Tag Archives: The Last Samurai

Your Favorite Tom Cruise Quotes Are Ready For Prime Time

We asked you to share your favorite quotes (#TCMovieQuotes) by a Tom Cruise character and you responded with speed and volume! So, are you ready for the truth about the “Show Us The Quote” results? (We know you can handle them.) You guys took our question to heart and demonstrated a superior and expansive knowledge of quotes from characters portrayed …


Tom Cruise Blockbuster The Firm Becomes New Series On NBC

The Firm may not have had fighter jets, Samurai warriors, or the Burj Khalifa to cement its action-adventure cred, but it was an intense, white-knuckle ride all the same. And considering it brought in $270 million worldwide, chances are you’ll agree when we call it a top-notch popcorn thriller. Now NBC is going back to that fertile ground for a …


EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise in ‘The Last Samurai’ Wallpaper Download

The TomCruise.com team is here with another exclusive wallpaper download for you! Last week, we asked you to choose your favorite image of our photo gallery…. And the results are in!! Thanks to all the fans who took the time to respond, including Valentina Albanez (@Valita94), who voted for the winning image of Tom on the set of ‘The Last …


Yahoo! Rates The Top 5 Tom Cruise Films

The editors at Yahoo! have looked into the Tom Cruise filmography to choose their picks for the actor’s Top 5 movies – with some of the picks that may surprise and delight cinema fans. Sure, obvious classics are represented. A certain iconic film about the trials and tribulations of U.S. Naval aviators is included. Thankfully, some of the criminally undermentioned …


The Last Samurai Final Scene Makes PopCrunch List of Top 14 All-Time Movie Battles!

Tom Cruise joined Ken Wantanabe for the final charge in the epic climax of The Last Samurai, earning the 2003 film inclusion on the list of the Top 14 All-Time Movie Battles from the PopCrunch blog. The period drama uncovered the history of the samurai warrior in tragically poetic fashion, with this final confrontation marking the transition into the Meiji …


Tom Cruise Movie Quotes Featured By Extra!

Hi everyone! The entertainment news juggernaut Extra rounded up the bests quotes from Tom Cruise movies throughout his career. With so many great films to choose from, they narrowed it down to twenty-five quotes. It was Tom’s performance in Jerry Maguire which garnered the most mentions, with Extra pointing at five major quotes from Tom’s Oscar-nominated performances making the list. Show me …


NEW! Tom Cruise Career Retrospective Reel Exclusive from TomCruise.com

From the Official www.TomCruise.com Blog: Hey everyone – we’re very excited to present you with the new and exclusive Tom Cruise Career Retrospective Reel from TomCruise.com! This movie tribute highlights all the memorable roles Tom has played over the years, from Risky Business and Top Gun to Minority Report, The Last Samurai, and all three of the Mission: Impossible movies, plus …


Tom Cruise Blog Guest Writer Maura Lynch: The Last Samurai

From the Official www.TomCruise.com Blog: Time for another guest blogger for the Official TomCruise.com Blog! Thanks to everyone that has sent in blog submission. Our latest comes from Maura Lynch, who explains how Cruise draws upon his character’s desire to change, particularly in the movie The Last Samurai. Thanks Maura  for your awesome work! Tom Cruise’s role as Captain Algren in …


Rumor Killer! Tom Cruise NOT Starring in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit

Time to kill the rumors: Tom Cruise is not starring in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit.’ Tom Cruise stopped over in New Zealand to visit directors Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro, both of who are working on ‘The Hobbit’ (Jackson is producing, Del Toro is directing). Tom was on his way to Melbourne to see his wife Katie Holmes, who …


Students Remember Hollywood Fiction, Not Historical Fact

Show of hands: how many of you believe that Tom Cruise’s character, Captain Nathan Algren, from the movie ‘The Last Samurai,’ is based on a real historical figure? Wrong! Capt. Nathan Algren and the story of ‘The Last Samurai’ is based on a series of historical events that took place in Japan from the mid-1860s to 1870s. During this time …