They call it “The Fate of Two Worlds” but Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has more to it than just two iconic companies collaborating. It also holds with it the fate of the world of fighting games. Today, Capcom has released the second official trailer for the game. Though it doesn’t do much to explain any of the story for the title yet, it does help give some perspective into the alliances being forged within the context of the title.

Most importantly, the new trailer reveals a new character to the roster. Now up to 19 playable characters revealed, Tron Bonne from the Mega Man series and pervious Marvel vs. Capcom titles makes her return. Still in her big green robotic suit, in the trailer below you see Tron trying to go toe to toe with the likes of Doctor Doom. Hopefully this is an indication that Mega Man will be making his return to the series as well.

Make sure to stick close to the Flickcast for all things Marvel vs. Capcom 3: The Fate of Two Worlds and check out the newest trailer after the jump.

Continue Reading →

This week’s pick is Patton (1970) which is a bio pic of famed World War II American General George S. Patton. George C. Scott stars as the man who was feared by his enemies, as well as his allies. Patton is noted for many things such as its music score by famed composer Jerry Goldsmith, top notch direction from Franklin J. Schaffner Planet of the Apes (1968), but is most noted for its amazing screenplay from a young USC film graduate named Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. The screenplay was based on two sources which were Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and General Omar N. Bradley’s memoir A Soldier’s Story.

The film’s opening sequence is one of the most iconic and emulated images of all time. Patton emerges from a series of stairs in front of a huge American flag where he begins to give a pep talk to his men who double as the audience.

The speech was actually several speeches that were compiled by Coppola for the opening scene. The opening sequence gives insight into the kind of a General Patton was and how he inspired his troops to follow him into battle.

Continue Reading →

Have you ever watched a snuff film? Hopefully not. But you have also more than likely never played through one either. And while Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days isn’t exactly a snuff film, it has the potential to have been one. Taking two gun toting criminal psychopaths with foul mouths and a fetish for explosions and combining them with a YouTube feeling camera and grainy film effects in this game gets you about as close to being a part of a murderous duo as anyone should ever legally be a part of.

Gameplay:

Kane & Lynch 2 plays a lot like a standard third person shooter. Progress through a guided path. Shoot any and everything that gets in your way. Along the way, pick up more ammo and better guns. Repeat until completion. Just as it sounds, the basic mechanics of Dog Days are fairly cookie-cutter.

There are a few instances where the game derives from the usual formula however. One such noticable feature is not automatically picking up ammunition your character comes across. Instead you need to search it out and manually pick it up. This winds up making players a lot more conscious of their surroundings and prevents total run and gun play.

Continue Reading →

Welcome back, Venture Bros., you’ve been sorely missed during your 9-month absence (has it really been that long?). I’ve tried filling the void with other obscuria-laden shows (*cough* Rubicon *cough*) before lapsing into a befuddlement that left me wandering around in a zombie-like daze for several weeks. So, glad to have you back.

VB season 4.5 premiered with last night’s episode “The Diving Bell versus the Butter-glider,” (a reference to the book/movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, though the similarities pretty much end at the title) which throws us right in the middle of Sgt. Hatred, Hank, Dean, and Dr. Rusty Venture’s high-speed escape from the Monarch’s henchmen. And creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer prove they’ve lost nothing in the too-long interim by characteristically downplaying the action by having the viewer experience it from the PoV of the most passive character in the show, Dr. Venture—and a comatose Dr. Venture at that.

Continue Reading →

Comics? But of course. This week we’re looking forward to getting our hands on some New Mutants#17, Captain America: Patriot #1, Thor: First Thunder #1 and the debut of X-23.

Usually, as you know, comics hit stores on Wednesday. Hurry in to your favorite local comic shop for best selection.

Don’t know where your nearest comic store is? Use this handy guide to find one. Also, be sure to check out covers for some of these books after the break.

Comics On-Sale:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #643
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #643 SHS VARIANT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #643 SPIDEY VS. VARIANT
ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #3
AVENGERS & THE INFINITY GAUNTLET #2
CAPTAIN AMERICA: PATRIOT #1
DAREDEVIL #509 2ND PRINTING VARIANT (SHL)
DEADPOOL #27
DEADPOOL #27 SHS VARIANT
HALO: FALL OF REACH – BOOT CAMP #1
HEROIC AGE: ONE MONTH TO LIVE #3
HEROIC AGE: SUPER HEROES #1
INCREDIBLE HULKS #613
INCREDIBLE HULKS: ENIGMA FORCE #1
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS. THE PUNISHER #4
NEW MUTANTS #17

Continue Reading →

Resident Evil: Afterlife put up some pretty impressive numbers over the weekend, particularly for a franchise’s fourth film. The movie wasn’t screened for critics, so there was no early buzz on the film.  The $27.7M take speaks volumes about the franchises built in audience.

The film exceeded the opening weekend of Resident Evil: Extinction (the last film in the series), which made $23.7M. However, considering inflated ticket prices and 3D upcharges, it did not actually bring more people to the theater.

