/thecabininthewoods/

Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: What Was Old Is New Again (or Films That Redefined Their Genres).
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.

The Rest…

Join us on our Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/GeekActually or follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually

The Reel Junkies podcast can be found at weekendronin.com

Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting TheReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDBits

We opened the show with a clip from “Mirror, Mirror”.

We close the show with the song “I Believe in Love (Mirror, Mirror Mix)” by Nina Hart, Sam Hallander & Tarsem Singh and performed by Lily Collins from the film ”Mirror, Mirror”.

Go see more movies, you don’t see enough movies and all of life’s questions are answered in the movies.

June 27, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually News – 25-06-2012

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Richard Gray

Welcome to the brand new Film Actually News for June 25th, 2012. This week: Baywatch and Need for Speed head to the big screen, the trailers for Dredd and Taken 2 hit the web, Zimmer scores Man of Steel, Keanu directs, Charlie Sheen plays The President and Refn takes on Barbarella for the small screen. All this and much more!

What used to be a boring, stuffy film section of the Film Actually podcast has been spun off into it’s own, we hope, more entertaining show. We don’t make the news, we just have fun with it. Film Actually News – Loud, Fast and Under Thirty Minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

This show carries an explicit tag due to coarse language.

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In case you want the full stories, your show links follow:

Baywatch is heading to the big screen – but who takes on The Hoff’s part?
http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/06/breaking-paramount-pursuing-justin-timberlake-for-baywatch.php

Fox tells us how to get to Sesame Street.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sesame-street-movie-works-fox-339374

The Taken 2 Trailer.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=34344

Let’s files this in the WTF file! Nicholas Winding Refn does Barbarella for TV?!?!
http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/gaumont-international-tv-to-do-barbarella-series-with-martha-de-laurentiis-nick-refn/

Two new images from…Raging Bull 2? Really?
http://collider.com/raging-bull-2-sequel-images/174669/

Keanu directs… Hmmm…
http://www.slashfilm.com/votd-longtake-fight-cinematography-keanu-reeves-man-tai-chi/

Hans Zimmer officially scoring Zack Snyders Man of Steel.
http://www.slashfilm.com/hans-zimmer-takes-thankless-task-scoring-zack-snyders-man-steel/

Jurassic Park 4 needs more apes
http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/universal-sets-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-scribes-for-jurassic-park-4/

Whaaatttt? Need for Speed the movie.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=34363

Charlie Sheen as the president? Robert Rodriguez thinks so for Machete Kills!
http://www.slashfilm.com/robert-rodriguez-puts-charlie-sheen-white-house-machete-kills-set-photos-released/

Barry Sonnenfeld goes from Men in Black to Men in Metal.
http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/barry-sonnenfelds-secret-comic-book-movie-is.html

The Dredd trailer debuts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PifvRiHVSCY

The Rest…

Join us on our Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/GeekActually or follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually

Make sure you check out our new range of Geek Actually swag at cafepress.com.au/geekactually

Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting theReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDbits

Shameless Plug Time – Make sure you check out our new comic book podcast “Behind the Panels” hosted by David McVay & Richard Gray. Every week we bring you news from the world of comic books and comic book related movies and TV. We also go into deep analysis on our favourite comic books in our Book Club style Comic Pick of the Week. Find it here on Geek Actually or subscribe for free on iTunes. Also like the Facebook page here.

June 27, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually News – 28-05-2012

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Richard Gray

Welcome to the brand new Film Actually News for May 28th, 2012. This week: G.I. Joe Retaliation delayed, Mark Millar talks Kick-Ass 2 again, smart dinosaurs, The Great Gatsby trailer hits, the world of Silence of the Lambs comes to TV and Harrison Ford’s Blade Runner future, all this and much, much more!

What used to be a boring, stuffy film section of the Film Actually podcast has been spun off into it’s own, we hope, more entertaining show. We don’t make the news, we just have fun with it. Film Actually News – Loud, Fast and Under Thirty Minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

This show carries an explicit tag due to coarse language.

