A stuntman explains how one fight scene in The Last Samurai perfectly encapsulates Tom Cruise’s physical performance in the period epic.A stuntman explains…
A foreigner arrives in feudal Japan, becomes a samurai, and forever changes the island nation’s trajectory. That’s the basic premise of FX limited…
The Vikings explored America centuries before Christopher Columbus, but Ubbe’s voyage in Vikings season 6 is based on a different man’s story.Ragnar’s son…
While Black Sails created an entertaining story, the series drastically changed the true story of the famous Golden Age pirate Charles Vane.Black Sails dramatizes…
Shogun’s biggest battle takes place off screen. So what happened with the real life Battle of Sekigahara?FX miniseries Shōgun has often been compared to Game of…
Good news, bad news, character analysis, and spoilers from Cosmo JarvisAt the end of a compelling, conspiratorial, and occasionally explosive season, Shōgun finished up…
The Last Samurai and Shogun act as strange companion pieces about the West’s relationship with feudal Japan, but one does it a lot…
Shogun‘s Mariko may have died in the series’ penultimate episode, but her sacrifice carried with it plenty of meaning heading into the finale.Airing on FX (and…
With its last two episodes, Shōgun demonstrates how to do morally grey characters and storylines correctly after the end of the TV Golden…