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213 – Fight Ring

If you fight it, then you’d better put a ring on it.

Jen puts Tim in an arm bar until he agrees to talk about a backyard martial arts movie from a determined auteur: Fight Ring!

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Sean Gallimore had a successful animation career for many years, including many top-of-the-line films for Disney. See a gallery of his artwork, which includes expert 3D modeling work as well as his signature pinups.

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If you love outsider indie films as much as we do, don’t miss our episode on a towering work of queer drama straight from the trailer park: Romeo and Romeo.

158 – Gymkata

That guy isn’t even American!

Tim and Jen try and fail to recall the name of Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps as they discuss Olympian gymnast Kurt Thomas’s sole feature film, Gymkata.

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Jen’s half-assed inaccurate anecdote about Phelps being considered to play Tarzan is actually true, albeit not the way she told it. Producer Jerry Weintraub (no relation to Gymkata producer Fred Weintraub) believed that he’d found the new Johnny Weissmuller in Phelps. However, the swimmer’s appearance on SNL in 2008 immediately disabused him of that notion, as Phelps appeared to Weintraub as little more than a “goon.”

Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz has only five minor credits on IMDb, incidentally, none of which involve starring in a feature film. In case you were wondering.

You can hear our interview with martial arts superstar Cynthia Rothrock here!

131 – Circle of Iron

Jeff Cooper and David Carradine in Circle of Iron (1978)

Tim and Jen assume the lotus position to study a leftover Bruce Lee passion project, the martial arts video essay Circle of Iron.

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The official Bruce Lee website

If you’re not familiar with Zatoichi, the blind swordsman, just watch!

The 17th century samurai, philosopher, and artist Miyamoto Musashi is considered a kensei— a “sword saint”— in Japan. Read a short Bruce Eder essay on the first installment in the Samurai trilogy of films, in which Toshiro Mifune played Musashi.

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048 – Beautiful Boxer

Jen welcomes special guest Julia Schiwal to discuss a wonderful Thai biopic called Beautiful Boxer. It’s about a trans woman who becomes a fighter in order to forge her own path.

YouTube has a highlight reel of Nong Toom’s career.

The movie Julia recommends at the end of the show is Adam barfi (1995)

You may also enjoy our interview with martial arts superstar Cynthia Rothrock!

032 – Cynthia Rothrock

Cynthia Rothrock executing a flying kick

Jen and Tim are honored to speak with martial arts cinema legend Cynthia Rothrock! Cynthia talks about the pitfalls of acting with non-sync sound, meeting with A-list directors, and taking her career into the 21st century on YouTube. And more!

See Cynthia travel the globe, talk with other martial arts legends, and generally kick ass on her YouTube channel.

For another industry interview, try our episode with Dutch filmmaker Ate de Yong!

021 – On Deadly Ground with Felix Biederman

Steven Seagal serving up realness — that’s right king

Jen and Tim welcome an expert in the study of lunkheads, Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House! We dissect the themes of environmentalism and masculinity in Steven Seagal’s cri de coeur, and also stumble across evidence that Felix may be a long-lost Seagal relative.

For more Felix, don’t miss our episode on the truly demented Turkish actioner Valley of the Wolves: Iraq!