Big Al Reviews

Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis

  • Man of Steel vs. This Is the End (’13 review)

    Man of Steel vs. This Is the End (’13 review)

    There is a similar vibe to both the horror comedy This Is The End and the superhero reboot Man of Steel, that being that they’re fantasy movies where spectacularly large, world-destroying things happen.   The happy coincidence is that they’re awesome. MAN OF STEEL 4 outta 5 In Man of Steel on the self-destructing alien planet…

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  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    3 outta 5 The 7th movie in the Transformers live action movie series feels quite a lot like other ones, wherein Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has a lot of mayhem and some shallow lip service human characters. The film series has been a little topsy turvy in terms of quality; the first movie is…

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  • Transformers: The Last Knight (’17 review)

    Transformers: The Last Knight (’17 review)

    3 outta 5 Transformers: The Last Knight is what one would expect from a Transformers movie, it’s too damn long, a dopey and unnecessarily convoluted plot, really loud acting and giant robot smashing.  The movie skips around so much from different locales and tones that it almost has the vibe of an abstract, crazy art…

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