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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.

Rambo: Last Blood

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 12/20/2019 9:29 AM EDT
Sylvester Stallone first came to the attention of filmmakers in 1976 when he portrayed the title character, Rocky Balboa, in the movie Rocky. He played Rocky as a tough, introspective guy whose perseverance lands him on the biggest stage in the boxing world. Six years later, in 1982, he brought another character to life in First Blood. ... Read More

Downton Abbey

(Maureen Buccellato) 12/16/2019 4:07 PM EDT
In 2011, Julian Fellows' Downton Abbey splashed onto the PBS scene. Maybe, at first, that doesn't sound all that exciting but the millions of fans of the series will tell you otherwise. We meet the Crawley family in 1912, the day after the sinking of the Titanic. We see the family through all the trials (literally) and tribulations of being... Read More

Ad Astra

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 12/16/2019 11:05 AM EDT
As humans, we seem to be fascinated by space exploration. Even early civilizations looked to the stars for guidance and answers. Sailors used the stars as maps to help them on their journeys. In the 1960s countries vied for first place in the "space race". There are numerous television shows and movies that reference spa... Read More

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

(Alyn Darnay) 12/13/2019 11:42 AM EDT
Once upon a time…a brash 29-year-old writer-director showed up at the Cannes Film Festival with a movie he called Reservoir Dogs. It was a unique and bloody twist on a ‘post crime caper film' that blasted its way onto the screen, became the must-see movie of the year propellin... Read More

It Chapter Two

(Nathan M Rose) 12/9/2019 4:32 PM EDT
When It: Chapter One hit the theaters back in 2017, New Line Cinema knew it had a hit on its hands, but not one that would go on to be the highest-grossing horror film to-date. Now, in 2019, the back part of the book finally makes its way to the masses with It: Chapter Two.It: Chapter Two takes place 27 years after the timeline of the fir... Read More

Hustlers

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 12/9/2019 3:47 PM EDT
The late 1980's/early 1990s were all about decadence, impulsivity and indulgence in this country and New York City was probably at the center of it all. Investment brokers were making a lot of money and showing it off with expensive cars, beautiful homes, and lavish gifts. They also enjoyed their money and would often blow off... Read More

Ready or Not

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 12/5/2019 6:41 PM EDT
It's just a simple, harmless childhood game, right? Everyone grows up playing hide and seek. However, when it becomes a real scenario of life and death, it's no longer a game. That is the concept behind directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet (Devil's Due) horror/thriller, Ready or Not. The scre... Read More

Game of Thrones: The Complete Eighth Season

(Leonard Buccellato) 12/4/2019 11:20 AM EDT
For a show that has won 260 awards, 59 of which were Emmys, and countless accolades and praise, it has received more than its fair share of slings and arrows, too. Most of which came during this last season.Game of Thrones was the darling of its fan base, not to mention most of the critics, as well. That is, until the rushed and much-maligned Seaso... Read More

The Goldfinch

(Maureen Buccellato) 12/3/2019 9:38 AM EDT
Why is it that the powers that be in Hollywood think that almost every novel should be turned into a major motion picture? Sometimes the outcome is worthy of the original work but more often than not the results are less than stellar. Part of the problem is that novels usually have so many details that movies would need to be several hou... Read More

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/27/2019 12:09 PM EDT
In 2012 Little, Brown and Company published a novel by Maria Semple called Where'd You Go, Bernadette. The book, which sat on the New York Times Bestseller list for a year, is told mostly through correspondence with some narration by Bernadette's teenage daughter Bee thrown in. Annapurna Pictures bought the film's rights to adapt the stor... Read More