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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) 11/03/2016 11:11 AM EDT The Marvel universe seems to be never ending. With a plethora of comic book heroes and villains to draw from, they manage to crank out a movie every three to six months it seems. Each time the hype and excitement around the movie is immense, whether or not it is warranted. This month's hero of choice is Doctor Strange (Benedict Cu... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/27/2016 11:02 AM EDT If you like solving puzzles, you should read every one of Dan Brown's novels. He combines cyphers with history and architectural beauty. He has made Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks; Sully) everyone's favorite teacher and sent us racing all over the world unravelling conspiracies. His 2013 novel,&nbs... Read More |
 
(Judith Raymer) 10/21/2016 8:21 AM EDT Ah, those memories of culinary ecstasy on our palates. The yearn to taste that unparalleled delight just once more leading to the declaration that one would die or kill for the opportunity; even better...for the recipe. The Pickle Recipe was born from just such a recollection. Writers/Producers Gary Wolfson and Sheldon Cohn were t... Read More |
(Jennifer Broderick) 10/20/2016 1:54 PM EDT "Reach for the stars" is a common idiom encouraging everyone to try their best, and with this second installment of Jack Reacher's adventures, Director Edward Zwick tried his very best to reach as high as he could- and I think it paid off. Based on the 18th book in author Lee Child's series, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follo... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/20/2016 1:24 PM EDT Phillip Roth's (The Human Stain) Pulitzer Prize winning novel American Pastoral is a commentary of 1960's America and the "All-American" white middle class family. With gripping insight, turmoil, despair, and, ironically, a misguided sense of hope, it chronicles the rise and fall of the not so charmed life of the Levovs and how the ... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 09/29/2016 11:54 AM EDT The 2010 BP spill was the worst oil disaster in history. The Deepwater Horizon rig blew up, sending 210 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days, killing 11 men and innumerable numbers of animals. We all know what happened. We watched it on television. However, I'm not sure most of us fully understood t... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 09/22/2016 10:00 AM EDT I never saw the 1960's version of The Magnificent Seven or its predecessor, the Japanese film Seven Samurai, so I have no basis of comparison with the latest remake coming to theaters this week. All I can say is, as a standalone film, it has action, adventure, and some funny moments that make it a worthwhile movie going experience.When Ro... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 09/15/2016 11:43 AM EDT In 1996, Helen Fielding introduced the world to a frumpy, single workingwoman from England in the bestselling novel, Bridget Jones's Diary. Funny, self-deprecating and certainly relatable, Bridget became an instant success and spawned a movie of the same name in 2001. Three years later, the film was followed up by its sequel Bridget... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 09/08/2016 11:39 AM EDT It was any other normal day in January 2009. People rushed around the always crowded LaGuardia Airport on their way to destinations all over the world. For Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger (Tom Hanks; Bridge of Spies) and Jeffrey Skiles (Aaron Eckhart; The Dark Knight), it was just another day "at the Office" in the cock... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 09/01/2016 11:39 AM EDT Have you ever been willing to do almost anything for the person you love? What if it meant doing something that could get you in trouble or could even be illegal? And if you do that thing, what would be the consequences for everyone involved? M.L. Steadman's debut novel turned major motion picture, The Light Between Oceans, asks the audience ... Read More |