Karate in the Garage

NEW MONTH. NEW THEME. IT'S FAILED FRANCHISES. (OR LUMPS OF COAL IN YOUR STOCKING IF YOU'RE THE STUDIO EXECS THAT GREELIT THESE TITLES IN HOPES OF RAKING IN THAT PROVERBIAL IP CASH. We're starting off this month right with a movie neither of us had seen due to bad word of mouth, which we have both come to find these claims were unfounded. IT'S 2010's JONAH HEX with Josh Brolin , Megan Fox , Michael...

Oh, NOIRvember. You may be our favorite month. Thank you to everyone that has written in or shared their favorite noir and neo noir movies. (Some really good ones that we just may cover in 2024!) WINSTON on INSTA!   199. KICKSTART 9/12|2022   VIDIOTS FOR THE WEEK OF 11/27-12/3!   JULIANA HATFIELD SINGS ELO!!!   DAVE and KRIST on CONAN!!!   ENJOY! WHILE IT'S TRUE THE WGA STRIKE IS OVER, AND EVEN IF...

We're here. The last episode of our FIRST NOIRvember ! (Oh, yeah, and it's like our 300th episode, too, or whatever...) We close out with some neo noir slick from the 1980s: DOA with Dennis Quaid , Meg Ryan , Daniel Stern , and Charlotte Rampling . From IMDB: A college professor's day: his top student allegedly commits suicide, his wife presents him with divorce papers and he overnights in a fresh...

Our final Kickstart before our final NOIRvember movie for 2023! We hope you're all enjoying NOIRvember . We dropped Movie #3 last Wednesday for you fine Patreon folks, and the general public got it on Friday. (Yes. Yes, you ARE special...) The goes for the Movie #4! STALAG 17 on 4K from KINO!   Dolly Parton's Rockstar!   Monarch: Legacy of Monsters!   Ben Affleck on Smartless Podcast!   Ben Afflec...

Here it is. Karate in the Garage's NOIRvember Movie #3 is a classic: John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle , his adaptation of the 1949 novel of the same name from W.R. Burnett . It stars Sterling Hayden , Louis Calhern , Jean Hagen , and James Whitmore and Marilyn Monroe . From IMDB: A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel....

It's Kickstart Deuces for NOIRvember! Movie #2 Neil Jordan's 1986 classic Mona Lisa was released last week! Patreon's Early Access and EXTRA LARGE episode (with EIGHT++ extra minutes than the public feed) hit last Wednesday and the public feed on Friday! Movie #3 will be air delivered to Patreon peeps on Wednesday, and Friday for the general public! THE EGYPTIAN IS BACK! WATCH THE NETFLIX EGYPTIAN...

Movie #2 for NOIRvember is the first of our two neo noir delights for the month. It's Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa from 1986 starring Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, and Michael Caine. From IMDB: A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer. ENJOY! YES. SAG-AFTRA HAVE FINALLY JOINED THE WGA, AND HAS COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AMPTP. IT'S BEEN A VER...

It's the first Kickstart of NOIRvember! This month is going to be a great time. We dropped Night in the City last week (Patreon on Wednesday with an XL episode, and Friday for general public), and the feed back has been you all are digging it! Movie #2 will drop the same way again this week with Early Access on Patreon and the public feed on Friday. But the Extra Large version for Patreon is going...

It's NOIRvember ! After FIVE LONG years, we're finally dedicating an entire month to noir and neo noir movies! First up, is one that some consider to be among the best in the genre, and it's Night and the City from Director Jules Dassin starring Richard Widmark , Gene Tierney , and Googie Withers . From IMDB: A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances...

As promised, here is our wrapup of The Devil Made Me Do It Month disguised as a Kickstart . Thank you to those on Patreon that added to the our list of movies today, as well as those non-Patrons that threw along their suggestions! November 1 is two days away, so that means a new theme! Funny enough, the first episode of this theme drops on Patreon the same day! (Friday for gen pub.) This is going...

We close out The Devil Made Me Do It Month with one you may not have expected given the other three titles we covered this month. But, surprisngly, couldn't be more at home with those movies. Peter Hyams ' take on the end of the world from 1999 is literally called End b Days . Arnold Schwarzenegger , Robin Tunney , and Gabriel Byrne (returning this month to seal our fate as The Man) bring their ow...

Three down and one to go for The Devil Made Me Do It Month ! We exorcized Lost Souls with Winona Ryder and Ben Chaplin onto the world last week. The 4th and final will hit Patreon on Wednesday via Early Access, and this Friday for general public. Halloween Baking Championship! CUJO! KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON! Martin Scorsese at the DGA Screening on October 15, 2023! (Click Me!) VIDIOTS! CINEFILE!...

