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Skip and Drew celebrate 16 years of ‘knowing’ each other with show 22. And what a way to relaunch the podcast, by downing Absinthe and testing out GarageBand on Skip’s new MacBook Pro. This show is all about Iron Man which Skip and Drew review for your pleasure, after seeing it on the opening night, at that fine cinematic experience by the sea establishment, The Apollo Paignton.

Find out what we think about Robert Downey Jr as he dons the Iron Man suit, battling his company, alcohol and the shadowy terrorist group know as the Ten Rings. Drew remarks on Cate Blanchett’s remarkable performance as Virginia ‘Pepper’ Potts and Art Malik’s role as ‘Yet another Arab Terrorist’ (YAAT).

This podcast was recorded under the influence of Absinthe and as such your hosts Skip and Drew cannot be held accountable for the inane banter that ensues.

• Iron Man :: The official movie website.
• Iron Man (Film) :: Wikipedia's entry for the Iron Man movie.
• Robert Downey Jr :: Wikipedia's entry for Robert Downey Jr.

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Drew, with Skip finally recovering his sense of humour discuss the films they have seen since the last show was recorded in July 2007. Most of them you’ll have already seen, but that doesn’t stop your hosts from having a good old bitch!

We find out what the top movie weapon as voted for in a poll of 2,000 film buffs and we also discuss what was been predicted as the 50 biggest movies of 2008 according to the Times Online. Surprisingly just under half features sci-fi/cult genre films with the top five dominating the list.

We also end the show on a sombre note as we lose two big entertainment stars.

• Barn Cinema :: An independent cinema situated in a renovated 14th century barn within the grounds of the beautiful Dartington Hall estate.
• The Register - Lightsaber voted top movie weapon :: A Jedi knight's lightsaber has been voted the top movie weapon in a 20th Century Fox poll of 2,000 film buffs.
• Times Online - 50 Biggest Movies of 2008 :: After the year of the threequel, 2008 looks like a year to remember.
• IMDB - Heath Ledger :: Biography for Heath Ledger.
• ITV - Jeremy Beadle :: Jeremy Beadle Tribute: Classic video clips.
• FreakingNews :: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sithies - A Very New Beginning.

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Recorded live in the Summer of 2007 before Skip lost his sense of humour along with his gall bladder.

Coming from the gay streets of Soho London (well the only gay street in the village, Old Compton Street) and County Hall, Skip and Drew venture to the big city to see the Holy Grail that is The La Georgina Experience aka the Star Wars Exhibition.

• Star Wars: The Exhibition :: The La Georgina Experience at County Hall - London
• Star Wars: The Flickr Gallery :: The Gay Sci-Fi Nerds Experience The La Georgina Experience at County Hall - London
• Old Compton Street :: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Balans Cafe Soho :: For fabulous Blueberry Pancakes and Eggs Benedicts

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The guys at The Works are running a competition for new horror flick Hatchet, due for release this Friday 5th October 2007.

You can go to www.hatchetmovie.co.uk for details but in a nutshell people send in their cinema ticket from opening week to go in the draw to win 25 classic horror dvds.

Yes we’ve been off air for a while, but do keep an eye for new podcasts coming soon on the Gay Sci-Fi Nerds website.

• Hatchet :: Official UK movie website.

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