Category Archives: Editorial and Opinion

’30 Minutes or Less’ Favors Fiction over Fact

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Bob Starr

I’m by no means a fan of reality television. That being said, I have stuck with some of the traditional shows that gave birth (in a Rosemary’s Baby kind of way) to the current reality programming genre. Those shows are … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Editorial and Opinion, Exploitation, Movies | Tagged 30 minutes or less, Aziz Ansari, Brian Wells, Danny McBride, Editorial, jesse eisenberg, Matthew Sullivan, Michael Diliberti, Parks and Recreation, Ruben Fleis, Zombieland | 7 Comments

Wrath of the Con: A Flickcaster’s Guide to Surviving the Con Season

Posted on March 1, 2011 by John Carle

With 2011 in full effect, so has begun Con season. While so far it has been mainly industry and media events like Toy Fair or this week’s Game Developers Conference, the big boys like C2E2, San Diego Comic-Con and the … Continue reading →

Posted in CES, Comic-Con, Comics, E3 2010, Editorial, Editorial and Opinion, Fantastic Fest, Film Festivals, NYCC, Toy Fair | Tagged C2E2, CES, Comic-Con, Geek, Guide, New York Comic Con, SDCC11 | 1 Comment

Editorial: ‘Dead Space 2: Your Mom Hates This’ Ad Campaign

Posted on January 24, 2011 by John Carle

Take a bunch of women in their late forties to mid-fifties and show them graphic images of violence and mutilation from the upcoming Dead Space 2 (which comes out tomorrow, January 25th) and record their reactions ranging from utter terror to … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial, Editorial and Opinion, Electronic Arts, Games, Horror, Kids, Marketing, PC Games, Playstation 3, Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video Games, Xbox 360 | Tagged Dead Space, Dead Space 2, EA, Editorial, Electronic Arts, PC Games, Playstation 3, Video Games, Visceral Games, Xbox 360 | 18 Comments

The Flickcast Presents: Best of 2010 – Video Games Part 1

Posted on December 30, 2010 by John Carle

Last year, we took a more traditional approach with our Best Video Games of 2009 article with categories such as Best Music Game or Best Action Platformer. This year we are going to depart from the traditional and give what … Continue reading →

Posted in Activision, Best of 2010, Capcom, Editorial, Editorial and Opinion, Flickcast Presents, Games, Geek, id Software, Microsoft, News, Nintendo, PC Games, Playstation 3, PlayStationNetwork, Software, Star Wars, THQ, Video Games, Westerns, Wii, XBLA, Xbox 360 | Tagged Avalanche Studios, Best of 2010, Bethesda Softworks, Blue Castle Studios, Bungie, Capcom, Dance Central, Dead Rising 2, Dead Rising 2: Case 0, Eidos Interactive, Fallout: New Vegas, Good Science Studios, Halo, Halo: Reach, Harmonix, Just Cause 2, Kinect Adventures, LucasArts, Microsoft Games Studios, Nintendo DS, Playstation 3, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Portable, PSP, Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Rockstar Games, Rockstar North, Rockstar San Diego, Square Enix, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Super Meat Boy, Team Meat, Video Games, Wii, XBLA, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments

Review: ‘The Nutcracker in 3D’

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Lon Harris

There have been worse movies than The Nutcracker in 3D. Certainly films made with less ambition, with less skilled actors and more modest sets and effects budgets. But it’s genuinely challenging to recall a more wrong-headed film than Andrei Konchalovsky’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 3-D, Action, Classics, Editorial, Editorial and Opinion, Fantasy, Foreign Films, Kids, Movies, Reviews, Sci-Fi | Tagged 3D, Albert Einstein, Andrei Konchalovsky, Elle Fanning, John Turturro, Nathan Lane, Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker 3D | 2 Comments

Exclusive: Director Andrei Konchalovsky Talks ‘Nutcracker 3D’ and the Classiness of ‘Tango and Cash’

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Lon Harris

So I’m standing next to director Andrei Konchalovsky in a walk-in freezer known as the “VodBox,” dedicated to housing dozens of high-end vodkas. We’re all wearing fur coats and somewhat-ridiculous-even-in-frigid-temperatures fur hats. We’re ostensibly here to discuss Konchalovsky’s latest film, … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Classics, Comedy, Editorial, Editorial and Opinion, Exclusive, Interviews, Kids, Movies | Tagged Andrei Konchalovsky, Nutcracker 3D, Tango and Cash | 1 Comment

TV RECAP: ‘The Office: The Sting’

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Nat Almirall

Did I miss something, or isn’t The Office company Sabre now and not Dunder-Mifflin? Yeah? Then why did they keep referring to it as “Dunder-Mifflin” all this episode? Was it part of the ruse? I don’t know. I couldn’t follow this … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Editorial and Opinion, NBC, TV, TV Recaps | Tagged Comedy, NBC, Rainn Wilson, Steve Carell, The Office, The Sting, TV, TV Recaps | 1 Comment

The Expendables vs. The Essentials

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Diane Panosian

As summer dies down with explosive fire power and spiritual journeys to other lands, I recall the glorious action fest that was The Expendables. In turns out Julia Roberts has nothing on protein packed men with a mission on their … Continue reading →