Tag: The Last Samurai
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‘The Last Samurai’: The True Story Behind the Tom Cruise Epic
When you see a movie poster that says that it’s “based on a true story,” it’s fairly understood that there are going to be at least some Hollywood changes made to the story, making the film not 100% historically accurate. However, before it was easy to research on the internet what was fact from fiction,…
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Tokyo Vice Actor Ken Watanabe On The Duality Of His Character And Working With Michael Mann [Interview]
Whether you recognize him from movies like “Batman Begins,” “Inception,” “The Last Samurai,” or from the “Let them fight” meme that spawned from “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” you know Ken Watanabe. Since breaking out into a global star, the acclaimed Japanese actor has dipped in and out of TV miniseries and the occasional made-for-tv movie, but “Tokyo Vice,” the…
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Tom Cruise Protests HFPA by Returning His Three Golden Globes Trophies
Tom Cruise is returning his three Golden Globes trophies in protest of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, IndieWire confirms. Deadline was the first to report on the story. Cruise sent his three Globes trophies to the HFPA headquarters on May 10. News about Cruise’s protest broke just as NBC confirmed it would not be airing…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Blake Lively, Richard Gere, Diane Keaton to Star in ‘The Making Of’
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Blake Lively, Richard Gere and Diane Keaton are attached to star in the romantic comedy “The Making Of,” with Endeavor Content handling sales at the upcoming Toronto Intl. Film Festival.Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz are producing through their Bedford Falls Company banner with production planned for the spring. The duo is also writing…
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Sky Adds ‘Outdated Attitudes’ Disclaimer for ‘Jungle Book,’ ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’
Sky, the Comcast-backed pay-tv broadcaster in the U.K., has added “outdated attitudes” disclaimers to a batch of films, including the original animated “Jungle Book,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “The Last Samurai.”Upon searching for Disney’s “The Jungle Book” on movie service Sky Cinema, a description now reads, “This film has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depictions…
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Fox Buys Ad-Supported Streaming Service Tubi in $440 Million Cash Deal
Fox has acquired the ad-supported streaming service Tubi in a $440 million cash deal.Tubi will remain as a separate company, with founder and CEO Farhad Massoudi staying on. The deal is expected to close by the end of June.Tubi offers a wide selection of free shows and movies; the service, if you head to its…
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‘The Outsider’ Review: That Netflix Movie Where Jared Leto Joins the Yakuza Is Even Worse than it Sounds
You also don’t need critics to tell you that “The Outsider,” a tragically real crime drama in which Jared Leto plays a silent but deadly enforcer for the Yakuza in post-war Japan, is deeply horrendous, because when was the last time you saw a good Yakuza movie starring Jared Leto?Of course, “The Outsider” didn’t have…