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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 scoop on upcoming films or programming, and even our take on the classsics from our critics and Rotten Tomatoes Approved, Allison Rose.

Downhilll

(Alyn Darnay) 2/13/2020 2:58 PM EDT
Question: What do you call a film that's not funny, not deeply dramatic, and feels like a messed-up effort to re-make a good foreign film? I guess you call it "Downhill" and label it a ‘dramedy'. To sum up the "Downhill" situation; the filmmakers took what should have been a dream comedy pairing, in this case, the won... Read More

Sonic The Hedgehog

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/13/2020 8:59 AM EDT
Almost 30 years ago Sega introduced a little blue creature to the gaming world called Sonic the Hedgehog. He was super-fast, powerful, had enemies who wanted his power and he ran around various worlds collecting gold rings. Since then there have been many iterations of the game making it one of the bestselling game franchises ever. &nbs... Read More

Swamp Thing

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 2/11/2020 9:03 AM EDT
In 1971 DC Comics introduced yet another creature/monster when writer Len Wein (Wolverine) created Swamp Thing who first appeared in House of Secrets #92. Since then there have been many iterations of the character including two feature films, a live-action television series, and an animated series. Last summer a new version was created... Read More

Motherless Brooklyn

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/28/2020 2:54 PM EDT
From the time Edward Norton (Primal Fear) first read Jonathan Lethem's 1999 novel, Motherless Brooklyn, he knew he wanted to adapt it into a feature film. However, it would be another nineteen years before the film actually got made. With Norton starring in, writing and directing the film, it truly became a labor of love for him. H... Read More

Terminator: Dark Fate

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/27/2020 9:57 PM EDT
In 1984 James Cameron only had two directing credits to his name when he wrote The Terminator. Initially, the studios and the actors involved weren't very optimistic about the project but it became a hit worldwide and created a franchise that has spanned over thirty years. This past Fall the sixth installment hit movie theaters and ... Read More

The Gentlemen

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/23/2020 5:04 PM EDT
In 1998, a young director named Guy Ritchie quickly made a name for himself with his feature film debut, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Two years later he once again garnered praise for his sophomore effort, Snatch. Over twenty years later Ritchie's unique style is evident in every film he writes/directs. From his slow-motion act... Read More

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/19/2020 5:12 PM EDT
Back in 1994 a little known writer/director named Kevin Smith (Mallrats) exploded onto the Hollywood scene with his feature film debut, Clerks. The movie won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival and became a cult classic that spawned a sequel (and a third installment on the way), a television series and a spin-off film starring Jay (Jason M... Read More

The House By The Cemetery

(Leonard Buccellato) 1/17/2020 4:50 PM EDT
Lucio Fulci is a legend of Horror Cinema. It remains his defining work in a career spanning decades as well as vastly different genres, from comedies and westerns to sci-fi and fantasy. However, Fulci will forever remain the master of terror.The Maestro himself was often characterized as mercurial, capricious, even, it is said, prone to moment... Read More

Bad Boys For Life

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/16/2020 2:30 PM EDT
It's hard to believe that it was 25 years ago when we were first introduced to Mike Lowrey (Will Smith; Men in Black) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence; Martin), two Miami police detectives that didn't generally do things "by the book". Lowrey was the wild guy who drove a Porsche and lived in a spacious apartment overlooking the w... Read More

Dolittle

(Alyn Darnay) 1/15/2020 12:15 PM EDT
When I was a boy, lad, young child, I was fascinated by an old black and white film I saw on TV called "Treasure Island". It exposed me to everything I knew nothing about, a dangerous sea voyage, nasty pirates, the hunt for treasure, and a resolution in doubt. I was so impressed by it that I still remember the impact it had on me to this ... Read More