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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.

The Visit

(Emily Hazlett) 1/11/2016 5:01 PM EDT
The latest project from M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), The Visit, is available now on Blu-ray, and while The Visit has some cringe worthy moments and a few frights it's a little on the tame side as far as horror movies go.Becca (Olivia DeJonge; Hiding) and Tyler's (Ed Oxenbould; Alexander and The No Good, Very ... Read More

The Transporter: Refueled

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/6/2016 9:40 AM EDT
The Transporter, starring Jason Statham (The Expendables), was a trilogy in the early 2000's that all but put Statham on the acting map, proving he could carry a film as a leading man. As Frank Martin, he was the perfect combination of calm, cool and collected, with an element of "thug" underneath. The first film in the series... Read More

The Green Inferno

(Leonard Buccellato) 1/5/2016 3:22 PM EDT
The Green Inferno, the latest film by Eli Roth (Hostel), was clearly inspired by Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust. It is also clear that Roth owes a debt of gratitude to the Italian filmmaker, since he was the king of low-budget gore. Deodato's film was banned in many countries, and most people at the time were uncertain of the origin o... Read More

X-Files: The Collector's Set

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/4/2016 11:45 AM EDT
Whether or not you watched The X-Files from 1993- 2002, you would have had to been living under a rock to not know the names Scully and Mulder. The characters, the actors who played them, and even the theme song for the television series, were widely known and easily identifiable. For nine seasons, these FBI agents invest... Read More

Concussion

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/24/2015 10:50 AM EDT
Professional sports is big business. Billions of dollars a year are spent on tickets and merchandising, not to mention players' contracts. The NFL is so big they have their own day of the week, and commercial airtime for the Super Bowl costs an exorbitant amount of money for a 30 second spot. You can only imagine what would happen... Read More

Daddy's Home

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/23/2015 4:50 PM EDT
I think I have finally figured out why Will Ferrell (Elf) has a movie career. It's so he can make moronic comedies that really aren't very funny. His latest endeavor, Daddy's Home, is more of the same mind numbing antics we have come to expect from him. I can only hope at some point someone has the common sense to stop... Read More

Pan

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/22/2015 9:01 AM EDT
Whether or not you have seen one of the many versions of the classic story, everyone has heard the tale of Peter Pan. Peter is a young boy who lives in Never Never Land, and flies all over the world looking for "lost boys who, like himself, don't want to ever grow up. He has a fairy named Tinker Bell for a friend and his archen... Read More

The Hateful Eight

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/21/2015 3:04 PM EDT
I can't decide if Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) is incredibly brilliant or deeply disturbed; probably some combination of both. And, I wonder what type of upbringing and young adult experiences shaped him into the person he has become today. Whatever the answers are it has made him a successful filmmaker with a cinematic footprint al... Read More

The Big Short

(Judith Raymer) 12/21/2015 11:01 AM EDT
A (less than) funny thing happened on the way to the keyboard. Under my usual rock, I had no clue what the The Big Short was about (don't ask), much less what names would appear on the marquee (Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt...). Not 10 seconds into the trailer, I knew I had to see this film. I had to write ... Read More

Sisters

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/18/2015 9:40 AM EDT
Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) are pure comedy gold. Practically everything they touch turns out to be a success and their latest collaboration, Sisters, is no different. These two women can rival the best comedy duos of all time, and seeing them together on the big screen is a treat no one should miss.Fey and... Read More