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.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

(Chris Rebholz) 10/14/2013 3:56 PM EST
While Irwin Allen's name will probably forever be associated with the disaster genre which he helped to formulate with such epochal films as The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, for hordes of Baby Boomers he's at least as much remembered for a glut of sixties and early seventies television science fiction outings, including Lost... Read More

Captain Phillips

(John Delia) 10/11/2013 11:29 AM EST
Gripping, disturbing and suspenseful the movie Captain Phillips depicts a story from the headlines that have captivated Americans with concern. The well crafted, strongly detailed and stunningly acted true story will have you on the edge of your seat. I found myself mesmerized by the astounding facts behind the takeover of a huge contai... Read More

Curse of Chucky

(John Delia) 10/8/2013 3:04 PM EST
Putting another stunner on the home screen, Curse of Chucky gets released on Blu-ray/DVD + Digital combo pack just in time for the horror season. Packed with the kind of biting power needed to provide chills and thrills, the sixth of the Child's Play films changes it up a bit giving viewers a blast to the past. Could this 25th anniversa... Read More

Filth

(Paul Kates) 10/8/2013 11:02 AM EST
If ever there was a film aptly named it has to be Filth, director Jon S. Baird's adaptation of the novel by Irving Welsh.The film starts with Bruce Robinson (James McAvoy, Trance, X-Men: First Class), a Scottish cop who is keen to climb up the ladder of success and gain promotion; in doing so, he believes he will win back his wife's affections afte... Read More

Fright Night 2: New Blood

(Chris Rebholz) 10/8/2013 9:25 AM EST
Tom Holland's 1985 Fright Night may not be the unrecognized "immortal classic" its fiercest followers claim it is, but one thing it resolutely is not is pretentious. Fright Night was a charming, even sweet, entry in the comedy horror sweepstakes, a nice combination of chills and laughs as a hapless teenager enlisted the aid of a once ... Read More

New Girl: The Complete Second Season

(Chris Rebholz) 10/7/2013 4:27 PM EST
I wondered how they were going to top the first season of "New Girl" but they managed to make this second season even better. "New Girl" is easily one of the best comedies on television right now. It is hip, funny, packs a great cast and some amazing writing. There is perfect balance of comedy and drama as well in th... Read More

The Hangover Part III

(Chris Rebholz) 10/7/2013 3:16 PM EST
Before it birthed a trilogy, Todd Phillips' The Hangover was an overnight smash and surprise box office behemoth, earning over $460 million worldwide. It split audiences -- some declared it the comedy of the year, others continue to wonder what all the fuss was about -- but those who embraced the Wolfpack from the get-go at least had good reaso... Read More

The East

(Chris Rebholz) 10/4/2013 11:16 AM EST
The apple that's bruised on one side, the slightly stale bag of chips, and the carton of milk three days past its "expiration" date. All usually end up in the garbage. A recent NPR article highlights the obvious but too often overlooked paradox: "Hundreds of millions of people go hungry, and yet we waste a whopping 1.43 billion t... Read More

House of Wax

(Chris Rebholz) 10/4/2013 10:23 AM EST
This is the classic version of House of Wax, from 1953, starring Vincent Price, with its storied 3D visual production that helped set the 1950s 3D craze alight. A lavish remaking of the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum (provided on this disc as well), and miles above the 2005 slasher remake, House of Wax was ironically directed by the one-eyed A... Read More

The Big Parade

(Chris Rebholz) 10/4/2013 10:01 AM EST
Though its impact may be reduced by decades of brilliant war-themed classics such as Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, The Dam Busters, and Das Boot, King Vidor's 1925 silent classic The Big Parade laid the groundwork for all of the films that would follow in its wake. Originally meant as a small production, upon seeing the early footage, MG... Read More