As of late last night (Mine came in around 11PM) Verizon Wireless began rolling out a new minor software update for the HTC Incredible. This update is more of a minor update that includes bug fixes and a few new features.

Chief among these new features is Verizon’s V CAST Apps store. The new store will allow HTC Incredible users to download and install applications to their devices. This new service works similarly to the current Android Market but also allows users to pay for new apps via their monthly Verizon cell phone bill instead of using a credit card.

The update, which is delivered over the air, is an 18 MB file and brings the software to Android Version 2.2 (3.26.605.1/Baseband Version: 2.15.00.07.28). It should be pushed out to all users over the next few days.

For the complete list of big fixes and improvements, click through.

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Those who grew up, or even had a TV in the mid 90′s probably remember one of Nickelodeon’s most popular animated shows, Doug. The show was about a tween-aged boy who tries to make it through junior high school troubles of an evil bully, a weird older sister, and impressing the girl of his dreams. The show lasted 4 seasons until Disney bought the rights in 1996 and rebooted it. It was downhill from there.

Now, fans of the original Douglas Yancey Funnie and his gang of multicolored pals can now be seen in a new fan trailer from YouTube comedian DrCoolSex. Not only do we get the return of some nostalgic characters, but they’re even played by real folks! That’s right, a live action trailer.

Think of it like Doug meets Garden State as an older Doug returns home to reunite with his previous friends and family. Some great comedic moments in this one, so be sure to check it out after the jump.

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Tiny Furniture is an indie film that enjoyed festival acclaim earlier this year.  It won the Jury Prize for  Best Narrative Feature at the competitive SXSW film festival, and the film has since been acquired by IFC films.  The film opens in Los Angeles and New York on November 12, folllowed by a slow nation-wide roll-out.

Aura (Lena Dunham) graduates from college and promptly finds herself right back at her mother’s Tribeca loft apartment.

She’s recently been dumped by her college boyfriend (who had to “find” himself) and she is rapidly realizing that her film theory degree does not make her an ideal candidate for future employment.  She spends the weeks after graduation aimlessly lying around the apartment, trying to figure out what to do with her life.

She runs into her prententious, obnoxious childhood friend Charlotte (Jemima Kirke) who has nary a thing to worry about because she lives off of her father’s credit cards. Consequently, Charlotte is always playing devil’s advocate to Aura’s greater sensibilities.

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Aliens are all the rave these days. It seems like since District 9 swept audiences across the country, studios are all about greenlighting big-budget alien war films that would normally get thrown into the scrap heap. This weekend we’re getting one of those with Skyline, and now we’re getting the first look at next March’s big alien film, Battle: Los Angeles.

While Skyline takes more of the pedestrian approach, Battle: Los Angeles looks to be taking more of the military style. Here’s the official synopsis.

For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world – Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world’s great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they’ve ever encountered before.

This film also has a slightly bigger cast, as Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, and Bridget Moynahan star. Check out the full trailer after the jump, and join the fight on March 11th.

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Okay, we tried to tell you about it for weeks before it aired.  However, some of you didn’t listen, and you missed out on the first two episodes of AMC’s zombie apocalypse drama The Walking Dead.

No doubt, you’ve been feeling sheepish at the water cooler for the last two Mondays.

Now you can rectify your grave (pun intended) error and catch up on the first two episodes of The Walking Dead.  AMC will have a mini-marathon of the first two episodes beginning at 8/7c this Sunday evening.

They will be followed by a new episode entitled “Tell it to the frogs.”

You can visit the official site for The Walking Dead for more details, and to participate in the Spread the Dead contest from AMC and The Walking Dead.  Enter the contest, spread the word about the series, and compete for prizes and a chance to win $5,000.

Check back here at The Flickcast every Monday morning for episode recaps.

