Big Al Reviews

Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis

  • Play Dirty

    Play Dirty

    3 outta 5 Writer and director Shane Black makes generally zippy, pop entertainment like Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, The Nice Guys, Iron Man Three and The Predator. His latest film, Play Dirty, isn’t quite as zippy as Black’s previous films have been, but it is still a fun caper flick with quippy dialogue and gunfire.

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  • The Nice Guys (2016 review)

    The Nice Guys (2016 review)

    4 outta 5 Written and directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man Three), The Nice Guys is a hilarious and entreatingly zippy piece of ‘70s noir detective buddy action comedy.  As with noir detective stories sometimes a very simple whodunit plot gets overtly complicated but this is really an excuse to have

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  • Iron Man Three (2013 review)

    Iron Man Three (2013 review)

    4 outta 5 The thing with Marvel’s The Avengers was that it was an uber-superhero movie that blew the genre wide open by being 6 superhero flicks. Iron Man 3 is singular but ambitious since this is kind of indie action thriller with flying robot suits.  At times the movie’s determination to strip Iron Man

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