Karate in the Garage

It's SPECTEMBER'S FIRST KICKSTART! We noticed some glitches and other oddness in the Stir of Echoes epsiode that I can't figure out where they came from. No matter how many times I re-export, the file is exactly the same. Hopefully that was just an anamoly. Here is a rundown of some of the things we talked about: David Fincher's The Killer TRAILER! https://youtu.be/vs1epO_zLG8?si=KjQ5rQQ0hQQZGgdy...

IT'S SPECTEMBER! And we'll have FIVE ghosty ghost movies coming at! The first up is David Koepp's adaptation of Richard Mathesons's 1958 novel A Stir of Echoes retitled as Stir of Echoes . From IMDB: After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him. Kevin Bacon is here along with Kathryn Erbie, Illeana Dou...

It's the last Kickstart for August! That means, we've got a new theme coming for September! And even though it's not September until Friday, we'll still be dropping Early Access a day before the rest of the world this Thursday! (Early Access will go back to Wednesdays next week after we're done tweaking things on Riverside.fm , our new remote tool for recording the show.) Perfection Commercial fro...

We're closing out Tarnished Silver with the brutally underrated Ninja Assassin with Rain, Naomie Harris, Rick Yune, and Sho Kosugi. From IMDB: A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan. If there was a time to think of others once you've properly secured an "oxygen mask", it's now. If you can assist, please note a few...

It's the Hurricane Hillary Special Edition of Kickstart!  New Bev Schedule https://thenewbev.com/schedule/   American Cinematheque Schedule https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/   If there was a time to think of others once you've properly secured of "oxygen mask", it's now. If you can assist, please note a few of the groups that we hold dear to our hearts that can really use your help...

We've reached Movie #3 of Tarnished Silver , and this one is not like the others. We have master Peter Hyams' Enemies Closer with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tom Everett Scott, and Orlando Jones. From IMDB: Deep within a forest on the U.S.-Canadian border, two sworn enemies must work together to escape a ruthless drug cartel hell-bent on retrieving a drug shipment which went missing there. Enjoy! -----...

It's KS #2 for August for you to consume! Shout Select Sale https://shoutfactory.com/collections/shout-select-ticket-to-savings Kino Sale https://kinolorber.com/collection/while-supplies-last-2023 Friedkin's Email to Edgar Wright https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvrh67wLKGL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== There are some charitable opportunities that engulfing the news these days, b...

Tarnished Silver is delivering to us this week 1997's Double Tap with Stephen Rea , Heather Locklear , and so many character actors, you'll spend more time looking people up on IMDB than watching the actual movie. (That may be for the better.) From IMDB: A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking. K. If you'd like to show your support for memb...

The first Kickstart of the month, and we chat a bit of Blu-rays and 70s and 80s variety shows WITH VISUAL AIDES! Marie Osmond Performing Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHl5nN8nEUY   Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewby8BQu5N8   ABC 1980 Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeMKycwNDx8     If you'd like to show your suppo...

August is here and so is a new theme! This month, it's Tarnished Silver! We showcase lesser seen titles that ol' Joel Silver has produced over the years. We kick it all off with probably the most tarnished of Silver's movies in the 90's Fair Game with WIlliam Baldwin, Cindy Crawford in her feature film debut , and Steven Berkoff as the baddie. FROM IMDB: Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate...

It's August tomorrow. We KNOW! Where did the first 7 months of the year go?!? New movie theme for August starts on Friday! If you'd like to show your support for members of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-our-work Enj...

Got some one-off flavor to close out No Theme July for ya'. It's 2010's The Losers with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldano, Idris Elba, and Jason Patric with pivot into the Big Bad Baddy seat as Max, a rogue and volatile CIA Black Ops mastermind bent on rebalancing the world order. From IMDB: A CIA special forces team is betrayed and left for dead by their superiors, galvanizing them to...

It's the first Kickstart sponsored by Women's World Cup! No, not really. It's just that the WWC is owning Corey's life right now, so we record when we can. (Just like when it comes to sleeping.) This is another one of those Kickstarts where we're all over the place, but that just may be the heat and humidity talking.   Entertainment Community Fund https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-our-wor...

