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2005 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: MYSTERIOUS SKIN; HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE; DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE

Father Geek here with our first report from MIFF and a look at 3 of their featured flicks. I've seen "Howl" and really loved it. Anyway, here's Latauro and his 1st look inside this year's MIFF... AICN-DOWNUNDER: 2005 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL | »

Scotty has beamed up for the last time...

Father Geek here... Our beloved Scotty, James Doohan, the engineer of the Starship Enterprise on the original "Star Trek" TV series and movies who never failed to answer the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died today, Wednesday, at the age of 85 about | »

AICN-Downunder: SpermSociety; Mao's Last Dancer; PowerSurge; StrangeBedfellows; Midnight Mistress; ChainsawMassacre 2

Ol' Father Geek here with another of Latauro's reports from the land downunder and ahead of time except where Sin City was concerned, can't believe you're just now getting that in theaters... Oh, yeah, Three Extremes is probably the MOST aptly named | »

AICN-Downunder: HotStuff; Middle of Nowhere; Elizabeth 2; LookBothWays; Troy'sStory; InMyFather'sDen; Superman; Batman

Father Geek here in 104 degree (offical) Austin, actually when I got in my car to leave Harry's "Fortress of Solitude" at 6pm yesterday the reading of the OUTSIDE temp was 107, annnnd I was parked in the shade. That's quite a change from the temps in | »

Moon Yun Choi talks with the director of "Riker's High" and the director of "Favela Rising"

Father Geek here with the charming Ms Moon Yun Choi, our lovely Islands Editor, annnd she copped a couple of interviews with some of the filmmakers attending the 2005 Cinema Paradise Independent Film Festival out in beautiful Hololulu... The 200 | »

FAVELA RISING and UP AGAINST THEM ALL play Hawaii's Cinema Paradise Fest

Father Geek here with more from the festive fest in the Pacific islands and ol' Albert Lanier... UP AGAINST THEM ALL HIGHLIGHTS OF SECOND DAY OF CINEMA PARADISE by Albert Lanier Greetings from the street of rotting, rusting metal facade | »

A Six-time Oscar Nominee Has Died...

Father Geek here with some sad news... Ernest Lehman screenwriter of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, WESTSIDE STORY, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC among other great films has died at the age of 89. Lehman established his astounding archives at the University of Texa | »

Yan Yan Mak's sapphic romance BUTTERFLY open's Honolulu's Cinema Paradise Film Festival

Father Geek here with our latest report from the Pacific Islands and Moon Yun's ace reporter Albert Lanier... Well, the start of this report sounds very familar to me... several years ago Harry and I were attending the SXSW film fest here in Austin | »

AICN Downunder: Solo; The Hitcher; John Carter of Mars; Elizabeth, the Golden Age; ... Explorations of Jasper Morello

Father Geek here in Central Texas with ol' Latauro's report from his uber cool, plush offices deep in the coral forests of the Great Barrier Reef... I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to. AICN-DOWNUNDER | »

AnimAICN: More from Boston Anime and Scott Green...

AnimAICN by Scott Green More news from the Boston Con... FUNimation is running a grass root campaign to show the international interest in a second season of Fruits Baskets. At the summer's anime conventions they will be collecting paper cr | »

Elston Gunn's WEEKLY RECAP

Father Geek here with a hefty update from Elston packed full of the latest confirmed news from Hollywood to Cannes, buuut before I turn you over to our man Gunn I'd be amiss if I didn't mention a rash of entertainment related deaths from the past wee | »

AICN-Downunder: Melinda & Melinda; TheOysterFarmer; Notes from a Scandal; Wizard of Woz; TenCanoes; Macbeth; StarWarsTV

Father Geek here once again with Latauro and his take on the film world downunder... Melinda had a reputation for being Postmodern in bed. AICN-DOWNUNDER It | »

Riddle No More...

Father Geek here with Baaaad news...Frank Gorshin, the Riddler on the "Batman" TV series, has died at age 72 Tuesday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in California of complications of lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia. Gorshin ea | »

AICN-Downunder: STAR WARS - EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH, plus some other things...

