Big Al Reviews

Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis

  • The Killer

    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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  • Next Goal Wins

    Next Goal Wins

    4 outta 5 Next Goal Wins is funny, absurd, quippy and, in places, unexpectedly heartfelt. It comes in a well-worn sports movie framework as a terrible team gets a new coach and becomes less terrible so it doesn’t exactly redfine the genre. But it is solid, and the cast of eccentric characters keep things lively,…

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  • The Marvels

    The Marvels

    4 outta 5 The Marvels is a fun and zippy movie, which is a bonus as superhero movies lately have been succumbing to bloat, but at an hour and forty-five minutes this is one of the shortest Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. While it may seem like “MCU homework”, or even worse as a plus sized…

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