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OPENING   American Siege (R) Yet another cop thriller starring Bruce Willis, this is about a small-town sheriff fighting a militia that takes a wealthy doctor hostage. Also with Rob Gough, Timothy V. Murphy, Johann Urb, Anna Hindman, Trevor Gretzky, and Cullen G. Chambers. (Opens Friday in Dallas) The Commando

Toshio Lee’s comedy about a company man who genuinely cares about those around him while harboring insecurities about his work and home life mostly deals in broad humor and cliches.

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May 20, 2021 The OL, or “office lady” (female office clerk), has long been pop culture fodder in Japan. Back in the glorious bubble era days of the late 1980s and early ’90s, manga artist Yutsuko Chusonji had a hit with “Sweet Spot,” a comic in the male-targeted Spa! magazine whose heroines were so-called “ oyaji gyaru” — OLs who played golf, swilled whiskey and enjoyed other pursuits then considered the purview of oyaji (middle-aged men). Though the oyaji gyaru had so...

Poupelle of Chimney Town ( Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) picture book on Wednesday. The story is set in a town surrounded by a wall that stands 4,000 meters (about 2.5 miles) tall. Because the town is full of chimneys, the air is always full of smoke. No one in the town knows what the sky looks like. On the night of the towns Halloween festival, a deliveryman accidentally drops the heart he is supposed to deliver. He cannot find the heart in the smoke and gives up. The heart continues to beat where...