Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast

Analog Jones begins their "Hey, it's not that bad" theme! Our first movie is the Kevin Costner bomb, Waterworld. Quick Facts Directed by Kevin Reynolds (Robinhood: Prince of Thieves) Written by Peter Rader and David Twohy (Wrote the Riddick Series) Distributed by Universal Pictures Released on July 28th, 1995 (United States) Budget: $172-175 million Box Office: $264 million Rotten Tomatoes: 45% Tomatometer / 44% Popcornmeter Starring Kevin Kostner as The Mariner or Ulysses Dennis Hopper as The Deacon Jeanne Tripplehorn as Helen Tina Majorino as Enola Michael Jeter as Old Gregor Gerard Murphy as The Nord How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of FilmDiscuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones takes on a classic from the 1980s when they review The Princess Bride. Get a peanut and prepare for some sword fighting! Quick Facts Directed by Rob Reiner (Yeah, Meathead directed this along with This is Spinal Tap and Stand By Me) Screenplay by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men) Distributed by 20th Century Fox Budget of $16 million Box Office of $30.9 million Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Tomatometer /  94% Popcornmeter Starring Cary Elwes as Westley/the Dread Pirate Roberts Robin Wright as Buttercup, the Princess Bride Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya Wallace Shawn as Vizzini André the Giant as Fezzik Chris Sarandon as Prince Humperdinck Christopher Guest as Count Tyrone Rugen Fred Savage as the grandson Peter Falk as the grandfather  How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Chris picks the Rescuers Down Under, we go to the land with koala bears and crazy German doctors. Quick Facts Directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel (co-directed Pocahontas) Screenplay by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, and Joe Ranft Based on Characters by Margery Sharp (who created the Rescuers series in 1959) Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Released on November 16, 1990 A budget of around $48 million Box Office of $47.4 million (this was a bomb) Rotten Tomatoes: 85% Tomatometer /  68% Popcornmeter Starring (Voice Cast) Bob Newhart as Bernard Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca John Candy as Wilbur Adam Ryen as Cody Tristan Rogers as Jake George C. Scott as Percival C. McLeach Frank Welker as Marahute and Joanna How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones is new to the neighborhood. Mac is new to the planet. We review a classic so bad it's good movie, Mac and Me, for our theme of "kids' movies we loved and couldn't live without." Quick Facts Directed by Stewart Raffill (The Ice Pirates and Tammy and the T-Rex) Written by Steve Feke and Stewart Raffill Distributed by Orion Pictures (Robocop and Great Balls of Fire) Released on August 12, 1988 (United States) Budget: $13 million Box Office: $6.4 million Rotten Tomatoes: 7% Tomatometer / 38% Popcornmeter Starring Jade Calegory as Eric Cruise (Had Spina Bifida in real life) Jonathan Ward as Michael Cruise Christine Ebersole as Janet Cruise (SNL alum 81-82) Lauren Stanley as Debbie Tina Caspary as Courtney (Was originally cast as Kelly Bundy on Married…with Children) How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones finishes its post-apocalyptic theme when we watch an Ozplotation classic in Turkey Shoot aka Escape 2000 aka Blood Camp Thatcher. Quick Facts Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (The Man from Hong Kong, BMX Bandits and Leprechaun 3 and 4) Screenplay by Jon George and Neill D. Hicks Story by George Schenck, Robert Williams, and David Lawerence  Distributed by Roadshow Films Distributors Released on October 14, 1982 Budget: $2.5 million Box Office: $321, 0000 (Australia) Rotten Tomatoes: – Tomatometer / 18% Popcornmeter Starring Prisoners Steve Railsback as Paul Anders (Cockfighter, Walker Texas Ranger) Olivia Hussey as Chris Walters (was married to Dean Martin’s son, who was a fighter pilot in the CA Air National Guard who died in a training flight crash) Lynda Stoner as Rita Daniels Bill Young as