The Irish Times

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Mon Mar 28 2022 - 19:36

How Disney plans to turn the universal appeal of dragons into movie success

Raya and the Last Dragon looks to buck the trend of mediocre serpent-centred features

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 05:00

How Enter The Dragon became a martial arts phenomenon

Bruce Lee’s influence can still be seen today in areas ranging from UFC to Hollywood

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 08:00

Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Sat Jan 18 2020 - 06:10

‘Liberate Hong Kong’: Voices of the people echo throughout city

Once widely praised for order and efficiency, city is now bitterly divided by violence and politics

Fri Oct 04 2019 - 17:06

Eddie Murphy: ‘I was kind of an a-hole’

The star explains why he is returning to stand-up and the big screen in Dolemite Is My Name

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 10:04

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood review: Exhilarating and infuriating

The film isn’t about the murder of Sharon Tate and friends in 1969. It’s about the end of eras

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 10:00

Hong Kong: Lennon and Lenin locked in posthumous ideological battle

‘Lennon Walls’ become violent flashpoints as well as potent symbols of resilient protest

Thu Jul 11 2019 - 17:45

Anger and anarchy: Hong Kong’s summer of discontent

‘We have nothing left to lose,’ shouted Hong Kong’s desperate, disenfranchised protestors

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00

Fighting arts: Tell me about . . . Wing Tsun

Main focus is self-protection: It enables a weaker individual overcome a larger assailant

Tue Jun 25 2019 - 06:01

Once upon a Time in Hollywood trailer drops, and it’s unreconstructed Tarantino

Prepare for DiCaprio, Pitt, freaky dancing and an awkward Manson Family association

Thu Mar 21 2019 - 13:24

Sergio Agüero stays cool and cold in the middle of all the fury

Striker a beacon of certainty from the front on a night where Man City won very ugly

Fri Jan 04 2019 - 07:43

High-flying Antoine Fuqua at home making films that are grounded

US director says his heart lies with action movies like The Equalizer 2

Thu Aug 16 2018 - 05:00

‘By lifting others, you also lift yourself ’ - John McGrath’s remarkable journey

The Waterford man whose only limits are those of his imagination

Tue Jan 09 2018 - 19:00

The man who has made 100 films in Afghanistan but can't read or write

With 110 movies under his belt, Afghan filmmaker Salim Shaheen finally made it to the red carpet in Cannes as the star of a charming and hilarious documentary portrait by French journalist Sonia Kronlund

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 05:00

Alexandre Lacazette gets in the groove to bury West Brom

French striker scores twice in impressive performance at the Emirates

Mon Sept 25 2017 - 22:14

Ken Early: Mayweather learned quickly not to take his eyes off McGregor

Mayweather will try to make his opponent feel lost and lonely in the boxing ring

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 07:00

McGregor: Boxing coach not needed to prepare for Mayweather

UFC fighter has been happy to stick with trusted team ahead of Las Vegas bout

Wed Aug 23 2017 - 09:13

Conor McGregor’s Dublin: Just an Irish kid, a boy from Crumlin . . .

His circle of trusted friends, his father and former boxing coach, tell McGregor’s story

Tue Aug 22 2017 - 18:00

The 12 best unsung cult films from the depths of Netflix

Get your fill of cult horror, kung-fu, spaghetti westerns, Blaxploitation and whatever Troll 2 is

Fri Aug 11 2017 - 05:00

MMA fighter’s drubbing of tai chi master sparks debate in China

Viewers shocked as traditional champion pummelled by mixed martial arts expert

Fri May 12 2017 - 09:33

Science Week: Giving textbook physics lessons the chop

DIT lecturer uses Korean martial arts to impart understanding of mass and velocity

Tue Nov 15 2016 - 16:36

Kung fu master seeks apprentice to pass on ancient martial arts tradition

Suogugong, or body shrinking, is one of the most challenging forms of kung fu

Fri Nov 11 2016 - 01:00

Luke Haines - Smash the System album review: a true original loses his self-indulgence

Thu Oct 06 2016 - 09:22

The Get Down: Netflix's latest series that cost $10m an episode

Baz Luhrmann breaks the bank with $10m an episode in Netflix’s hip-hop odyssey, while John Oliver has the last word

Fri Aug 12 2016 - 11:21

Niamh Buffini is putting vast experience back into sports

Paralympics Ireland’s appointee is one of a kind in martial arts

Thu Jul 21 2016 - 07:00

‘Pink Panther’ actor Burt Kwouk dies aged 85

British actor appeared in three Bond films and BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine

Tue May 24 2016 - 16:24

MMA fighter Catherine Costigan not caged by convention

Limerick woman has not let the negative opinion of others detract from her passion

Wed Apr 06 2016 - 18:40

From beating up the local bully to martial arts master

As a kid Eoin O’Brien had to face down a bully in a karate competition. Now he squares up to his heroes in martial-arts films

Sat Oct 24 2015 - 09:00

Grounds for Invasion: Dying Stars | Album Review

Fri Feb 13 2015 - 00:00

The Grandmaster review: wing chun this

Tony Leung is properly enigmatic in this vandalised bio-pic of Ip Man, the maestro who trained Bruce Lee

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 07:00

Brick Mansions

Fri May 02 2014 - 00:00

Hong Kong media mogul Run Run Shaw dies at 106

Shaw built up a TV and film empire in a 90-year career

Wed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00

Sensory healing

Can art boost mental health? Lauren Murphy speaks to artists taking part in January’s First Fortnight Festival to find out whether creating a song, a play – or a smiley-face cloud – is cathartic

Fri Dec 27 2013 - 00:00