ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE writer/director RZA

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!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Quentin Tarantino “Rapture” song by Blondie (1981) Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones (1978) Mick Jagger Keith Richards “Miss You” song by The Rolling Stones (1978) “Honky Tonk Women” song by The Rolling Stones (1969) Billy Squier “King Tim III” song by Fatback Band (1979) “Rapper’s Delight” song by the Sugarhill Gang (1979) Our Walton Goggins podcast episode Rod Steiger Martin Luther King Jr. Josh’s Bronzeville podcast (2017-21) Laurence Fishburne Larenz Tate Christopher Plummer Orange is the New Black TV series (2013-19) Michael Harney The Wu-Tang Clan Bruce Dern The Smokehouse in Burbank Roscoe Lee Browne Shameik Moore Harry Goodwins James Lee Thomas Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Phil Karlson Walking Tall TV series (1981) Buford Pusser  Tom Laughlin Bruce Lee Bruce Li  Our David Gregory podcast episode Peter Cushing Jim Kelly Ivan Dixon  Hogan’s Heroes TV series (1965-71) Bob Crane Law and Order TV series (1990-2020, 2022- ) The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV series (1970-77) Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke 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) Clifford Davis Good Times TV series (1974-79) Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87) Dennis Franz Clint Eastwood Spaghetti westerns Sergio Leone Sly Stone Jim Brown  Lee Van Cleef Fred Williamson The Milgram Theatre in Philadelphia Richard Burton Marlon Brando Don Rickles Donald Sutherland Stephen King James Brolin Clint Walker John Saxon Lalo Schifrin Angela Mao  Bolo Yeung  Jackie Chan Sammo Hung RZA/Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) album (1993) Rudolph Valentino  Charlie Chaplin 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) Sonny Chiba Vidiots Venom Mob  Shaw Brothers Studio Alexander Fu Sheng Philip Kwok Burt Reynolds Joseph Sargent Bob Odenkirk Walter Matthau Beyond Fest Howard Hawks Ron Howard Cary Grant Tom Hanks Bill Paxton Lance Henriksen Kathryn Bigelow Check out RZA's first The Movies That Made Me appearance ⁠here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices