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Every week, Scott Davis and Austin Kennedy check out the latest, but not always the greatest films in the multiplexes. Everything from the biggest blockbusters, to the smallest indie films to the latest foreign films. Scott and Austin are film geeks by birth, keeping a critical eye on things, but bringing a lot of humor and energy to the proceedings as well. They don't always agree, but it's always entertaining.

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  Date / Time: 7/24/2009 6:55 AM UTC

  HARRY POTTER, G-FORCE, UGLY TRUTH, ORPHAN AND THE BEAST THAT IS... COMIC-CON 2009!!!
  

  Time to play catch-up as Film Geek Central returns to handle two weeks' worth of releases and more!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First, we tackle the blockbuster that is HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. In this one, Harry and the group come to terms with new information regarding Voldemort and by the time it is over, nothing will be the same. Everyone has seen this puppy at this point and we give our two cents.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Then, a team of smart guinea pigs try to take down an increasingly corpse-like Bill Nighy in G-FORCE. It's a new family film from Disney, featuring the voices of Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Tracy Morgan and the real-life personalities of Zach Galifianakis.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Gerard Butler is a misogynistic cad who falls for Katharine Heigel in THE UGLY TRUTH. This one is a romantic comedy but with an R-rated touch, which might be why it hasn't gotten the push one would expect in a summer market starving for romantic comedies. It's a more adult romantic comedy and certainly a change of pace from the director of LEGALLY BLONDE and MONSTER-IN-LAW.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The time-honored horror tradition of "kids be freaky" continues with Dark Castle's latest, ORPHAN. This one is from the director of Dark Castle's HOUSE OF WAX, which despite having nothing to do with the original and jumping on the miscasting of Paris Hilton, was actually pretty good. Also, try to guess how many times CCH Pounder has played Professional Exposition Lady, there may be a quiz.
  
  
  
  
  
  We're also going to start things off with a special news section, discussing some of the big things announced at Comic-Con 2009. Though initially a comic convention, San Diego's Comic-Con has become the place where Hollywood unveils some of its biggest projects to the masses. This thing doesn't wrap up until Sunday night, so we don't even know what to expect until showtime. Expect big announcements on James Cameron's AVATAR, IRON MAN 2, WORLD OF WARCRAFT, TRON LEGACY and more. We'll give you the skinny on some of the new ways Hollywood is integrating itself into the festival as Comic-Con quickly becomes the geek's Sundance.
  
  All this, plus DVD releases including: WATCHMEN, CORALINE, THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD, THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT, HORSEMEN and THE EDGE OF LOVE.
  
  The whole thing goes down Sunday night at 8:00 PM Eastern / 7:00 PM Central at Film Geek Central.
  
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  Hope to see you there, Film Geeks!
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