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The Flickcast – Episode 65: Journey to the Center of Self-Entitlement

Posted on August 4, 2010

This week on The Flickcast Matt and Chris go a little off topic while discussing all kinds of new things. Some of these things include Deadpool directing rumors, new trailers for Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and The Expendables, the intricacies of Christopher Nolan’s Inception and how people today have a serious case of self-entitlement.

They also made two more picks this week including Matt’s pick of the TV show Dream On and Chris’ pick of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques, offers of sponsorship or whatever, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter, at Facebook and MySpace or via email.

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Check Out a Preview of Tonight’s ‘Rescue Me’

Posted on August 4, 2010

I will admit that I sorta lost interest in FX’s Rescue Me a couple seasons ago. In truth, I can only watch people do completely self-destructive things for so long before I get depressed. So at some point, you gotta pull the plug.

Still, even though I wasn’t watching much that doesn’t mean I’m not keeping track of Tommy and the crew’s hijinks week in and week out. Also, just because I may have lost interest, that hasn’t stopped the show from continuing to be a hit for FX and with fans.

To get you (an maybe me) excited for tonight’s all-new episode, we’ve got a preview for it for you today. In this preview, we see what happens on the episode when headquarters shuts down the house and the crew is forced to formulate a makeshift response to a nearby call.

Pllus, a face from the past stirs Tommy and Janet’s emotions as their date begins to unravel. Maybe the title of tonight’s episode “Forgiven” refers to something else other than Tommy and Janet’s relationship? Could be.

Check out the preview after, as always, the break. Rescue Me airs tonight at 10/9C on FX.

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Get Your First Look at Marvel’s ‘Fantastic Four: Three’

Posted on August 4, 2010

Even though they don’t get quite the big screen treatment they deserve, Marvel’s Fantastic Four are still great characters. They also have been featured in quite a few successful comics, particularly their own.

To highlight that we’ve got a preview for the upcoming Fantastic Four #583 comic called Fantastic Four: Three. From writer Jonathan Hickman and new series artist Steve Epting, the comic begins a new story arc featuring the also features The War of Four Cities.

However, as bad as wars can be, this one is even worse as it will mark the end of one of the Fantastic Four. Who will fall? It’s anyone’s guess. Although, there’s probably a pretty easy way to find out. I’ll just let you think about that one.

In the meantime, check out the gallery of preview images for the comic after the jump. Fantastic Four: Three hits comic store shelves on September 22nd.

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Interview: John Schneider Explains Jonathan Kent’s Return To ‘Smallville’

Posted on August 4, 2010

It’s unfortunate, but resurrections are all fair game when it comes to comic book lore. They’ve done it countless times, even when we’re told over and over that “This is it! They’re dead forever!” But Captain America, Bucky, Green Arrow, Superman, and countless others have made it back from the afterlife time and time again. Who’s to say they can’t do the same thing on Smallville?

Well, that’s exactly what will be happening this season, as John Schneider returns as Jonathan Kent. Last we saw Jonathan, he died after a brutal fist fight with John Glover’s Lionel Luthor back in season 5 of the series. He’s made brief appearances on the show since, but it seems that he’ll be back in a more corporeal form this season.

In our interview, Schneider convinces us that he’s actually back, and it’s not a stunt like having him appear in flashbacks or dreams. How could this be? Well, luckily Schneider was able to answer some of our questions about the mysterious return.

Check out the full interview with the former Duke of Hazzard County after the jump, and be sure to keep up on all of our Smallville coverage with our exclusive interviews with Tom Welling and Erica Durance.

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RIM Launches New Blackberry Torch 9800 Featuring New Blackberry 6 OS

Posted on August 4, 2010

It can be somewhat puzzling to understand why Blackberry has such a commanding share of the smartphone market. That is, until you realize that corporate IT departments are notoriously slow to change and adopt new tech and RIM has always offered features that corporate America feels they cannot find in other mobile platforms. At least until recently.

You see, both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS have started to encroach on RIM’s few competitive advantages of late, offering stodgy corporate IT folk the secure Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail and calendar support they require. Predictably, Blackberry’s growth has stalled in recent quarters as iPhones and Android-powered smartphones start to find their way into executive’s hands.

That said, the latest smartphone from RIM has a decidedly more consumer-oriented feature set, designed to offer the features that are fast becoming the standard in mobile handsets. For the first time, the new Blackberry 6 OS will offer a real web browser with tabbed browsing and the official BlackBerry app store, ‘App World’ will be preloaded on the Torch, allowing users to explore and download apps direct to their device.

Have I piqued your interest? Hit the jump for all of the details on the latest Blackberry device and OS.

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Stan Lee Goes Behind The Scenes Of ‘Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions’

Posted on August 4, 2010

As you have noticed, Activision’s new Spider-Man game has caught the attention of the Flickcast. Make sure to keep checking back over the coming week for our hands on impressions and a developer interview as well where we got the chance in San Diego to play both as the Noir and Ultimate (Black suit) Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

Activision has just released a new trailer for the game featuring none other than the game’s narrator, Stan “The Man” Lee. The ever humble Stan talks about how it feels being a part of the creation of Spider-Man, the concept of playing four different versions of Spider-Man and even mentions one of his favorite super villains that Spider-Man has encountered. In addition to some great gameplay footage, Stan gives the reason he feels Spider-Man is one of the most enduring heroes.

Check out the full trailer after the jump and make sure to stick to the Flickcast for all things Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

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Twitter is Now Officially a Film Critic

Posted on August 4, 2010

Way back in October of 2009 I wrote an article entitled “Is Twitter the New Film Critic?”  I now know the answer to that question is “yes.” My theory was that with so many people talking about movies on Twitter it may be possible to assess the success or failure of a film based on film-goers opinions. Twitter commentary could feasibly act as a barometer for new releases and be the best movie critic to date.

I’m kicking myself for not acting on that idea because now someone beat me to the punch. TechCrunch brings word of a new site called fflick; a movie “review” site that taps into Twitter and determines how well films are trending on the social site by analyzing how often the film is mentioned:

“…you’ll find the Positive and Negative tweets, which display a list of tweets that the site has automatically categorized using its sentiment engine. After looking through a handful of movies, I found that the system was pretty good at identifying both negative and positive tweets, though there were occasionally some tweets that were only mentioning a film in passing or were mis-categorized.”

Having gone through some of the current film ratings myself on fflick I have to say the site reflected what I would consider to be the true sentiment regarding a particular film.  The way in which this process works is not unlike movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.

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New Trailer for ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ Brings the Updated Scary

Posted on August 3, 2010

As scary TV movies go the original 70’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark ranks pretty high. It manages to be quite harrowing and chilling without resorting to gore or other obvious means.

It was so scary good, in fact, that it attracted the interest of big time writer/director Guillermo del Toro who co-wrote and produced a remake. Now, thanks to the folks at MySpace (I know) we’ve got a trailer for the updated version to share with you.

This new one continues the scary trend but also shows what you can do without too much in the way of blood and gore. Although it does seem to be upping the “monster” quotient a bit from the original. Plus, the rest of the elements of filmmaking have obviously come a long way too.

Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, which features Katie Holmes and Guy Pierce, comes from Miramax who will release it January 21, 2011.

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