Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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Cruella (’21 review)
4 outta 5 Disney has been plowing through an animated live action remakes, some are static recreations like Mulan or Cinderella, others take different angles like Maleficent and now Cruella, a sorta prequel to the animated film. This wild movie is about five different genres mashed up into a blender with a classic punk and…
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Mulan (’20 review)
4 out of 5 The 2020 Mulan live-action remake of Disney’s 1998 animated Mulan is definitely the same story in both versions, give or take an Eddie Murphy voiced dragon. However, unlike copy and paste recent Disney adaptations like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or The Lion King, this Mulan has pep. It looks great…
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The Lion King (’19 review)
3 outta 5 Disney’s 2019’s The Lion King photorealistic CGI animated film is a perfectly serviceable remake of the iconic Disney 1994 2D animated The Lion King. The story and tunes is all there as The Lion King has a good bedrock foundation that is hard to completely screw it up. Visually, the look of…
