Tag: boxing

“The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki” Movie Review

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The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2017; Juho Kuosmanen) GRADE: C+ By Daniel Barnes Shot in a hazy and washed-out black-and-white, and so slight and unassuming that it barely qualifies as a movie, this true story about the titular Finnish boxer training for the fight […]

“The Fits” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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The Fits (2016; Anna Rose Holmer) GRADE: C+ By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday at the Landmark Opera Plaza in San Francisco. A scrappy and big-hearted brawler of a film, but one without any real fighting spirit or punching power (OK, that’s enough with the boxing metaphors). First-timer Holmer […]