Daily Archives: February 16, 2017

Movie Review: Wordless anime “The Red Turtle” loses something in, uh, translation

Posted on February 16, 2017 by rogerinorlando

For “The Red Turtle,” Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit conjured up a romantic fantasy about a cast-away who angrily bludgeons and kills a red sea turtle, only to fall in love with the redheaded woman who pops out of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Fist Fight” barely lands a punch

Posted on February 16, 2017 by rogerinorlando

“Fist Fight” offers us Charlie Day in a leading role in all his screeching glory. And who the hell wants to see that? Or hear it? It’s “Bad Teacher” meets “Three O’Clock High,” an “edgy” comedy about an anarchically dysfunctional … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Universal sells China “The Great Wall”

Posted on February 16, 2017 by rogerinorlando

We will see worse movies this year than “The Great Wall.” But we won’t sit through one more cynical. It’s Chinese pandering — pure agitprop — packaged as Hollywood poppycock. I can hear the pitch now — “Get your MESSAGE … Continue reading →

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