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 want to pick up a copy before reading on. Spoilers await. The latest issue of the The Walking Dead, the long-running comic that spawned the AMC television … [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...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo Salutes Pride Month!
by Michael Sangiacomo ROCKY RIVER – Valentino Zullo said the first reference to homosexuality in his beloved superhero comics was negative. “It was an issue of The Hulk from 1980 which explained that the Hulk’s alter-ego, Bruce Banner, was almost raped by two men in a YMCA,” Zullo said. “That’s a pretty harsh way to introduce the subject to a mainstream audience.” It … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo: Heroes and Reviewer in Crisis
by Michael Sangiacomo There is one thing that critics should not do – judge a movie, book or comic based on how they personally would have handled it. A critic’s job is to look at the work and judge it on its own merits. He should also wait until the entire story is finished before rushing to judgment. Taking all that into account, I can honestly say that Heroes … [Read more...]
The Sanctum Sangiacomo Special Edition: Dark Phoenix!
By Michael Sangiacomo Dark Phoenix was the subject of so much trash talk in the years before it was released that overcoming such low expectations was pretty easy. That being said, the last gasp of the Twentieth Century Fox version of the X-Men franchise (soon to be reborn under the auspices of the Marvel Cinematic Universe) is better than expected. I give it a B. It’s … [Read more...]