Iconic actor Tom Cruise insisted on using a real sword during a dangerous stunt while filming one of the most iconic movies ...

Cruise's other recent films have opened stronger, such as the $35.6 million debut for "Minority Report" and the $57.8 million opening of "Mission: Impossible II." "Samurai," which is nearly ...

Is it better for a historical film to be accurate or to be meaningful? Do films need a surrogate outsider for audiences to relate to? Why is Tom Cruise the last samurai? Spoiler … he isn’t. Cinema ...

Last Samurai Standing, a Netflix series launching Thursday, is set in a Japan where the feudal samurai era is about to end. The hero, Saga Kokushu, played by Junichi Okada, is one of dozens of samurai ...