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Movies
Ai no Chīsana Rekishi
Indie film by talented director Ryutaro Nakagawa
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Clichéd gangster flick with Chinese thugs
Focus
Slick romantic comedy that loses, well, focus
Executive Fight Night V Takes to the Ring
Fighting for a good cause at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo
GMO OMG
Doc with unconvincing, manipulative arguments
Cinderella
Pure of heart and wildly entertaining
The Last Five Years
A smart Off-Broadway adaptation
Taco Bell Launches In Japan
The long wait is over… Live Más!
Furious 7
Gives fans what they want
Live with the Waterboys at Club Quattro
After 18 years, Michael Scott returns to Shibuya
April Fools
The film might be a bad joke
Inherent Vice
Paul Thomas Anderson's beautiful first comedy foray
Duran Duran: Unstaged
I realize why I was never a fan
The Good Lie
A worthy, good-hearted tale
Whiplash
One of the best movies of the year
Parkour Ninja Assassins
パルクール忍者 暗殺ミッション
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
A sharp drama/comedy, easier to admire than enjoy
Narco Cultura
Shaul Schwarz’s quietly subversive doc
Kite
Desexualized, toned-down live-action treatment of Umetsu’s anime
Jimi: All is by My Side
An impressionistic look at Hendrix circa ‘66-’67
The Two Faces of January
Literate, sexually charged, and atmospheric thriller
Road
Depressing motorcycle doc narrated by Liam Neeson
Magic in the Moonlight
Threadbare, predictable Woody Allen romcom