How Hiroyuki Sanada plays his own hero in 'Shōgun'
Hiroyuki Sanada has lived a thousand lives in show business: child actor, action star, Shakespearean fool, Hollywood actor. As a…
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Glen Powell said no to 'Top Gun', so Tom Cruise rewrote the role
Before Glen Powell was Hollywood's most sought-after leading man, he spent years missing out on big roles. But when he…
How the small screen breathes new life into classic film noir
Screenwriter Scott Frank emerged as a master of snappy gags in the '90s when he adapted crime novelist Elmore Leonard's…
How Steve Martin and these songwriters got that song
Steve Martin only had one edition. He was all for singing this absurd, twisted, joke-filled song about three babies who…
A family approach for the series by Joey King and Logan Lerman
At the heart of the World War II story “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a single Jewish family fighting…
How Sam Spruell Created a 400-Year-Old Sin-Eater for 'Fargo'
Debt is a recurring theme in the fifth season of “Fargo,” and there was no scarier bill collector in Noah…
Cannes: Kevin Costner should have made 'Horizon' a TV show
CANNES, France— For anyone worried that “Megalopolis” will be the only risky, expensive late-career epic from a Hollywood legend to…
'Chicken for Linda!' review: A bold path for animation
Some memories float in the ether of our subconscious waiting for a catalyst to bring them back to the foreground.…
How the women of 'Shōgun' triumphed in feudal-era Japan
This article contains spoilers for the FX series “Shōgun.” In the sixth episode of “Shōgun,” Lord Toranaga asks Mariko about…
How the most puzzling scene in 'Civil War' came to be
Warning: The following contains spoilers for “Civil War.” The United States has been destroyed in the “Civil War.” An armed…