Things often get a bit too crowded in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, but the magic remains. Though the movie fails to live up to the hype of “every ghost ever captured is released,” the film is family fun. Bottom line, if you liked the previous Ghostbusters saga, you will enjoy this one. The star of the movie is not Bill Murray or Dan Ackroyd but young McKenna Grace as … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Aquadude!
Assuming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is the end of the franchise, the current DCCU goes out with a roar. The last superhero movie before the DC/Warner superhero reboot and the last one before an almost comic-related movie-free 2024, Aquaman is a worthy venture that elevates the hero to almost Superman status. Director James Wan made sure the movie is visually stunning … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Simply Marvelous
The Marvels, the latest big screen foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has been the subject of harsh criticism by the League of Armchair Critics who trashed it without the benefit of actually seeing it. They will tell you the all-female superheroine cast was “too woke” and that the story was too complex. They have already declared that it will be the weakest box office … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: We Named the Sequel Dial of Destiny!
Now THAT is how to end a movie series! Indiana Jones rides triumphantly into the sunset with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, a movie so good that we can now pretend 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull never happened. Dial of Destiny is everything fans could want in an Indiana Jones movie, even a last look at a youth-augmented Harrison Ford … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: FLASH! He’ll Save Every One of Us!
The Flash, a long-anticipated movie bereft with problems and controversy, is an ambitious undertaking which fluctuates wildly from brilliant to pedestrian, succeeding more often than it fails. The plot, pulled right from the comics, is intriguing. Overcome by sorrow, the Flash (Ezra Miller) ignores the advice of Batman (Ben Affleck) and goes back in time to prevent the … [Read more...]