Archive for March, 2008

Supanova Expo Melbourne 2008

March 28th, 2008 – 12:02 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Events

Supanova is finally here. The Supanova pop culture expo will be at the Melbourne Showgrounds from 28th, 29th & 30th March, 2008. This great expo has been running in Brisbane and Sydney for many years and has now made the jump down to our great city. I will most definitely be there this weekend and [...]

Canned Geek Podcast - Episode 20: Worst. Episode. Ever.

March 27th, 2008 – 11:34 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Pod/Vodcasts

On the podcast we gush over Jamie Smart’s awesome new comic, Ubu Bubu before moving onto to discuss comic book adaptations of TV series, the works of Joss Whedon, a book about the year 2008 written in the year 1968. We also lament the futility of the governments planned discussion of introducing an R18+ rating [...]

Review: Drillbit Taylor

March 25th, 2008 – 1:39 am Posted by: Kyle

Drillbit Taylor is about three kids who hire a bodyguard to protect themselves from a high school bully…and yet, it isn’t really about bullying.
I left the cinema entertained and having lol-ed a fair bit, but as someone who had to put up with numerous jerks through primary school and high school, I couldn’t help [...]

Happy belated Saint Patrick’s Day!

March 18th, 2008 – 6:13 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Movies

Fun “Fact”: Muppets f’ing rule.

The Incredible Hulk teaser trailer

March 13th, 2008 – 5:29 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Movies

The real deal has finally arrived, here is the brand new trailer for The Incredible Hulk.
The Incredible Hulk teaser trailer:
iFilm (HQ Flash, QuickTime HD)
MTV (LQ Flash)

Anamorph trailer

March 13th, 2008 – 5:06 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Movies

Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Stormare and Clea DuVall are starring in Anamorph, a murder thriller in the vein of SE7EN. SAW music in the trailer aside, this movie looks pretty good, especially considering it will only be released on DVD.

Fun “Fact”: This movie has nothing to do with Ice Man turning into an animal.

The Incredible Hulk teaser trailer teaser

March 11th, 2008 – 7:45 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Movies

Really? A teaser for a teaser trailer. God damn this teaser trailer better be some awesome shit.

Watch the site for trailer in the next couple of days.

Review: Soldier Of Fortune : Payback (PC)

March 8th, 2008 – 11:14 am Posted by: Jordan
Filed as: Game Reviews., Games

Developer: Cauldron HQ
Publisher: Activision
Available On: PC, PS3, XBOX 360
Everyone loves violence. Well, perhaps only the gun-toting psychopathic Americans the media and classification regulations seem to portray. Australians, we must be quite sane - with the OFLC sticking a pacifier down our barrels before we even get a chance to re-enact video game violence in real [...]

Watchmen character pics

March 7th, 2008 – 5:36 pm Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Movies

The Dark Knight may have the everyday comic book and action movie fans drooling in anticipation but the true comic book aficionados are holding out for the Zack Snyder (300) directed Watchmen. Based on a critically acclaimed and multi-award winning graphic novel, Watchmen is set in a 1985 alternative history United States where costumed heroes [...]

Half-Life: What Has To Be Done

March 5th, 2008 – 11:28 pm Posted by: Kyle

Earlier this year a Half-Life fan fiction by a nine year old spawned a most ingenious machinma from Canandian filmmaker Djy1991. The film gained unanimous acclaim and delight dozens – nay, severals - of internet viewers. That film was Half-Life: Full Life Consequences. Its strong use of self-mockery, text, music and narration combined to create [...]