Karate in the Garage

Our final KS for the first quarter of 2026 brings you more adventures in traumatizing Joe in his Film Aesthetics class (this week's movie was Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men ), talk about Round Two of Natalie Lander's show Earth to Squiggy , teased a bit of our maiden voyage of Fresh Flicks with Johannes Roberts ' Primate ( out this Wednesday for Early Access here on Patreon ) , and some sad tale...

We have returned with a new Kickstart and a mini-review of Ready or Not: Here I Come! Before that, we chat a bit about a couple of movies Joe watched at film school, and a wee bit about the Oscars (and some of it's discourse.) BLU-RAY RELEASES for 3/24/2026! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE...

TUBI OR NOT TUBI 2026 continues with another "new" one for us: 2011's BLITZ with Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, and Aiden Gillen. From IMDB: A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers. BLITZ is currently available to stream on TUBI, Prime, fubo, Hoopla, CW, The Roku Channel, as well as rental and purchase digitally from wherever you get your digi...

March Madness 2026 continues with ANOTHER XXL Kickstart for your earholes! Monty McTreats & The Pastry Bakery - SNL Gorillaz feat. Sparks - The Happy Dictator - Hollywood Palladium 2/22/26 BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE is currently streaming on Netflix, and for sale or rent wherever you do that stuff. GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your su...

It's March so it can only mean one thing: TUBI OR NOT TUBI! This is that time of year where we let Tubi pick our movies, and we do a commentary for our first time watches! To bridge things with the last time we did with with Freddy in 2024, we used our last movie Bitch Slap to recommend where we begin in 2026. That led us to Wild Things 2 ! From IMDB: Sequel to the hot film Wild Things, Wild Thing...

It's March Madness time! That means it's Tubi or Not Tubi Month ! And it's going to be a wild one! But first, we have our Kickstart #1 for March 2026! We talk about Joe seeing  Guy Ritchie's Snatch for the first time (chosen by a special guest invited to his class), and close it out with our experince a Gorillaz's House of Kong interactive experience in Los Angeles. The guest in Joe's class was Sc...

We're closing out UNLIKELY ROMANCES 2026 with Warm Bodies starring Nicholas Hoult , Teresa Palmer , Lio Tipton , Rob Corddry , Dave Franco , and John Malkovich . From IMDB: After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world. Warm Bodies is currently available to stream on hoop...

This is gonna' sound weird, but even though it's only the 23rd today, this is the last Kickstart for UNLIKELY ROMANCES 2026 , with Warm Bodies hitting Patreon this Wednesday, and the public on Friday. The next KS you hear from us will be in MARCH. GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well a...

Number Three of UNLIKELY ROMANCES 2026 is the directorial debut of Zach Braff. Garden State starring Zack, Natalie Portman, Peter Skarsgård with a bunch of great supporting players. From IMDB: A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade. Garden State is currently streaming on Hulu. GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Cor...

Kickstart Numero Tres for the Month of LOOOOVVVVVE. SPIDER-NOIR TEASER IN BLACK AND WHITE! SPIDER-NOIR TEASER IN COLOR! Garden State is out this Wednesday on Patreon, and on Friday for the general release! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment indus...

UNLIKELY ROMANCES Month continues with Movie #2, and we're going back 40 years for Jonathan Demme's 1986 quirky rom com Something Wild with Jeff Daniels , Melanie Griffith , and making his feature film debut, Ray Liotta . From IMDB: A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up. Something WIld is...

Kickstart Numero Dos for February 2026! THERE IS PORTION TOWARDS THE END THAT TALKS ABOUT SAM RAIMI'S SEND HELP. IT'S NOT OVERLY SPOILERY, BUT THE ALERT IS STILL THERE FOR A REASON. FOR THOSE SKIPPING THAT PART OF THE EPISODE, JUST KNOW THAT THE MOVIE KICKS ASS AND YOU SHOULD GO SEE IT. Blu-ray Releases for 2/10/2026! Blu-ray Releases for 2/17/2026! DOCUMENTARY NOW ON PRIME! (SEASON 1 ONLY) PRE-OR...

