Hollywood — and America’s — fascination with all things Asian continues in Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai, a movie that successfully merges a Western with a samurai movie. Zwick ...

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 ...

Still, if you felt that “Braveheart” went on too long and flirted with fetishising violence, you may have a similar reaction to “The Last Samurai.” Perhaps the movie’s greatest failing ...

It’s monkish work, and doesn’t invite closeness, but it commands respect, in actors or in samurai. Isabela Merced makes a scene: The Last of Us star on expanding Dina's backstory, playing ...

Discussions of The Last Samurai often focus on the obvious incongruity of a movie where Tom Cruise dons samurai armor to become the steward of traditional Japanese culture. The picture of Cruise ...

Boasting some incredibly choreographed action scenes and John Toll's impeccable cinematography, The Last Samurai is so pretty to watch that you'll want to frame it. In more recent years ...

He breaks down the differences between samurai and ninja fighting techniques in "The Last Samurai," starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. He describes how to best anticipate your opponent's moves ...