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• Video Game Deal: ‘Bioshock’ Dual Pack Download For $4.99
• Comics Deal: ‘The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born’ Premiere Hardcover For Only $2!
• Comic Review: R.I.P.D.: City Of The Damned #1
• Samuel L. Jackson & Anne Hathaway Debate Whether ‘Les Miserables’ Or ‘Django Unchained’ Is More Sad
• ‘Pain & Gain’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg Wants More Out Of Life Than Lifting Weights
• Comic Review: Blackacre #1
• $5 MP3 Album Deal: Curtis Mayfield ‘Superfly’ Original Soundtrack Recording
• id Software Releases New ‘RAGE’ DLC ‘The Scorchers’
• Red Band Trailer For Horror-Comedy ‘John Dies At The End’ Released
• DVD Deal: Monty Python’s Flying Circus Complete 16 Ton Megaset
• The Wicked Witch Stands Front and Center In New ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Poster
• The GoD List: Comics For December 19, 2012
• ‘Les Miserables’ Star Eddie Redmayne Joins Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis In ‘Jupiter Ascending’

Video Game Deal: ‘Bioshock’ Dual Pack Download For $4.99 Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:50 AM PST Amazon is currently running a deal on the Bioshock Dual Pack for PC Download for only $4.99 (that's 88% off the list price of $39.98). The bundle includes the download versions of Bioshock and Bioshock 2 (these are currently $19.99 each sold separately). If you order this item between now and 12/31/2012, you will receive a $5 promotional credit good towards any of the "Editor's Choice" game downloads in the month of January 2013. You will receive an email with your promotional code and redemption instructions. See the Special Offers and Product Promotions of the product page for more details on this promotion [...]

Comics Deal: ‘The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born’ Premiere Hardcover For Only $2! Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:26 AM PST The Deal of the Day over at Things From Another World today is Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Premiere Hardcover for only $2 (that's 92% off of the regular price of $24.99). This is a 'nick and dent' (used) copy. Note – The sale at TFAW is valid only for today, Thursday, December 20, 2012, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last (and there's a limited supply, so it will sell out, so hurry!). The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born is also available new from TFAW for $14.99 (that's 40% off) and new at Amazon for $16.49 (that's 34% off) [...]

Comic Review: R.I.P.D.: City Of The Damned #1 Posted: 19 Dec 2012 07:00 PM PST R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned #1 Written by Jeremy Barlow Art by Tony Parker Cover by Dave Wilkins Dark Horse Comics Release date: November 28, 2012 Cover price: $3.50 The mini-series R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned is a prequel to the new movie R.I.P.D., which is currently set for release on July 19, 2013. The concept behind the story is that a select few who died are chosen to work for the "Rest In Peace Department." The job is simple, chase down and kill any evil soul that's managed to stay on earth longer than its supposed to have. Roy Pulsipher dies and is asked to join the R.I.P.D. to find out why in the last century there hasn't been any overflow of souls trying to hide on earth longer than they should. His partner is Crispin Mather, who from the looks of it, may have been a puritan and has signed on for another 100 years of service. [...]

Samuel L. Jackson & Anne Hathaway Debate Whether ‘Les Miserables’ Or ‘Django Unchained’ Is More Sad Posted: 19 Dec 2012 06:00 PM PST The holiday season usually brings cheer and glee to family and friends, but if you are planning to see a new movie on that day, then you will probably be slapped with some sad stories. That's because both Les Miserables and Django Unchained open on that day, and both films have rather depressing stories. So the team at Funny or Die brought Anne Hathaway and Samuel L. Jackson, actors who starred in the two films, to a competition to prove which film is more sad. Check it out below. [...]

‘Pain & Gain’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg Wants More Out Of Life Than Lifting Weights Posted: 19 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST Remember when Bad Boys came out? It was a cop action comedy filled with action, explosions, sweat, and extreme close ups. Well Pain and Gain looks like it is more or less of the same, but it still looks like Michael Bay got what he wanted after he said that the film would be his passion project. The first trailer for Pain and Gain has now been released, and you can check it out below. Based on magazine articles written by Pete Collins, Mark Wahlberg plays a body builder who wants more out of life than pumping weights and chugging protein shakes. [...]

Comic Review: Blackacre #1 Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Blackacre #1 Written by Duffy Boudreau Art by Wendell Cavalcanti Cover by Michael Avon Oeming Image Comics Release Date: December 5th, 2012 Price: $2.99 Blackacre #1 from Image Comics is best described as a futuristic version of Apocalypse Now, and takes the apocalypse part of the title to heart. The first issue establishes the background of the titular Blackacre community, a town of the future established by a group of wealthy individuals just as the rest of society was crumbling around them. Most of the issue is spent on world building and introducing the reader to a certain Captain Hull, who by issues end is sent into the wild to find a rogue former agent of Blackacre. Like I said, most of the issue is spent showing the reader what the nature of the world is and also who Hull is. There's a little bit of action, but it's more about the world building. Which is good and all, but I wonder if a bit of the world building could have been skipped or shortened. All the talking slows down the issue by a great deal and makes this a bit of a chore to read. On the other hand, some of this world building is needed, and I like a fantasy/sci-fi world that is well researched. There just needs to be more balance in the second issue. [...]