Griffin John Ley as Dodge Hunters Michael Craig as Charles Thatcher (coincidentally Margaret Thatcher was UK PM at the time) Noel Ferrier as Secretary Mallory (looks like a plantation owner that enjoys calling people “boy”) Carmen Duncan as Jennifer Michael Petrovitch as Tito (sadistic Ryan Day) Steve Rackman as Alph (Donk in Crocodile Dundee and NWA Austra-Asia Tag Team Champion) Guards Roger Ward as Ritter (I thought this was the guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark) Gus Mercurio as Red (Whipmaster Ron Jeremy sideburns) How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new breed of podcast has taken over the world... Sam Hell has come to take it back. Analog Jones with the help of Jonathan and Paul London reviews Hell Comes to Frogtown starring the amazing Roddy Rowdy Piper! Jonathan and Paul London also tell us about their Kickstarter campaign for Paul London: Hero of the Prophecy. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geekscapeforever/hero-of-the-prophecy-1-a-pro-wrestling-comedic-fantasy?ref=edwabq Quick Facts Directed by Donald G. Jackson and R. J. Kizer Screenplay by Donald G. Jackson and Randall Frakes Distributed by New World Pictures (Roger Corman) Release date: January 1988 Budget: $1.5 million Rotten Tomatoes: 60% Tomatometer (10 reviews) / 47% Popcornmeter Starring Roddy Piper as Sam Hell Sandahl Bergman as Spangle Cec Verrell as Centinella William Smith as Captain Devlin / Count Sodom Rory Calhoun as Looney Tunes How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones continues its post-apocalyptic theme by reviewing the hidden gem, 2002's Reign of Fire. Listen closely as Chris imparts a valuable lesson about dragons. Quick Facts Director: Rob Bowman (Electra) Writers: Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka, Matt Greenberg (Halloween h20, Prophesy 2, Children of the Corn 3) Production companies: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Zanuck Company Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Released: July, 12 2002 Budget: $60 million Box office: $82.2 million Rotten Tomatoes: 41% Tomatometer / 49% Popcornmeter Starring Matthew McConaughey (TCM the next generation) Christian BaleI (Equilibrium) Izabella Scorupco (Golden Eye not the game but the 1995 movie based on the game) Gerard Butler (How to Train Your Dragon and 300) How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones starts 2025 off with a post-apocalyptic theme! Listen to us discuss the cult classic, Night of the Comet. Quick Facts Directed by Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron) Written by Thom Eberhardt Distributed by Atlantic Releasing Corporation Release Date: November 16, 1984 Budget: $700,000 Box Office: $14.4 million Rotten Tomatoes: 79% Tomatometer / 58% Popcornmeter Starring Catherine Mary Stewart as Regina "Reggie" Belmont (The Last Starfigher) Kelli Maroney as Samantha "Sam" Belmont (Chopping Mall) Robert Beltran as Hector Gomez Mary Woronov as Audrey White Geoffrey Lewis as Dr. Carter, the leader of the think tank How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones has a quarterly nerd news episode, in which we discuss series like The Penguin, Agatha All Along, Hysteria, Dune Prophecy, and Skeleton Crew. We also discuss movies like The Substance, Venom: The Last Dance, Terrifier 3, Alien: Romulus, Wicked, Maxxxine, and Mr. Crocket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones loves Christmas, but we love action movies even more—especially those with very little to do with Christmas! This week, we are watching and discussing the 1990 film Dark Angel, starring Dolph Lundgren. Quick Facts Directed by Craig R. Baxley Written by Jonathan Tydor, and David Koepp Produced by Jeff Young, Jon Turtle, and Rafael Eisenman Distributed by Triumph Releasing Corporation and Vision International Budget $5–8 million Box office $4.35-4.37 million TomatoMeter 38% PopcornMeter 46% (let’s make that go up!) Starring Dolph Lundgren as Detective Jack Caine Brian Benben as Special Agent Arwood "Larry" Smith Betsy Brantley as Diane Pallone Matthias Hues as Talec Jay Bilas as Azeck, an extraterrestrial police officer. Unlike Talec, he