This news doesn’t really come as a surprise to us. We’ve been following Call of Duty: Black Ops for months, and had a chance to play it early, so we know it rocks. Obviously, players in the US and UK agree as the game has sold a monster amount of copies and racked up over $360 Million in sales in the first 24 hours of release.

This total beat the previous winner, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which had $310 Million in first day sales. That’s an extra $50 Million for Black Ops. Not bad, not bad at all. I like to think we had something to do with it. Well, maybe just a little.

For the complete scoop on this impressive debut, check out the press release from our pals at Activision. Also, be sure to relive the fun by taking a look at the game’s launch trailer as well. Or, if you haven’t done it yet, just go out and get the game. It kicks ass.

CALL OF DUTY®: BLACK OPS SETS NEW OPENING DAY SALES RECORD WITH APPROXIMATELY $360 MILLION IN NORTH AMERICA AND UNITED KINGDOM ALONE

Most Anticipated Game of the Year Becomes Biggest Entertainment Launch in History

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AMC has announced that they will not be renewing Rubicon for a second season. Rubicon was an original series that began in August, but never really got a foothold with audiences.

This is the first original series that AMC has canceled. The network has done quite well their other shows, including Mad Men, Breaking Bad,  and now The Walking Dead.

The official statement given by the network was, “Rubicon gave us an  opportunity to tell a rich and compelling story and we’re very proud of the series.  This was not an easy decision, but we are grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such a phenomenally talented and dedicated team.”

Rubicon was a twisty series in the vein of a detective/spy thriller.  It starred Miranda Richardson, James Badge Dale, and Arliss Howard.

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Say what you want about Ben Stiller or his talent, the man still manages to turn out some pretty entertaining and often successful films. Sure, his brand of humor may not be for everyone or his choice of films might not seem all that inspired, but he still keeps going and still often brings the funny.

This time around Still is back with another chapter in the “Fockers” family comedy series. This new one, called Little Fockers, takes the story of Greg the male nurse (Stiller) and his obsessive father-in-law Jack (Robert De Niro) to the next level: children. Of course, once that happens hilarity and the associated sight gags, misunderstandings and people getting hit in the eye with something ensues.

For more of an explanation of the story, here’s the official synopsis from Universal:

It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam (Polo) and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get “in” with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, however, Jack’s suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back.

When Greg and Pam’s entire clan-including Pam’s lovelorn ex, Kevin (Owen Wilson)-descends for the twins’ birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he’s fully capable as the man of the house.

Check out all the hijinks in this new trailer after the jump, courtesy of our pals at Yahoo. Look for Little Fockers to invade a theater near you on December 22.

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I was thinking about long running TV shows the other day and having a discussion with some colleagues. We were impressed to realize that The Simpsons has been on the air for 22 years. That’s longer than some staffers on this site have been alive. Amazing.

Well, the amazing can now continue because Fox has officially given the green light for a 23rd season of the venerable animated comedy featuring Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie, Bart and their host of friends and neighbors in beautiful Springfield. The 23rd season will get the show to the impressive 500th episode milestone and then beyond, bringing the total number of episodes to 515. That’s a lot of chalkboards and sofa gags.

“Like many 22-year-olds, The Simpsons is extremely happy remaining at home, on Fox, and hopes it doesn’t have to go out into the real world for many years to come,” said The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean. I’m sure that’s true because, really, what a great gig it must be for the people who make the show.

Sure, it might get a bit tiring doing the same thing for 22 years but in Hollywood, this kind of lengthy work doesn’t come along all that often — especially if your show happens to be on the Fox network. Just ask Joss Whedon.

As an added bonus, I dug up a video of The Simpsons first season opening credits. It’s fun to see how the characters and situations have changed but also stayed remarkably the same as well. Check it out after the jump.

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Good news, Disney fans! That honey-loving bear, Winnie the Pooh is making his way back to the big screen, and he’s staying in 2D! Just when you thought Disney was out to take their classic films and rehash them in 3D, some classics just can’t be touched.

