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Reviews By Nathan M Rose

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.

Monsters, Inc.

(Nathan M Rose) 11/18/2009 8:02 PM EST
After the initial "wow" factor of computer-animated films such as Toy Story subsided and the films became "old hat", my taste for Pixar animated features waned to the point of just watching them for their technology -- not the story or voice talents. However, when Monsters, Inc was released in theaters…I was hooked again.... Read More

2012

(Nathan M Rose) 11/15/2009 9:03 PM EST
The latest film by Roland Emmerich, 2012, whose name has become synonymous with the end of the world films (Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow) decimated theaters this weekend with an unprecedented, estimated 225-million-dollar worldwide box-office. The story is pretty simple…Solar flares are causing the core of th... Read More

North by Northwest

(Nathan M Rose) 10/29/2009 8:53 PM EST
Can you believe that 50 years have already gone by since the release of Alfred Hitchcock's classic, North by Northwest? It certainly has, and Warner Bros Home Entertainment is celebrating its golden anniversary with "a bang" by releasing the classic film on their Blu-ray-book series. Self-assured Madison Avenue and Executiv... Read More

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

(Nathan M Rose) 10/28/2009 9:19 PM EST
After a whirlwind summer, Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs makes its way onto the home theater market on DVD and Blu-ray.Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while possibly finding true love); Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth; Diego, the saber-toothed tiger, wonders if he is growing too "soft" due to... Read More

The Proposal

(Nathan M Rose) 10/14/2009 8:23 PM EST
The year 2009's summer movie season was full of killer robots from the future, flying houses, and hijacked subway trains, but there was also a light-hearted romantic comedy that didn’t get that much attention called the Proposal. Now this October, this sleeper hit comes to Blu-ray for the entire family to enjoy.High-powered-book editor,... Read More

Gamer

(Nathan M Rose) 9/7/2009 8:17 PM EST
Gamer is one of those movies that you either love or hate. Online gaming takes on new meaning in a futuristic world. In that world, players at home can direct convicts to do their bidding in a wickedly violent, multiplayer competition, and death-row inmate Kable (Gerard Butler) has no choice but to play. As millions satisfy their ... Read More

Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season

(Nathan M Rose) 9/4/2009 10:53 AM EST
The man of Steel has been part of our worldwide culture since the 20th century. During that time, we have seen Superman in print, film, and on television. It's latest television incarnation is a series entitled, Smallville, which shows Superman's humble beginning as the small town boy, Clark Kent. It has become a... Read More

Supernatural Season Four

(Nathan M Rose) 8/25/2009 2:52 PM EST
Heading into Supernatural Season Four, the show was plagued with possible cancellation and a lower budget than its first three years. However, the show continued to shine.Resurrection: After enduring unspeakable torture, Dean escapes from Hell, rescued by an all-powerful creature he has never seen before - an Angel - a warrior of God, w... Read More

17 Again

(Nathan M Rose) 8/11/2009 6:59 PM EST
In the tradition of great comedy classics such as Mr. Destiny and Big, what would you decide if you somehow had the chance to do your life over? Thirty Something, Mike O'Donnell, would. Then in one mysteriously, magical moment, Mike gets his chance. He is suddenly back at Hayden High where he is the star of the basketball... Read More

Inkheart

(Nathan M Rose) 6/22/2009 10:07 AM EST
On January 23, 2009, a movie called Inkheart which was based on the top-selling novel by Cornelia Funke burst its way onto unsuspecting audiences and now comes to Warner Bros Blu-ray this June.Mo Folchart (Fraiser) drags his daughter Meggie (Bennet) all around the world. At the last home, an old enigmatic acquaintance of Mo's named Dustfinger... Read More