Some podcasts are always trying to ice-skate uphill. We finish off our Vampire theme with Blade from 1998. Quick FactsDirected by Stephen Norrington (Who began his career as a sculptor and makeup artist)Written by David S. GoyerBased on Blade by Marv Wolfman and Gene ColanEdited by Paul Rubell (The Transformers Guy, he’s edited 4 Transformers films)Budget of $45 millionBox Office of $131.2 millionRotten Tomatoes Score: 58% Tomatometer / 78% Audience  StarringWesley Snipes as Blade (Who...

Analog Jones interviews Taylor Morden, the director of The Last Blockbuster. We discuss The Last Blockbuster, his new film Bampire, and the film's IndieGoGo campaign that launches on March 4th! Bampire IndieGoGo link https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bampire-new-bambi-horror-movie#/

They've been around for 600 years...and they're very, VERY bad at podcasting. This week Analog Jones takes a look at John Carpenter's Vampires from 1998! Quick FactsDirected by John CarpenterSpecial Effects Makeup Artist Greg NicoteroBased on Vampires by John SteakleyDistributed by Sony PicturesReleased on October 30, 1998Budget: $20 millionBox office: $20.3 million Rotten Tomatoes: 43% Tomatometer / 47% Audience score Main CastJames Woods as John "Jack" Crow (who will NOT be speaking at the...

Homework. Cheerleading practice. Killing vampires. No one said podcasting would be easy. Quick FactsDirected by Fran Rubel Kuzui - produced the Trey Parker / Matt Stone “Orgazmo”.Written by Joss WhedonDistributed by 20th Century FoxA Kuzui Enterprises / Sandollar ProductionReleased on July 31, 1992Budget: $7 millionBox Office: $16.6 millionRotten Tomatoes: 36% Tomatometer / 43% Audience Score StarringKristy Swanson as Buffy SummersLuke Perry as Oliver PikeRutger Hauer as LothosDonald...

Here's Analog Jones's Christmas and New Year's episode. Enjoy us talking about one of the best little monster movies of the 80s, Gremlins!!! Quick FactsDirected by Joe Dante (The Howling, The Burbs)Produced by Michael FinnellExecutive Producers Kathleen “Cartman” Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven SpielbergWritten by Chris Columbus (The Goonies, Home Alone, Harry Potter)Distributed by Warner Bros.Released on June 8, 1984Budget: $11 millionBox Office: $212.9 millionRotten Tomatoes: 86%...

Analog Jones catches up on all the nerdy news from Halloween movies we watched to Disney news. 

If it Yells, if it swings, it's got to be Analog Jones! This week the gang finishes up listener submitted month with a pick from Jackie of the Jersey Ghouls when we watch Monkeybone from 2001 starring Brendan Fraser.  Quick FactsDirected by Henry Selick (a very accomplished animator with Disney/Pixar)Screenplay Sam Hamm (also worked on Batman and Batman Returns)Based on Dark Town by Kaja BlackleyDistributed by 20th Century FoxRelease Date: February 23, 2001Run Time: 93 minutesBudget: $75...

For Harry and Lloyd every day is a no-brainer. Analog Jones continues its listener month with Dumb and Dumber starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.  Quick FactsDirected by Peter FarrellyWritten by Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, and Bennett YelinDistributed by New Line CinemaRelease Date: December 16, 1994Budget: $17 millionBox Office: $247.3 millionRotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer 68% / Audience Score 84% StarringJim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas: A goofy chip-toothed slacker who has been fired from...

When this podcast hits the streets, guess what hits the fan? Analog Jones starts its listener-submitted month this week when we review D.C. Cab starring Mr. T and Gary Busey!  Quick FactsDirected by Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, Batman & Robin)Screenplay by Joel SchumacherStory by Topper Carew and Joel SchumacherDistributed by Universal PicturesBudget: $8 millionBox Office: $16 millionTomatometer: 18%Audience Score: 53% StarringMax Gail as Harold Oswelt, the owner of D.C. Cab. Looks...

The ultimate underground podcast. It will leave you legless! Analog Jones finishes off it's Tremors franchise by saving the best for last.  Quick FactsDirected by Ron UnderwoodScreenplay by Brent Maddock and S.S. WilsonStory by Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson, and Ron UnderwoodProduced by Brent Maddock and S.S. WilsonDistributed by Universal PicturesBudget: $10 millionBox Office: $16.7 millionRotten Tomatoes: 88% Tomatometer / 75% Audience Score Starring (from Wikipedia)Kevin Bacon as Valentine...

Just like the worms, this podcast has turned. Analog Jones continues its Tremors franchise review when we watch Tremors 2: Aftershocks! Quick FactsDirected by S. S. WilsonWritten by Brent Maddock and S. S. WilsonDistributed by MCA/Universal Home VideoReleased on April 9, 1996Budget of $4 millionRotten Tomatoes: 50% Tomatometer / 46% Audience Score Starring Fred Ward as Earl Bassett Christopher Gartin as Grady Hoover Helen Shaver as Dr. Kate Reilly. Credited as Kate White. Michael Gross as...

And you thought Analog Jones was deadly before...this week we continue our Tremors franchise review when we watch Tremors 3: Back to Perfection! Quick FactsDirected by Brent MaddockWritten by John WhelpleyProduced by S. S. Wilson and Nancy RobertsDistributed by Universal Studios Home VideoReleased on October 1, 2001Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Tomatometer / 34% Audience Score Starring Michael Gross as Burt Gummer (WINNER: 2001 Video Premiere Award Best Actor)Shawn Christian as Jack Sawyer (a stoic...

