“…mostly this is a movie that wants to linger on mesmerizing movement.”

“…inertly familiar, with a thin, Syfy-channel sheen.”

“…baldly trades on its predecessors, but with enough artfulness and genuine affection to count as its own unique experience.”

“This may be frontier America, but it feels older, primordial — like a place humans aren’t yet meant to be.”

“Hunger Games, I don’t know you anymore.”

“…the exhausted entry in the James Bond franchise, certainly the most exhausted of the Daniel Craig era.”

“Hou Hsiao-hsien wields cinematic tools with such delicate precision, it’s as if he’s working with a paintbrush.”

“… light on wondering about our place in the universe and heavy on working out a way to get duct tape to seal an air leak.”

“The 52-year-old Cruise doesn’t look ridiculous at any point, which in itself is ridiculous.”

“…too little of the hammy delight of the original.”