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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 Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(Paul Kates) 12/12/2014 10:27 AM EDT
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies starts exactly where the previous Hobbit movie left off. In the final throws of "The Desolation of Smaug", Smaug is seen flying towards Lake Town with the sole aim of releasing his vengeance on its town's folk. The first scenes of The Battle of the Five Armies see him delivering his dose of reptil... Read More

The Maze Runner

(Nathan M Rose) 12/9/2014 9:51 PM EDT
With the plethora of young adult science fiction novels being snatched up by every studio in creation and turned into films, it is hard to disseminate the few good ones from the many bad ones. This holiday season 20th Century Fox introduces film lovers to another one of these films, The Maze Runner, based on the novel by James Dashner, on iTunes Di... Read More

Dolphin Tale 2

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/9/2014 3:41 PM EDT
It isn't that often that a sequel is better than the first film, but with Dolphin Tail and Dolphin Tail 2, that is exactly the case. You can pick up both movies now for the holiday season. The four disc collection is a must have for any young animal lover in your life. In Dolphin Tail, we meet Winter, a beached ju... Read More

The Hundred-Foot Journey

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 12/4/2014 12:28 AM EDT
Foodies, gourmet cooks and Food Network aficionados rejoice! The latest Blu-ray and DVD release from Dreamworks will feed your senses and desires for exotic cuisine. Based on the novel of the same name, The Hundred Foot Journey takes you on an adventure of French and Indian food, while blending the cultures of two completely diffe... Read More

The Penguins of Madagascar

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/25/2014 11:08 PM EDT
After three movies of playing bit characters in the background, the Penguins of Madagascar finally have gotten their starring roles. The black and white, flightless birds that have always had about ten minutes of screen time are now the main players of the hour and a half The Penguins of Madagascar. With their crazy strategic missions, ... Read More

Horrible Bosses 2

(Nathan M Rose) 11/25/2014 10:45 PM EDT
In 2011 New Line Cinema's unleashed a movie that most of Middle America could relate to entitled Horrible Bosses. The movie had a simple premise. What if your boss was so "horrible" and destroying your life so much that the only out you had was to kill him? This fantasy was so common for most of working America that the act of living vica... Read More

If I Stay

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/25/2014 3:59 PM EDT
In the continuing trend of making popular young adults books into movies, If I Stay has been made into a major motion picture, which is out now on Blu-ray and DVD. The novel, written by Gayle Forman (Just One Year) is a heart-wrenching story sure to make even the coldest of people feel a multitude of emotions. You would be hard pressed ... Read More

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/20/2014 4:54 PM EDT
How do you milk a successful book series for as much as you can? You split the last book in half and open the movie on Thanksgiving weekend. Mockingjay Part I is the third of four movies in The Hunger Games Series opening next week. The highly anticipated film continues the saga of Katniss Everdeen played by Jennifer Lawrence (Sil... Read More

Into The Storm

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/18/2014 12:06 PM EDT
Wanna make a movie about tornadoes? Take some gung ho storm chaser, throw in a meteorologist doing "research", add a dash of "The Mother of All Tornadoes" and you have the formula for the makings of a great movie. And it was…1996's Blockbuster, Twister. Now, Warner Bros. has attempted to update it wit... Read More

Tammy

(Nathan M Rose) 11/10/2014 9:59 PM EDT
I don't like Melissa McCarthy. I personally never found her funny. Her latest attempt at humor, Tammy, did not change my mind at all. In fact it only solidified the idea that I will go out of my way not to watch her films. Picture if you will a remake of Thelma and Louise, without Gina Davis, dumb downed to the lowest level of jokes possible l... Read More