Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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Transformers One
4 outta 5 After several “live action” installments of the Transformers franchise, the series returns to its animated roots with Transformers One. However, there was so much CGI animation in the series’ previous films, that it’s hard to make much of a distinction between live action and animation by now. Which isn’t a bad thing.…
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Uglies
2 outta 5 Uglies is a YA novel adaptation that really doesn’t offer anything particularly good. It feels cobbled together from other sci-fi dystopian franchises and that bubble burst a few years ago. The central hook, that people in a dystopian future society undergo mandatory, mind-controlling cosmetic surgery, feels basic. Even the action, such as…
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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
4 outta 5 Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, a sequel that took over three decades to manifest, turns out to be an entertainingly unique film. It doesn’t exactly retread many moments from the original, but it does throw in a few things that one would expect from a Beetlejuice movie. It has a few neat twists to the…
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