Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast

Steve's Honorable Mentions Won't You Be My Neighbor Halloween (2018) BlackKklansman Annihilation Black '47 Matt's Honorable Mentions Cam The Strangers: Prey at Night Enjoy both of our top 10 movies!  Come back next week when we review another listener submitted film. Discuss these movies and more on our Facebook page. You can also listen to us on iTunes, Podbean, and Youtube! Email us at analogjon...

We fly off with Robin Williams as Peter Pan in our Hook (1991) VHS Movie Review with this listener submitted movie! Hook Quick Facts Hook is a Fantasy Adventure film that was released into US theaters on December 11, 1991. Hook was produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by TriStar Pictures. Hook had a budget of around $70,000,000 and grossed about $300.9 million in the box office. Direct...

Let's take a bite out of listeners submission month with our Critters (1986) VHS Movie Review. Quick Facts Critters is a 1986 monster/comedy horror film made on a budget of $2,000,000 by New Line Cinema. Critters grossed $13.6 million during its release in the United States and spawned a Critters franchise with three sequels. Director: Stephen Herek (Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Mighty Duck...

Twister Quick Facts Twister is an action/disaster film from Amblin Entertainment. Twister was released on May 17, 1996. Twister had a budget of $92 million and grossed almost $500 million in worldwide sales. Director: Jan de Bont (Speed) Writers: Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park) and Anne-Marie Martin, Joss Whedon (Avengers), Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List), and Jeff Nathanson (Rush Hour 2 and Ru...

Get ready for sand, sweat and exhaust smoke! Gary Busey stars in Eye of the Tiger and fights a motorcycle gang from hell. Eye of the Tiger Quick Facts Eye of the Tiger was released to your local video store on November 24, 1986, with a mystery budget. Director: Richard C. Sarafian Writer: Michael Thomas Montgomery (as Michael Montgomery) Eye of the Tiger Cast Gary Busey as Buck Matthews, a Vietnam...

Analog Jones continues A Very Busey Christmas with a bizarre sequel, Predator 2 starring Danny Glover and Gary Busey. Predator 2 was released on November 21, 1990, with a budget of $35 million and made $57 million in cumulative worldwide gross. Director: Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5) Writers: Jim and John Thomas (characters and script) Predator 2 Cast: Danny Glover a...

It's the start of a VERY BUSEY CHRISTMAS! The first VHS this December is "Surviving the Game" from 1994. Get ready for the most dangerous game, hunting humans, and a bunch of dudes hamming it up in the woods! Surviving the Game was released into theaters on April 15, 1994, from New Line Cinema on a budget of $7.4 million, and it had a box office return of $7.7 million. It was in theaters the same...

You've Got Mail was released into theaters on December 18, 1998, on a budget of $65 million and made $250.8 million at the box office. Directed by Nora Ephron who also directed When Harry Met Sally (1989) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Nora Ephron also produced this film and co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Delia Ephron. This movie is based on the play Parfumerie by Miklós László. You've...

Now and Then was released into theaters on October 20th, 1995 on a budget of $12,000,000 and grossed $37,591,674 in the box office. The film is a coming-of-age film that follows four women who recount a pivotal summer they shared in 1970 as adolescents. Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and she's best known for her TV work on Homeland and the West Wing. Written by I. Marlene King and she's best know...

Heart and Souls was released in theaters on August 13th, 1993 on a budget of $25,000,000 and had a gross of $16,581,714. Directed by Ron Underwood, the same guy who brought us Tremors, City Slickers, and Mighty Joe Young. Produced by Sean Daniel, this guy is an excellent creative producer, his career spans four decades, was the youngest president of production at Universal Pictures. During his ten...

Every podcast thinks terrible thoughts and this week those terrible thoughts are about The Rage: Carrie 2. Analog Jones is joined by The Jersey Ghouls to review this over the top 90's horror film. The Rage: Carrie 2 was released into theaters on March 12, 1999. The budget was $21 million, and the movie made $17.8 million in the box office. Directed by Katt Shea Produced by Paul Monash Written by R...

Two nerds build a podcast about old VHS tapes, and it ends up being possessed by an evil entity. Listen to Analog Jones talk about John Carpenter's Christine (1983) for our Halloween episode! Christine was released into theaters on December 9, 1983, on a budget of $10 million and it made $21 million at the box office. Directed by John Carpenter the man who brought us Halloween (1978) and The Thing...

