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Just to keep everyone informed, this feed and site is closing down in two weeks. I have moved the show back to it’s source show site and all the new and old episodes will be from there from now on. If you subscribe through iTunes, you don’t have to do anything as I have already changed the feed to iTunes. If you use any other feedreader change the feed to:

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Hope you continue to enjoy the show.

David McVay Host - Geek Actually http://geekactually.com

Hosts: David McVay, Mirren Lee and Katrina Smith

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David is joined in studio by Mirren Lee and by Skype by Miss Katrina Smith.

Tech News: Intel’s anti trust case, Windows 7 release date, Microsoft pays big for a patent infringement and Twitter is condemned for creating rumours about Patrick Swayze’s death.

Film News: President Obama watches Star Trek, Adam Lambert wows Queen, Leonardo DiCaprio could be Sinatra, Fanboys might get a sequel, Daredevil might get rebooted, Tarantino can’t keep his hands off it and Bazooka Joe The Movie!!!

David reviews Ron Howard’s latest, “Angels & Demons” - Is it better than DaVinci? Yes. Is it Good? Not so much.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to small amounts of bad language.

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Hosts: David McVay, Jacob Oberman and Nicholas McVay

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David is joined in studio by Jacob Oberman and Nicholas McVay for a Trekking good time.

First of all apologise for the missed episode. David still has a wicked cold.

Tech News: Google’s anti trust case, Sweden’s Pirate Party and Apple fires back at Microsoft with new ads.

Film News: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets made again and again and maybe even again.

Jacob tells us about “Wake in Fright” and David and Jacob review the new “Star Trek” movie and the Italian masterpiece, “Gomorrah”.

Nicholas “Little Geek” McVay joins David for his reviews of “Star Trek” and “Wolverine”.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to small amounts of bad language.

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Hosts: David McVay, Jacob Oberman and Nicholas McVay

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David is joined in studio by Jacob Oberman and Nicholas McVay for a news lite, review heavy episode. Ben Straw from Ben’s Tech Show has sent us some kind words via voice mail and his opinions on “Monsters Vs Aliens” and “Fast and Furious”.

News is kept at a minimum today as David and Jacob both have colds. But we do look at Steve Jobs’ health and what Hollywood plans to remake next.

Jacob reviews the new Australian animated film, “Mary and Max” by Adam Elliot and gives it positive praise. David reviews Hugh Jackman’s new “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and it gets a shaky thumbs up. At least it’s better than “X-Men 3″. And David and Nicholas discuss the new Steve Martin film, “Pink Panther 2″, Nicholas enjoyed it and David thought it had moments, overall better than expected.

To finish off we play a small clip from the new “Star Trek” movie as a bit of a sneak peak for next weeks episode.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to small amounts of bad language.

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Hosts: David McVay, Katrina Smith, Mirren Lee and Nicholas McVay

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David is joined in studio by Katrina Smith and, via Skype, Mirren Lee for this latest, rockin’ episode!

In tech news: We discuss Baby Shaking, Ashton Kutcher’s empty victory, eBay selling Skype, Optus says ‘Yes’ to internet filter, a woman watches her house get robbed on a webcam and Kevin Rudd’s boring Twitter posts.

Film news includes: The Hobbit is just The Hobbit, Spielberg co-edits Empire Magazine, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have a new film, the Straw Dogs remake, and the impending doom of two geek shows, “Chuck” and “Dollhouse”.

David, Katrina and Mirren review Richard Curtis’ new film, “The Boat That Rocked”, and it does!

Later David is joined by Nicholas (The Little Geek) McVay for a look at “Race to Witch Mountain” and “Monsters Vs Aliens”. Both films get the Geek’s vote of approval.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to small amounts of bad language.

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Hosts: David McVay and Jacob Oberman

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David is joined in studio by Jacob Oberman for a late night recording session for this weeks episode.

In tech news: David and Jacob discuss the Australia’s new broadband plans, Microsoft’s piracy case and those new Microsoft ads!

Film news includes: Green Lantern coming to Australia and Mel Gibson getting a divorce.

David and Jacob review the new geek TV series “Chuck” and the film “Monsters Vs Aliens 3D”. A positive response to both shows.

And to finish this episode off, Jacob and David profile film composer Wendy Carlos.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to small amounts of bad language.

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Hosts: David McVay, Jacob Oberman and Katrina Smith

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David is joined in the nice new clean studio by Jacob Oberman as we discuss the film and tech news of the week.

In tech news: A genetically modified virus powers iPods, Microsoft pirates software, Stephen Conroy under fire for bad choice of words and The FBI is called in to investigate “Wolverine” leak.

Film news includes: Nicolas Cage forced to sell his castle, New Line Cinema casts the new Freddy Krueger, Dustin Hoffman wants more real science in Science Fiction films and Harry Potter star charged by police for his pot farm!

Katrina Smith joins David for a long, deep analysis of the new Alex Proyas film “Knowing”.

And to finish this episode off, Jacob and David profile film composer James Horner.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to small amounts of bad language.

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Hosts: David McVay, Mirren Lee, Katrina Smith and Nicholas McVay

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

Buckle your seat belt Mirren is Back!

David is joined, after many weeks, by Mirren Lee and returning guest Katrina Smith for a wild and out of control episode of Geek Actually. Genital warts and all

In tech news: Stephen Conroy and the AMCA black list get a roasting by all of the panel.

Film news includes: A lot of casting notices and the Coen Brother’s tackle “True Grit”.

Katrina and Mirren discuss the film “Easy Virtue” and Mirren and David discuss the new TV series “Kings”.

Nicholas ‘The Little Geek’ McVay joins us for a quick review of the new family film, “Ink Heart”.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to bad language.

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In a couple of months we are changing the feed permanently to our new Feedburner feed (it is for tracking stats and Podtrac purposes). We have already set this new feed up and all our iTunes traffic is getting its information from there already. If you do not use iTunes as your feed reader for podcasts, can you please update your feed to: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GeekActually

At the moment both feeds are active but in a couple of months we will be dropping the Podbean feed. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

David

Hosts: David McVay, Jacob Oberman, Katrina Smith and Dean

Geek Actually is brought to you by listeners, just like you. Thanks for your donations. If you wish to make a donation, go to geekactually.com.

David and Jacob are joined (via the miracle of Skype) by the lovely Katrina Smith and our new friend Dean from Melbourne for this special Geek Actually Watchmen Special. We dig deep into this modern classic: Book to film comparison, Actor’s and the portrayals and we look for the deeper meaning of it all.

We also discuss Alan Moore’s hatred of Hollywood and the, um, the big blue package

Warning: This is a spoilers filled show. If you haven’t watched the film yet and don’t want to know who gets killed or the ending, don’t listen yet. Also, if you have never listened to a Geek Actually show before, this is not the place to start, this is a free for all. I suggest that you go and listen to a proper episode to get a feel for our rhythm and style, then come back.

As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language.

For more information about Geek Actually go to geekactually.com

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