$5 MP3 Album Deal: Curtis Mayfield ‘Superfly’ Original Soundtrack Recording Posted: 19 Dec 2012 02:30 PM PST Superfly, the soundtrack to one of the most memorable films from the early 1970s "blaxploitation" era and containing music written and produced by the late, great R&B/funk legend Curtis Mayfield, is now available on MP3 format from Amazon this month for only $5.00 as part of their 100 albums for $5 each deal. Released originally over 40 years ago, Superfly remains more than just a curious curio from that genre where tough dialogue, almost miniscule budgets, and realistic gritty cinematography, along with liberal dashes of sex and violence, were large orders of the day. It's a nice cornerstone of a soundtrack, taking the reins where the equally memorable musicality for Shaft left off about a year earlier. [...]

id Software Releases New ‘RAGE’ DLC ‘The Scorchers’ Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:00 PM PST RAGE, the first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks (read our review here), has some new DLC available for acquisition. The add-on pack, called RAGE: The Scorchers, will see players fighting alongside brand new allies as you try to take down a new clan, the Scorchers, who are plotting to destroy the Wasteland. [...]

Red Band Trailer For Horror-Comedy ‘John Dies At The End’ Released Posted: 19 Dec 2012 11:30 AM PST Back in October a Green Band trailer for the new horror-comedy from director Don Coscarelli (Bubba Ho-Tep, Phantasm), John Dies at the End, was released. Now comes a Red Band version of the trailer, with plenty of new footage and naughty bits not shown in the above trailer. You can check out the synopsis and Red Band trailer for John Dies at the End below now. And of course, your friendly neighborhood NSFW warning is in effect. [...]

DVD Deal: Monty Python’s Flying Circus Complete 16 Ton Megaset Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST The TV show box set deal of the week over Amazon this week is The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16 Ton Megaset for only $29.99 (that's 66% off the list price of $99.95). This 16-disc DVD box set contains all 45 episodes of the 1960s British television sketch comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, which starred John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam, along with the two-disc 1982 concert film Monty Python Live, all in a slim casing. The set also includes plenty of bonus features: Meet the Chaps, Pythonisms Glossary, Gillianimations, Art Gallery, Troupe Career Highlights, Trivial Quest, Useless Tidbits, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus: German Episode #1, Post-Python Troupe Highlights, Pythonisms, Bleeding Critics, and Confusing Musings. Below are Amazon's shipping schedule for the holidays - there's still time to get this item on or before Christmas Eve! [...]

The Wicked Witch Stands Front and Center In New ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Poster Posted: 19 Dec 2012 10:00 AM PST Director Sam Raimi's prequel to the classic Wizard of Oz tale, Oz: The Great and Powerful, has itself yet another poster. Not too long ago we saw one of its previous posters, which gave us a distanced first look at the Wicked Witch herself. This time around, however, the witch is standing front and center, the fury of nature at her back. You can check out a synopsis and the new Oz: The Great and Powerful poster below now! [...]

The GoD List: Comics For December 19, 2012 Posted: 19 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST Each and every week "Comet" Henchman21 AND "Cupid" MK2Fac3 read a lot of comics. Seriously you guys, a lot of comics. Maybe too many comics. I mean, it is possible… theoretically. Naturally, they looks forward to some more than others. I mean, who doesn't? So, let's take a look into the depths of their pull lists, grab some comics, and they'll let YOU know what the top books to look forward to are for the week of December 19, 2012. Single issues and trades, they're all here. We're only a few days in and the comic companies have blessed us with one of those weeks where they drop a bunch of amazing issues at the same time. So, you better have a good bit of cash available this week, because your local comic shop is gonna be very happy once they get through with you. So settle in because there is a lot to check out on this edition of The GoD List! [...]

‘Les Miserables’ Star Eddie Redmayne Joins Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis In ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Posted: 19 Dec 2012 07:00 AM PST Eddie Redmayne, one of the many stars of the fast-approaching new film version of Les Miserables, is in talks to join the cast of Jupiter Ascending, the next movie from The Matrix trilogy and Cloud Atlas writers and directors, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski. Redmayne would join Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, who are both already on board the project. Details about the movie are very few at the moment. Tatum is playing a man named Django Wise, while Kunis is playing a Russian immigrant named Jupiter. It's unclear who Redmayne would be playing. [...]

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