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Here at FlickDirect, our goal is to provide up-to-date reviews on theatrical, home entertainment, and television series. Check out the scoop on upcoming films or programming, and even our take on the classics.
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/15/2015 9:49 AM EDT For children of the 50's, Bridge of Spies will be a nostalgic look back at a time when the world was a very different place. For those of us from younger generations, it will be an interesting view of world events from when communism overran half of Germany. Either way, it is a powerful film, highlighting the more human side of the cold... Read More |
 
(Nathan M Rose) 10/15/2015 8:42 AM EDT Since it's inception, American Horror Story has used each season to tell a new story. With season four, American Horror Story decided to delve into the true-life anomalies in our world with American Horror Story: Freak Show.American Horror Story: Freak Show is set in Jupiter, Florida in 1952, and follows the lives of a troup... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/13/2015 11:23 AM EDT It's hard to imagine that Aladdin came out 25 years ago. I can't believe I'm actually that old!!! Alas, it's true, and to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the movie, Disney is releasing it on Blu-ray this month. The long awaited Diamond edition set will surely be embraced by so many who know and love the film, and are eager to sh... Read More |
(Sean Ferguson) 10/13/2015 10:12 AM EDT You Don't Only Laugh Twice Earlier this year, 20th Century Fox released its summer blockbuster comedy "Spy" in theaters. While it only drew in $110 million and change domestically, "Spy" banked in $236.5 million worldwide making this little $65 million comedy worth its weight in goooooooooold! If you haven't go... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/12/2015 2:05 PM EDT It's a well-circulated idea that at some point California is going to break off and fall into the ocean. It sits on top of a highly unstable fault line that could shift at any moment and create a catastrophic earthquake, leveling whole cities. Warner Bros. explores this exact possibility in the Movie San Andreas. Coming out on Blu... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/12/2015 11:50 AM EDT The Gallows is the latest in a long line of newer horror films that uses the "raw footage" technique to convince the audience they are watching real life events. As one of the productions under the Blum House juggernaut (in conjunction with Warner Bros.), the movie has to live up to its brethren, such as the likes of Paranormal Acti... Read More |
 
(Nathan M Rose) 10/12/2015 10:29 AM EDT "If we can dream it, we can do it", the line made famous by the now retired Horizons attraction at Epcot in Walt Disney World, perfectly sums up the message of hope that the new film, Tomorrowland, tries to convey it's audience.Tomorrowland, written/directed by Brad Bird (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The In... Read More |
 
(Nathan M Rose) 10/11/2015 10:59 AM EDT It is the golden age of remakes in Hollywood these days, and next up in the remake playbook is the recreation of the 1982 smash horror hit Poltergeist from producer Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spider-man) and director Gil Kenan (City of Ember, Monster House).While not a direct word-for-word remake of the original film, Poltergeist fol... Read More |
(Sean Ferguson) 10/08/2015 3:07 PM EDT The Leftovers…Not Just For Dinner.Last year, HBO debuted a new series from writer Damon Lindelof, who was one of the masterminds behind the hit series "Lost". I never watched "Lost" ( yes I know I'm one of the rare few that didn't), but I've been told that it was frustrating in later years of the seasons and the ending wa... Read More |
(Paul Kates) 10/08/2015 11:08 AM EDT Taking a well-known story and twisting it around a little cannot be the easiest thing to do. With his latest film, Pan, Director Joe Wright takes J.M. Barrie tale of Peter Pan and gives his take on what was before the story we all know.The film starts off with Peter being abandoned at an orphanage as a baby, before moving forward twelve years to th... Read More |