Once again, it’s a brand new episode of The Flickcast. Don’t worry, we’re not counting them to make some kind of point. But if we were, we could tell you this is the fourth episode in a row for the new year. Again, not that we’re counting or trying to make a point.

On this week’s show, Chris and Joe talk about a whole slew of new and recurring topics . . . as usual. Some of these topics include the occasional humor of Saturday Night Live, the reboot of Ghostbusters featuring an all-female cast, the first Game of Thrones trailer, the talent and somewhat less talent of Kristen Wigg and Melissa McCarthy, making movies on an iPhone 5s, Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones and a whole lot more. As if that’s not enough already.

Picks this week are back to more of the usual with Chris’ pick of the movie John Wick, starring Keanu Reeves, and Joe’s pick of the new web browser called Vivaldi.

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, Google+ or via email.

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Director M. Night Shyamalan has partnered with Jason Blum of Bloomhouse Productions in order to produce a self-financed, low budget project he had been keeping under wraps. The film, called The Visit, is intended as a return to his earlier work and to productions outside the ‘traditional’ studio system.

The Visit concerns a brother and sister visiting their grandparents’ isolated Pennsylvania farm. Eventually, the youngsters discover the seniors are keeping a dark secret and it quickly becomes apparent to the children they may not be going home.

The Visit was written, directed and self financed by Shyamalan and shot near the director’s Pennsylvania home. The partnership with Blumhouse Productions allowed for a first-look arrangement with Universal and the company specialized in low budget genre pictures. Blumhouse’s most recent successful production was Ouija.

M. Night Shyamalan produced the film with Blum and Marc Bienstock, with Steven Schneider and Ashwin Rajan executive producing.

Universal Pictures has set September 11, 2015 as the release date.

Gamers come in all shapes, sizes and temperaments. And most of the time, gamers get along pretty well with others and whatever game they happen to be playing goes on without much in the way of incident. It’s just a good time had by all.

And then there’s those other times. Those are the times depicted in the indie comedy Zero Charisma. In the movie, a group of gamers are disrupted by the arrival of a new, much more charismatic player who’s charm, good looks and attitude start to cause problems.

Needless to say, things don’t go so well and shit starts to hit the fan. Fortunately, as this is a comedy, it’s all done with a sense of humor while also providing some good insight into the lives of gamers and nerds/geeks of today.

We’ve got a new trailer and some exclusive footage from the movie to share with you today. If you’ve ever played D&D, or any other game where getting along with your fellow man (or woman) was a necessity, than this movie is for you.

Check out the videos after the break. Look for Zero Charisma to arrive later this year.

Road movies are usually a pretty good time and there’s a good history of them doing well. Now, a new movie is looking to take its place in the good time/successful group.

In The Scenic Route, Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler play buddies on a road trip which, as often happens in these situations, goes horribly wrong. It’s directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz’s and written by Kyle Killen, who’s last one was The Beaver.

The movie hits theaters August 23. Check out the trailer after the break.

We get a lot of email here at The Flickcast. A large part of it is from PR people telling us about the “next big thing” or that a new movie, TV show, game or whatever will “leave us speechless” or be “life changing” in some way.

Most of the time that’s BS. However, in the case of the upcoming film Prince Avalanche, they might just have a point. We haven’t seen the entire movie yet, of course, but if the trailer is any indication, this movie may just have what it takes to change a few lives. Or, at the very least, be highly entertaining for 90 or so minutes.

Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch star in the film, which is directed by David Gordon Green. Here’s some of the synopsis to give you an idea of what we’re talking about:

An odd couple of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin and his girlfriend’s brother, Lance, dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the center of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. An unlikely friendship develops through humor and nasty exchanges, leading to surprising affection.

Check out the trailer after the break.