The digital movie rental deal of the day over at Amazon today is the Owen Wilson comedy Hall Pass, which is available for rental for only $.99.

This deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, September 20, 2011, until 11:59PM PST. Once you activate the rental through Amazon’s Instant Video service, you’ll have access to the movie for 48 hours. If you’re interested in purchasing the digital version, the cost is $14.99.

Also, if you’d like to own a physical copy of the movie, the Blu-ray is available for $26.99 and DVD for $13.99 (that’s 30% off the list price). Both editions are part of Amazon’s “Buy This DVD and Watch it Instantly” program — you get the film as a FREE digital rental you can watch immediately when your purchase the physical copy [...]

The deal of the day over at Things From Another World today is the Witchblade Volume 2 trade paperback edition for only $8.24 (that’s 45% off the list price of $14.99).

Note – This deal is valid only for today, Tuesday, September 20, 2011, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last.

This trade paperback edition collects the Top Cow comic book series Witchblade #86-92 from the creative team of Ron Marz, Mike Choi, Chris Bachalo, and Keu Cha

Visit the TFAW’s Deal of the Day page to view the hours left in the sale as well as quantities left on the item [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is inspired by Stephen King‘s The Stand called “Can You Dig It” by artist bisqueets.

The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

If you’ve never seen the indie hit Once, it’s a movie you simply have to see before you die. It’s a beautiful film with one of the greatest soundtracks ever made that tells the story of two musicians falling in love despite the complications in each of their own lives making things very difficult. And the reason the soundtrack is so good is because the two stars of Once, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, aren’t actors at all but actually very talented musicians, who were each awarded an Academy Award for their music in the film.

What those of you who have seen Once might not know, however, is that a real–life romance sparked and faded between the two and a new musical venture called The Swell Season was born.

Now it’s time for that story to be told in the new musical documentary also titled The Swell Season, which is making the festival rounds. You can see the trailer below now! [...]

Today Universal Pictures has released a new restricted trailer for their upcoming redux of The Thing. You can watch the video below this article.

The trailer runs a little over a minute in length but features a lot of previously unseen footage, including a long-awaited peek at the alien creatures that will be giving our characters the fight of their lives. The monsters look to have been created through a combination of practical effects and CGI, with a little too much emphasis on the latter. Some of the effects look appropriately freaky and cool but it will be all for naught if the rest of the film isn’t up to snuff. Still, this sucker might be worth a watch after all [...]

Tell it to the parrot, me hearties, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day! So shake a cloth in the wind and git yer best Pirate-speak on with a little ‘elp from the rogues and wenches at Disney and the fine sea-faring phrases from their Pirate Lexicon.

Me thinks you laddies might also enjoy a bonus feature from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which will come to shores in due course [October 18, 2011, that is] and stars everyone’s favorite pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow. Feast yer eyes on the video “From London To Hawaii” and the Pirate Lexicon here below.

Yo Ho Ho! [...]

The latest cinematic adventure of Riddick, the vicious yet resourceful criminal anti-hero played by Vin Diesel who first appeared in the 2000 sci-fi thriller Pitch Black and later returned in his own big-budget adventure The Chronicles of Riddick in 2004, has slowly been gaining momentum since it was first announced nearly two years ago. We previously reported on the new film, which will be simply titled Riddick, HERE and HERE . Today Diesel has released a piece of concept art on his Facebook page. You can check out the full image below this article.

The independently-financed film will reportedly discard the elaborate mythology that Diesel and writer-director David Twohy were initially developing for Riddick to explore and take the character back to basics, putting him into a struggle for survival on a hostile alien planet that will make every other battle he has fought in his life seem like a prelude. Riddick finds himself pitted against otherworldly beasts and mercenaries out for his blood. The project has an undetermined 2012 release date. [...]

Terminator/Robocop: Kill Human #2
Written by Rob Williams
Art by P.J. Holden
Colors by Rainer Petter
Letters by Simon Bowland
Covers by Walter Simonson, Jonathan Lau, Tom Feister
Dynamite Entertainment
Release Date: September 7, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

There’s nothing quite like a good mash-up, no matter the art form. When an artist takes two distinct pieces and combines them well, that is the mark of true brilliance. Well, put together Robocop and Terminator, and you have a geek’s dream come true!

Come with me on a journey to the future…and the past. In the future, Robocop has seen all the horrors that Skynet is responsible for. In an effort to change the course of history and stop the evil before it happens, he travels back in time and finds himself in the days when Sarah Connor and her young son John struck down Cyberdyne Systems. A battle ensues when he encounters the second time-travelling Terminator, whom he perceives as a threat [...]

It’s the news I’ve been waiting for. Sony Online Entertainment announced today that their DC Universe Online MMO will go to a free-to-play in late October.

Players will be able to download and play the once costly title absolutely free through both the Sony Playstation 3 and PC. But those who have paid, don’t freak out just yet, you’re still going to get something. In fact, in this same announcement, SOE also stated that they will be offering three different tiers of membership: Free, Premium, and Legendary [...]

As Marjane Satrapi‘s latest work, the cinematic adaptation of her beloved Chicken With Plums, makes splashes on this year’s Fall film festival circuit, one of her most adored works has finally found a state-side release date.