This morning, Milla Jovovich has confirmed that there will be a fifth film.

Good thing the movie made some money, because everything else had a positively dismal showing.  Takers nabbed the number two spot with $6.1M.

Continue Reading →

It’s like watching a bad soap opera when we report on the on-again, off-again relationship between Broadway and the upcoming Spider-Man musical titled Turn Off The Dark.

The show was originally slated for release earlier this year, and got all the way up to the point of casting Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming as Mary Jane and Green Goblin, respectively. Right after that point, the budget ran out, and the production was put on the shelf.

Then, months later, we were told that it was back on, now with a much smaller budget and a brand new, unknown cast. Now, as we get closer to the musical’s opening night on December 21st, we’re seeing more of the music and costumes (as you can see in the form of Electro to the right).

In a recent ABC News piece, Bono and The Edge, who wrote the music for the show, talked about the performance and even gave us a taste of one of the songs performed by Reeve Carney, who will be portraying Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the upcoming production.

Check out the full performance after the jump, along with a larger shot of Electro’s costume, and even a look at what Cumming would have had to wear if he stayed on as Green Goblin.

Continue Reading →

And now for the bad news: it’s only coming to the U.K. Wah! I hear you say, but that’s what www.amazon.co.uk is for, right? And did you know that blu-rays are region-free? See where I’m going with this? Let’s take a look at what Warner Brothers is including with the limited edition ‘Inception’ release, shall we?

The limited edition blu-ray comes contained within a smashing stainless steel mini-briefcase, but also includes: a PASIV (Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous) Device User Manual, a series of Movie art-cards, an Inception Spinning Top (Cobb’s token in the flick) and last but not least, a disc of Special Features. I should mention too, that the limited edition includes a ‘triple-play’ edition, which includes a  Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Copy of the film.

Continue Reading →

In what Deadline is describing as a “major deal’ IFC Films has picked up the rights to James Gunn’s latest film Super. The deal happened late last night during the currently running Toronto Film Festival and is reportedly of the seven figure variety.

In the film, Rainn Wilson plays Frank, a man who’s wife (Liv Tyler) leaves him for a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon). Because of this, Frank decides to don the guise of a superhero called Crimson Bolt to wreak havoc on villains everywhere.

With his trusty sidekick Boltie (Ellen Page) Frank takes to the streets to stop evil doers and in the process tries to regain his self-respect and the affections of his wife. Plus, he uses his plumber’s wrench to good effect and crushes a few bad guys skulls in the process.

No word yet on IFC’s release plans for the film but we’ll bring it to you when we know. In the meantime, for more info on this deal check out the full press release from IFC after the jump.

Continue Reading →

We brought you info about this show before and now HBO has given us a second tease promo and a behind-the-scenes featurette for its upcoming fantasy series Game of Thrones. The network also released an image from the series of actress Emilia Clarke as Daenerys.

The series is based on George R. R. Martin’s bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire novels. It depicts a world where magic exists and the empire is on its last legs. It follows the machinations of various kings, lords and soldiers as they fight for control of the throne.

The show stars Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey and Jason Momoa.

Check out both of the videos after the jump. Game of Thrones airs next year on HBO.

Continue Reading →

For close to a decade, new SAW movie trailers have been synonymous with fall.  A new movie has been unveiled every single October for six years now. True to form, Lionsgate has started hyping the newest trailer for SAW 3D (aka SAW VII 3D.)

This looks to be an attempt to re-invigorate the flailing franchise with a fresh twist on the series, and the use of 3D.  Lionsgate makes it very clear in the trailer that this movie was shot in 3D, obviously not wanting this film to be lumped in with some of the sub-par post production 3D conversions that have been released this year.

This film takes full advantage of 3D, with lots of objects flying through the air toward the audience.

Tobin Bell will be back as Jigsaw, and Cary Elwes will reprise his role as Dr. Lawrence Gordon.

As for the plot:
“As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.”

Bobby Dagen will be played by Sean Patrick Flanery (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.) Saw 3D is scheduled to hit theaters on October 29.  Catch the trailer after the jump.

Continue Reading →

This Sunday marks an important day in TV. Maybe just to fans of Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros., but an important day nonetheless. They’re calling it season 4.5, because the last chunk of episodes we got only got us up to 8 back in December.

This season promises to bring us plenty more action and adventure, with new twists and turns for favorite twins, a new low for Dr. Venture, and yes, plenty more Brock Sampson. Yes, Mr. and Mrs. The Monarch will also be back and we may even get some closure from our fallen Henchman.

We’ve got some brand new pics for you to check out after the jump, featuring the consistent new looks of Hank and Dean, as well as Dr. V getting hooked up to a defribbulator. Most important news: Brock’s mullet is back!

Check out the images after the jump and be sure to catch “The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter-glider”, airing on Adult Swim, Sunday the 12th at 11:30PM.

Continue Reading →