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In case you want the full stories, your show links follow:

G.I. Joe: Retaliation pushed to 2013
http://www.slashfilm.com/gi-joe-retaliation-native-3d-reshoots/

Clarice from Silence of the Lambs gets her own series
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lifetime-Clarice-Silence-Lambs-1048200.aspx

The new Maniac trailer
http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/05/blood-breasts-and-elijah-wood-in-full-trailer-for-maniac.php

Mark Millar Talks Kick-Ass 2 including 30 minutes of Hit Girl.
http://www.digitalspy.com.au/movies/interviews/a382718/mark-millar-interview-kick-ass-creator-on-the-movie-sequel.html

Malin Akerman to play Debbie Harry in CBGB
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=90697

Smart Dinosaurs and Aliens in Dominion
http://www.slashfilm.com/dominion-dinosaurs-aliens-feature-smart-dinosaurs-speaking-aliens/

Disney halts Order of the Seven – another Snow White movie.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-order-of-seven-movie-327912

The Great Gatsby Trailer Debuts: Kanye and Fitzgerald together at last!
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thegreatgatsby/

Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns gets animated
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dark-knight-returns-peter-weller-327960

Harrison Ford to have “amusing” cameo in Blade Runner sequel
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/is-ridley-scott-the-most-macho-man-in-movies-7782369.html

The Rest…

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Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting theReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDbits

Shameless Plug Time – Make sure you check out our new comic book podcast “Behind the Panels” hosted by David McVay & Richard Gray. Every week we bring you news from the world of comic books and comic book related movies and TV. We also go into deep analysis on our favourite comic books in our Book Club style Comic Pick of the Week. Find it here on Geek Actually or subscribe for free on iTunes. Also like the Facebook page here.

May 29, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually Ep 88 – Red Tails

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Richard Gray

Better late than never, here is the new episode of Film Actually. This week David, Josh & Richard share their opinions on the new George Lucas produced war movie Red Tails. Plus What We’ve Been Watching and a brand new Lists of Five – Five Special Effects Scenes That Made Us Go Wow! Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

The news section is now officially it’s own show called Film Actually News. Look for it on the feed because it is loud, fast and under thirty minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

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

Listen or download it here or subscribe to it on iTunes

Your Show Notes Follow:

What We’ve Been Watching:

A collection of other things we’ve been watching during the week including Josh’s Bargain Basement.

Feature Film Review

‘Red Tails’ directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by George Lucas. It is written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder based on story by John Ridley in turn based on a book by John B. Holway. It stars Terrance Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristen Wilds, Elijah Kelley, Ne-Yo, Kevin Phillips, Daniela Ruah and Brian Cranston.

Italy, 1944. As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in Europe, a squadron of black pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen are finally given the chance to prove themselves in the sky – even as they battle discrimination on the ground. It’s a tribute to the unsung heroes who rose above extraordinary challenges and ultimately soared into history. Source: 20th Century Fox

Our Verdict: A great subject matter that is given a weak treatment here. An okay first half and some amazing visual effects is let down by a poorly conceived second half and some truly terrible dialogue.

Watch the trailer here http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/redtails/

Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: Five Special Effects Scenes That Made Us Go Wow! Whether the film is good or bad, sometimes a great special effects scene can just take your breath away at how well it was conceived and executed on screen, here are five examples.
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.

The Rest…

Join us on our Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/GeekActually or follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually

The Reel Junkies podcast can be found at weekendronin.com

Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting TheReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDBits

We opened the show with a clip from “Red Tails”.

We close the show with a track from the score to “Red Tails” by Terence Blanchard.

Go see more movies, you don’t see enough movies and all of life’s questions are answered in the movies.

