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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.
 
(Nathan M Rose) 12/09/2014 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 |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 10/28/2014 12:12 PM EDT In today's world of animated movies, How to Train Your Dragon 2 is an anomaly. There are no princesses or catchy tunes to sign along to and the plot actually makes some sense. And while there is still an element of fantasy, it doesn't overwhelm the story. When we return to Berk for this latest installment, there is peace and harmon... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 09/29/2014 4:21 PM EDT In our world of instant gratification, you no longer need to wait for your favorite movies to come out on Blu-ray. While "X Men: Days of Future Past" will hit stores on October 14, 2014, the movie is already available for purchase on iTunes and other digital download outlets. With special features and excellent video and audio... Read More |
 
(Chris Rebholz) 04/02/2014 2:09 PM EDT "47 Ronin" has received its fair share of press due to its runaway costs and missed released dates. Branded a troubled production, it's with some relief to report that the feature is not a mess, just misguided in a manner familiar to moviegoers who've previously been subjected to the runaway ambition of a first-time director with access t... Read More |
 
(Chris Rebholz) 08/27/2013 1:00 PM EDT I was completely swept away by the 2009 reinvention of "Star Trek". Director J.J. Abrams approached an impossible creative challenge with startling confidence, restoring awe to a brand name that had lost its way while removing the need to be slavish to Gene Roddenberry's original creation as it paved the way for its own universe of alien ... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 05/20/2013 10:32 AM EDT "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" aspires to be cheeky entertainment, sold with a wink and a fist to the face with plenty of ghouls, trolls, and horrible humans to populate a carnival atmosphere of genre delights. However, despite a colorful presentation, the movie fails to raise much hell, insisting on a flat tone of tedious storytell... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 04/29/2013 9:50 AM EDT "Jack Reacher" is a different film than you would expect. It's a different film than many will be expecting, with the possible exception of those already engrossed in the Jack Reacher books by author Lee Child, but even the fanatics might be puzzled by a few of the new details required to turn a page-turner into a Tom Cruise starring vehi... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 06/10/2011 9:24 AM EDT One of the more popular comic book characters right now is Green Lantern, a soldier entrusted with a power ring that allows him to create light constructs with his mind and works to keep order throughout the universe as part of an intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Over the years his popularity has grown and when DC began ... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 08/12/2010 3:30 PM EDT Most of us have heard of Buffy the Vampire Slayer regardless of whether or not we have seen it. It helped change the genre of TV in terms of dialogue as well as what could be done with a TV series in general. It launched the careers of certain actors in the show who now appear in hits like "How I Met Your Mother". It also spawned a spin-o... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 05/24/2010 10:10 AM EDT Prison Break is a fairly straightforward idea: an innocent man is imprisoned due to a large and unlikely political conspiracy, and sentenced to die. His brother, a genius structural engineer, tries to free him legally, but then finally decides to get arrested in order to break his brother out from the inside. The brother, a brooding Wentworth Mille... Read More |