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 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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. Malcome in the MIddle: Life Is Unfare on Disney Plus! Blu-ray Releases for 4/13/2026! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

It's Kickstart for 4/6/2026! We hope everyone enjoyed a quiet weekend. This week, we start April Showers which will be movies where it rains a lot in them. In the case of this week's movie Hard Rain, it never STOPS raining. That'll hit Patreon for Early Access on Wednesday, and public release on Friday. In Joe's Film Aesthetics class this week, they watch Shane Black's The Nice Guys. We talk Pizza Movie briefly and tease the episode we recorded right after watching this nonstop laugh machine. BLU-RAY TITLES for 4/7/2026!ANGINE de POITRINE!!! 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 tales of missing one of our favorite movie theaters: Arclight Cinema. You can find Natalie Lander on IG here and Alex Ellis here! BLU-RAY TITLES for 3/31/2026! GO SEE MOVIES! ENJOY! Love and Rockets, Corey and Joseph ------------------ If you'd like to show your support for members of WGA, SAG, IATSE, 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 digital anythings. 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 Things 2 sees teenage bad girls Maya and Britney go on a sex and killing spree to win millions. That's what IMDB says, but don't get it twisted. This is NOT a sequel to the original 1998 movie with Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Matt Dillion, and Kevin Bacon. It's an IP title alone with liberally lifted parallels to the original.) Wild Things 2 is currently available to stream on TUBI, as well as rental and purchase digitally from wherever you get your digital anythings. 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 hoopla, as well as rental and purchase digitally from wherever you get your digital anythings. 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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, 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 currently available on Prime Video, Plex, and hoopla. (As of 2/10/2026) 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 Internet. Lars and the Real Girl is currently available on Prime Video, The Roku Channel, kanopy, hoopla, YouTube, and MGM+. (As of 2/3/2026) 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages

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 Later is currently available on Netflix. (1/30/2026) 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. Karate in the Garage Linkages