We start our inaugural UNLIKELY ROMANCES theme with one that is most certainly an unlikely romance. (But not in the way you might think.) It's Lars and the Real Girl (2007) from Craig Gillespie starring Ryan Gosling , Emily Mortimer , Paul Schneider , Kelli Garner , and Patricia Clarkson . From IMDB: A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Inter...

Kickstart #1 for FEBRUARY 2026! This month's theme is UNEXPECTED ROMANCES ! BLU-RAY TITLES OUT ON 2/3/2026 VIDIOTS THRU 2/27! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fu...

We close out January with a movie that would've ended up on our 2025 Movie list had we seen it! Danny Boyle is BACK with 28 Years Later ! From IMDB: A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors. 28 Years Lat...

The last Kickstart for January 2026! We have a segment that's a wee bit of a spoiler. We saved it for the end so if you're trying to remain spoiler free on all things 28 Years Later and The Bone Temple , you can bail when you hear that alert. ARROW 50% SALE AT BARNES AND NOBLE THRU 2/2/2026 BLU-RAY TITLES OUT ON 1/27/2026 VIDIOTS THRU 2/27! ALL YOU NEED IS KILL TRAILER! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Co...

We're continuing to play it loose to start 2026 while we prepare for the changes coming in late-March-April. So, we will remain "themeless" until we're not. We were both so high on the Predator franchise last year getting TWO movies in 2025, our off-mic chatting led us to this week's episode: 2010's Predators from Director Nimrod Antal and Producer Robert Rodriguez . From IMDB: A group of elite wa...

Kickstart numéro trois pour Janvier! We talk HHN, FNAF, BYOB, and the recently announced tier changes coming to Patreon in March! BARNES AND NOBLE ARROW 50% SALE THROUGH 2/2! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and...

Hello, All! We're back at with movie episode after taking a wee break from them. During that time, we filled your ears with Kickstarts every Monday (Sundays from time to time) and commentaries of movies that Tubi chose for us! (1 or 2 were a good time, and the rest were beyond suspect.) We hope you all enjoyed them! We'll have some one-offs the rest of January, and we're starting it off with Paul...

KICKSTART #2 for the 2026! If we sound distracted and or tired, there is good reason for that. (We were, and still are.) The Wakandans and Fantastic Four Teaser for Doomsday (It's fake.) They Will Kill You Red Band Trailer The Rip Trailer Beavis and Butt-head Car Accident Blu-rays Released Tomorrow (1/13/2026) VIDIOTS SCHEDULE THROUGH 2/2/2026!   ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ---------...

Here are the shows that we enjoyed in 2025! (And as before, these are not in any specific order of preference.) THE PITT - HBO MAX - (SEASON 2 PREMIERE 1/11) SHRINKING - APPLE TV (SEASON 3 PREMIERE 1/28) BLACK MIRROR - NETFLIX FALLOUT - AMAZON PRIME - SEASON 2 ON NOW THE STUDIO - APPLE TV ANDOR - DISNEY PLUS DYING FOR SEX - HULU PLURIBUS - APPLE TV TASK - HBO MAX THE LOWDOWN - HULU GEN V - AMAZON...

The FIRST Kickstart for 2026, and it's ALL about the Stranger Things 5 FINALE! AND AGAIN, SPOILERS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND OHHHH BOY... ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, as well as other workers in the entertainment industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Com...

There aren't any numbers here because that would imply a ranking. (Or at the very least, can draw the question about ranking.) Here are this movies that at least one of dug this year: SINNERS Directed by Ryan Coogler Written by Ryan Coogler From IMDB: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is wa...

The final Kickstart for 2025, and it's ALL about Stranger Things 5: Part 2 . SPOILERS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND OHHHH BOY...   ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, 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...

Ohhhhh, boy. Our last A Very Tubi Christmas commentary for 2025 is doozy. No Gary Busey for the sequel, but there are some other recogniizable faces from horror in 2008's Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust ! From IMDB: The deranged cookie murderer known as the The Gingerdead Man is about to crash a studio lot and leave behind a trail of bloody murder and hilarious mayhem. We hope you enjoy...