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Episode Description
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 Patreon!
“Rapture” song by Blondie (1981)
Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones (1978)
“Miss You” song by The Rolling Stones (1978)
“Honky Tonk Women” song by The Rolling Stones (1969)
“King Tim III” song by Fatback Band (1979)
“Rapper’s Delight” song by the Sugarhill Gang (1979)
Our Walton Goggins podcast episode
Josh’s Bronzeville podcast (2017-21)
Orange is the New Black TV series (2013-19)
The Smokehouse in Burbank
Walking Tall TV series (1981)
Our David Gregory podcast episode
Hogan’s Heroes TV series (1965-71)
Law and Order TV series (1990-2020, 2022- )
The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV series (1970-77)
Lou Grant TV series (1977-82)
I Spy TV series (1965-68)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series (1964-68)
The Dick Van Dyke Show TV series (1961-66)
That’s My Mama TV series (1974-75)
Good Times TV series (1974-79)
Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87)
The Milgram Theatre in Philadelphia
RZA/Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) album (1993)
Tekken video game franchise (1994- )
Street Fighter video game franchise (1987- )
Fist of the North Star franchise (1983- )
The Green Hornet TV series (1966-67)
Check out RZA's first The Movies That Made Me appearance here.
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