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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.
 
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 18/05/2020 17:36 EDT Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson produced some of the best films of the 1980s including Beverly Hills Cop and, arguably their most profitable film, Top Gun. However, their first producing collaboration came in 1983 when they worked on the critically panned but box office hit, Flashdance. Starring Jennifer Beals (Swamp Thing) in her feature f... Read More |
(Alyn Darnay) 16/05/2020 19:09 EDT There's something unique, beautiful, and visually stunning about the way that British filmmakers try to recreate a certain era of their history. I'm referring to the Georgian/Regency era when big manner houses dotted the countryside and the polite society of upper-class nobility lived a charmed and somewhat jaded existence. It's a historic period t... Read More |
 
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 11/05/2020 10:07 EDT They say a picture is worth a 1,000 words. Sometimes, however, it is worth so much more than that. It can evoke emotions, spark memories, and relate what the photographer was trying to relay about the subject. For journalist Michael Block (LaKeith Stanfield; Sorry to Bother You), an assignment about hurricane Katrina victims in Lo... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 28/04/2020 10:08 EDT If you've ever thought about cheating on your spouse, you should take a deep breath, sit back and watch Paramount Pictures 1987 film, Fatal Attraction. Directed by Adrian Lyne (Flashdance), the suspenseful, violent thriller gave anyone who was in a relationship pause and made them think. Watching what Alex Forrest (Glenn Close; Air Force One)... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 27/04/2020 20:35 EDT The rhythm section is the heart of any band. The drums are the heartbeat that keeps the tempo for the rest of the instruments. It is the same with the human body. The heartbeat can be very fast when a person is angry or agitated or slow and smooth when feeling a sense of calm and serenity. For a trained gunman, the goal is to achi... Read More |
 
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 25/04/2020 20:22 EDT In 1953 Elvis Aron Presley (Jailhouse Rock) walked into a recording studio and cut two songs as a birthday gift for his mother. By 1956 he had a recording contract and was touring all over the country to the screams of adoring teenage girls. His boyish good looks mixed with his "rockabilly" sound made him unique. His outrageou... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 23/04/2020 12:22 EDT Over one hundred years ago, film producer, Adolph Zukor, took 22 actors and actresses and gave them contracts to work for him and his partners Daniel and Charles Frohman. Originally called Famous Players Film Company, it later became Paramount Pictures or simply, Paramount. They have one of the highest-grossing films of all time, Titani... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 20/04/2020 17:33 EDT Ever since 2011's Bridesmaids came to theaters a new "sub-genre" has consistently made its way to the big screen. These female based, raunchy, friendship, women's empowerment movies have been popping up with great casts and usually some funny and memorable moments. In 2017, Girls Trip brought together four talented women and... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 14/04/2020 09:20 EDT As fans, we can be passionate and overzealous about our favorite shows/movies/music/etc. Just look at all the social media posts about Netflix's sensational documentary, Tiger King. Everyone is talking about this show and if you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for? Well, Back in 1983 and 1984 colleagues stood aro... Read More |
(Allison Skornick-Rose) 31/03/2020 11:20 EDT In 1985 Bryan Stevenson graduated from Harvard Law School and instead of going to work in a fancy law firm, making lots of money and working 80 hours a week, he chose to work for the Southern Center for Human Rights. After federal funding for that program was cut he decided to create the non-profit EJI=Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, ... Read More |