It's time for our annual spooky franchise review and this year, you the fans voted for it. The winner? Tremors!!! Here's the twist, we are reviewing the four on VHS...in reverse. Enjoy the Analog Jones crew reviewing Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (we had no idea it was a prequel).  Quick FactsDirected by S. S. Wilson (Directed Tremors 2: Aftershocks)Screenplay by Scott Buck (wrote the script in 4 or 5 days while also writing for Six Feet Under)Story by Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson, and Nancy...

Never give up, never surrender! Analog Jones completes its adventure theme when they watch Galaxy Quest.  Quick FactsDirected by Dean ParisotScreenplay by David Howard and Robert GordonDistributed by DreamWorks PicturesReleased on December 25, 1999Budget: $45 millionBox Office: $90.7 millionRotten Tomatoes: 90% Tomatometer, 79% Audience score Starring Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith, who played Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, the commander of the NSEA Protector and main character of the...

This podcast is clean!!! Let's set sail on the high seas and see if this comedy is as bad as the 90's critics said it was. Grab some chum and watch Cabin Boy from 1994 starring Chris Elliott with Analog Jones.  Quick FactsDirected by Adam ResnickScreenplay by Adam Resnick and Chris Elliott Distributed by Buena Vista PicturesReleased on January 7, 1994Budget: $10 millionBox Office: $3.7 millionRotten Tomatoes: 48% Tomatometer, 42% Audience score Starring Chris Elliott as Nathaniel Mayweather,...

Analog Jones starts it's Adventure theme! Brad gets the first pick and he has chosen Pee Wee's Big Adventure.  Quick FactsDirected by Tim BurtonWritten by Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, and Michael VarholProduced by Robert Shapiro and Richard Gilbert AbramsonMusic by Danny ElfmanDistributed by Warner Bros.Released on August 9, 1985Budget: $7 millionBox Office: $40.9 millionRotten Tomatoes: 88% Tomatometer, 79% Audience score Starring Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman, an eccentric man-child whose...

From the creators of Independence Day...comes a much worse movie. This week, Analog Jones reviews the box office disappointment Godzilla (1998).  Quick FactsDirected by Roland EmmerichScreenplay by Dean Devlin and Roland EmmerichStory by Ted Eliott, Terry Rossio, Dean Vevlin, and Roland EmmerichBased on Godzilla by Toho Co. LtdDistributed by TriStar Pictures (Worldwide) and Toho (Japan)Release date: May 20, 1998Budget: $130-150 millionBox Office: $379 millionRotten Tomatoes: 19% Tomatometer,...

Is that Perry Mason in a Godzilla film? It sure is. This week the crew reviews the heavily edited Godzilla movie for American audiences!  Quick FactsDirected by R. J. Kizer and Koji HashimotoWritten by Shuichi Nagathara, Tony Randel, and Straw WeismanStory by Tomoyuki TanakaDistributed by New World Pictures and Toho Released on August 23, 1985 (US)Running time of 87 minutesBudget of $2 million ($5.7 million today)Box Office of $4.12 million ($11.7 million today)Rotten Tomatoes: 27%...

See The Mighty Godzilla In A Fight To The Death With His Bionic Double! Analog Jones tackles the Godzilla Franchise when they watch Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.  Quick Facts Directed by Jun FukudaScreenplay by Hiroyasu Yamamura and Jun FukudaStory by Shinichi Sekizawa and Masami FukushimaDistributed by TohoReleased on March 21, 1974 (Japan), it wasn’t released on home video in the US until 1988Running time of 84 minutesBudget: $1.2 million ($7.4 million today)Box Office: $20 million ($123...

While reviewing A Scanner Darkly, Everything Is Not Going To Be OK with Analog Jones. You've been warned! Put on your scanner suites and prepare for a weird Phillip K. Dick-inspired animated movie.  Quick FactsDirected by Richard LinklaterScreenplay by Richard LinklaterBased on A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickDistributed by Warner Independent Pictures (the last film released was Slumdog Millionaire in 2008)Released July 7, 2006Budget: $8.7million Box Office: $7.7millionRotten Tomatoes: 68%...

Scrooge McDuck's First Full-Length Animated Feature Film and Analog Jones is reviewing it!  Quick FactsDirected by Bob Hathcock (Who worked on classics like Scooby-Doo, Smurfs, and Ducktales)Screenplay by Alan Burnett (Who wrote many Batman films we have reviewed, like Batman: Mask of the Phantasm)Based on DuckTales by Jymn Magon (He was the head writer for many Disney Afternoon classics like DuckTales, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)Distributed by...

Analog Jones gets louder and nastier than ever when they review Heavy Metal (1981). Quick FactsDirected by Gerald PottertonProduced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel (the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine)Screenplay by Daniel Goldberg and Len BlumBased on Original art and stories by Richard Corben, Angus McKie, Thomas Warkentin, Bernie WrightsonDistributed by Columbia PicturesReleased Date: August 7, 1981Budget: $9.3 millionBox Office: $20.1 millionRotten Tomato Score: 66% Tomatometer, 67%...

The boys of Anajog Jones and the Temple of Film take a break from VHS and review the new Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.  Quick FactsDirected by James MangoldWritten by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp, and James MangoldBased on Characters by George Lucas and Philip KaufmanDistributed by Walt Disney StudiosRunning Time: 154 minutesBudget: $300 millionBox Office $256 million (so far)Rotten Tomatoes score of 69% - 88% audience StarringHarrison Ford...

The Analog Jones and Temple of Film Podcast discusses:  Dead Formats 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana The cancelations by Marvel, Sony, HBO, Universal, and Netflix at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Godzilla TV on Pluto Tomb Raider TV series James Gunn picks a Superman and Louis Lane Dumb Money Trailer The Flash Movie Secret Invasion so far Dune part 2 Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast The Little Mermaid movie Diablo 4 How to listen and reach Analog Jones and the Temple of FilmDiscuss these...