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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 Roten Tomoatoes Approved, Allison Rose.
 
(Michelle Koesten) 5/7/2014 10:27 AM EDT I wasn't looking forward to Son of Batman. Of course I know about Batman and have watched all the feature movies, but this was a cartoon for kids. Apparently, I was wrong on that score. This movie was definitely not like the cartoon version I remember as a kid, and it's PG-13-rating-appropriate. The style of the movie reminded me more of a ... Read More |
(Michelle Koesten) 5/1/2014 12:05 PM EDT For fans of Veronica Mars, the TV series about a teenage outcast and private detective, the long awaited film version of the television show was a long time coming. It had been seven years since the television show went off the air, and hungry fans who were longing for more of one of their favorite characters were given a unique opportunity to help... Read More |
 
(Michelle Koesten) 4/25/2014 11:44 AM EDT Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) has a lot of adversity in his life. His job as a Negative Asset Manager at Life Magazine is in question, with the magazine having been taken over by new management. They have all been told that the next issue is the final printed one. Walter's new boss is a snarky, condescending character who delight... Read More |
 
(Chris Rebholz) 4/16/2014 2:36 PM EDT Lots of people probably rolled their eyes when Sally Field was announced as the star of Norma Rae, Martin Ritt's 1979 film about a blue collar union activist in the Deep South. Sally Field? In 1979, Field was hardly the celebrated actress she is today. Sure, she had proven her acting bona fides in the television movie Sybil, but for many she wa... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 4/15/2014 2:49 PM EDT In the current state of CGI animation, projects are either massive blockbuster entries with a regal voice cast or disposable cartoons with actors taking work to impress their kids. "The Nut Job" follows last Thanksgiving's "Free Birds" in the forgettable category, with the potential of a spiraling 3D caper featuring squirrels an... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 4/15/2014 2:40 PM EDT A film about greed and violence that is sometimes classified as a comedy proved to be Joel and Ethan Coen's first major breakthrough to mainstream audiences. Earning seven Academy Award nominations and winning two—Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress—Fargo shows the darkest and brightest sides of humanity against a backdrop of ... Read More |
(Paul Kates) 4/9/2014 9:02 AM EDT Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" makes its long anticipated debut on the small screen with the release of various home entertainment editions. "The Hobbit", set 60 years before "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy brings us Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Gandalf (Sir Ian McK... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 4/4/2014 11:04 AM EDT If you're a fan of DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon", they you need to check out this follow-up animated TV series "Dragons" if you haven't already. The first season of this show was subtitled "Riders of Berk" and included 20 episodes. The second season which just finished airing this month was subtitle... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 4/1/2014 12:35 PM EDT Disney's relatively brief obsession with cash-in sequels churned out far more misses than hits, with Jungle Book 2 being one of the only direct-to-video-quality misfires in the bunch to make its debut in theaters... to the tune of $135 million no less. Regardless, it remains one of the studio's most unnecessary sequels and one of its most d... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 3/26/2014 2:59 PM EDT There's a certain melancholy to a lot of country music that seemed to make Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart redolent with a kind of ragged sensibility that was perhaps best summed up by the title of its Academy Award winning song, "The Weary Kind". There's a different kind of sadness running rampant in Cooper's latest, the dour ... Read More |
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