With no Kung Fu Movie Guide end-of-year podcast for 2025, I decided to share some highlights of my own and explore some of the best fight films of the year…

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata: Part II, the 1945 sequel to his feature debut which started it all. An influential martial arts drama…

I was sad to hear the legendary Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has passed away at the age of 75. It was a true honour and privilege to interview him at length for my original Life of Action book and discuss…

It was such a joy was to experience the new 4K restoration of John Woo’s Hard Boiled on the big screen at the opening gala of this year’s London East Asia Film Festival…

The 2025 edition of the Fighting Spirit Film Festival takes place this year at London’s Hackney Picturehouse and marks 10 years of this brilliant festival, which first launched in 2015…

For those who don’t know, I’m a big fan of The Warriors. As it happens, this year marks the 60th anniversary of the original novel which inspired the film, written by author Sol Yurick, so it felt timely…

It’s been exciting seeing the trailer drop for A24's upcoming telling of The Smashing Machine. Charting the life and career of MMA legend Mark Kerr, now portrayed by Dwayne Johnson looking…

I was sad to hear the great Richard Norton has passed away. He was one of the first names in the martial arts community I had a chance to interview, and he featured in my first Life of Action book…

Continuing the end of year tradition, I returned to the Kung Fu Movie Guide Podcast for a special seasonal show to wrap up the year. This marked the eighth year we’ve done it! Ben and I both agree…