Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast

Analog Jones loves reviewing Canon Films, and this week Steve picks a crazy one in Ninja III: The Domination (1984). Quick Facts Directed by Sam Firstenberg Written by James R. Silke Distributed by Cannon Film Released on September 14, 1984 Budget of $2 million Box Office: $7,610,785 Rotten Tomatoes: 33% Tomatometer / 53% Popcornmeter Starring Sho Kosugi (Japanese) as Goro Yamada Lucinda Dickey as Christie Ryder Jordan Bennett as Billy Secord James Hong (an American born to Chinese immigrants) as Miyashima David Chung (a Korean-American) as Black Ninja Hanjuro 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

Only the universe could host a podcast this big! We watched a space adventure primarily set on Earth. Get ready to hear Analog Jones discuss the heroic, muscle-bound warrior known as He-Man in Masters of the Universe. Quick Facts Directed by Gary Goddard (First full-length Film) Written by David Odell (Wrote the Screenplay for Dark Crystal and Supergirl) Music by Bill Conti (Rocky and Karate Kid Motion Pictures) Distributed by The Cannon Group Inc. Running Time: 106 minutes Released August 7, 1987 Budget: $22 million Box Office: $17.3 million Rotten Tomatoes: 21% Tomatometer / 41% Popcornmeter Starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man Frank Langella as Skeletor Courteney Cox as Julie Winston Robert Duncan McNeill as Kevin Corrigan Meg Foster as Evil-Lyn Chelsea Field as Teela Jon Cypher as Man-At-Arms Billy Barty as Gwildor James Tolkan as Detective High Lubic Christina Pickles as Sorceress Tony Carroll as Beast Man 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

Every once in a while, you revisit a movie you loved as a teenager and realize that you were completely wrong about it. This week, Chris chose "Battlefield Earth" for our theme of "Hey, it's not that bad," only to realize he was truly wrong about how awful the film is. Quick Facts Directed by Roger Christian Screenplay by Corey Mandell and J. D. Shapiro Based on Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard Produced by Jonathan Krane, Elie Samaha, and John Travolta Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release Date: May 12, 2000 Running Time: 117 minutes Budget: $44 million Box office: $29.7 million Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer 3% | Popcorn Meter 13% Starring John Travolta as Terl Barry Pepper as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler Forest Whitaker as Ker Kim Coates as Carlo Richard Tyson as Robert the Fox Sabine Karsenti as Chrissy 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

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

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 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 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

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

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

Alex thinks he's died and gone to heaven. He's half right, he's on a podcast. Analog Jones starts its spooky season with Prom Night III: The Last Kiss. Quick Facts Directed by Ron Oliver and Peter R. Simpson (Ron Oliver directed a lot of Goosebumps episodes) Written by Ron Oliver Distributed by Norstar Releasing Direct-to-video release dates: April 13, 1990 (Canada) and June 1, 1990 (United States) Tagline: A Romantic Comedy From Hell Running Time: 97 minutes Rotten Tomatoes: – Tomatometer / 15% Popcornmeter Starring Tim Conlon as Alex Grey Cynthia Preston as Sarah Monroe David Stratton as Shane Taylor Courtney Taylor as Mary Lou Maloney Dylan Neal as Andrew Douglas Jeremy Ratchford as Leonard Welsh 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

It activates it exhilarates... it exterminates podcasts. Analog Jones finishes off its Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs theme when Chris selects Hardware! Quick Facts Directed by Richard Stanley (The Island of Dr. Moreau) Screenplay by Richard Stanley Co-executive producers: Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Distributed by Palace Pictures (United Kingdom) and Millimeter (United States) Release Dates: September 14, 1990 (US) and October 5, 1990 (UK) Budget: $1.5 million Box Office: $5.7 million Rotten Tomatoes: 46% Tomatometer / 52% Audience Score Starring Dylan McDermott as Moses "Hard Mo" Baxter (A Space Marine) Stacey Travis as Jill John Lynch as Shades (a very unreliable friend) Iggy Pop as Angry Bob William Hootkins as Lincoln Wineberg, Jr. (Porkens from Star Wars: A New Hope, was also in Batman 1989) Mark Northover as Alvy (Burblekutt from Willow) 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