The Analog Jones gang goes back to their old hometown of Salem's Lot, Maine to write a book and get attacked by a blue vampire! Polett Jasso, a Stephen King fanatic, joins us to tell everyone the difference between the movie and the mini-series. Salem's Lot the mini-series made its TV debut on November 17, 1979, on CBS. The original runtime was 187 minutes but was cut to 113 minutes for the movie...

Matt and Steve got new jobs! We are working at a rat-infested textile mill, and we are working the Graveyard Shift (1990). Graveyard Shift is our second movie in our Stephen King October! Graveyard Shift (1990) was released October 26, 1990, with a budget of $10 million and brought in $11.5 million in the box office. Director: Ralph S. Singleton (Producer of Clear and Present Danger, Listen here)...

Are you ready for Stephen King month?! Matt and Steve are taking a trip to Nebraska to visit our new friend Isaac and review Children of the Corn (1984). Children of the Corn is rated R and was released into US theaters on March 9, 1984, on a budget of $800,000 (estimated). Director: Dritz Kiersch Writers: Stephen King (short story), George Goldsmith (screenplay) Children of the Corn Cast: Peter H...

Matt and Steve go treasure hunting with The Goonies! What did we find? A fantastic Cindi Lauper music video, some wickedly wonderful WB trailers and a Robert Davi story to die for. Listen to us gush over a timeless cult classic. The Goonies was released June 7th, 1985 in the United States at a runtime of 1 hour and 54 minutes. Goonies had a budget of $19 million and grossed $61.5 million in the Un...

Analog Jones hops in their spaceship and blasts off to Southern California to party with Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans and Julie Brown in Earth Girls Are Easy. Ever wonder what it's like to be tall, beautiful, and surrounded by furry aliens? Matt tricks Stephen into watching a musical directed by Julien Temple and written by Julie Brown, yes, the MTV VJ. Brown can sing, danc...

Matt, Stephen, and Jon escape the dungeons of Nottingham to review Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from 1991. A rich boy from Nottingham, Robin Hood (Kevin Costner), travels with Azeem (Morgan Freeman) back to England after the third Crusades only to find England has been turned upside down. Robin Hood along with a very colorful cast of side characters must do battle with the brutal and sometimes hi...

Uh, Wicky wild wild. Wicky wicky wild, wicky wicky wild wild wild Analog Jones! The two best-hired guns in the West, no not Matt and Steve, Jim West and Artemus Gordon must save President Grant from a crazy legless scientist (Dr. Arliss Loveless) and his giant robotic spider. Yes, that's the story and it gets weirder. Saddle up and get ready to hear a crazy tail of Wild Wild West from 1999. Matt a...

Analog Jones went to the theater to watch Sex, Drugs, Murder, and Puppets. Wait, what now? You heard us correctly! Brian Henson, son of legend Jim Henson, made a dirty puppet movie for adults. When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet, Phil Philips, takes on the case along with Melissa McCarthy trying h...

The year is 2017 and Analog Jones is once again entering a world with sex robots and a shaky future for the United States. This week Matt and Steve watch Cherry 2000 from 1987 with a very young Melanie Griffith playing a fierce redheaded tracker named E. Johnson! Sam Treadwell (David Andrews) plays a dummy that owns a Cherry 2000 female robot (Pamela Gidley) that is blonde and beautiful but lifele...

Analog Jones grabs it's leather jackets and takes you on a cool ride with a review of Grease 2 from 1982. Steve's own Pink Lady, Sarah Foresman, comes along as these three sing their way through this musical flop. Does Michelle Pfeiffer and Maxwell Caulfield cut it in this sequel of Grease that starred everyone's favorite couple, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John? Listen to find out our favorit...

Analog Jones is bringing their fans a review of the brand new Puppet Master movie. Do they like the reboot? Find out on a bonus episode because they got bored and a little mad at this film. Read Matt's interview with Charlies Band on Horror Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analog Jones reviews Cyborg 2 from 1993 for our third movie of before they were stars month of August. This week we look at Angelina Jolie before her big hits of Maleficent, Girl, Interrupted and Changeling. Does Jack Palance and Billy Drago steal the show? Does this have anything to do with the original Cyborg by Canon Pictures? Find out this week when Matt and Steve describe sex robots and the h...

Analog Jones discusses Blind Date from 1987, starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger. This film was brought to you by the legendary comedic director Blake Edwards, the man who brought us those loveable Pink Panther movies. This is the second installment in our before they were famous month of August. Is Bruce Willis charming? Will we like this VHS? Listen and find out on Analog Jones and the Temple...