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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 critical reviews off upcoming films or programming, and even our take on the classsics from our critics Tomatometer-Approved Critic, Allison Rose.
 
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 6/23/2021 12:18 PM EST While the concept and development of the television set had been around since the early 1900s, it was considered a luxury item that didn't become a staple in homes everywhere until sometime in the late 1950's – early 1960's. As a way to compete with the convenience of watching shows at home, Paramount Pictures engineers created VistaVi... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/28/2021 9:30 AM EST Dementia is a general term categorized by the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interfere with doing everyday activities. There are approximately fifty million people worldwide who have dementia and roughly ten million new cases that are diagnosed each year. Dementia is devastating for the person suffering from... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/26/2021 11:23 AM EST Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done…so begins the song by Kansas that has become associated with the WB/CW television show, Supernatural. Those lyrics perfectly reflect the idea and premise of the show that has entertained audiences for fifteen seasons. After three hundred and twenty-seven episodes, t... Read More |
 
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/18/2021 10:49 AM EST In September of 1966, an action/spy fiction television show first aired on CBS. Mission: Impossible aired for seven seasons (171 episodes) before going off the air and gave us an iconic line, "This message will self-destruct", that many still recognize today. Fifteen years later, the show was revived but only lasted two years.... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 5/11/2021 9:51 AM EST Actor Liam Neeson (Schindler's List) has a particular set of skills…He can scowl with the best of them, he can expertly handle a firearm, and he can threaten a bad guy with a gravelly voice and sound menacing. He has made a career of, more often than not, portraying these types of characters and generally does a good job of it. So, whe... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/27/2021 1:17 PM EST In the United States, there is a whole group of retired people who buy RVs and travel around the country to "see the sights". Some may call them "wanderers". Conversely, there are those who live out of their cars and vans, traveling the country moving from one seasonal job to another. They tend to be labeled a... Read More |
 
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/1/2021 10:11 PM EST I'm not sure about younger generations, but when someone says the words, "The Greatest Show on Earth" those of a certain age automatically think of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus. The traveling show, which was created in 1919 after the merger of two smaller traveling circuses, boasted everything from trapeze artists and c... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/29/2021 2:53 PM EST How well do we really know the people who are closest to us? What deep, dark secrets dwell inside locked doors somewhere in the back recesses of a person's mind? What if you discovered one of your parents was gay? Or if one of your siblings had a drinking problem? Or what if your husband, that you had known for seventeen years was r... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/13/2021 8:13 PM EST In the past few years, the country has been flooded with stories from individuals who have been sexually harassed and/or assaulted. The #metoo movement has taken over social media and celebrities along with the average American have been sharing their stories with much less fear of victim shaming. However, this country wasn't always... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/10/2021 11:44 AM EST Animation's history can be traced back to the old stone age 3.3 million years ago when cave dwellers would depict people and animals in motion in drawings on cave walls. In the 1600s, shadow play and the magic lantern would spark the imaginations of young and old alike, but it would be another 200 years before the invention of the stroboscopi... Read More |
