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Movie #2 of BOYS OF SUMMER is the first massive $20mn payday for then rising star Jim Carrey with The Cable Guy! Following his Reality Bites the year before, Ben Stiller helms this 1996 dark comedy with a fantastic cast of Matthew Broderick , Leslie Mann , Jack Black , and George Segal . (Along with a bunch of other supporting performers from Stiller's stable.) ENJOY! WHILE IT'S TRUE THE WGA STRIK...

Good June 5th, everyone!   Did you dig our kickoff of Boys of Summer Month ?!? If you haven't heard it yet then get om that! (Or join Patreon and get that extra large helping with 7 extra minutes!   Mending the Line Showtimes (As of 6/6/2023)   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...

It's a new month, and a new theme! BOYS OF SUMMER is our theme this month! If it's June, and you need your movie to open with BIG numbers, then these are the guys that you hire! (Notice how we didn't say "cast?" 🙃) We kick off this month with Robert Zemeckis ' What Lies Beneath with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer ! From IMDB: The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lake...

Good Memorial Day Monday, everyone!   We hope you all enjoyed She as we closed out B a d a s s F e m a l e s w i t h S w o r d s M o n t h !   The new series for June starts this Friday ( Wednesday for those on Patreon! ), and we you're looking forward to diving in!   Evil Dead Rise on Tonebenders Podcast!   If you'd like to show your support for members of the WGA as well as other workers in the...

We've got the fourth and final movie of B a d a s s F e m a l e s w i t h S w o r d s M o n t h ! F r om IMDB: In a post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle weird creatures before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks. ENJOY! WHILE IT'S TRUE THE WGA STRIKE IS OVER, AND EVEN IF SAG GETS THEIR'S TOGETHER, WORKERS A...

Good Monday, everyone!   We hope you all have continued to enjoy B a d a s s F e m a l e s w i t h S w o r d s M o n t h ! This coming Friday will be the final movie episode of the month, and this one out there, too!   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:   E...

We've got Movie #3 of Badass Females with Swords Month. The Lost Empire may be one of the oddest movies we've covered on this show, but it's also weirdly entertaining. These movies were so common back in the day, and this month has been the soul jarring reminder of that truth. ENJOY! WHILE IT'S TRUE THE WGA STRIKE IS OVER, AND EVEN IF SAG GETS THEIR'S TOGETHER, WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING...

We've got Movie #2 of B a d a s s F e m a l e s w i t h S w o r d s Month .   If  Barbarian Queen was the Snake Eater III for the month, then 1982's Sorceress is the Snake Eater IV for the month. (If there was an actual SE IV .)   F r o m I M D B : Sword and sorcery story of the cosmic struggle between white magic and black magic.   ( A 14-word description for an 83-minute that yearns every one of...

We're a little late this week, but it's never TOO late to kickstart your week!   A new month also means a new theme for our movie episodes! The first episode will drop on Friday (Wednesday for you Patreon peeps). Expect another wild bank of movies!   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 belo...

It's a new month and a new theme!   We're not sure what the final theme name will be at the end of the run, but for now it's Badass Females with Swords .   First up, is Roger Corman's Barbarian Queen !   From IMDB: A sword-wielding warrior, Amethea, and a few companions embark on a life-or-death mission to liberate her people from the clutches of a brutal monarch who destroyed her village and ensl...

April Showers Bring May Flowers   SHENANIGANS!   Here is a Kickstart to not just start off your week, but to start off your May!   A new month also means a new theme for our movie episodes! The first episode will drop on Friday (Wednesday for you Patreon peeps). Expect another wild bank of movies!   Enjoy! ------------------   As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health r...

After some major technical difficulties (thanks for sucking, Adobe), we have the last of our April Fooled movies! It's 2000's Memento from writer-director Christopher Nolan starring Guy Pearce , Joe Pantoliano , and Carrie-Anne Moss . From IMDB: A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. Here is the Collider article Freddy mentions! https://collider.com/memento-m...

