Remember reading those early adventures of Dr. Strange and wishing you could see artist Steve Ditko’s crazy reality-tearing images on the big screen? Turns out, you can. Using the universes created by the late Ditko as a canvas, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens the door to the next phase of the Marvel Comics Universe, and it’s amazing. Dr. Strange, which … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Doctor, Why Are You Looking at Me That Way?
Morbius is much better than you may have been led to believe. It’s solid 104 minutes of action, angst, and special effects that are effective, but not overwhelming. In a world where special effects are outrageous (and cost a fortune), Morbius followed a budget. That’s not a bad thing, since it allows the audience to concentrate on the acting and plot instead of oohing and … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: That’s THE Batman to You!
The latest cinematic excursion into the Batman franchise is a rather overlong dip into the past, featuring a youthful Bruce Wayne in his second year as the caped crusader. It ignores all previous Batman films and sets up a new, and welcome, Batman universe. His primary adversary in this rather convoluted film is a new version of an old villain, The Riddler (Paul Dano.) … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: The Matrix Re-Matrixed!
The Matrix Resurrections is exhausting. There are many worlds within worlds within worlds that Keanu Reeves and friends move through at a dizzying pace. They change appearances and locales along the way until it all becomes quite confusing. Fans of the original trilogy will likely enjoy it, but folks not as familiar with the concepts may find it a hard pill to swallow, … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: No Way Home? We’re All Already There!
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the movie that Spider-Man fans have been dying to see: 2 ½ hours of craziness and cross-movie pollination that reconciles all those other Spidey films. Tom Holland pulls his weight as the latest actor to wear the Spidey suit on a world where he is the only Spider-Man. But things have gone wonky since the end of Far From Home when Mysterio … [Read more...]