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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 classsics from our critics and Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Allison Rose.

Bloodshot

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/12/2020 9:42 AM EDT
It seems if there is a comic book/graphic novel out in the world, then at some point we will see a big-screen adaptation. Marvel and DC Comics have had great success in the last ten years turning their superheroes and villains into major box office hits and now Valiant Comics is trying to duplicate the achievements of their counterparts with ... Read More

The Way Back

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/5/2020 4:08 PM EDT
Most people can recall a time in their young lives when someone older inspired them and/or believed in them. Perhaps it was a teacher or a coach or a tutor, etc. who helped them see the potential they had even when they couldn't. There have been numerous films over the years that have explored this theme and it is common to get at l... Read More

Emma

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/4/2020 10:05 AM EDT
Jane Austen published four novels in her short life and two more were published posthumously. The original four, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Emma, have not only been part of school curriculums the world over but have been adapted for both television and theatrical release. The latter, Emma, even had a modern... Read More

The Invisible Man

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/27/2020 3:52 PM EDT
Nobel Prize nominee H.G. Wells was a writer who was ahead of his time. Considered one of the "Fathers of Science Fiction" he wrote a novel published in 1897 called The Invisible Man. Almost forty years later, Universal Pictures released a feature film version of the novel starring Claude Raines as Dr. Jack Griffin/ The Invisible Man... Read More

Downhilll

(Alyn Darnay) 2/13/2020 2:58 PM EDT
Question: What do you call a film that's not funny, not deeply dramatic, and feels like a messed-up effort to re-make a good foreign film? I guess you call it "Downhill" and label it a ‘dramedy'. To sum up the "Downhill" situation; the filmmakers took what should have been a dream comedy pairing, in this case, the won... Read More

Sonic The Hedgehog

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/13/2020 8:59 AM EDT
Almost 30 years ago Sega introduced a little blue creature to the gaming world called Sonic the Hedgehog. He was super-fast, powerful, had enemies who wanted his power and he ran around various worlds collecting gold rings. Since then there have been many iterations of the game making it one of the bestselling game franchises ever. &nbs... Read More

The Gentlemen

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/23/2020 5:04 PM EDT
In 1998, a young director named Guy Ritchie quickly made a name for himself with his feature film debut, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Two years later he once again garnered praise for his sophomore effort, Snatch. Over twenty years later Ritchie's unique style is evident in every film he writes/directs. From his slow-motion act... Read More

Bad Boys For Life

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/16/2020 2:30 PM EDT
It's hard to believe that it was 25 years ago when we were first introduced to Mike Lowrey (Will Smith; Men in Black) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence; Martin), two Miami police detectives that didn't generally do things "by the book". Lowrey was the wild guy who drove a Porsche and lived in a spacious apartment overlooking the w... Read More

Dolittle

(Alyn Darnay) 1/15/2020 12:15 PM EDT
When I was a boy, lad, young child, I was fascinated by an old black and white film I saw on TV called "Treasure Island". It exposed me to everything I knew nothing about, a dangerous sea voyage, nasty pirates, the hunt for treasure, and a resolution in doubt. I was so impressed by it that I still remember the impact it had on me to this ... Read More

1917

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/9/2020 8:58 AM EDT
In June of 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated setting off the First World War. One of the biggest and bloodiest wars ever, it saw the world divided into two sides with fighting occurring through much of Europe. As the war raged on military and civilian casualties numbered in the millions. Director Sam Mendes (Skyfall) penne... Read More