It’s a brand new week and we have a brand new competition for you! This time we have 3 copies of the new Iron Man: Virus novel to give away!

Synopsis

Iron Man Virus

In the clear blue skies above Long Island, two airplanes collide. Tony Stark watches the scene in horror and wishes he had the technology that is almost within his reach—a new hyperintelligent instant control system that could have given the aircraft advance warning. But Stark, an obsessive, increasingly troubled recluse, doesn’t know that his invention has been compromised.

In fact, the collision was a carefully crafted hit on Madame Hydra, the final stage in Arnim Zola’s plan to seize control of HYDRA and get rid of Iron Man once and for all. The cunning adversary has already infiltrated Stark Industries security to develop a version of the instant control mechanism that will take over the armored suit and turn it against Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. While Tony races to track down the source of the intrusion, Zola unleashes direly ingenious computer viruses and the ultimate secret weapon: a murderous clone army based on Stark’s most trusted friend. A puppet master of self-replicating terror, Zola is plunging a city into a war that threatens to consume all in its wake.

This brand new, original novel goes beyond the movie story to continue the adventures of Tony Stark!

How to enter

All you have to do is follow our twitter account twitter.com/geektown and retweet the following message:

In the UK? Want to win an Iron Man: Virus novel? Just follow @geektown and RT this tweet! Details at http://bit.ly/bjWYg3

The competition closes on 15th Feb 2010 and is open to UK residents aged 18 or over. There will be 3 winners picked from twitter. By entering this competition, you are agreeing to the rules of this competition. Full rules can be read here.

Calling Star Trek Online players…

It’s the t-shirt you know you’ve always wanted (well, since Beta anyway!)
Now you can ask the question that’s on every Star Trek Online player’s lips by wearing your…

‘Where is Sulu?’ T-Shirt!

100% cotton t-shirts available in a various sizes, and a wide variety of colours (or just stick with traditional Star Trek graphics style ‘black and yellow’.)

Click here to see both ‘Where is Sulu?’ T-Shirts, or click on the picture below to jump straight to them!

Where Is Sulu? T-Shirt (Male)

Where Is Sulu? T-Shirt (Female)

Stargate Resistance

Somehow I managed to totally miss the fact that this game was even in development, but publisher FireSky have just annouced that Stargate: Resistance, a 3rd person shooter from the guys at Cheyenne Mountain, is being released to PC on 10th of Feb 2010.

The story follows SG teams as they battle against the System Lords who have begun a savage campaign to dominate and enslave the known worlds. Players can decide to join up with the SGC, or side with the System Lords as they head through the Stargate to assault various planets across the galaxy.

This is hopefully good news for Cheyenne Mountain, who are also developing Stargate Worlds (the Stargate MMORPG) which has been worringly short on information since they announced they were having some finacial trouble. They have said the MMO project was very much still alive though, so hopefully we’ll see more info coming on that too soon.

You can find out more on Stargate: Resistance over at their website.

Win Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs on DVD

We’ve got another competition for you, this time to win Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs on DVD!

Plot Synopsis:

When Flint Lockwood’s (Bill Hader) latest contraption accidentally destroys the town square and rockets up into the clouds, he thinks his inventing career is over. Then, something amazing happens as delicious cheeseburgers start raining from the sky. His machine actually works! But when people greedily ask for more and more food, the machine starts to run amok, unleashing spaghetti tornadoes and giant meatballs that threaten the world! Now it’s up to Flint with the help of weather girl Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) and Steve, his talking monkey assistant, to find some way to shut down the machine before the world is covered in super-sized meatballs!

Click here to read our full review.

The Competition

There are 2 ways you can enter:

1. Enter Via Twitter

Competition now closed.

2. Enter Via The Site

Who provides the voice for the town’s cop, Earl Devereaux?

Competition now closed. The answer was Mr T.

You can enter via both twitter and the site, and double your chances!

The competition closes on 5th Feb 2010 and is open to UK residents aged 18 or over. There will be 1 winner picked from twitter and the on site entries (enter via both and double your chances!). By entering this competition, you are agreeing to the rules of this competition. Full rules can be read here.

TONY: LONDON SERIAL KILLER

For those of you out there that like a good serial killer movie, and want to support UK films, there’s a special preview screening of TONY, with director Gerard Johnson and lead actor Peter Ferdinando!

Screening is tomorrow at:
Empire Cinema, Leicester Square
Screen 1, 11:30pm
Friday January 29th

To book tickets, click here

The impressive debut from Gerard Johnson, TONY has already drawn comparisons to Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Taxi Driver and is one of the most original and disturbing British films of recent years.

Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is an alienated psychopath with severe social problems, an obsession for action films and a horrible moustache. His life is interrupted only by his nervous attempts to make friends, which are invariably rebuffed by laughter or contempt. Occasionally he snaps, and violence is the result…

Featuring a star-making lead performance from Peter Ferdinando, Tony is dark, brutal, yet bleakly amusing and will stay with you long after you finish watching.

TONY is in cinemas (as well as Sky Box Office, iTunes, LOVEFiLM and FILMFLEX) 5th February, and on DVD 8th February.

www.tonythemovie.com

How to describe Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs…

Weird. Wonderful. And covered in ice cream!

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is the latest animated feature from Sony, and is based on the 1978 children’s book by Judi and Ron Barrett. The movie follows the life of Flint Lockwood, genius (if rather accident prone) inventor, who lives on a tiny island in the Atlantic, and who’s main source of food is sardines.

Sick of the all fish diet, Flint’s invents a gadget is designed to make food out of water. After his first attempt fails, he takes the ‘logical step’ that it just needs more power… Hooking it up to the main power station, it shoots the machine up into the clouds only for it start to rain food, turning Flint into a celebrity and giving him the recognition he’s always wanted… That is until things start to go awry…

Rather than go for A list celebrity cameos directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller went for talent that just really suited the characters. Lockwood, voiced by Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live) has a great childlike enthusiasm, and Anna Faris (Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3) matches him voicing intern weather reporter & love interest Sam Sparks. James Caan turns in a great understated vocal as Flint’s long suffering father, and the legendary Bruce Campell provides the voice for the greedy mayor. The show stealing performance though comes from Mr. T. as the tough (but ultimately good hearted) small town cop Earl Devereaux.

Cloudy might not be right up there with the WALL-Es and UPs of computer-animated movies, but the animation is perfectly fine, and has an entertaining plot that moves along a great pace. It’s a charming, funny and brilliantly surreal tale that both kids and parents will love.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is released on DVD and Blu-Ray, Monday 25th Jan 2010.

8/10