Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio in the film that started them all, 1984's The Karate Kid. Image: Sony No one could have guessed that when a scrawny kid from New Jersey moved to California with his ...

“Karate Kid: Legends” kicked off with $7.5 million from 3,809 theaters across Friday and preview screenings — but it won’t be enough to wax off “Lilo & Stitch” or “Mission ...

Critics are far more divided than audiences when it comes to Karate Kid: Legends, which features Ben Wang in the titular role. His character is mentored by both the characters played by Macchio ...

Macchio says it was a “joy to work” with the 71-year-old martial arts legend. “I was territorial upon first hearing of [the 2010 movie],” Macchio said during a recent interview with THR.

In every “Karate Kid” movie, there’s a teen hero and an absolute jerk of a bully. The original 1984 movie featured Ralph Macchio getting pummeled mercilessly until he finally beat William ...

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Saturday was kind to most movies in the top 10 and saw lifts over Friday, in particular Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning ...

The Karate Kid: Legends brain trust then used animation to flesh out how Shimpo was taken in by Mr. Han’s (Chan) forebears and taught kung fu. He then founded Miyagi-Do Karate to combine both ...

After teenager Li Fong (Ben Wang) moves from Beijing to New York City, he must learn to master both kung fu and karate techniques. He’s a likeable-enough presence in a wholesome drama that hits ...

With the release of “Karate Kid: Legends,” fans of the Netflix series “Cobra Kai” wondered how – or even if – the show would connect to the new film. “Cobra Kai” – which followed ...

Are there hidden money lessons in a Kung Fu-Karate film? When you were a kid, you bribed your older brother to rent those ‘kung-fu-karate’ videos because you were too young to watch Bruce Lee ...

The selling point of “Karate Kid: Legends” is the pairing of initial franchise star Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, a star of the 2010 reboot that shares the title of the 1984 original ...