“Sir Ian McKellen has been loaning his Shakespearean gravitas to franchise films for so long it’s easy for movie audiences to forget how marvelous he can be when he’s asked to actually act. Steven Soderbergh’s new film comes as such a sweet relief because it reminds us of everything McKellen can do when he’s not stranded in front of a green screen.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 04/16/2026