Flying, ‘weightless’ leaps, unrealistic injuries and long fight scenes are all part and parcel of Hong Kong martial arts movies. Here’s why.

CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Martial arts movies have always had a certain cartoonish element, so DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" makes perfect sense. Sign up here. Taking full advantage of ...

When I want to blow off some steam, I throw on my favorite kung fu movies. They take me to a world where it feelsl ike people ...

As anyone who has heard the title knows, "Kung Fu Panda" is a movie about a panda who dreams of learning kung fu. This panda is exuberant and high-spirited, yet everyone in his life seems to want to ...

A weapon that appeared in a popular 1975 martial arts movie turned out to be so cool that it was used as the basis for ...

In Kings of Kung Fu, a mysterious fighter, Red Ronin, has challenged his fellow cinema stuntmen to prove their worth in a series of one on one fights across various sets on the studio lot for a ...

Allow me to make the case that the kung fu movie is the epitome of all human entertainment. The focus of any good kung fu movie—whether it features the old-school goofiness of Jackie Chan or the sleek ...

In 1974, the disco song “Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting” shot to the top of the pop music charts in Canada, the U.S., Britain, and Australia. This catchy certified “gold” tune by Carl Douglas ...

Are pandas the new penguins? Has animal adorability traded in its dinner jacket for two black eyes? The answer is yes, on the evidence of DreamWorks’ latest ani-movie, Kung Fu Panda. Taking as its ...