“The noir fatalism seems secondary to the imagery, whereas in Sin City the imagery served the ideas.”

“If the first film was a brilliant bit of science-fiction imagining (laced with an undercurrent of old-fashioned gee-wizardry), its sequel is where things became epic.

“A remake of a remake, Last Man Standing fails to pay its homage well.”

“…throbbing with metaphorical implications. The riveting, stop-motion battle between the great ape and a T. Rex is just a bonus.”

“…bills itself as the summer movie that every red-blooded American is duty-bound to see.”

“…so stuffed with pop-culture references that if you removed them the entire movie would likely collapse.”

“…an enthralling portrait – at once intimate and epic – of two civilizations on the brink.”

For all the bullets spent, The Killer spends just as much time ruminating on honor, friendship and even the allure of guns themselves.

“Nicholson isn’t only offering a brilliant bit of self-parody here, he’s doing it in service to the character.”

“Say what you will about these movies, but in audio terms they’re things of beauty.”