How To Blow Up A Pipeline is a sleek piece of filmmaking and feels modern in a way few films can be

All these things are forgivable, though– the illogical premise, the by-the-numbers plotting, the workman-like photography, the wildly shifting tones– if the jokes are there, and the bottom line is that Mafia Mamma is simply not funny.

While Suzume boasts beautiful visuals and many timely metaphors, clichéd storytelling and redundant moments hold it back from having a larger impact.

Joyland is a film bursting with energy, charisma, humor, and beauty

Owen Wilson’s introspective turn here reveals hard earned and admirable new hues from a performer once content to paint all his parts with the same fratty-slacker brush.

A surreal and macabre atmosphere in Enys Men cannot compensate for the film’s lack of engaging plot or characters.

The Plough fails to make much of an impression without any real narrative tension.

While Creed III does feel like a soap opera at too many points, it’s hard to look away from the drama as it unfolds.

Marlowe is great fun, and fans of the character, Neeson’s action roles, classic noir, and contemporary noir would be well-advised to check it out.