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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 classsics from our critics and Roten Tomoatoes Approved, Allison Rose.

Everything, Everything

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/15/2017 9:27 AM EST
As a parent, what would you do to keep your child safe? Would you lock them in a tower like Rapunzel? For Pauline (Anika Noni Rose; Dreamgirls), it seems that is the only solution but was her decision the right one? For many years, it seemed so until one day everything changed.Maddy (Amandla Stenberg; The Hunger Games) isn't your normal eighteen-ye... Read More

Riverdale: The Complete First Season

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/14/2017 10:11 AM EST
In today's world of entertainment full of superheroes, someone decided it was a good idea to base a television show on the Archie Comic book series. Since 1941 the characters have become familiar to generations of comic lovers worldwide and now they appear on television though not in the same vein as the comics. All the regulars are... Read More

Wind River

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/11/2017 10:06 AM EST
I was going to make a joke about "two Avengers walk onto an Indian reservation" but Wind River is no laughing matter. Based on a true story, it is a hard look at life on a reservation and the forgotten Native Americans who live there. A true crime drama, there is more going on than meets the eye, offering up all ... Read More

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/10/2017 12:36 PM EST
If you never saw 2014's The Nut Job, you missed out on some really cute, furry animals scrounging for a few nuts. Well, there is more to the story than that but that gives you a basic overview.Three years later, the cuteness is back in The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature. Surly (Will Arnett; Arrested Development) and t... Read More

Crashing: The Complete First Season

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/7/2017 9:46 AM EST
Look up the definition of the word crashing online and you come up with several options... Merriam-Webster defines it as utter, absolute while The Urban dictionary describes it as either coming down from a drug high or attending an event that is not publicized or that one has not invited to. It can also mean staying with friends unexpectedly ... Read More

Big Little Lies

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/1/2017 3:27 PM EST
HBO is on a roll. Most of their shows and documentaries are excellent productions that win awards and critical praise. Of course, I'm sure it's easier to create top quality work when only 7-13 episodes are being produced but the production quality is top rate nonetheless. One of their latest endeavors is a seven part miniseries ca... Read More

Going in Style

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 8/1/2017 9:13 AM EST
In 1979 George Burns (Oh, God!), Art Carney (Last Action Hero) and Lee Strasberg (...and justice for all) starred in director Martin Brest's (Scent of a Woman) comedy Going in Style. In 2017 Zach Braff (Scrubs) directed and produced a remake of the film starring Michael Caine (The Dark Knight), Morgan Freeman (The Shaw... Read More

Shooter: The Complete First Season

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/29/2017 6:33 PM EST
In March of 1993, Stephen Hunter (Black Light) wrote a novel called Point of Impact. Fourteen years later the novel was made into the movie Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg (Deepwater Horizon). Ten years after that USA network has brought a new adaptation with the same name to television. Season one of Shooter had ten episodes last year and sea... Read More

Gifted

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/29/2017 9:38 AM EST
Anyone who has been in a custody battle for a minor knows it can be an ugly affair. It gets even more complicated when it isn't the biological parents fighting. Everyone thinks they have the best interest of the child at heart but personal issues generally come into play, which is why a judge needs to review all the details and make an ... Read More

The Boss Baby

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 7/27/2017 5:16 PM EST
If you aren't the youngest child in your family and there is a least a few years difference between you and your younger sibling(s), then you know how Tim (Miles Bakshi; Shrek Forever After/Toby Maguire; Spider-Man) feels when his baby brother is born. Any older sibling will tell you that the new baby takes up all of the attention a... Read More