May 25, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually News – 20-05-2012

Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Richard Gray

Welcome to the brand new Film Actually News for May 20th, 2012. This week: The Rock heads for DC Comics, Ryan Reynolds might be the Highlander, Nicolas Cage and Mickey Rourke go toe to toe, The Incredible Hulk still coming to TV, Aaron Sorkin will adapt Steve Jobs biopic, and Hampton Fancher writes the Blade Runner sequel for Ridley Scott, all this and much, much more!

What used to be a boring, stuffy film section of the Film Actually podcast has been spun off into it’s own, we hope, more entertaining show. We don’t make the news, we just have fun with it. Film Actually News – Loud, Fast and Under Thirty Minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

This show carries an explicit tag due to coarse language.

Listen or download it here or subscribe to it on iTunes

In case you want the full stories, your show links follow:

Fan of Abduction? Taylor Lautner is an action star again in Tracers.
http://www.slashfilm.com/taylor-lautner-bike-messenger-parkour-tracers/

There can be only…Ryan? Reynolds to take the lead in Highlander reboot?
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054272?refCatId=13

Dwayne The Rock Johnson and DC Comics
http://www.slashfilm.com/rock-teases-dc-comics-movie/

Joss Whedon wants more females in a sequel to The Avengers.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/10/the-avengers-sequel-should-another-female-join-the-superhero-squad/

Contagion screenwriter tapped for Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/contagion-writer-scott-burns-rise-of-planet-apes-324654

Cage and Rourke in Marble City
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=34005

In Guillermo del Toro news, The Incredible Hulk still coming to TV
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/upfronts-2012-marvel-hulk-abc-development-guillermo-del-toro-324627

Screenwriter confirms character in Tintin sequel
https://twitter.com/#!/AnthonyHorowitz/status/202099456789843970

Aaron Sorkin will adapt Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biopic!
http://www.slashfilm.com/aaron-sorkin-adapt-steve-jobs-sony-pictures/
and Woz will consult.
http://www.slashfilm.com/apple-cofounder-steve-wozniak-consult-aaron-sorkins-steve-jobs-film/

Jon Favreau “very involved” in Iron Man 3
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-favreau-talks-iron-man-3-revolution-324003

Peter Berg wanted to add Star Wars and grit to his Dune
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/peter-berg-dune-jgiro.php

Blade Runner sequel happening and Hampton Fancher is on-board as writer!
http://www.slashfilm.com/blade-runner-officially-sequel-original-writer-hampton-fancher-board/

Duncan Jones directing Ian Fleming biopic
http://collider.com/duncan-jones-ian-fleming-movie/167465/

The Rest…

Join us on our Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/GeekActually or follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually

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Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting theReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDbits

Shameless Plug Time – Make sure you check out our new comic book podcast “Behind the Panels” hosted by David McVay & Richard Gray. Every week we bring you news from the world of comic books and comic book related movies and TV. We also go into deep analysis on our favourite comic books in our Book Club style Comic Pick of the Week. Find it here on Geek Actually or subscribe for free on iTunes. Also like the Facebook page here.

May 21, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually Ep 87 – Dark Shadows and Safe

Hosts: David McVay & Richard Gray

This week David & Richard share a pair of reviews, first up Richard’s take onTim Burton’s Dark Shadows and then David and Richard take a look at Jason Statham in Safe. Plus What We’ve Been Watching and a brand new Lists of Five – Five People Who Are Repeating Themselves… Repeating Themselves. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

The news section is now officially it’s own show called Film Actually News. Look for it on the feed because it is loud, fast and under thirty minutes… or your money back.

If you are an iTunes user, please leave a review. Your comments help us improve the show.

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

Listen or download it here or subscribe to it on iTunes

Your Show Notes Follow:

What We’ve Been Watching:

A collection of other things we’ve been watching during the week.

Feature Film Review 1

‘Dark Shadows’ directed by Tim Burton and written by Seth Grahame-Smith from a story by John August and Seth Grahame-Smith based on the TV series by Dan Curtis. It stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloe Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote and Christopher Lee.

