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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.

21 Bridges

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 18/02/2020 09:43 EST
Director Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones) is known for television so he made an interesting choice with his feature film directorial debut and the outcome eludes to his past experiences. In 2019, he brought 21 Bridges, a police "procedural" starring Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) to theaters. The intense drama chronicles a polic... Read More

Swamp Thing

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/02/2020 09:03 EST
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) 28/01/2020 14:54 EST
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

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 19/01/2020 17:12 EST
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) 17/01/2020 16:50 EST
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

Beverly Hills Cop 3-Movie Collection

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 15/01/2020 09:41 EST
t is hard to believe that Beverly Hills Cop was released thirty-five years ago. Audiences fell in love with Eddie Murphy (Coming to America) as Axel Foley, a Detroit cop who has a total disregard for the rules. The foul-mouthed undercover detective offered his infectious laugh and outrageous character voices to audiences who ate it up. Three years ... Read More

The Lighthouse

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 07/01/2020 23:13 EST
In 2015 Robert Eggers amazed audiences with his feature film directorial debut, The Witch. Eggers' talent for storytelling and filmmaking belied his lack of experience in writing and helming a movie. The result was remarkable as The Witch was nominated for 67 awards and won another 43 from organizations the world over. When his sophomor... Read More

Judy

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 26/12/2019 10:20 EST
Judy Garland (Renee Zellweger; Bridget Jones' Diary) seemed to have a charmed life. As a teenager, she was signed to a film deal with MGM Studios. She acted, danced and sang her way into America's heart playing Esther Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis, Susan Bradley in Harvey's Girls and Hannah Brown in Easter Parade. Perhaps her most... Read More

Downton Abbey

(Maureen Buccellato) 16/12/2019 16:07 EST
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

Ready or Not

(Allison Skornick-Rose) 05/12/2019 18:41 EST
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