The Weinsteins are remaking Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”. Yes, that statement should give you shudders. The Weinsteins don’t exactly have a good track record of handling current Asian films, so why would anyone in their right mind give them the rights to a Kurosawa classic...

Remember a few months ago when the Weinsteins (pictured, left) announced that they were going to be putting close to $300 million into an “Asian fund” to make Asian-based movies with American and Asian stars? Well, they’ve now revealed two of their projects: “Shanghai” from...