Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (’16 review)
3 outta 5 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a glorious mess. The preceding film, Man of Steel, made Superman into a space alien disaster movie. Odd fit but it worked. Batman v Superman doesn’t have a guiding principle. Instead it takes a shotgun blast approach to characters, storylines, structure and pacing. But for…
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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
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…
