Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Released in 1982, the movie covers the first arc of the manga, ...

Jackie Chan, Ben Wang and Ralph Macchio in Columbia Pictures 'Karate Kid: Legends' (2025). "This franchise doesn’t know how to not do it right when we care," he said. "I try to always take great care ...

Eddie Possehl is a dynamic and driven writer/director with a passion for the written word and all things film, television, comics, and games. His passion for storytelling led him to establish his own ...

The Karate Kidmovies ranked can be tough to narrow down as the franchise spans six films, including sequels and a remake. The Karate Kid introduced Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and his karate sensei ...

If The Karate Kid franchise has taught us anything (beyond how underdogs can continue to prevail even in this era), it’s that “Cobra Kai will never die.” What happens, however, when the Cobra Kai ...

More than 40 years later, Ralph Macchio is still crane-kicking it as Daniel LaRusso, his character from The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. In Karate Kid: Legends, Macchio's latest martial-arts movie, the ...

The Karate Kid franchise is one of cinema's most beloved, with the original Robert Mark Kamen martial arts drama becoming staple viewing for a generation. As many franchises do, this unlikely ...

In the final minutes of the Cobra Kai series finale, the action moves to a Los Angeles sushi restaurant with real-life Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz and Josh Heald seated at the bar. “The show would ...