is fluent in English. How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Indulge... drink... and enjoy being buried... on Analog Jones. Brad picks our second movie for our "inappropriate movies too watch on the holidays" and did he pick a divisive film for the whole family to watch when he choose the The Last Supper from 1995. Get ready for conversations about death, tomatoes, and political discussions with our guest, The Jersey Ghouls! Quick Facts Directed by Stacy Title (Title died on January 11, 2021, at the age of 56 of ALS, was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film for Down on the Waterfront in 1993) Written by Dan Rosen  Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing Released on September 8, 1995 (Canada) and April 5, 1996 (US) Budget: $500,000 Box Office: $459,749 Rotten Tomatoes: 61% Tomatometer / 70% Popcornmeter Starring Cameron Diaz as Jude  Annabeth Gish as Paulie  Ron Eldard as Pete  Jonathan Penner as Marc  Cortney B. Vance as Luke  How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones begins their "Inappropriate Movies for the Holidays" theme this week. The first movie is selected by Chris, starring Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, and Sandy Dennis in Parents (1989). Quick Facts Directed by Bob Balaban (Midnight Cowboy, 2010, Close Encounters, Wes Anderson collaborator) Written by Christopher Hawthorne Distributed by Vestron Release Date: January 27, 1989 (US) Running Time: 81 minutes Budget: $3 million Box Office: $870,532 Rotten Tomatoes: 63% Tomatometer / 54% Popcornmeter Starring Bryan Madorsky as Michael Laemle Randy Quaid as Nick Laemle Mary Beth Hurt as Lily Laemle Sandy Dennis as Millie Dew How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, he went to camp. Then, he saved Christmas. Last time, he went to jail. Now, he's on Analog Jones! After reviewing Chris's pick, Ernest Scared Stupid (1991), we finish our Halloween lineup with a banger.  Quick Facts Directed by John Cherry (Directed all the Ernest Movies) Screenplay by Charlie Gale and Coke Sams Special Effects by The Chiodo Brothers Released into theaters on October 11, 1991 Budget: $9.6 million Box Office: $14.1 million Rotten Tomatoes: 25% Tomatometer / 51% Popcornmeter Starring The Legendary Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell Eartha Kitt as Old Lady Hackmore Austin Nagler as Kenny Shay Astar as Elizabeth Jonas Moscartolo as Trantor the Troll Ernie Fosselius as the Voice John Cadenhead as Tom Tulip Bill Byrge as Bobby Tulip How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are some very good reasons to be afraid...of our podcast. Analog Jones continues its Halloween season episodes when Brad picks the classic Fright Night (1985) to review!  Quick Facts Director/Writer: Tom Holland (Child’s Play, The Langoliers) Music by Brad Fiedel (Terminator, Terminator 2) Production Company: Vistar Films Distributed by Columbia Pictures Released: August 2, 1985 Running Time: 106 minutes Budget: $7 - $9.25 million Box Office: $24.9 million (#2 horror movie of 1985) Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer 83% / Popcornmeter 76% Starring Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandrige William Ragsdale as Charley Brewster  Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent Amanda Bearse as Amy Peterson Stephen Geoffreys as Edward "Evil Ed" Thompson Jonathan Stark as Billy Cole Dorothy Fielding as Judy Brewster How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every autumnal equinox, a group of humanoids gathers at the nexus of dreams and reality to celebrate the strangest podcast around, Analog Jones! This week, we will be reviewing a DIY horror film called Weird Visions Society, and we will also be interviewing the writer and director, Ryan. Buy Weird Visions Society VHS: https://lunchmeatvhs.com/products/weird-visions-society-vhs  How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of Film Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, iHeartRADIO, Podbean, Spotify, and Youtube! Please email us at analogjonestof@gmail.com with any comments or questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices