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Reviews By Allison Skornick-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 classics.
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/26/2017 6:18 PM EDT In 1989, the Cold War and Berlin Wall permeated world news. Spies from Russia, England and America worked all over Europe smuggling secrets in a deadly game of cat and mouse. When the wall finally fell, it changed the course of history and some say the spy game forever. Atomic Blonde, based on the graphic novel The Coldest City by... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/18/2017 3:15 PM EDT Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) is known for writing and directing some gripping films. His visuals are usually filled with grays and deeper colors which set a tone that permeates his aesthetic and draws the audience in. He knows how to build a scene so it offers the viewer layers while contributing to the overall feel of his films.... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/18/2017 8:41 AM EDT Resident Evil (originally titled Biohazard) debuted as a PlayStation video game in 1996 and for 21 years it has entertained gamers and audiences worldwide. There have been numerous version of the extremely popular game and it spawned a motion picture franchise starring Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element). Unlike the live action films, the game... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/12/2017 9:09 AM EDT Terrence Malick (Badlands) has made a name for himself writing and directing unusual films. His reputation is such that one expects great but different things when they go to one of his films, especially his more recent ones. He has worked with a variety of actors including many of Hollywood's elite. He has bee... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/10/2017 9:57 PM EDT Eldorado, the elusive city of gold has been searched for many times over. Considered to be located somewhere in the Amazon jungle, explorers have risked life and limb to try and find it. Unsure if one explorer, Percy Fawcett was actually looking for El Dorado but he was an avid explorer and claimed to have found remnants of a long gone ... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/10/2017 3:49 PM EDT Luc Bessson (La Femme Nikita) has been writing and making films since the early 1980's but in 1990 he became more of a household name with the release of Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element. Highly stylized action films, they captured the imagination like none others had before. With his latest film, Valerian and the City o... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/9/2017 8:54 PM EDT The year was 1940 and World War two was raging all throughout Europe. The United States had yet to become involved but England was enmeshed in the fighting. Every night there were air raids, bombs destroying cities and civilians getting killed. Men were being called upon to enter the military to help fight and women were entering ... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/7/2017 2:10 PM EDT We all feel pressure from our parents… get a good education, get a good job, get married, have a family, etc. But for some, that pressure becomes even greater when religious beliefs are thrown into the mix. For Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani; Silicon Valley), that is exactly the life he leads. Unfortunately, that isn't th... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/5/2017 2:22 PM EDT Robin Williams (Good Morning Vietnam) was a comedic genius who left us all too soon. He was truly one of a kind. He could famously go off on a tangent and make almost anything funny. You couldn't help but smile and laugh when you saw his standup routines and he made a name for himself in major motion pictures even winning an Oscar... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 6/29/2017 5:02 PM EDT Spider-Man made his debut in Marvel comics 55 years ago as a sidekick to the protagonist. He was a lonely teen who, like most kids his age, suffered anxiety and inadequacy. He became so popular there have been a number of comic books, merchandise, movies and television shows focused solely on him. In more recent years, we have had the m... Read More |
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