The RZA is BACK! He breaks down the 10 movies that inspired him while making his latest flick, One Spoon of Chocolate — in theaters this Friday! As a bonus, he and host Josh Olson cook up the perfect double feature pairing for each movie.

Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
One Spoon of Chocolate (2026)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Waterloo (1970)
Yentil (1983)
The Cowboys (1970)
Walking Tall (1973)
Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)
A Real American Hero (1978)
Walking Tall (2003)
Billy Jack (1971)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1978)
The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Black Samurai (1976)
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)
Our Man Flint (1966)
Nothing But A Man (1964)
For A Few Dollars More (1966)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Duck, You Sucker! (1971)
Take A Hard Ride (1975)
The Legend of N— Charlie (1972)
Boss (1974)
Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Dirty Harry (1971) 
The Enforcer (1976)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Where Eagles Dare (1976)
Moonraker (1971)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
Christine (1983)
Killdozer (1974)
The Car (1977)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Game of Death (1978) 
Fury of the Dragon (1976)
Dr. Butcher Medical Deviant (1980)
Motel Hell (1980)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Friday the 13th (1980)
The Evil Dead (1981/83)
The Thing (1982)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)
Mother’s Day (1980)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser II (1988)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1985)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Longlegs (2024)
Mandy (2018)
Abby (1974)
The Exorcist (1973)
First Blood (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Life Gamble (1979)
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1980)
The Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
Crippled Avengers a.k.a. Mortal Combat (1977)
The Soul of N— Charley (1973)
White Lightning (1973)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Normal (2026)
Convoy (1978)
Eden (2025)
Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Near Dark (1987)

Other Notable Items
Our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5426003">Patreon</a>! 
<a href="https://hofoco.org/">The Hollywood Food Coalition</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g&pp=ygUd4oCcUmFwdHVyZeKAnSBzb25nIGJ5IEJsb25kaWU%3D">“Rapture”</a> song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_(band)">Blondie</a> (1981)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Girls">Some Girls</a> album by <a href="https://rollingstones.com/">The Rolling Stones</a> (1978)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger">Mick Jagger</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards">Keith Richards</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hic-dnps6MU&pp=ygUp4oCcTWlzcyBZb3XigJ0gc29uZyBieSBUaGUgUm9sbGluZyBTdG9uZXM%3D">“Miss You”</a> song by The Rolling Stones (1978)
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61jfm219ArA">“Honky Tonk Women”</a> song by The Rolling Stones (1969)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Squier">Billy Squier</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tim_III_(Personality_Jock)">“King Tim III”</a> song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatback_Band">Fatback Band</a> (1979)
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcCK99wHrk0&pp=ygUfcmFwcGVyJ3MgZGVsaWdodCBzdWdhcmhpbGwgZ2FuZw%3D%3D">“Rapper’s Delight”</a> song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang">the Sugarhill Gang</a> (1979)
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/656WcITIzySBgIENggiUQg">Our Walton Goggins podcast episode</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Steiger">Rod Steiger</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a>
Josh’s <a href="https://www.waylandproductions.com/bronzeville/">Bronzeville podcast</a> (2017-21)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne">Laurence Fishburne</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larenz_Tate">Larenz Tate</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black">Orange is the New Black</a> TV series (2013-19)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Harney">Michael Harney</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan">The Wu-Tang Clan</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dern">Bruce Dern</a>
<a href="https://www.smokehouse1946.com/">The Smokehouse</a> in Burbank
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne">Roscoe Lee Browne</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shameik_Moore">Shameik Moore</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4050697/">Harry Goodwins</a>
<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8420823/">James Lee Thomas</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson">Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Karlson">Phil Karlson</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_Tall_(TV_series)">Walking Tall</a> TV series (1981)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser">Buford Pusser</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Laughlin">Tom Laughlin</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee">Bruce Lee</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Li">Bruce Li</a> 
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/severin-films-david-gregory/id1412094313?i=1000761316048">Our David Gregory podcast episode</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cushing">Peter Cushing</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kelly">Jim Kelly</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Dixon">Ivan Dixon</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan's_Heroes">Hogan’s Heroes</a> TV series (1965-71)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crane">Bob Crane</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order">Law and Order</a> TV series (1990-2020, 2022- )
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show">The Mary Tyler Moore Show</a> TV series (1970-77)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Grant_(TV_series)">Lou Grant</a> TV series (1977-82)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Spy_(1965_TV_series)">I Spy</a> TV series (1965-68)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E.">The Man From U.N.C.L.E.</a> TV series (1964-68)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show">The Dick Van Dyke Show</a> TV series (1961-66)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_My_Mama">That’s My Mama</a> TV series (1974-75)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Davis_(music_manager)">Clifford Davis</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times">Good Times</a> TV series (1974-79)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_Street_Blues">Hill Street Blues</a> TV series (1981-87)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Franz">Dennis Franz</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_Western">Spaghetti westerns</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Leone">Sergio Leone</a>
<a href="https://www.slystonemusic.com/">Sly Stone</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown">Jim Brown </a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Van_Cleef">Lee Van Cleef</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Williamson">Fred Williamson</a>
<a href="https://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/3393/">The Milgram Theatre</a> in Philadelphia
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton">Richard Burton</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando">Marlon Brando</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Rickles">Don Rickles</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sutherland">Donald Sutherland</a>
<a href="https://stephenking.com/index.html">Stephen King</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brolin">James Brolin</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Walker">Clint Walker</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Saxon">John Saxon</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalo_Schifrin">Lalo Schifrin</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Mao">Angela Mao</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_Yeung">Bolo Yeung</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan">Jackie Chan</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammo_Hung">Sammo Hung</a>
RZA/Wu-Tang’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_Wu-Tang_(36_Chambers)">Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</a> album (1993)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino">Rudolph Valentino</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken">Tekken</a> video game franchise (1994- )
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_(video_game)">Street Fighter</a> video game franchise (1987- )
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_North_Star">Fist of the North Star</a> franchise (1983- )
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Hornet_(TV_series)">The Green Hornet</a> TV series (1966-67)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Chiba">Sonny Chiba</a>
<a href="https://vidiotsfoundation.org/">Vidiots</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_Mob">Venom Mob</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Brothers_Studio">Shaw Brothers Studio</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fu_Sheng">Alexander Fu Sheng</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kwok">Philip Kwok</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sargent">Joseph Sargent</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Odenkirk">Bob Odenkirk</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Matthau">Walter Matthau</a>
<a href="https://beyondfest.com/">Beyond Fest</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hawks">Howard Hawks</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Howard">Ron Howard</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant">Cary Grant</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks">Tom Hanks</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Paxton">Bill Paxton</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Henriksen">Lance Henriksen</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Bigelow">Kathryn Bigelow</a>

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