Movie Reviews, Digital HD Reviews, and Television Reviews

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 Mitchells vs. The Machines

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/21/2021 9:07 AM EDT
Imagine what would happen if one of the Terminator movies was reimagined into a computer-animated comedy. It would be cheesy, mildly funny, filled with artificial intelligence and some violence disguised behind some cool music and animation. Columbia Pictures decided to make this movie and this week it debuts in select theaters before s... Read More

Voyagers

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/8/2021 6:30 PM EDT
If one wanted to try and modernize a classic novel that has been read and dissected by high school English classes all over the country, what book should it be and how would one go about updating it for movie theater audiences? Enter Voyagers…essentially, Lord of the Flies in space, with teens of both sexes sailing along through the darkness... Read More

The Greatest Show on Earth Blu-ray Review

Paramount Presents: The Greatest Show on Earth

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 4/1/2021 10:11 PM EDT
I'm not sure about younger generations, but when someone says the words, "The Greatest Show on Earth" those of a certain age automatically think of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus. The traveling show, which was created in 1919 after the merger of two smaller traveling circuses, boasted everything from trapeze artists and c... Read More

The Ten Commandments

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/29/2021 6:00 PM EDT
How often does a filmmaker get to completely remake one of their films thirty-three years after the original version came out? The answer is never. If a remake is planned, it generally includes a new, updated version of the original film with a different director and soundtrack (to utilize more modern songs) in hopes of appealing to you... Read More

The Undoing

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/29/2021 2:53 PM EDT
How well do we really know the people who are closest to us? What deep, dark secrets dwell inside locked doors somewhere in the back recesses of a person's mind? What if you discovered one of your parents was gay? Or if one of your siblings had a drinking problem? Or what if your husband, that you had known for seventeen years was r... Read More

Godzilla vs Kong

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/29/2021 12:00 PM EDT
It is the age-old battle… predator vs. prey, man vs. beast, lizard vs. ape, or more precisely Godzilla vs. Kong. In the world of filmdom, the latter predates the former by twenty-one years. However, the debate as to which creature would win in a fight has raged on three times along. Of course, this month's feature film ... Read More

Monster Hunter

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/29/2021 8:55 AM EDT
Could someone please explain to me the desire to take every video game and make it into a movie (generally a whole franchise)? How about explaining Paul W.S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat) and Milla Jovovich's (Kuffs) obsession with being the people behind these types of movies? I get it…The Resident Evil films were well-received (... Read More

Nobody

(Alyn Darnay) 3/25/2021 4:24 PM EDT
This film is like turning over a rock, you never know what's underneath until it's seen. That's the great joy in this film; only you can probably guess what's coming from the first scene when a battered Bob Odenkirk is sitting in an interrogation room feeding a stray cat. It's a beautifully constructed sequence that leaves the possibilities wide op... Read More

News of The World

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/25/2021 1:17 PM EDT
In 2016 author Paulette Jiles (Lighthouse Island) published a western-themed novel called News of the World. The book became a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction. Shortly after a bidding war ensued, with Fox 2000 Pictures obtaining the movie rights in 2017. However, after Disney acquired Fox, the film was mo... Read More

Gattaca 4K UHD Steelbook

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 3/23/2021 4:54 PM EDT
If you could possibly create a biologically perfect child, would you? If there were so many advances in technology that a couple could rule out heart defects, major diseases, etc., and choose eye color, hair color, intelligence, and even the baby's gender, do you think that technology should be utilized? What if it wasn't 100% foolproof? &nbs... Read More