Ohhhhhh, DisenCaged is back. But this time, we have no Nic and we have no cage. (Nic, shark or otherwise.) But we DO have Josh Lucas , so... IT'S THE BLACK DEMON! From IMDB: Stranded on a crumbling rig in Baja, a family faces off against a vengeful megalodon shark. If you'd like to show your support for members of the WGA as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look a...

Mainland Kickstart is back! No more Hawaiian takes of reggae classics playing faintly in the background while we wax postic and reverberate movie morsels into your eardrums and into your cerebellum. If you'd like to show your support for members of the WGA as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community...

Here is Part 2 of our chat with the lovely Costumer Designer extrodinaire Whitney Anne Adams ! And this is only our THIRD Filmnesia segment, and Whitney picked an amazing movie! But we're gonna' keep that movie a surprise until you listen to the episode! PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE BLOG WHITNEY MENTIONS IN THE EPISODE IS UNDER RENOVATIONS SINCE WE CHATTED, BUT IT IS RETURNING SOON! (And take our word...

THIS IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT. THERE AREN'T ANY (REAL) SPOILERS, BUT YOU MAY WANT WEAR EAR MUFFS WHILE LISTENING... GO SEE DIAL OF DESTINY! Part 2 of our chat with Costumer Designer Whitney Anne Adams drops on Friday (Wednesday for those Patreon folks), and this is the Filnesia portion of our chat and Whitney picked a GREAT one! If you'd like to show your support for members of the WGA as well as oth...

For just the fourth time since we started this thing nearly FOUR years ago, we have a guest on the show! (So, you know they're extra special.) We have Costumer Designer extrodinaire Whitney Anne Adams !  Just like when we had Eve Cohen on, the conversation was so fun and in depth, we had to break it up into two parts! And to not take anything away from thhat fun chat, that's all the info you get a...

It's the 3rd of July so be sure to get that Jaws and Jaws 2 fix in or Bruce the Shark will haunt you in your nightmares... From those of you that get 3 days off to those that get 4, we hope everyone enjoys their time off just to take breather that this year is half in the books. This coming Friday, we have the first of two parts with Costumer Designer Whitney Anne Adams ! We talk about her beginni...

We've come to the end of June and B o y s o f S u m m e r M o n t h !   We close it out with our frist Tony Scott movie, if you can believe it. (We couldn't either!) It's 1996's The Fan with Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin , and a great supporting cast make this car go!   From IMDB: An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman.   ENJOY! WHILE I...

The LAST KS for JUUUUUUUNE! American Cinematheque Calendar https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/   Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise BTS Thread on Twitter! https://twitter.com/curleecronin/status/1672997233405358080?s=20   Warner Archive Collection https://www.warnerbros.com/collections/warner-archive     Also, here is Shannon Sprout's Twitter. It's her birthday today (6/26) so go tell her "...

Good Mid-June, everyone!   It's Movie #4 for B o y s o f S u m m e r M o n t h !   We have the quintessential baseball movie that is less about baseball than the poster suggests. It's Ron Shelton's Bull Durham with Kevin Costner , Susan Sarandon , and Tim Robbins .   From IMDB: A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experien...

KS #3 for JUUUUUUUNE! Did y'all dig Movie #3 Minority Report for Boys of Summer Month ?!? We hope you did!   ENJOY! ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of the WGA as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-our-work ------...

It's Movie #3 for Boys of Summer Month ! It's the first matchup of TWO go-to professionals that know what it takes to open a movie. in 2002,  Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg brought as Minority Report ! And they brought along a lot of friends in front of the camera, as well as behind the lens, too. From IMDB: In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit th...

It's KS #2 in this sixth month of 2023!   Did y'all dig Movie #2 The Cable Guy for B o y s o f S u m m e r M o n t h ?!? We hope you did   Here is the links to Shelley Duvall and Harry Nilsson working through He Needs Me together:   Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/0Lw7ihn7pTR6BUnds40jC5?si=00e4dac213d940c7   Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/he-needs-me/1443492795?i=1443493269  ...