“This should be exciting,” I said to my wife as I sat down to watch the sixth and final episode of Last Samurai Standing’s first season. “There should be some cool fights.” My wife laughed. “I think ...

In an X (formerly Twitter) post, which Kojima has since deleted, the Death Stranding creator heaped immense praise on Netflix’s Last Samurai Standing series, going as far as to say that it made his ...

The film was long and getting longer by the day. Worse still, the director was bent on shooting outdoors, on a mountainous peninsula west of Tokyo, and the rain, during the interminably long ...

"Nothing less than their heads!" Well Go USA has revealed an official trailer for an action thriller samurai movie called Lone Samurai, made by American filmmaker / producer Josh C. Waller. This just ...

This month’s picks include convicted swordsmen, crooked cops and bumbling heroes who can’t feel pain. By Robert Daniels Stream it on Netflix. In the Polish director Cyprian T. Olencki’s follow-up to ...

A medieval samurai text recently translated into English gives many practical tips on fighting an enemy and advises all warriors to be ‘pure of heart and in balance in their spirit’. Although presumed ...

Like its predecessor, Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Yōtei celebrates renowned Japanese filmmakers through special presentation modes. Where Ghost of Tsushima had only a black-and-white homage to ...

Beginning with the Uncharted series, and later perfected in The Last of Us, Sony Interactive Entertainment has made playable cinematic experiences its bread and butter over the last two decades.

Seeing cinematic inspiration in video games is nothing new. In 1988, Snatcher saw a young Hideo Kojima doing the best Blade Runner impression that the MSX2 platform would allow; even Spielberg himself ...

Dexter’s Laboratory creator Genndy Tartakovsky is also known for creating culty action-packed cartoons, including Samurai Jack, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Primal, and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. But ...

'Last Samurai Standing' brings 'Squid Game' stakes and 'Shogun' vibes to a deadly, old-school battle for glory. By Mathew Scott Japanese heart throb-turned-tough guy Junichi Okada hopes to have a ...

Movies Under the Stars is returning for another Halloween season. Watch movies outdoors on Thursdays and Fridays in October at the Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the ...