The Seven Samurai (1954)

The Seven Samurai (1954) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima Summary For nothing more than three meagre meals a day, seven ronin (masterless samurai) are hired by villagers to protect them from a bandit raid. Synopsis When villagers overhear that a gang of bandits plans to return and steal their crops […]

Eddie the Eagle (2016)

Eddie the Eagle (2016) Dir: Dexter Fletcher Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman Plot Summary The true story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards, an ambitious young man who defies the odds to become Britain’s first ski jumper in 50 years, earning him an unlikely place in the 1988 Winter Olympics and transforming him into a national hero. […]

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven (1960) Dir: John Sturges Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughan, James Coburn, Horst Buchholz. Plot Summary In a Mexican village under siege by a band of ruthless bandits, seven gunfighters are hired to protect the villagers. John Sturges’ 1960 remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai transports the […]

IFC Part one: Exercise 1

  The first film I watched after receiving the course materials was Eddie the Eagle (2016), directed by Dexter Fletcher. I’m a regular listener of Kermode & Mayo’s Film Review—or as fellow listeners know it, “The Church of Wittertainment.” This film had received a lot of positive attention, both from Mark Kermode’s review and from […]