In this special 30th episode of The DVD Shelf Foreign Flix, Andy explores the life and career of Akira Kurosawa, not just one of the most iconic directors to ever come out of Japan, but one of the most influential filmmakers in history! For this special presentation, he’ll also be reviewing four of Kurosawa’s most revered works of samurai cinema – Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, and Sanjuro! Check out the video after the jump and make sure to leave a comment!
Read MoreMovie Review: The Magnificent Seven
Remakes are a tricky proposition with many people shunning the idea all together as “unoriginal” or “a cash grab”. I don’t fully agree with those sentiments, as I already mentioned in an earlier blog, and so I like to go into each one with an open mind. So how does the newest remake The Magnificent Seven stack up?
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