Nothing like it has ever been on Earth before. It came from another planet for the thrill of the hunt. It picked the wrong podcast. The Analog Jones gang starts its franchise review of Predator!  Quick FactsDirected by John McTiernan (Die Hard, Hunt for Red October, Last Action Hero)Written by Jim Thomas and John ThomasDistributed by 20th Century FoxReleased date June 12, 1987Budget: $15-18 millionBox Office: $98.3 millionRotten Tomatoes: 80% Tomatometer / 87% Audience Score StarringArnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan "Dutch" SchaeferCarl Weathers as Al DillonElpidia Carrillo as Anna GonsalvesBill Duke as Master Sergeant Mac EliotRichard Chaves as Staff Sergeant Jorge "Poncho" RamírezJesse Ventura as Sgt. 1st Class Blain CooperSonny Landham as Sgt. 1st Class Billy SoleShane Black as Sergeant Rick HawkinsR. G. Armstrong as Major General Homer PhilipsKevin Peter Hall as The Predator / Helicopter PilotPeter Cullen as the Predator's voice 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!

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 apparently had the Analog Jones accountant do his taxes)Stephen Dorff as Deacon FrostKris Kristofferson as Abraham WhistlerN’Bushe Wright as Dr. Karen JensonDonal Logue as Quinn Udo Kier as Dragonetti (Weird German dude) 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!

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 DNC convention this summer)Daniel Baldwin as Tony Montoya (sadly killed when the Canadians bombed the Baldwins in 1999)Sheryl Lee as KatrinaTim Guinee as Father Adam GuiteauThomas Ian Griffith as Jan ValekMaximilian Schell as Cardinal AlbaMark Boone Junior as Catlin (always an awesome, gritty dude)Gregory Sierra as Father Giovanni 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!

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 Sutherland as Merrick Jamison-SmythePaul Reubens as Amilyn - the Paramour, Courtesan?Hilary Swank as Kimberly HannahDavid Arquette as Benny Jacks - former WCW world championSteven Root as Principal Gary MurrayTom Jane as ZephBen Affleck, Seth Green, Ricki Lake (uncredited)  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!

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% Tomatometer / 78% Audience score StarringZach Galligan as Billy Peltzer, a shy artistPhoebe Cates as Kate Beringer, hates ChristmasHoyt Axton as Randall "Rand" Peltzer, Billy’s father and a failed inventorPolly Holliday as Ruby Deagle, an angry old lady who owns a lot in this small town, loves catsFrances Lee McCain as Lynn Peltzer, a stay-at-home mom that goes Rambo on some GremlinsJudge Reinhold as Gerald Hopkins, works at the bank with Billy. He’s only 23 and a VPDick Miller as Murray Futterman, a veteran that likes to have a drink every once in a whileCorey Feldman as Pete Fountaine, the neighbor kid that spills water on GizmoMushroom the Dog as Barney, whom Mrs. Deagle makes multiple terroristic threats against.Howie Mandel as GizmoFrank Welker as StripeOther vocal effects by Michael Winslow (Police Academy) and Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime). 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!

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 millionBox Office: $7.6 millionDropped 57.9% in revenue from week 1 to week 2.Rotten Tomatoes: 20% Tomatometer / 27% Audience Score Nominated for a Taurus Award for Best High Work and Best Work with a Vehicle (Joey Preston and Jay Caputo)A worse bomb than Solo, Ghostbusters (2016), and Gigli. StarringBrendan Fraser as Stuart "Stu" Miley, a cartoonist and the creator of the Monkeybone franchise. (tremendous career, making a comeback)Bridget Fonda as Dr. Julie McElroy, a sleep therapist and Stu's love interest. (her grandfather grew up around my neighborhood)Chris Kattan as an organ donor that Stu briefly possesses. (played a monkey on SNL, Mr. Peepers)Giancarlo Esposito as Hypnos, the malicious satyr-like God of Sleep who runs Down Town. (The dude owns scenes on a Clancy Brown level)Rose McGowan as Miss Kitty, a catgirl waitress in Down Town's coma bar whom Stu befriends. (a great actress who was abused by Harvey Weinstein)Whoopi Goldberg as Death, the ruler of the Land of Death and Hypnos' sister. (always legit, but nominated for a “Stinker” award for Worst Supporting Actress)Dave Foley as Herb, Stu's agent and friend. (great seeing him again, it's just a harbinger of all things 90’s)Megan Mullally as Kimmy Miley, Stu's sister. (always plays a bimbo)Thomas Haden Church (uncredited) as Death's assistant who reads her the names of new arrivals in Down Town.Bob Odenkirk as a head surgeon obsessed with getting his organs (formerly of SNL and a collaborator with Chris Farley and Giancarlo Esposito)John Turturro as Monkeybone, a monkey who is Stu's raunchy rascal creation. (done just about everything) 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!

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 several jobs. Banned from traveling to Russia.Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne: Lloyd's ditzy and air-headed best friend and roommate.Lauren Holly as Mary Swanson: A wealthy but troubled heiress. Was actually married to Jim CarreyKaren Duffy as J.P. Shay: A henchwoman of Nicholas Andre.Mike Starr as Joe Mentalino: A henchman for Nicholas Andre. He has a stomach ulcer and regularly takes medication for it.Charles Rocket as Nicholas Andre: A greedy, wealthy resident of Aspen, Colorado. And a former SNL cast member.Teri Garr as Helen Swanson: Mary's stepmother.Victoria Rowell as Beth Jordan (credited as "Athletic Beauty"): An FBI agent masquerading as a talkative young woman moving to Aspen to get away from her boyfriend.Cam Neely as Sea Bass (NHL player), Felton Perry as Detective Dale (Johnson from Robocop), Harland Williams as Motorcycle Cop 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!

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 like Bert Kreischer.Adam Baldwin as Albert Hockenberry, a young man looking to become a cabbie. Animal Lover in Full Metal Jacket.Mr. T as Samson, a big cabbie looking out for his niece, coming off of Rocky 3.Charlie Barnett as Tyrone Bywater, a cabbie who isn’t what he seemsGary Busey as Dell, an animal looking to party and probably has every STD known to man.Gloria Gifford as Miss Floyd, the new dispatcherMarsha Warfield as Ophelia, a cabbie who keeps getting robbedBill Maher as Baba, a musician running from the big fearPaul Rodriguez as Xavier, the ladies man of the group. Maybe a little pervy.Whitman Mayo as Mr. Rhythm, a homeless man full of rhythm and wisdomPeter Barbarian as Buddy, meathead 1David Barbarian as Buzzy, meathead 2 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!