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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.

Poetic Justice

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 2/4/2019 9:03 PM EST
At the ripe old age of twenty-three, John Singleton wrote and directed his first feature film – Boyz n the Hood. The movie offered an honest look at the lives of young black men living in an impoverished neighborhood in California and garnered Singleton two Oscar nominations. Two years later his second film, Poetic Justice, was re... Read More

Johnny English Strikes Again

(Maureen Buccellato) 1/21/2019 10:33 PM EST
Since the 1980s, Rowan Atkinson has been a fixture in film and on television. From his breakthrough role in The Black Adder to the incomparable Mr. Bean, Atkinson has been an international entertainer for almost 40 years. In 2003, he starred as the lead in Johnny English, a spoof on the James Bond series. The film was followed by Johnny English Reb... Read More

Waterworld

(Leonard Buccellato) 1/21/2019 12:04 PM EST
A long time ago, in a galaxy not too far away, Universal Pictures released the most bloated, and expensive movie of all time (prior to Titanic).At the time Waterworld was released, it seemed that it could do nothing right in the eyes of critics and movie-goers, alike. I remember disliking it, immediately, although that was due more to my dislike fo... Read More

Once Upon a Deadpool

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 1/15/2019 10:49 AM EST
When Deadpool made its way to theaters on 2016 it did so with a hard R rating much to the studio's and parents' chagrin. It was only natural when the sequel arrived that it too would have that same R rating and be inappropriate for children. In fact, part of what audiences like so much about the films and the character is his crass deme... Read More

White Boy Rick

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 1/1/2019 10:03 PM EST
Richard Wershe Jr. (newcomer Richie Merritt) was born on July 1969 but never stood a chance at having a normal life. He lived in Detroit, Michigan with his father, who sold guns illegally, and his drug addict sister. At fourteen years old he became the youngest ever FBI informant but was abandoned when three years alter he was arrested ... Read More

Peppermint

(Jennifer Broderick) 12/15/2018 6:31 PM EST
Parents will do almost anything for their children, but sometimes a grieving parent will do more than anything because they have no choice. They break the law, they don't care about consequences, and revenge replaces the word justice in a parents mind. Lakeshore Entertainment and Universal Pictures provide a grim portrayal of what... Read More

Crazy Rich Asians

(Maureen Buccellato) 11/20/2018 9:37 PM EST
In 2013, Kevin Kwan released his novel, Crazy Rich Asians. After the novel became a bestseller, two others followed - China Rich Girlfriend in 2015 and Rich People Problems in 2017. The success of these books brought us the 2018 film adaptation also titled Crazy Rich Asians and, now, you can get the Blu-ray to relive your favorite parts of th... Read More

Scrooged 30th Anniversary Edition

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/20/2018 3:15 PM EST
Charles Dickens was a novelist known for creating memorable characters and stories that endure. Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and David Copperfield were well-known books that are still studied in school today. Each year in November another of his classics, A Christmas Carol, is revisited in various forms all over the United States... Read More

Mile 22

(Leonard Buccellato) 11/19/2018 10:58 PM EST
When Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg work together we, the moviegoers, are undoubtedly prepared for a fast-paced and excitement-filled movie ala Deepwater Horizon and Lone Survivor. We are also likely to be treated to an action film that is able to connect its characters to the audience.Mile 22 delivers an action-centric, yet, otherwise, flawed, thril... Read More

Blindspotting

(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 11/19/2018 4:24 PM EST
Racism and racial profiling are unfortunately still a very large issue in this country. Nearly every month there is a major news story regarding a young black man being killed by a member of the Police force. The subject has been regurgitated time and time again in newspapers, on television, in books, and in the movies. For Blinds... Read More