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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 critical reviews off upcoming films or programming, and even our take on the classsics from our critics Tomatometer-Approved Critic, Allison Rose.

The Doors

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/24/2019 9:35 AM EST
In less than a year we have had two vastly different but very good musical biopics. Bohemian Rhapsody gave us some vague insight into the world of the Band Queen and its lead singer, Freddy Mercury (Rami Malek; Mr. Robot) while Rocketman offered a grittier and more fantastical view of the legend that is Elton John (Taron Egerton; Kingsman: Th... Read More

Titans

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/15/2019 10:53 PM EST
The year was 1964 and DC Comics introduced a group made up of young superhero sidekicks including, Kid Flash, Robin, and Aqualad. Not long after Wonder girl was added and these junior superheroes became the Teen Titans. Over the next fifty-five years, there have been numerous iterations of this group and this past year the DC Universe b... Read More

The Farewell

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/13/2019 6:57 PM EST
Family – to each of us the word means something different. It could be your immediate family; siblings and parents; or it could be your extended family; grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. For some, it includes people you are not blood-related to – friends. However you define the word, it is still a group of people o... Read More

The Lion King

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/11/2019 12:10 PM EST
It was 25 years ago that Disney brought us their animated version of the classic Shakespearean play, Hamlet. The Lion King offered wonderful animation, an original soundtrack created by Tim Rice and Elton John and a somewhat humorous look at the animal kingdom. For ninety minutes, it entertained audiences and eventually grossed almost a billi... Read More

Gotham: The Complete Fifth Season

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/9/2019 12:11 PM EST
Gotham City - the home of Batman - was introduced in DC comics in December 1940. It has remained a staple of the "Bat" world ever since and in 2014 it once again became the backdrop for a new television series on fox aptly titled, Gotham. On January 3, 2019, the fifth and final season debuted to try and wrap up half a decade of chao... Read More

Pet Sematary

(Nathan M Rose) 7/8/2019 10:29 PM EST
In 1983, Stephen King (The Shining) came out with one of his most memorable and terrifying books that are still talked about to this day, Pet Sematary. In 1989 a film was released by Paramount Pictures with the screenplay written by King himself. While most critics panned it at the time, it became a box office success and even got a sequel, now 20 ... Read More

High Life

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/8/2019 11:27 AM EST
If you look up the description of a black hole you while find -- "a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape". It's a massive void of nothing at the far reaches of outer space that holds immense energy. What if humankind could harvest that energy and use it to power our eve... Read More

Major League

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/4/2019 7:18 PM EST
Baseball - America's pastime - was created in Cooperstown, NY in 1839. Since that time there have countless movies surrounding or inspired by the game. There have been stories about triumph against all odds or heartwarming tales about family bonds or neighborhood kids playing in a vacant lot. Some of the films are dramas while ot... Read More

The Aftermath

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 7/1/2019 10:28 AM EST
As with any war, there are always casualties with the effects of war can be long lasting even if they don't seem readily apparent. On September 2, 1945, the Second World War (a.k.a World War II) ended. German forces were defeated and Allied troops were sent in to keep the peace and help rebuild. The British ended up in the ha... Read More

Yesterday

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 6/26/2019 11:09 AM EST
Imagine all the people… had no idea who The Beatles – John, Paul, George, and Ringo- were. What if they never existed? Imagine if you were the only person on Earth who remembered them and their incredible catalog of music. What if you could publish Hey, Jude, Yesterday, Penny Lane, etc. under your own name? You would certa... Read More