An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. Source: IMDB

Richard’s Verdict: Tedious Tim Burton makes the film boring.

Watch the trailer here http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/darkshadows/

Feature Film Review 2

‘Safe’ Written and directed by Boaz Yakin. It stars Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon and James Hong.

Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei’s trail. Source: IMDB

Our Verdict: It’s a rental at best. Decent action scenes can’t save the very 80s style cheese.

Watch the trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3an3bwdVRsU

Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: Five People Who Are Repeating Themselves… Repeating Themselves. Let’s face it, there are a few (if not many) of our favourite show people that are just phoning it in now days, here are five examples.
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.

The Rest…

Join us on our Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/GeekActually or follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually

The Reel Junkies podcast can be found at weekendronin.com

Check out Brad and Charlie at ReboundRadio.com home of the podcasts “Good Day Sir!” and “Movie Match Up”

Find out more about Josh’s other stuff by visiting HipHopNetOnline.com or listen to his other show “DLC Live” go to RawDLC.com or follow him on Twitter @DoGM3At

Find more by Richard Gray by visiting theReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDbits

We opened the show with a clip from the original TV series “Dark Shadows”.

We close the show with a track from the score to the movie “Dark Shadows” by Danny Elfman.

Go see more movies, you don’t see enough movies and all of life’s questions are answered in the movies.

May 16, 2012
Podcast: Behind the Panels – Issue 26: The Avengers Prelude: Fury’s Big Week

Hosted By: Richard Gray & David McVay

In this issue we continue our season of holiday specials. Richard has gone to Europe for the next few weeks but we wanted to make sure you still get your Panels goodness. So we pre-recorded our kick ass Pick of the Week sections for the next few weeks and skipped all the other stuff. This is The Avengers week here at Geek Actually so, as a compliment to our feature film review of The Avengers on this week’s Film Actually show, we bring you our take on the new Marvel tie-in The Avengers Prelude: Fury’s Big Week by Eric Pearson & Christopher Yost, art by Luke Ross.

Our next reading assignment: Green Arrow: Year One by Andy Diggle and Jock.

The Vintage Clip of the Week this week is:
The Mighty Thor (1965) – “Molto, The Lava Man”

Behind the Panels is continual work in progress, help us craft this show (via email and feedback) into the finest comic book podcast on the market. Make sure you subscribe to Behind the Panels on the link below.

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If you are an iTunes user, subscribe for free here and please leave us feedback. The next two or three issues will also come out on the Geek Actually and Film Actually feeds to get things started.

Make sure you check out our other fine podcasts Film Actually and Film Actually News for the latest in cinema reviews and news.

Join us on our new Facebook Fan Page, follow Geek Actually on Twitter @geekactually and follow David on Twitter @davidmcvay Find more by Richard Gray by visiting TheReelBits.com or follow him on Twitter @DVDBits

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The music used for this episode is the track ‘The Avengers’ from the new Marvel Studios film “The Avengers” by Alan Silvestri.

May 1, 2012
Podcast: Film Actually Ep 84 – The Road to The Avengers

Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott

This week David & Josh do something a little different, with The Avengers about to hit cinemas, they decide to take a trip down memory lane and discuss the five films (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger) leading up to the ultimate team up film. The usual format will return next week for a full review of Joss Whedon’s The Avengers. However, we couldn’t do a Film Actually without a brand new Lists of Five – Five Skippable Superhero Movies. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com.

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Lists of Five

This week our Lists of Five: Five Skippable Superhero Movies. With all the hype around The Avengers and superhero movies in general, it is easy to forget that superhero movies aren’t always that great, here are five examples of superhero movies that you can just skip. We have included tele movies in the lists this week.
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.

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We opened the show with a clip from “Super”.

We are closing the show with a track from the score to “Thor” by Patrick Doyle.

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April 25, 2012