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...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse!
The animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse may be the most significant Marvel movie since the last Avengers movie. The writing is brilliant, the animation is the best I've ever seen (though they still too often use the boring, blocky triangle body shape for men), and there are more than enough Easter eggs in this film to satisfy even the crankiest of old time comic … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Guard On, Ye Guardians!
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 may be the best film of the trilogy, with tons of action, pathos, and casual humor sprinkled perfectly throughout. It’s one thing to create a silly comedy (see Spaceballs) and another to insert actual funny lines and sequences that do not detract from the overall seriousness of a film. From Mantis’ (Pom Klementieff) admission that she does not … [Read more...]