Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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The Expendables 2 (’12 review)
4 outta 5 The problem with the original Expendables, Sylvester Stallone’s mad genius idea of mashing up post-iconic action movie stars, is that it promised a bit too much and also sagged a bit too much. Expendables 2 manages to be much zipper, move along at a much brisker clip, have better action and spread…
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Expendables vs. Scott Pilgrim (’10 review)
Friday August 13th, 2010 was a strange weekend at the movies, with the kill loving action flick The Expendables and the videogame romantic love fest Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Personally, I was torn between my inner 80s action junkie (“Whoo! Stallone hitting people!”) and the part that really digs Edgar Wright and visual overload…
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Murder on the Orient Express (’17 review)
4 outta 5 Murder on the Orient Express is a big throwback to big stars in a big movie with lots of big acting and big twists and big monologues. Directed and starring Kenneth Branagh, it has the pace of many of his movies as it opens strong, gets pretty chatty in the middle, and…
