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Movies: Here’s the New Trailer for ‘White House Down’

Posted on May 3, 2013

In truth, I kinda like the fact that we live in a world that can have two separate movies in the same year where the White House gets taken over by bad guys. It worked when we had competing asteroid/comet movies, so why not with this?

Obviously, Hollywood agrees with me as in addition to Olympus Has Fallen, which came out a couple months ago, we’ve now got White House Down. This one stars Channing Tatum as a Capitol cop at the White House with his daughter who gets caught up in an paramilitary invasion.

Roland Emmerich directs James Vanderbilt’s script and the movie also stars Jamie Foxx, Jason Clarke and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Look for it in theaters on June 28.

Meantime, check out the trailer for White House Down after the break.

TV RECAP: ‘Arrow’ Episode 121 – ‘The Undertaking’

Posted on May 3, 2013

Arrow confronts an accountant for a corrupt businessman, stealing his laptop. Felicity is trying to trace the money so they can return to its rightful owners when she finds a weird deposit. On the day that Walter disappeared, a $2 million deposit was made into Dominic Alonso’s account. He is the leader of an underground casino.

Felicity agrees to go to the casino to plant a bug in Alonso’s office. She is caught counting cards (as planned) and does manage to plant the bug. However, they figure out that she is working with someone, and Oliver has to bust in the save her. Alonso tells Oliver that Walter is dead.

Oliver tells Thea and Moira that Walter is dead, and Moira storms out of the house. Thea and Oliver are confused at her reaction. Moira confronts Malcolm, and he shows her a very alive Walter on video. Oliver is listening in and hears Malcolm tell Moira that “The Undertaking” is progressing.

Comics: Get A Preview of the First Issue of Marvel NOW’s ‘X-Men’

Posted on May 2, 2013

Along with all the other cool stuff like movies, TV shows and new, geeky gadgets we get to talk about here at The Flickcast, comics are another one of our favorites. So, when a new, interesting comic preview is availbale for us to bring to you, we do just that.

This time that comic preview is from Marvel and it’s their upcoming book Marvel NOW! – X-MEN #1. In the comic:

“Storm, Rogue, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey, Rogue & Psylocke redefine what it means to be a Child of the Atom when an old enemy shows up at the X-Men’s door, seeking asylum from an ancient evil come back to Earth. Meanwhile, Jubilee has come home, and she’s brought with her an orphaned baby who might hold the key to the Earth’s survival…or its destruction!

With an imminent alien invasion and an eons-spanning war between brother and sister around the corner, Storm steps up and puts together a team to protect the child and stop a new threat that could destroy all life in the Marvel Universe!”

Sounds cool, right? Click through for some preview pages for the comic. Look for X-Men #1, written by Brian Wood with art by Olivier Coipel, to arrive in comic shops on May 29.

Her Universe and Hot Topic to Debut Exclusive ‘Star Wars’ Apparel for May the 4th

Posted on May 2, 2013

In celebration of Star Wars Day on May 4th, geek chic merchandise line Her Universe will be debuting six new Star Wars fashion pieces exclusively on Hottopic.com. Included in the release are several new tops and, for the first time, dresses featuring a galaxy far, far way. Featured characters include Boba Fett and Darth Vader as well as the Rebel trio, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia.

This is the second year that Hot Topic has teamed up with the fangirl line created by actress and entrepreneur Ashley Eckstein. Star Wars is in fact very dear to Eckstein’s heart; she was the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

“I am thrilled to be working with Hot Topic again to celebrate May the 4th Be With You,” said Ashley Eckstein. “I am also excited to debut a new design with one of our favorite guest designers, Denise Vasquez. Denise brought her unique ‘Day of the Dead’ inspired style to a new design featuring Boba Fett.”

‘Google Now’ Reportedly Killing Battery Life For iOS Users

Posted on May 2, 2013

It isn’t that often that iOS users don’t get the latest and greatest aps first, before their Android-using pals. However, when the app in question happens to come from Android-maker Google, iOS users tend to take a back seat.

Most apps from Google do eventually arrive for iOS (thank you Google for Maps) and when they do, iOS users are usually very happy. However, when the app in question causes a problem, that happiness can turn to anger pretty fast.

Sadly, that seems to be the case with the newly-released Google Now feature update to Google’s iOS search app. The shot story is the updated app, which just went live earlier this week, seems to be draining users batteries at an alarming rate.

Fortunately, the folks at Cult of Mac have got you covered. Over at their site they detail just how to make sure Google Now doesn’t kill your battery in short order. You simply turn off location reporting from the privacy setting in the app.

It’s really pretty simple and we’ve included the pic (courtesy of LifeHacker) of where to look for the setting after the break.

If you’re an iOS user who has installed this app are you having any issues with battery life? Let us know in the comments.

Check This Out: Some Season Two Previews for Starz’s ‘Magic City’

Posted on May 2, 2013

If you havent had a chance to watch the Starz original series Magic City yet, you might want to check it out. We like it and it features a great cast of familiar faces as well as slick gangsters, shootouts and yes, even a bit of sex.

All these elements, and more, go into the making of Magic City. With the show getting ready to debut its second season, Starz today released some key art for the series as well as a couple preview videos. Naturally, we’ve got it all for you right here.

Magic City stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as hotelier Ike Evans as he follows his dream to build a palace on the sands sands of South Beach, Miami in the 1950’s. Unfortunately, the mob has other ideas.

In addition to Morgan, Magic City stars Danny Huston, Olga Kurylenko, Kelly Lynch and will feature guest appearances this season by Esai Morales and James Caan. Look for it to return to Starz for season two on June 14. Meantime, check out the videos after the break.

Apple Releases iOS 6.1.4 Update for iPhone 5

Posted on May 2, 2013

Even though they don’t release updates quite as often as a company like Microsoft, Apple does tend to update its products pretty often. In fact, they just issued an update today.

Today’s update is for iOS and the iPhone 5 and brings the software on that device to version 6.1.4. In typical Apple fashion the notes for this up;date don’t really tell a whole lot what the update actually contains.

In fact, ion this particular case, they only contain one sentence: Updated Audio Profile for Speakerphone.” Heck, maybe that’s all it does? Although, it’s kinda hard to believe Apple would got to the trouble to release this update for only one issue.

Still, you never know. iOS 6.1.4 is available from Apple immediately as an over the air (OTA) update. It should also be available for download through iTunes soon.

TV RECAP: ‘Grimm’ Episode 219 – ‘Endangered’

Posted on May 2, 2013

Wesen of the Week: The Gluhenvolk

Two ranchers are driving through the fields, and one of them sees something and stops. He discovers some mutilated cattle, as well as a blue, glowing, alien man. The rancher goes for his gun, but is shoved into some fencing, impaling himself and killing him. The blue man runs away as the second rancher is coming towards them.

Nick is investigated the key his aunt gave him. He shows it to Monroe, who is able to determine that it is part of a map of Germany that he has from his ancestors. The key is supposedly from a set of 7 that were used by Grimms to hide something they found in Constantinople in the 13th century during the Crusades.

Nick asks Captain Renard about the keys. The Royal families have 4 of the keys, Nick has one, and the other two are unaccounted for. There are many rumors as to what is buried in the spot: the secret of alchemy, everlasting life, Mohammed’s sword, or even the nails used to put Christ on the cross (and some pieces of the cross as well). Whatever is there, it is thought to have great power, and the Royal families would do anything to get it.

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