It's somewhat fascinating that a movie franchise like The Karate Kid even exists, never mind has remained so popular over the years. A fairly simple film about a kid trying to stand up to bullies has ...

Few actors are so fortunate to lead franchises, much less return to them with as much vigor as Ralph Macchio has done with The Karate Kid. While the actor initially moved on from the films after ...

At the end of Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 1, it looked like there was just one major antagonist left for our heroes to deal with — assuming they could put their own differences aside to survive the Sekai ...

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 ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

While The Karate Kidis an icon of 1980s cinema, its sequels have long held a far less desirable reputation. After Daniel LaRusso famously defeated Johnny Lawrence with the crane kick in the final ...

On June 22, 1984, audiences were first introduced to Los Angeles' new kid, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), who learned both karate skills and lasting life lessons from the insightful Mr. Miyagi ...

We all know that the trailer of Karate Kid: Legends will be playing before our eyes soon, but for a lucky few, this happened today at NYCC. The highly anticipated new entry in the Karate Kid franchise ...

We will forever love just how much the original The Karate Kid movies starring Ralph Macchio capture everything great about ’80s cinema. We also love that they got cheesier with each sequel. (You ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been decades since Macchio first played Daniel in 1984's The Karate Kid. Although his character was supposed to be 17, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Seeing how important Li Fong is to Mr. Han and Daniel's relationship to Miyagi — there's a parallel there," Macchio said in a ...