Movie Reviews, Digital HD Reviews, and Television Reviews
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 classsics from our critics and Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Allison Rose.
Do The Right Thing
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/22/2021 8:40 PM EST What if you watched a movie about poor African Americans living in New York? What if that film depicted growing racial tensions between black people and Italian or Korean shop owners in the neighborhood? What if, after a confrontation between the shop owners and the locals, a young black man was killed by the police which started a riot... Read More |
Flora & Ulysses
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/17/2021 12:06 PM EST There is a saying in Hollywood – "Never work with children or animals". However, if you are cast in a Disney production, chances are you will probably work with one or the other or if you are really lucky, both. For Alyson Hannigan (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Ben Schwartz (Sonic The Hedgehog), the latter version becam... Read More |
Harley Quinn: The Complete First and Second Seasons
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/16/2021 12:09 PM EST Harley Quinn was first introduced on Batman: The Animated Series as a supervillainess and Joker love interest in the fall of 1992. She was then incorporated into the comic books a year later. Through the years she has been voiced by numerous actresses including Tara Strong (Rick and Morty), Jenny Slate (Gifted), and Melissa Rauch (The B... Read More |
Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/15/2021 11:00 PM EST Howard Phillip (H.P.) Lovecraft was born just over ten years before the start of the Twentieth Century and grew up in New England. His family was affluent until his grandfather's death in 1904 by which time Lovecraft's grandfather had numerous business setbacks. Lovecraft's grandfather helped raise him after his own father passed away a... Read More |
The Mauritanian
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/12/2021 9:25 AM EST Habeas Corpus, which literally translates to "produce the body" is defined as a court order demanding that a public official (such as a warden) deliver an imprisoned individual to the court and show a valid reason for that person's detention. Lawyers will utilize this technique to find out why their client is being held in ... Read More |
Land
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/11/2021 3:31 PM EST Majestic and beautiful, the Rocky Mountains can be a place of tranquility and peacefulness. It can also be isolating and lonely. While that might seem appealing for various reasons, it is dangerous, especially during the harsh winter months. Land, the new film starring and directed by Robin Wright (The Princess Bride, Wonder Woman), tou... Read More |
Judas and the Black Messiah
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/10/2021 4:08 PM EST Established in 1966, The Black Panther Party was a polarizing and violent presence in the fight for civil rights. During that time, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya; Get Out), the chairman of the Illinois chapter was betrayed by a low-level thief, Bill O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield; Sorry to Bother You), who infiltrated the Black Panther organization... Read More |
Love Story
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/5/2021 4:58 PM EST Fifty years ago, a writer named Erich Segal (Yellow Submarine) penned a screenplay and sold it to Paramount Pictures. While the film was in production, Paramount decided Segal should release it as a novel first, in order to garner interest in the upcoming movie. The novel did exactly what Paramount had hoped it would do…it became... Read More |
Bliss
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/4/2021 1:02 PM EST Bliss. Is defined as "perfect happiness, great joy" so as the saying goes…" ignorance is bliss". The concept behind that quote, in an odd sort of way, is that what we don't know makes us happy, because we are unaware of what we are missing out on in life. If we did, we might wish we had more. However, wh... Read More |
2012
![]() (Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/3/2021 10:02 PM EST The Mayan Civilization was one culture that carefully and closely studied astronomy, recording and detailing the ever-changing night sky. Through these observations, the Mayan people created several complex calendars. For centuries after their creation, scholars have studied and dissected these calendars, learning about astrology and ho... Read More |
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