During the Sengoku period of Japan, Lord Murashige (Masahiro Motoki) finds himself trapped inside his own castle as his enemies close in around him. With his forces surrounded and his chances of survival becoming increasingly slim, Murashige turns to an unlikely source for help: a prisoner named Kanbei Kuroda (Masaki Suda), a brilliant strategist who has been captured and imprisoned within the castle. Despite being his captive, Kanbei possesses an understanding of war that co

I am firmly in the time of year where it's getting easier and easier to find movies on streaming that came out in the current calendar year and will add to my new release count when I watch them. It's the best. For the first few months, January though May or so, it's difficult to find many new releases on streaming, but after that, it becomes something of a bonanza! And I love it. I always get through April, look at the number of new release films I have watched on the year,

"I think that our neighborhood...our house...our whole street has moved." It's been a while since we got a movie from David Robert Mitchell, director of It Follows. The last time he had a movie in theaters was back in 2019 when Under the Silver Lake graced our silver screens. The film garnered mixed responses and was a box-office flop but has since gained a cult following. I, myself, recalled it was a bit too long but found the journey to be an interesting experience to say t