It's the LAST Kickstart of April 2023! Come this Sunday, we're a third of the way through this year! NUTS!   JURY DUTY ON FREEVEE!! https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8JVS7Y8/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r     Enjoy! ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for North America: United States  https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help...

Here is Movie #3 for A p r i l F o o l e d M o n t h and it's the juciest one yet!   It's Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island with Leo, Mark Ruffalo, and a supporting cast you'd be crazy not to love.   This one is a good time! This was one that surprised us both on the revisit, and we hope you'll dig it as much as we did.   Enjoy! ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are...

Kickstart has returned!   After a short hiatus for life stuff, we're back talking music, movies, and our youth (per usual). We hope you all are enjoying April Fooled this month! We've got two more for before the month wraps up, and they're doozies!   For now, enjoy this short but sweet Kickstart! ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for...

April Fooled Month keeps moving along and, boy, were people fooled with this one! It's 1995's The Usual Suspects starring a bunch of people you know (and a few people you'd like to forget). We hope you enjoy this month of being "fooled" as we revisit four movies many believe are just waiting to show their "twist" to you! Enjoy! ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are...

It's April Fooled Month ! All four of the movies were covering this month all have a "twist" in them that "fooled" the masses back when they were first released. We're starting out the month with M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 classic The Sixth Sense .  The twist in this one was so engrained into pop culture, it was spoofed countless times in TV, radio, and other movies including Scary Movie 2 . (Which...

Hi, April! We hope you all enjoyed the wonderous March Madness with the Tubi bots choosing our movie watching experience! Here are a few links of things we mentioned during the episode: INDEPTH Sound Design https://www.youtube.com/@INDEPTHSoundDesign     The Night Agent on Netlfix https://www.netflix.com/search?q=night%20agent&jbv=81450827     DAVE! on FXX on Hulu https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/...

MARCH MADNESS HAS COME TO AN END! Our journey of March Madness and the Tubi bots as our travel agency, guide, and travel partner has come to an end. What started out with Gary Busey in Eye of the Tiger has brought us to Movie #5:  RAGE AND HONOR II: HOSTILE TAKEOVER ! From IMDB: In this high-kicking sequel to Rage And Honor, our heroes find themselves in a deadly battle for justice in an exotic an...

The final Kickstart for March has landed with a bit of a "condition." We apologize for the slight curvature of our audio's spine this week. I (Corey) had a bit of a bug over the past week, and my sinuses jacked up my ears to where I didn't notice how hot my audio was when we recorded, and a tad distorted.   One more movie coming this Friday for  Karate in the Garage's March Madness , so we hope yo...

IT'S STILL MARCH MADNESS! For the rest of the world, that means it's college basketball's time of the year to beg for your eyes and ears. What it means for Karate in the Garage , is we're turning our eyes and ears over to Tubi and it's algorithm. That's right. The bots are picking what we watch FOUR times this month. For Movie #4 this month, Jeff Wincott is back and he's brought along Cynthia Roth...

Another Fun Size Kickstart this week as Freddy returns from the South on the surprise movie he's been on! Karate in the Garage's March Madness keeps on moving along! We hope you're enjoying the wacky choices Tubi's bots have been recommending. Post it on Twitter and/or Instagram, and tag us with the choices Tubi has been sending YOU! Enjoy! ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ev...

IT'S MARCH MADNESS! For the rest of the world, that means it's college basketball's time of the year to beg for your eyes and ears. What it means for Karate in the Garage , is we're turning our eyes and ears over to Tubi and it's algorithm. That's right. The bots are picking what we watch FOUR times this month. For Movie #3 this month, 1992's Snake Eater III: His Law brings us another gem from 199...

Fun Size Kickstart this week thanks to the time change.  Karate in the Garage's March Madness keeps on moving along! We hope you're enjoying the wacky choices Tubi's bots have been recommending.  Post it on Twitter and/or Instagram, and tag us with the choices Tubi has been sending YOU!   Enjoy! ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for...