Arlene Earl, who for decades sent bouquets of fresh flowers to the captains and crews of Great Lakes freighters, has died. She was 78. Earl battled cancer for years, and passed away about 12:30 p ...

In the same vein, “Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko” vividly conjures up a kaleidoscopic tapestry of shimmering waters, mournful rainfalls (with at least one visual nod to the Hayao Miyazaki classic ...

‘Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko’ Review: A Kaleidoscopic Anime With a Lovely Coming-of-Age Tale at its Heart Reviewed online, June 1, 2022. In Animation Is Film Festival. Running time: 96 MIN.

“Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko” succeeds where so many other movies like it fail simply by making its characters seem real enough to be going through a series of familiar growing pains.

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is, for the most part, an enjoyable experience to behold. There’s not a lot of meat on the movie’s thematic bones but it’s funny and sweet, simultaneously.

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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Not rated. In Japanese, with subtitles. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes. In theaters.

Arlene Earl, who for decades sent bouquets of fresh flowers to the captains and crews of Great Lakes freighters, has died. She was 78. Earl battled cancer for years, and passed away about 12:30 p ...