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Box Office: Still A Dream For ‘Inception’

Posted on August 2, 2010

Inception performed remarkably well for its third week in release, and won the weekend with over $27.5 Million. For those keeping track at home, that makes it three weeks in a row at the top spot.

That box office take is a big number for any movie, but it’s especially rewarding for everyone who feared intelligent adult fare wouldn’t stand a chance in summertime, which is usually more typical of “popcorn” action movies.  Now standing at about $193 Million, the film is sure to surpass the coveted $200 Million mark this week.

This bodes well for everyone who enjoys adult drama.  Studios should be somewhat energized from the box office results of Inception.  Hopefully they will be  inclined to   green-light more original (non-franchise, non sequel) projects.  Note: the key word here is should.  Who knows if that will really happen, but one can always hope.

New release Dinner For Schmucks took the number two spot with $23.3 Million.  This is slightly better than two of Paul Rudd’s recent movies.  Both Role Models and I Love You Man made just under $20 Million on their opening weekend.  This is probably in line with studio expectations, but I thought it would make a little closer to $30M over the weekend.

Angelina Jolie’s spy-driven action flick Salt came in at number three with $19.7 Million, but it dropped off 46% from last weekend, not a good sign of things to come for the movie. Still,  it has made about $70 Million in its first ten days in release.

Despicable Me came in fourth.  It is now boasting a cumulative total of $190 Million, and will become the first bona fide hit for Universal in 2010. The studio has had a string of box office stinkers thus far, including The Wolfman, Repo Men, Robin Hood, MacGruber, and more.

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U.K. ‘Playstation Move’ Starter Pack Bundled With 9 Demos

Posted on August 2, 2010

Last week at San Diego Comic-Con, The Flickcast team got a chance to play around with the game that will be bundled with the U.S. version of Playstation Move, titled Sports Champions. It’s a lot like Wii Sports, but definitely still fun and new and definitely shows off Move‘s capabilities. If you live in the U.K., however, you’ll find something quite different inside your Playstation Move starter kit: 9 demos for the motion-controlled software.

Six game demos will be included, for titles Sports Champions, Start the Party, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstars, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. The three remaining demos will be for Playstation Network games Echochrome 2, Tumble and Beat Sketchers.

While you may be thinking that these are only demos, and not full versions of the game, it’s interesting to consider whether or not you’d prefer just one full game that you may not even like, or a ton of short demos of games that will allow you to find a title you really enjoy. What’s good for U.S. gamers is that, while Sports Champions is only one title, it’s got a bunch of activities like archery, volleyball, or sword fighting, all of which can be played with friends.

Playstation Move launches in Europe on September 15th and on September 19th for the United States.

Not So Fast Tablets, Amazon’s New Kindle 3 is Smaller, Lighter and Faster

Posted on July 31, 2010

With the launch of the Apple iPad, along with the rise of tablet-based devices in general, the mainstream tech media began to sound the death knell for dedicated eReader devices, the Kindle included. Surely they would be eclipsed by tablets that could do far more than just read books, right? Well, not so fast. Amazon seems to have a trick or two up their sleeve with the latest iteration of their device, dubbed the ‘Kindle 3.’

Right out of the gate, the Kindle 3 has positioned itself at a price-point far below the iPad and even below some of the Android-based tablets that are starting to pop-up in the sector. The latest Amazon Kindle 3 ($139/Wi-Fi Only; $189/3G+Wi-Fi) lowers the price of entry while adding a long list new features and improvements.

The latest eReader from the retail giant features a faster 6-inch e-ink display with improved contrast, a sleek new graphite color, an included leather cover with integrated LED light, a new WebKit-based browser, and double the storage. It’s unclear why, however Amazon has dubbed their browser “experimental” at this point. Perhaps there are some bugs that need to be worked out with browsing on this device?

Be sure to hit the jump for all of the drool-worthy specs of Amazon’s latest Kindle 3.

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Review: ‘Joan Rivers: Piece of Work’

Posted on July 31, 2010

In the previous millennium, when I was an idealistic young thing attending Barnard College, the women’s college affiliated with Columbia University, there was a lot of talk about who before us had walked the hallowed halls: anthropologist Margaret Mead, writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, Zora Neale Thurston, Francine du Plessix Gray, Patricia Highsmith and Ntozake Shange, recent United States ambassador to the U.N. Jeanne Kirkpatrick, musicians Laurie Anderson and Suzanne Vega (whose song “Luka” was then on all the airwaves), NPR’s Susan Stamberg, nationally syndicated columnist Anna Quindlen, choreographer Twyla Tharp, pre-Omnimedia Martha Stewart, whose daughter had also recently attended.

