Ad Astra may span light years of space and time, but the bottom line is that the movie is a story about a world-destroying mystery and a hero with deep-rooted daddy issues. The movie, which opens Friday, is ostensibly about an astronaut asked to travel to the end of our solar system to stop a force that … [Read More...]
Sanctum Sangiacomo: Places, Everyone
SPOILER ALERT! Read the latest Justice League and Superman books if you want to be surprised. Otherwise, read on. No, seriously. … [Read More...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: “Ready or Not” Isn’t Child’s Play
Ready or not, movie-goers! Ready or Not successfully marries horror with a slight tinge of humor, just enough to take the edge off a really … [Read More...]
Sanctum Sangiacomo: Of Gods and Other Gods
With the plethora of great comic related movies out this year many of us, including me, missed the Superman-ish film Brightburn. I was discouraged from seeing it when I learned that the studio, Sony/Screen Gems, … [Read More...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Whatever Happened to the Men of Yesterday?
Sanctum Sangiacomo I recently visited the Cleveland History Center of the Western Reserve Historical Society and marveled at the huge collection of old cars, planes and historical artifacts that told the … [Read More...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Mike Gets Nostalgic Again.
One of the joys of a comic shop is looking through the boxes of cheapie comics, the ones that won’t sell for full price because they are beat up or just not popular. The last thing I need to buy in addition to my … [Read More...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Requiem for Two Dreams
Robert Kirkman did something that is nearly impossible in these days of news leaks and countless comic book websites; he kept a secret. Anyone who has not read issue 193 of The Walking Dead or heard the news, may … [Read More...]