Father Geek here... Well ol'Latauro couldn't do it. He couldn't wait till it opened like he had planned... a press screening of Sith seduced him to the darkside... just like Harry... just like Father Geek, and Quint, and Moriarty, and Alexandra DuPon | »

Elston Gunn's WEEKLY RECAP

Ol'Father Geek here deep in the heart of central Texas with Elston's regular weekly column on all that interesting Tinseltown stuff you may have let sneak by you during the past week while you were chained to your work station with some snoop'n supe | »

AICN-Downunder: 9 Songs; Kingdom of Heaven; Jewboy; Macbeth; Doctor Who; Revenge of the Sith

Father Geek here with Latauro's regular weekly report from Downunder... Uncommon beauty is commonly overlooked. AICN-DOWNUNDER I have a vague policy on not reporting on TV-related stuff. This is more of a cinema-based column, designed to | »

AnimAICN: Scott's blow by blow first report from Anime Boston

Father Geek here with the latest from Scott and the worlds of Manga & Anime by way of the Anime Boston Convention... AnimAICN... by Scott Green Anime Boston It might be the Boston competitiveness, but over it's short history Anime Bos | »

The SITH Downunder...

Father Geek here... Here's a peek at the SITH Flick from one of our loyal Downunder readers. I'll be seeing it later today, and will let you know what I think soooon... Hi Harry, Moriarty, Father Geek and Crusty old Quint! Love the site, b | »

Elston Gunn's WEEKLY RECAP

Father Geek here... Just saw the new "House of Wax"... kinda fun, cool ending, lots of faux jump-scares with a few real ones thrown in for good measure... its got absolutely nothing (zero) to do with the Vincent Price 3-D classic though (except for t | »

AICN-Downunder: Wolf Creek; Black Sheep; Charlotte's Web; and a Debate between George W. Bush & Forrest Gump'

Father Geek here with Latauro and the latest from the Southern Hemisphere far East sector... I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed. AICN-DOWNUNDER There's been a bunch of debate the last week or so about the Australian fil | »

AICN-Downunder: Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the review...

Father Geek here... Latauro's review was soooooo over the top that I decided to give it a solo shot, for all you talkbackers to comment on... DON'T PANIC!!! I'm going to give you a bit of personal history before the review, mostly so you ca | »

AnimAICN: Midori Days; Evangelion; Shadow Star; Nightmare Before Christmas; Robot; Ultra Maniac; Appleseed; Gundam

Father Geek here once again along with Scott to bring you the latest edition of AICN's regular weekly column on all things Anime & Manga. Its a biggie, just like always, soooo sit back, grab a drink and dig into... AnimAICN... by Scott Green | »

Hawiaiian screening of XXX: STATE OF THE UNION leaves audience with a Twinkie feeling...

Howdy from the Great Lone Star State! Father Geek here, just back from an advance screening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... a very very FUN flick...This was in my morning mail from a Honolulu reader... Aloha from the 50th State! Just | »

Elston Gunn's WEEKLY RECAP

Father Geek here fresh from Hitchhiking Around the Galaxy and safely back at Geek Headquarters in central Texas' wildflower covered hills. I've got another load of confirmed news out of the Hollywood Hills for you, soooooo if you missed anything last | »

AICN-Downunder: Carmen; ThreeDollars; BlueTongue; KillingFloor; You& YourStupid Mate; Jewboy; Book of Revelation; Clara

Father Geek here with a truely homegrown Downunder Report for this week... Latauro's put together an interesting group of flicks for us... just look at that list of titles... pretty fuk'n esoteric...

Hello, this is Mr. Foreman. If you give my daughter an alcoholic beverage or a joint, I will hunt you down and neuter you.

AICN-DOWNUNDER

It's less than a week until I'll be sitting in a theatre watching THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, which is easily the most-anticipated film of my lifetime. I'll go into more detail in next week's review, so for now | »