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.

Chemical Hearts

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 8/20/2020 11:03 AM EDT
Being a teenager is difficult under the best of circumstances but when one's high school years are marred by tragedy; it can shape them negatively for the rest of their lives. This is such a common theme that numerous novels, movies, and television shows have touched on this topic throughout the generations. The newest version of this s... Read More

Words on Bathroom Walls

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 8/19/2020 8:19 PM EDT
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. While it is found in less than 1% of the United States population, it seems to be spread evenly amongst males and females. Men will generally start exhibiting symptoms in their late teens, which is earlier than females and can include hallucinations,... Read More

The One and Only Ivan

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 8/18/2020 12:07 PM EDT
Disney has been experimenting with live-action remakes for the past few years and in 2019 their latest released, The Lion King, was met with mixed reviews. Taking animated characters and making them real is difficult enough but imagine trying to do it with wild animals. Undeterred, Disney set its sights on another live-action, animal st... Read More

Boys State

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 8/14/2020 2:33 PM EDT
In 1937 the American Legion created essentially a one-week summer camp for high school students who will be entering their senior year after summer. Young Men and young women are nominated by their high schools and are then chosen by Legion members to attend what amounts to "politics camp" at a college within their state. Ther... Read More

Project Power

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 8/13/2020 9:04 PM EDT
Superheroes are (usually) the non-human, good guys with extraordinary powers who swoop in and save the day – hence the "heroes" part. Unless, of course, you are Batman, who happens to be a very wealthy man with deep-rooted psychological issues stemming from his parents' murders when he was younger. But what if any ordinary... Read More

Greyhound

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/9/2020 4:01 PM EDT
World War II is considered to be the deadliest wars in history with over 70 million fatalities during the six years of fighting. The details are still taught in classrooms throughout the world and a plethora of books and movies have been made telling the story from various viewpoints. In 1955 British author C. S. Forester, wrote a novel... Read More

The Old Guard

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/8/2020 4:53 PM EDT
Here's thought maybe Hollywood should try… take a critically acclaimed, graphic novel and turn it into a major motion picture. Oh wait, they have done that already, time and time again. So, what makes Netflix think it would be a good idea to bring The Old Guard to their streaming service? Are they just hopping on the bandwago... Read More

Hamilton

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/7/2020 8:58 PM EDT
In 2004 biographer and historian Ron Chernow (Washington: A Life) wrote the book Alexander Hamilton about one of this country's founding fathers and the first Secretary of the Treasury. While on vacation from his musical In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda read the book and, after the first few chapters, decided he wanted to make the story... Read More

David Foster: Off the Record

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/2/2020 2:18 PM EDT
"David Foster is one of the greatest producers of all time without question". High praise especially when it is coming out of the mouth of former Columbia Records President Clive Davis. Of course, Foster's 47 Grammy nominations and 16 wins also speak for themselves. The numbers certainly don't lie, neither does the long ... Read More

Doom Patrol: Season Two

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 6/25/2020 8:09 PM EDT
If there was an "Island of Misfit Toys" in the world of comic books, Doom Patrol would certainly fit the bill perfectly. First appearing in My Greatest Adventure in 1963, The Doom Patrol is primarily made up of "Chief" Niles Caulder (Timothy Dalton; The Living Daylights), "Robotman" Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser; ... Read More