Kung Fu Pizza Party

"I am here to chew bubble gum, and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we're back to spooky vibes with my review of 1988s They Live starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. In this review, I discuss how this film has managed to find new life on streaming over the years, how the plot and themes of the film are so relevant to us today, and how the all...

"That homicidal bitch might be our only way out of here." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are headed back to the Arcade but this time, it's spooky. I am joined by Pixel of Page & Pixel fame to review 2002s Resident Evil starring Milla Jovovich. We dive into the brainchild of Paul WS Anderson who launched a very financially successful film franchise that committed eve...

"To live is to fight, and to fight is to live." Welcome to my dojo, this is kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are headed back to the Arcade for one of the reasons why this whole series even exists. This is my review of Street Fighter starring Andrew Koji and a whole bunch of other people. After all this time, they finally did it. They embraced what Street Fighter is supposed to be and have made an ex...

Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are headed back to the Arcade once more as I dive into the history of the Marvel vs Capcom series with a look at Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Series: Arcade Classics for the Nintendo Switch. In this episode, I look at the recent history of why this port of these classic seven arcade games is important to video gamers, I go back to the beginni...

"That's it, c'mon maggothead!" Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, as part of spooky season, we are squaring up with Jason Voorhees himself with my review of Friday the 13th part 6: Jason Lives from 1986 starring Thom Matthews. In this review, I chronicle the series from part 1-6, I analyze how trauma plays such a significant role in the main characters including Tommy Jarvis,...

Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we keep the spooky season vibes going with a discussion about the real vampires in society, our corporate overlords with their streaming services. Paramount Skydance Warner Bros Discovery is now a thing. The Fox Corporation is set to acquire Roku by June of next year. The Hulu app is going away...maybe. And when the dust settles, I still have...

"Whatever that thing may be, we are Ninja Warriors." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are kicking off spooky season with my review of 2010s Alien vs Ninja; a Japanese, martial art, sci-fi, horror, comedy. AVN brings together two things that every eight year old would love to see, ninjas fighting aliens. Though the ninjas may have katanas, and the aliens are clearly suppos...

"...There's not one power system that really cares about its civilians." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, I sit down to fulfill one of my challenges. I had to play Tubi Roulette and it landed on 1975s The Killer Elite starring James Caan. The house didn't really win or lose this time, more like broke even. The Killer Elite has a stacked cast that also includes the likes of R...

"You can't always change your position can you?" Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, I am sitting down to review the Millennial Karate Kid, 2008s Never Back Down starring Sean Farris. Take the Karate Kid and make everyone very angry and very horny and you've got Never Back Down. This movie features amazing music, Millennial vibes through and through, and one hell of a toxic mes...

"Everywhere I looked there was crime without punishment." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are headed back to the Arcade this time with my review of 2009s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starring Kristin Kruek. For the first time here I on the show I get to say, I watched this so you don't have to. It's not the worst movie in the world, rather it is a film that exis...

"People are going to be talking about that last kick for years." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, to celebrate the two year anniversary of the show, I sit down with Christian Ashley of Systematic Geekology to re-review The Undisputed 2025 Downloads Champion, The Karate Kid pt 2. In this review, Christian offers his reasons why he thinks this film is better than the original,...

"i also do circumcisions" Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are headed back to 1989 with a review of Blind Fury starring Rutger Hauer. In this episdoe, I dive into the world of Zatoichi, Vietmanese swords, and how I think this film could have worked better as a family friendly action television series. It's a limb lopping good time! Watch Blind Fury here: https://www.youtu...

"You were adopted last night? Why didn't your dad adopt you when you were born?" Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, I am once more joined by Pastor Will Rose of Systematic Geekology to discuss 1993's Surf Ninjas starring Ernie Reyes Jr. Pastor Will brings his surf knowledge to help us better understand what surf culture was like in the early 90s and how that influenced Surf Ni...

Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we're headed back to the Arcade, this time to discuss not a film, game, or genre, but rather an experience. I am joined by my wife Claire to talk about our trip to The Pokemon Fossil Museum exhibit at The Field Museum in Chicago, IL. This partnership between The Pokemon Company and the National Museum of Nature and Science brings the worlds o...

"Money is paid, but that is not the motive. It has to do with standing outside of it all, on your own." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, I'm headed back to 1972 to review a classic action film starring Uncle Charlie himself, The Mechanic starring Charles Bronson. This film is a well told story about embracing your alternative lifestyle while still seeing the wisdom in the tr...

"If good men do nothing, that is evil enough." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are back at the Arcade again this time with a look at the 1994 cult classic Street Fighter starring Jean Claude Van Damme. Street Fighter is a rare example of a financially successful cult classic; a film so rejected by fans and critics that over 30 years later it has manged to gather a cult f...

"I need to hurry up and get this done, I need some breakfast." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party, and today we are headed back to the Arcade with my review of Resident Evil: Damnation. Damnation has the unique status of bing a film rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and being called by IGN the best Resident Evil film to date circa 2012. So for once I actually get to ask the question, is...

"This time, finish what you started." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Piizza Party. Today, I am sitting down to re-review this year's Blessed Takayama Memorial Cup Winner, Big George Foreman starring Khris Davis. This time around, I look at the Critics Score on Rotten Tomatoes and discuss how it is important to have these kinds of movies, sports biopics that bring you hope. If a person like Ge...

"The knife culture is still active today." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, I sit down to look at a training film that has gotten famous over the years on certain circles of the internet. This is my review of 1988s Suriving Edged Weapons from Calibre Press; a film designed to train local law enforcement officers on why it is important to take edged weapons seriously. As a tr...

"Strength through order, that is Tekken." Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are headed back once more to the Arcade as I dive into the world of Tekken. the 2009 film Tekken is considered to be one of the worst martial art films ever made with a flat 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. Throughout this series, however, I have continually reviewed poorly received films. Is Tekken really t...

"I am not a cricket in a box" Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, we are headed back to the Arcade this time with a review of the 2006 film DOA: Dead or Alive. After diving into the game's history, success, and interest in volleyball, I review what honestly should have been a way more successful film. How did a film directed by the great Corey Yuen only gross $7 million off of...

Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, I dive into one of the most common questions in the martial art community, what is the best martial art? Often times this conversation boils down to either the martial art that can give me the best tools to win a fight, or whatever is the one I can best make fit in my life. But, I offer a bigger answer that looks beyond just the tools to winn...

"God made you to win!" Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. Today, I am here to introduce you all to a widely popular part of Evangelical Pop Culture with a review of John Jacobs and The Power Team Touches the World. The Power Team were an unstoppable force in the late 80s through the 90s, and this film highlights their amazing feats of strength as they toured all over the world, inclu...

Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. In today's Coming Soon editon of the show, I look at what is still on the horizon for 2026 in film plus a few films confirmed for 2027 and rumored to be coming soon. Hang in till the end of the episode when I have a special announcement about the 2027 theme for Kung Fu Pizza Party. Instagram: @kungfupizzaparty Letterboxd: KungFuPizzaPrty YouTube: ht...

The cheif export of Chuck Norris is pain. Welcome to my dojo, this is Kung Fu Pizza Party. As we continue to Celebrate the Ultimate Apex Predator (get bent sharks!), I sit down to review 1981's An Eye for an Eye. This film features a stacked cast of B action stars, unique fight choreography for Chuck, but manages to miss the sauce when it comes to the execution. It should be a neck-snapping good t...