Archaia Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing the English-language version of the writer’s praised work, The Sigh during the month of November. The piece clocks in at 56 pages in length, and with the price tag of $10.95, it is definitely a must-own for fans of graphic novels or Satrapi alike [...]

The comic book world has been rocked, as one of its better known artists has passed. Dutch outlets (via Bleeding Cool) are reporting that artist Minck Oosterveer died on Saturday from a motorcycle accident. He was 50 years old.

Best known for his work on books like Marvel’s Ruse and Boom Studio’s Zombie Tales and The Unknown, Oosterveer was an important name not only in the comic book world, but particularly in the Dutch comic industry, where he produced strips like Zodiac and Nicky Saxx [...]

Lou Reed and Metallica have released a 30-second preview of the song “The View” from their upcoming collaboration album Lulu.

Check out the preview here below, along with full track listing and album cover art.

The full song The View will be available at online music retailers on September 27, 2011, while the full album Lulu comes out on November 1, 2011 in North America (on October 31, 2011 worldwide) [...]

Joe Satriani has earned huge success as one of the finest guitarists of his generation. He has recorded 13 solo albums (including the hugely popular and cosmically amazing Surfing With The Alien) and appeared on countless others by various different artists.

In 2008, Satriani teamed up with ex-Montrose and Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and a Chickenfoot was hatched. His wealth of experience and talent prevented them from being just another ‘supergroup’ and helped them become a hard-rockin’ hard rock party band.

Their self-titled debut album was a huge success as were the live performances captured on the DVD Chickenfoot: Get Your Buzz On LIVE. These legends of the genre return with their second album, the confusingly named Chickenfoot III on September 27th. Early reviews suggest it’s better than the first [...]

Rob Halford is the Metal God, and with good reason. The lead singer of metal legends Judas Priest, currently on their final tour entitled Epitaph, recently had a bit of a fall off his motorcycle onstage, when riding on during the band’s performance of “Hell Bent For Leather.” The true metal professional that he is, Halford gets right back up again and continues kicking it with the band onstage. View video footage of the incident at the bottom of this post [...]

It doesn’t matter who you are—young or old, big or small, Fanboy, Trekkie, or Twi–hard—we all love free stuff.

That’s why you’ll be elated to hear that the insanely popular puzzle game from Valve, Portal, is being offered for free on Steam until tomorrow, September 20, 2011. The game is available for both Mac and Windows, and you can find out where to score it by heading below now.

Portal sees you in a strange place, trying to escape using a gun that allows you to shoot portals into the walls—one to enter, the other to exit out of. Using this tool, you’ll have to navigate some difficult areas to get to the next area on a mission to escape wherever it is you are.

The game has since seen a sequel get made as well as the release of the ultra–popular live–action short film recently made by Totally Rad Show host Dan Trachtenberg. [...]

The MP3 album deal of the day over at Amazon today is Turtleneck & Chain by The Lonely Island, the comedy troupe featuring Andy Samberg, for only $3.99.

The album, which was released this past May and is the second from the group, contains 19 songs, including “Jack Sparrow,” “I Just Had Sex,” and “Motherlover” (the latter two you’ll recall from Saturday Night Live). The version on sale today is the Explicit lyrics one and comes with the digital booklet [...]

The digital movie rental deal of the day over at Amazon today is Red Riding Hood, which is available for rental for only $.99.

This deal is valid only for today, Monday, September 19, 2011, until 11:59PM PST. Once you activate the rental through Amazon’s Instant Video service, you’ll have access to the movie for 48 hours. If you’re interested in purchasing the digital version, the cost is $14.99.

Also, if you’d like to own a physical copy of the movie, the Blu-ray is available for $18.99 (that’s 24% off the list price) and DVD for $10.49 (that’s 47% off the list price). Both editions are part of Amazon’s “Buy This DVD and Watch it Instantly” program — you get the film as a FREE digital rental you can watch immediately when your purchase the physical copy [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Parks and Recreation-themed shirt called “Bacon & Eggs” by artist scrtlyswdsh.

The sale began at Teefury today, Monday, September 19, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

To say people were angry when Netflix announced even more price increases in July would be an outrageous understatement, to say the least.

But instead of people just complaining and moving on like we so often tend to do, the negative reaction was matched by significant losses. Netflix shares have dropped nearly 20% so far, and the company’s previous estimation of around 25 million subscribers by the end of the third quarter has now been lowered to 24 million, meaning at least a million people have already decided to bail on the service.

Instead of just leaving things be and see how they turn out, Netflix is making some more big changes (though none to prices, no worries).

Company co–founder and CEO, Reed Hastings, wrote a lengthy blog post Sunday doing something he should have done a long time ago: explain exactly why they decided to increase prices. He also revealed plans to integrate video games into their rental options, and Qwikster, the new name of their DVD service. [...]

28 years ago on this day in KISStory, a bewildering moment arrived for rock and metal fans that for many seemed to have come out of nowhere. KISS had announced they were unmasking, dropping the make-up, costumes, and personae they had previously “worn” for ten years, and moving forward as an “unmasked” band.

The band officially unmasked on MTV (see video below), and the announcement sent shockwaves through the metalhead communities at the time, which was the beginning that this decision was a good move by the band. Up until this stage, KISS enjoyed the height of their career in the 1970s, and as they journeyed into the earlier 1980s, things were beginning to look somewhat dire for the band [...]