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Fable and fact make an uneasy mix.

As in so many loosely bound thrillers, the denouement doesn't add up and the final shoot-out is farcical.

Straczynski's script is a masterpiece of understatement and restraint, and Angelina Jolie is riveting in the central role.

Eastwood is looking good for a nonagenarian, no doubt, but the idea that not one, but two women four decades his junior would see him as a potential mate through the course of this film, is definitely pushing it.

Dirty Harry helps usher in a series of nihilist American thrillers that typified the 1970s.

Flags Of Our Fathers does a helluva job.

They do, it seems, still sometimes make them like they used to.

While Hereafter is at times thought-provoking in its own way, it lacks the sense of friction and urgency that have made his previous works such must-watch masterpieces.

Matt Damon gives one of the best performances of his career.

Both sides of the political spectrum have arguments about how the law and justice are not the same. While Callahan and his .44 were making that case one bullet at a time, Juror #2 is a lot slower, with plenty more sitting down.

Though he gets relatively little screentime, the underrated Hammer delivers a nuanced performance that forms the film's emotional core.

We experience the horror of war as one of the enemy and this is Eastwood's accomplishment.

There is no character developement, no tension.

A tour de force of stark, pared-to-the-bone craftsmanship.

The director (Clint) takes it easy, letting the actors walk through their roles in style.

Penn is powerful; Bacon is sharp; Robbins is troubled; Fishburne is alert. Having them here is a privilege and a pleasure

At times Eastwood's character and the journey he undertakes have the resonance of Greek myth.

The way in which Megan and Preacher are interacting feels creepy. It is intended that way.

The pace is well controlled and never too breathless to lose direction.

A geriatric adventure yarn that creaks with rusty sentiment and is as predictable as Meg Ryan.

Perfectly paced and beautifully shot, this manages to be both a successful piece of revisionism and a classic Western at the same time.