We students looked up to these women, our heroes. No trivia about them was too slight to swap and discuss. But I can only remember a couple of times when the name Joan Rivers was mentioned, and then only with a smirk. It seemed unbelievable that someone like her—brash, crass, undignified, disfigured by plastic surgery even then—could have once been part of our very serious undertakings in academia and feminism. Above all, we were earnest, and serious, and she was not.

The truth is that we failed to recognize Rivers for the pioneer she was. Those were the early days of “Seinfeld.” The backstage world of stand up comedy was still a mystery. There was no Comedy Central. We had no idea how brutal the world was in which she had risen. What a boy’s club. We were feminists, but we still thought we had to be ladies, or at least decorous. We disapproved of Joan Rivers.

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The Flickcast’s ‘On the Radar’

Posted on July 30, 2010

Welcome to this week’s On the Radar where we delve into all corners of the entertainment, tech and geek Internets for news, views and whatnot that may have escaped our regular coverage this week. Let is know if we missed something interesting. Otherwise, on to the links!

• The Fantastic Four reboot is still happening, and now with a completely CG Thing.

• We can’t wait for Stone’s Social Network, but these parody posters are pretty damned entertaining as well.

• Because we love lists, Adult Swim brings us a list of the Most Invasive Surgeries on the network. Mind you, this is before Children’s Hospital aired.

• Leonardo DiCaprio has passed on Mel Gibson’s viking picture. We can only imagine what that phone call sounded like.

• Want do get women like Don Draper? The Mad Men School of Seduction can help.

• The second half of Caprica‘s first season gets a trailer, and it looks pretty cool.

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SDCC10 Extra: Super Mega Photo Gallery with Booths, Babes, Celebs and More!

Posted on July 30, 2010

With Comic-Con still pretty fresh in our minds we bring you yet another photo gallery so you can get more of an idea of what the show was really like. This gallery, which features pretty much the rest of our collective group of photos taken by your favorite Flickcast team members, features costumes, babes, booths and even a few celebs.

When you click through to look at the gallery prepare to be entertained, amused, captivated and maybe even be ready to learn something. Actually, you probably won’t really learn anything except that Comic-Con was pretty awesome.

But heck, you already knew that, didn’t you? Enjoy the gallery and prepare to be amazed.

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Check Out Previews for Tonight’s ‘Eureka’ and ‘Haven’

Posted on July 30, 2010

Now that things have settled down a bit and we’re getting back to what we call normal here at The Flickcast we can get back to our usual Friday business of bringing you previews for new TV shows. Today, as we often do, we’ve got previews of Syfy’s Eureka and Haven to share with you.

First up on a Eureka episode entitled “The Story of Oz” Carter visits Zoe and a rocket race gets, well, explosive. Just the ting you want to do in a town full of quirky geniuses, make things explode.

Next up on a Haven episode entitled “Consumed” Audrey investigates her past and a mysterious agrarian ailment. That’s the thing with pasts, sometimes they should stay buried. Unfortunately, sometimes you also have to dig them up, with tragic or unwanted results.

Things kick off tonight on Syfy at 9/8C with Eureka followed at 10/9C by Haven. Check out previews for both shows after the jump.

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‘Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock’ Quest Mode and Re-Record Trailers Released

Posted on July 30, 2010

Gene Simmons coming to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock isn’t much of a surprise. He is as synonymous to rock ‘n’ roll as he is with sexual promiscuity. The man does call himself the Demon on stage when in full KISS attire after all. Much like Ozzy Osborne’s appearance in Brutal Legend, Gene will take on one of the legendary rock figures, the Demi-God of Rock.

In addition to being a figurehead of the game’s Quest mode as explained in the video below, Gene is also the narrator of the game. The trailer also begins to explain the transformation of the Rock Warriors into their special forms and the benefits received once enough stars have been collected. It is definitely a different take on the Guitar Hero formula than what has previously been presented but it feels like a good move for the series.

While Rock Band is moving towards a more realistic view of the music genre, Guitar Hero is embracing the fun of the metal lifestyle with harder songs and more dramatic imagery in an effort to set itself apart and give it its own signature feel.

Take a peek after the break at the new “Quest Mode” trailer and some new screens for the game. Plus, we’ve also got the “Re-Record” trailer for you as well.

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