That One Scene From... The Karate Kid

The week we dive into a scene from the classic 80's comedy/western directed by John Landis from 1986 Three Amigos! This hilarious scene is where El Guapo arrives in Santa Poco and face the Three Amigos for the first time and Lucky, Ned and Dusty get caught in a predicament and ge ... Show More

This week dive into our 3rd installment of our Chamber Piece Festival with 1948's absolute banger of a classic, Rope. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based around a party that is hosted shortly after a murder has taken place. Truly underrated Hitchcock here. Great conversation! ... Show More

This week we dive into the wild imagination of Robert Eggers. We discuss his b&w aesthetic and the isolated story of two lighthouse keepers trying to keep their sanity in 2019's The Lighthouse. A fascinating movie and great conversation. 

The TMI gang pay tribute to one of Heigl’s favorite movies as the Cher-led romantic black comedy turns 35! You’ll learn about the rough-and-tumble Bronx playwright who penned the script, the genesis of the infamous “Snap out of it!” line, the fistfight that nearly broke out as th ... Show More

Live from the set of his film PLAYING WITH FIRE - Todd Garner tells the 14 year story of how the movie got made. From the creation and countless revisions of the script - to the politics surrounding family comedies - getting JOHN CENA on board - and how the film is marketed - To ... Show More

Amy & Paul high-kick into John G. Avildsen’s 1984 martial-arts megahit The Karate Kid! They learn about the movie’s semi-autobiographical origins, discuss the post-Karate careers of stars Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, and ask whether this is even better than Avildsen’s older, mor ... Show More

It’s an unprecedented, first of its kind, two-part viewing party event with Kevin Smith and SModcast! Join Chris and Kevin here on TIJ for the first half of the 1976 classic (and one of Chris’ favorite movies), “Bad News Bears,” and then head to SModcast right after to finish out ... Show More

Heeeyyy Arnold fans! You've waited almost 20 years for The Jungle Movie and it's almost here! This week on the podcast, Hector shares the mic with Hey Arnold mastermind Craig Bartlett, voice stars, and the team's creative visionaries to discuss the legacy and highly-anticipated m ... Show More

Topics covered include: hot mics, shooting in airports pre-9/11, "movie star grapes," Josh seeing Sandler in Punch Drunk Love at age 18, writing a script that feels like there is no script at all, His Royal Highness Darius Khondji, the firecracker scene in Boogie Nights, the feel ... Show More

On this week's episode, the gang is chatting about the wild karate-driven sequel, The Karate Kid Part II! How horrendously embarrassed must Miyagi be dealing with this kid at the airport? What's with Sato's escort service? And how many times did Miyagi "fix that refrigerator"? PL ... Show More

<p> It&#39;s that time again for JUNE CLAUDE VAN DAMME! The show where the Salty Nerds celebrate all things Jean-Claude Van Damme related, and this time we have a classic for you all! At sometime, somewhere, someone thought it would be a good idea to put basketball bad-boy Denni ... Show More

Episode 10 - ANIMATION PART 2 - YONG DUK JHUN & ANDY HARKNESS. Team Deakins is joined by two acclaimed filmmakers, Yong Duk Jhun and Andy Harkness. Masters of their craft, they serve as head of Layout and Head of Lighting respectively. They have worked on such films as Kung Fu Pa ... Show More