491. KICKSTART 5/18/2026
Karate in the Garage
Kickstart is back after taking a week off for some family stuff out of state! 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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for North America: United States The Suicide Hotline phone number has been changed. Now, just text or call 988. Canada 1...
info_outline
490. THE ROCK (1996)
Karate in the Garage
DECADES 2026 continues as we move ahewad 10 years to 1996 and Michael Bay's The Rock! Sean Connery, Nic Cage, and Ed Harris' milkshake brought EVERYONE to the theater back in 1996! From IMDB: An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS soldier turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerve gas attack on San Francisco. 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...
info_outline
489. COBRA (1986)
Karate in the Garage
It's May, so we have a new theme: DECADES! Every episode we're covering this month either came out 10, 20, 30, or 40 years ago. We're kicking it off with one celebrating it's 40th anniversary on May 23, it's George P. Cosmato's COBRA starring Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Brian Thompson, and Reni Santoni! (And a bevy of character actors Corey fawns all over.) From IMDB: A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans. GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like...
info_outline
488. KICKSTART 5/4/2026
Karate in the Garage
It's a Kickstart #1 for May 2026! I've been traveling all day, so I'll update the show notes tomorrow including a video companion which you'll hear about in the episode. 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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for North America: United States ...
info_outline
487. UNBREAKABLE (2000)
Karate in the Garage
April Showers b closes out with M. Night Shyamalan's sophomore effort Unbreakable starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson! From IMDB: A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. 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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental...
info_outline
486. KICKSTART 4/27/2026
Karate in the Garage
The final Kickstart to close out April Showers 2026! Hopefully, May will actually bring us some nice smelling flowers like tulips instead of stinky shit like the Corpse Flower. 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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for North America: United...
info_outline
485. SPLIT SECOND (1992)
Karate in the Garage
The second movie for April Showers 2026 is Rutger Hauer in SPLIT SECOND! From IMDB: In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human. 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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund ------------------ As...
info_outline
484. KICKSTART 4/20/2026
Karate in the Garage
4/20. 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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever, here are some mental health resources for North America: United States The Suicide Hotline phone number has been changed. Now, just text or call 988. Canada 1 (833) 456-4566 Even though we don't say it in this episode, more NOW than...
info_outline
483. KICKSTART 4/13/2026
Karate in the Garage
Kickstart #2 for April 2026! There won't be a movie episode this week due to some family stuff that required us to turn our focus that direction. We're still going to do this movie because it's awesome, but it won't be coming out this week. 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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation: Entertainment Community Fund ------------------ As always, and maybe even more than ever,...
info_outline
482. HARD RAIN (1998)
Karate in the Garage
It's a new month, and it's time for APRIL SHOWERS 2026! The inaugural episode for APRIL SHOWERS is 1998's Hard Rain with Christian Slater, Minnie Driver, Morgan Freeman, and Uncle Eddie. From IMDB: The partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm. HARD RAIN is currently streaming on Fubo and Paramount Plus. 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...
info_outlineOur 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 tales of missing one of our favorite movie theaters: Arclight Cinema.
You can find Natalie Lander on IG here and Alex Ellis here!
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 industry, please take a look at the link below and maybe make a donation:
Entertainment Community Fund
https://entertainmentcommunity.org/support-our-work
------------------
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
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
The Suicide Hotline phone number has been changed. Now, just text or call 988.
Canada
https://www.ccmhs-ccsms.ca/mental-health-resources-1
1 (833) 456-4566
Even though we don't say it in this episode, more NOW than ever before: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take care of yourselves and those around you.
Be mindful of your surroundings.