So, every Sunday I have to deal with a medication hangover; I am basically sick as a dog for 24 hours. My routine now is to pre-plan a handful of movies to watch while I feel like hot garbage in ...

When you think of samurai movies, you probably think of sword-slashing action. There are plenty of swordfights in A Samurai in Time, but they don't turn out how you might expect in this charming ...

Two warriors step forth on a wind-swept beach as the ocean spray from crashing waves coats the black-and-white battlefield. One samurai reaches for his sword, a hand frozen above its hilt, waiting for ...

Tom Cruise has built a career for himself running away from things in movies (oh, and a couple of death-defying stunts). But, imagine Tom Cruise running... with samurai swords. Before he flew away ...

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

The crossover between the samurai and the western genres is one of the biggest and most important intersections in cinema history. Every movie buff knows that westerns influenced samurai movies, which ...

NO ONE IN Japan has been idealized like Musashi Miyamoto. The 17th century swordsman, painter and poet has been the subject of some 100 movies and countless novels and television programs – William ...