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Movie Night #57 – Hot Fuzz

Scott — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:26:26 +0000

On this week’s episode of Movie Night at Geekshow, hosts Scott Carelli, John Pavlich, and Matt Smith discuss Scott’s pick of “Hot Fuzz” from director Edgar Wright.

SPOILERS for the film begin at 23:05.

Join us next week for John’s pick of “Road Racers”

You can email your comments and film suggestions to movienight(at)geekshow.us

Fandomonium! Commentarium! – Shaun of the Dead

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:00:26 +0000

Its our first commentary here on Fandomonium and you are in for a real treat or trick.

In honor of Halloween and Spooktober this is our special commentary for Shaun of the Dead, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright. So put that DVD in your player and get ready for Shaun of the Dead like you’ve never experienced before.

Simon Pegg says “Do NOT Buy my new DVD”

TotallyNotNick — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:41:27 +0000

Simon Pegg, the cult film star who brought us Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz has an interesting piece of advice for those wanting to buy the DVD of his movie How to Lose Friends and Alienate People- Don’t.According to Pegg and the film’s director Robert B. Weide, the version of the film that’s on Region 1 (United States) DVD is not the version of the film they wanted to make (nor for that matter was the version that made it to theaters.) Here’s a quote from Weide;

“In any movie, there are a number of scenes that get cut in an effort to keep the film from running too long. Some are of little consequence, but others are important scenes that are very painful to lose. In this instance, there were a few scenes that I fought hard to keep, but eventually acquiesced with the knowledge that at least they’d be available on the DVD. Well, not so in the U.S,” says Weide. “Simon and I worked very hard to make sure the DVD would be packed with bonus material. The British distributors (Paramount) solicited our input and included all of the extras. Sadly, the American distributors (MGM/Fox) locked us out of the process and managed to leave off most of the bonus material.”

I’ve heard nothing but bad things about How To Lose Friends and Alienate People (Besides from Will that is) and it really sucks that they’re not letting a great comedic mind like Pegg make the kinds of movies he wants to make. I mean, Shaun and Fuzz were hits and they were totally the work of his (and Edgar Wright’s) imagination while this film and Run Fatboy Run bombed critically and commercially (at least in the States) and from what I’ve heard Run Fatboy Run suffered from similar neutering. Hey, Jack, is the Region 2 DVD any good?

Geekeasy Episode 6 – How to Make a Podcast and Alienate People

SeriouslynotWill — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:29:07 +0000

In this episode Nick feels betrayed by the new design and Will plays catch up with the movie industry.Also in this episode Nick falls in love with Buffy the Vampire Slayer after finishing season 2 and Will reminisces about his history with Geekshow. Talk about The Strangers sparks a brief conversation about what if great directors did not recieve the great stories. Nick then ponders why Nathan Fillion has nopt made it big yet, while Will talks about a Simon Pegg double feature. Finally Nick metions how he ran into his watcher and Will talks about his love for The Next Doctor’s pairing of David Morrisey with David Tennant. Also icluded in this episode: talk about The Spirit, Viral Videos/Sites of the Week, Epic Fails of the Week, and a rendition of the Geek By Night theme sung quite horribly by Nick and Will

JJ Abrams ‘Star Trek’ Promotional Stills!

Scott — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:20:00 +0000

The first promotional stills from JJ Abrams’ Star Trek relaunch have hit the web.

Starring Chris Pine as James T. Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Simon Pegg as Lt. Montgomery Scott, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, John Cho as Sulu, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, and Eric Bana as Nero.

Star Trek hits theaters everywhere May 8, 2009