Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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Moana (2016 Review)
4 outta 5 The Disney animated movie template is a sturdy framework to hang multiple flicks on. Once in awhile Disney breaks out of it with something like Zootopia or subvert conventions such as with Frozen. Their latest effort, Moana, works rather well inside of the Disney framework involving princesses, exploration, magic, monsters and musical
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Gladiator II
4 outta 5 Gladiator II may be guilty of copying and pasting a few things from the 2000 original Gladiator film but it’s okay because one is going to want to see Gladiator stuff in a Gladiator film. There is a lot more flab on this sequel even if the movies are pretty much the
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Spellbound
3 outta 5 Spellbound is a film by Skydance Animation that was released exclusively on Netflix that is trying really hard to emulate the singing Disney princess animated formula. And it kind of succeeds! It may be a bit basic copy and paste in some places, the wistful princess with a cutesy animal sidekick, transformative
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