The Devil Made Me Do it Month continues with a seemingly little seen movie from 2000: Lost Souls with Winona Ryder , Ben Chaplin , John Hurt , and another one of those supporting casts that's too dense to mention them all. From IMDB: A Catholic teacher meets an atheist journalist, whom a group of Catholics and Priests believes has been chosen by the devil to be the Antichrist. ENJOY! WHILE IT'S TR...

We're half of the way through The Devil Made Me Do It Month ! We dropped The Order with Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon last week. Movie #3 will hit Patreon on Wednesday via Early Access, and this Friday for general public. VIDIOTS! CINEFILE VIDEO! BEST BUY TO CEASE PHYSICAL MEDIA SALES! ENJOY! WHILE IT'S TRUE THE WGA STRIKE IS OVER, AND EVEN IF SAG GETS THEIR'S TOGETHER, WORKERS AND THEIR FAMIL...

The Devil Made Me Do It continues with what we've determined is a little seen movie that is the YOUNGEST of the movies covered this month: THE ORDER from Brian Helgeland , who wrote and directed this in 2003. This one reunites three actors from Helgeland's 2001 A Knight's Tale : Heath Ledger , Shannyn Sossamon , and Mark Addy . Joining that trio is Benno Fuhrmann and the legend Peter Weller . From...

Hey, All! One week in the books, new movie theme dropped, and we're in full swing of SPOOKY SEASON ! (And MLB Postseason for those that care about such things.) This week, we chat about BeyondFest , new Bluray and 4K drops for 9/19, Halloween Horror NIghts , and much more! ENJOY! WHILE IT'S TRUE THE WGA STRIKE IS OVER, AND EVEN IF SAG GETS THEIR'S TOGETHER, WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO...

So. Here we are. October 2023. What is Karate in the Garage serving up horror wise for October? The Devil & God, demons & angels, and Y2K triggered paranoia. First at bat is 1999's Stigmata with Patricia Arquette , Gabriel Byrne , Jonathan Pryce , Enrico Colantoni , and Nia Long . From IMDB: When a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have...

AHHHHHHHHH, SHIT! IT'S ROCKTOBER! IT'S SHOCKTOBER! IT'S MOCKTOBER! IT'S CAULKTOBER! IT'S SCHLOCKTOBER! Whichever of those is your jam, have at it. One thing that is 100% fact is that's October 2, 2023 if your ear drums are banging to this on the day of it's release. New theme coming this week! All of this month (per usual) new EXTRA LARGE movie episodes drop on Wednesdays for Patreon, and the norm...

Spectember 2023 comes to a close today with The Others starring Nicole Kidman in her 112the movie for 2001. From IMDB: During World War II, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted. If there was a time to think of others once you've properly secured of "oxygen mask", it's now. If you c...

WHILE IT'S LOOKING LIKE THE WGA STRIKE IS GOING TO BE RESOLVED SOON, AND EVEN IF SAG GETS THEIR'S TOGETHER, WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE STRUGGLING FOR A WHILE. THE OVERWHELMING BURDEN OF PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE AND A ROOF OVER ONE'S HEAD DOESN'T END THE INSTANT THE DEALS ARE RATIFIED. IT COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE PRODUCTIONS GET UP TO SPEED AGAIN. THAT LEADS RIGHT INTO THE INDUSTRY'S...

Today, September 21, is Stephen King's birthday, so we're dropping today's episode a little earlt in celebration! And then there were two... John Carpenter's Christine is Movie #4 for Spectember 2023!  This 1983 Stephen King adaptation throws Keith Gordon into the role of lowly Arnie Cunningham, who has no control over his life until the day he meets Christine. Even his buddy Dennis ( John Stockwe...

We're at the midway point of Spectember, and we've got the fuel to your week going as you wait for Movie #4 for the month. That drops on Wednesday for Early Access supporters on Patreon, and Friday for the general release. 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 heart...

MOVIE #3 FOR SPECTEMBER DROPPING WAAAAAAAAY EARLY FOR ALL OF OUR LOVELY PATREONIANS! IT'S 2019'S THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA with Linda Cardellini , Raymond Cruz , Patricia Velasquez, and Tony Amendola back as Father Perez from Annabelle . From IMDB: Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening...

Two movies into SPECTEMBER! Number 3 coming at you all this Wednesday on Patreon, and the general public release dropping on Friday! 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. Links below. There are some charitable opportunities that...

SPECTEMBER 2023 CONTINUES! This is one is second only to Ghost Story for ghost movie mentions on this show. It's Peter Medak's The Changeling with the legend George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, and all-timer Melvyn Douglas completing his ghost movie hat trick. From IMDB: After the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at a long-vacant Seattle mansion is dragged in...