Simplest review ever: Ghostbusters: Afterlife is as good as 2016’s Ghostbusters reboot was bad. That was easy. Everything about the latest incarnation of the original Ghostbusters saga is perfect. The writing and directing by Jason Reitman, son of the original film’s director, Ivan Reitman, is fresh, clever and logical. It’s a breath of fresh air after that 2016 reboot … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: The Eternals!
The Eternals ranks with the best of Marvel Universe movies and ushers in a new era of films. There was some concern about a new film that introduces so many new characters into the already crowded Marvel universe, but the fears are unrealized. The Eternals, based on Jack Kirby’s 1976 comic series, takes the writer’s work and collapses it into a 157-minute classic that … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Let There Be Carne Asada! I mean, Carnage!
Venom: Let There Be Carnage has everything a comic-loving moviegoer could ask for in a sequel: a logical story, well-placed humor, excellent acting, and brilliant special effects. In a nutshell, it’s as good as the first movie, Venom, was bad. Sony Pictures, clinging to its tiny piece of the Marvel movie empire, had the courage to release the sequel during a pandemic, which … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Suicide Squad!
It took a Marvel Studios director to show DC/Warner Brothers how to make a superhero movie. Fans can thank James Gunn (who directed Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy) for writing and directing a DC comic film that can stand up to Marvel’s. Solid characterization, a faithfulness to the original comic characters, incredible special effects and touches of comedy make this a … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo Double Feature, featuring mostly Spider-Man!
Spider-Man: Far From Home has everything a comic lover – and a movie lover – could expect from a summer film: great acting, unbelievable special effects, loyalty to the source material and plot twists that moviegoers will not see coming. This is the movie we imagined while reading comics. The PG-13 movie opens Tuesday, July 2, and it officially welcomes Spider-Man into … [Read more...]