The film is set to hit theaters next summer, unfortunately against films like Captain America, Cowboys & Aliens, Transformers 3, and the final Harry Potter film. With the built-in family following of Disney and co-directors Stephen J. Anderson (Meet the Robinsons) and Don Hall (The Princess and the Frog), this Pooh should still retain an audience. Here’s the film’s official synopsis.

Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Winnie the Pooh,” the first big-screen Pooh adventure from Disney animation in more than 35 years. With the charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo—and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail.

“Well a tail is either there or it isn’t there,” said Pooh. “And yours isn’t… there.” Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some hunny.

We’ve got two brand new stills from the upcoming film, which show some of the classic animation style that got us to fall in love with the whole gang from the Hundred Acre Wood a long time ago. Check them out after the jump, and catch Winnie the Pooh in theaters on July 15th.

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We are not exactly what you’d call a group of talented dancers. For the most part, many of us wouldn’t even be good enough to be considered bad dancers. But that didn’t stop us from picking up the most anticipated Kinect launch title, Dance Central, not surprisingly a game that involves dancing.

At Comic Con, we got our first chance to experience Dance Central and even though it was fairly embarrassing showing our moves to a room full of fellow press, we quickly realized we weren’t the only ones who couldn’t dance (with the once exception being one guy who looked like he was a professionally trained hip hop dancer who was rocking out to “Poison” by Bell Biv DeVoe).  And most importantly, it was fun.

But the question remained if it would be able to sustain itself as a full game and not just a quick burst of enjoyment for a song or two. We are happy to report that the answer is an astounding yes.

Gameplay:

Dance Central is the most perfect use so far of a world without a controller. Using the Kinect, Dance Central monitors every movement a player makes as they try to mimic the on screen dances of the expert dancer characters. Unlike other Kinect games like Kinect Adventures or Kinect Sports, the on screen character is not a direct representation of the player. Instead, it acts as a model of what the player should be doing.

There is a small box on the right of the screen showing a silhouette of what the player is actually doing. When a player deviates from the correct moves, the on screen character model will glow red over the body part that isn’t doing what it should be doing. There is also a Freestyle section of each song where players see a glowing outline of themselves dancing on screen with no direction. To add to the self-deprecation of the non-dancing crowd, the Kinect makes sure to take pictures of you during this portion.

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Many people believe Channing Tatum is a one-trick pony. To the contrary, the man has plenty of range. We’ve seen him as a soldier leading the fight against villainous terrorists, a soldier who carries his love through letters with Amanda Seyfried and a relieved soldier who is sent back into duty. Now, we’re getting something totally different as Tatum stars as a soldier on a mission to fight his father….in Ancient Rome.

A story like this is pretty epic, so we won’t take anything away from the official synopsis.

In 140 AD, two men – master and slave – venture beyond the edge of the known world on a dangerous and obsessive quest that will push them beyond the boundaries of loyalty and betrayal, friendship and hatred, deceit and heroism…The Roman epic adventure THE EAGLE stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell and is directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald. 20 years earlier, Rome’s 5,000-strong Ninth Legion, under the command of Flavius Aquila, marched north carrying their treasured golden Eagle emblem.

They never returned; Legion and Eagle simply vanished into the mists. Hearing a rumor that the Eagle has been seen in a tribal temple in the far north, Flavius’ son Marcus (Tatum), determined to restore the tarnished reputation of his father, is galvanized into action. Accompanied only by his slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out into the vast and dangerous highlands of Scotland – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father’s memory, and retrieve the hallowed Eagle.

Along the way Marcus realizes that the mystery of his father’s disappearance may well be linked to the secret of his own slave’s identity and loyalty – a secret all the more pressing when the two come face-to-face with the warriors of the fearsome Seal Prince (Tahar Rahim).

Plus side? Donald Sutherland. Check out the full trailer for the film after the jump and catch The Eagle in theaters on February 5.

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