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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 Roten Tomoatoes Approved, Allison Rose.

Beautiful Boy

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/25/2018 9:37 AM EDT
According to one report, there are approximately 80,000 drug addiction related deaths each year in the United States alone and opioid addiction is reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. For so many treatment centers don't really seem to work in the long term so it is a triumph if someone can get clean and stay sober for a year. T... Read More

Johnny English Strikes Again

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/24/2018 11:28 AM EDT
Rowan Atkinson (Four Weddings and a Funeral) is known for his British, slapstick characters like Mr. Bean, and probably one of his most popular behind Bean is Johnny English. Johnny first graced the big screen in Johnny English back in 2003 and he returned again in 2011's Johnny English Reborn. Now, after a seven-year hiatus, he resurfa... Read More

First Man

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/11/2018 11:43 AM EDT
Have you ever wondered what type of person it takes to want to travel into space? Obviously, they need to be adventurous, brave, intelligent and strong both physically and mentally. However, Astronauts are made up of a corps of unique individuals who all have their own strengths and weaknesses. Now imagine what it must have taken ... Read More

A Star Is Born

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/1/2018 4:09 PM EDT
An actress emerges from her shell…a new director proves his worth…a movie that entices all of the senses and emotions in one's body… A Star is Born and the fourth iteration of the movie may be the best one to date. The first film from 1937 starred Janet Gaynor (Sunrise) and Fredric March (The Best Years of Our Lives) and tells ... Read More

Night School

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/27/2018 3:56 PM EDT
Summer is over, the Fall has begun. Kids are back in school, learning and striving towards the goal of earning their High School Diplomas. This achievement is a milestone in the lives of so many young people and seems to be a necessity in today's society to get almost any kind of job. For those who drop out before they graduat... Read More

Smallfoot

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 9/26/2018 2:42 PM EDT
For years people have searched far and wide for the elusive Yeti/Bigfoot. Some say it doesn't exist. Others claim to have seen it. What if it really does exist and believes WE humans are the fictional creatures? Warner Bros. Animation brings this concept to life in their latest animated feature Small Foot. Set in the Himalay... Read More

Love, Gilda

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 9/20/2018 3:48 PM EDT
Gilda Radner was born in Detroit Michigan in 1946. She lost her father to a brain tumor when she was 14 and dropped out of college to follow her boyfriend at the time to Canada. There she became part of an acting troupe and eventually joined The Second City comedy troupe. In 1974 she was part of the National Lampoon's Radio Hour alo... Read More

Peppermint

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 9/6/2018 11:53 AM EDT
Seventeen years ago Jennifer Garner became a household when starred in the television series Alias. For five years audiences watched her play Sydney Bristow a double agent for the CIA and an agency called SD-6. During her time on the show, she became known for her action work and the physical expertise she displayed. This month an older, more ... Read More

Kin

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/30/2018 10:19 AM EDT
What do you get when you cross a heartfelt family drama with some sci-fi, other dimensional action? Well if you are first-time full-length feature Directors/writers Jonathan and John Baker (Bag Man) you end up with Lionsgate's latest theatrical release, Kin. Reading the synopsis - Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang o... Read More

Alpha

(Nathan M Rose) 8/16/2018 10:59 PM EDT
Every once in a while there comes a movie that tugs at your heartstrings and energizes your soul. Alpha is such a movie. Directed by Albert Hughes (From Hell, Menace II Society) it tells a stunning tale of loss, friendship, and courage after a young boy Kodi Smit-McPhee (X-Men: Apocalypse) is left for dead by his tribe and has to find his way... Read More