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

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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

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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 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.

BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR MAY 5, 2026!!!

GO SEE MOVIES!

ENJOY!

Love and Rockets,

Corey and Joseph

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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

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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

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

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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

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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 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.

BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR APRIL 28, 2026!!!

GO SEE MOVIES!

ENJOY!

Love and Rockets,

Corey and Joseph

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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

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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

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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

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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

4/20.

Blu-ray Releases for 4/21!

GO SEE MOVIES!

ENJOY!

Love and Rockets,

Corey and Joseph

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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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 are in a new month but the new theme won't begin until next week.

This week, we give you all a sneak peek into our new Patreon-only movie episode FRESH FLICKS! With FRESH FLICKS, instead of covering older catalog titles, we venture into new films! Whether it's a new movie from you favorite streamer, or a film still in the theaters, these are what FRESH FLICKS is going to be.

With this one, we picked one a little outside of the premise to make it easier for anyone to join in the fun with us talking about one of favorites in this very young year: PRIMATE!

From IMDB: A group of friends' tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.

GO SEE MOVIES!

ENJOY!

Love and Rockets,

Corey and Joseph

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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