The rise in popularity of mixed martial arts has kind of taken the sports world by storm over the past two or so decades. Whether it's the juggernaut that is the UFC or smaller promotions, people have ...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s latest feature film has finally arrived, as The Smashing Machine hit theaters this past week. The movie, which is directed by Josh Safdie, centers on mixed martial arts ...

There’s a lot of fighting in movies, but also a lot of movies about fighting. We mean that in an organized way. Movies about fights that are happening within competitive parameters, not a John Wick ...

DETROW: I think that was one of the first fight scenes that really stuck with me, and even though it's become kind of a cheesy trope over the years, it is still iconic. But what pulls a fight scene ...

NPR's Megan Lim and Ryan Benk, two action sequence aficionados, discuss the elements of a great cinematic fight scene. DETROW: I think that was one of the first fight scenes that really stuck with me, ...