Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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The Boy and the Heron
5 outta 5 The Boy and the Heron is a fantastical, contemplative, and wonderful animated film from one of the masters of Japanese anime, Hayao Miyazaki. It has stupendous visual flair as characters descend into a magical world. Even with all the trippy images, there’s a dramatic story about love and dealing with loss. Also,
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Merry Little Batman
4 outta 5 While Batman and Christmas may not seem like a pairing that goes together, there are a bunch of Batma/Christmas stories. Probably the most well-known is the Christmas set Batman Returns, but there’s also the ‘90s Batman animated episode Christmas with the Joker, the Christmas issue of Long Halloween, a badass one-shot issue
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The Killer
4 outta 5 The Killer, the latest film by auteur director David Fincher, really likes to show the, oftentimes mundane, process of an assassin for hire. Which means a lot of checking into airports under a false alias, ditching evidence in garbage disposals and glowering. This is broken up by incredibly quick and nasty bursts
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