Silver Linings Playback
206 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago -All bad films have a silver lining. At least, that's the theory Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre are hoping to prove in this podcast.
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Silver Linings Playback 204 – Rollerball (2002)
April 22, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes - 59.7 MBThis week, Joel and Andy watch the 2002 remake of Rollerball, which ended Chris Klein's stint as a leading man and sent director John McTiernan to prison.
Silver Linings Playback 203 – Ishtar
April 15, 2024 05:00 - 41 minutes - 54.5 MBThis week, Joel and Andy watch Ishtar, a movie that ended the directing career of Elaine May (of Nichols and May) and convinced Coca-Cola to sell Columbia Pictures.
Silver Linings Playback 202 – Xanadu
April 08, 2024 13:31 - 43 minutes - 5.72 MBThis week, Joel and Andy are heading to Kubla Khan's stately pleasure-dome to discuss Xanadu.
Silver Linings Playback 201 – Ghostbusters
April 01, 2024 05:00 - 48 minutes - 63 MBIt's April 1st! And Joel and Andy are kicking off the month watching a universally-hated film: 1984's Ghostbusters.
Silver Linings Playback 200 – The Bucket List
March 25, 2024 05:01 - 46 minutes - 61.2 MBIt's their 200th episode! Joel and Andy discuss The Bucket List, a film starring Academy Award winners Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and directed by Academy Award nominee Rob Reiner.
Silver Linings Playback 199 – Dirty Grandpa
March 18, 2024 05:01 - 49 minutes - 64.5 MBJoel and Andy watch Dirty Grandpa, starring nine-time Academy Award nominee and two-time winner Robert De Niro as the titular grandpa.
Silver Linings Playback 198 – Serena
March 11, 2024 05:00 - 46 minutes - 61.3 MBJennifer Lawrence won an Oscar for her role in the critically-acclaimed Silver Linings Playbook in 2012. She and her SLP costar Bradley Cooper received much less acclaim for their followup film Serena.
Silver Linings Playback 197 – Monster-in-Law
March 04, 2024 05:00 - 38 minutes - 51 MBJoel and Andy kick off the month with Monster-in-Law, starring Academy Award winner Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez.
Silver Linings Playback 196 – 2 Guns (ft. Kate Freund)
February 26, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBJoel and Andy are joined by Kate Freund to discuss the film 2 Guns, which features a budding bromance between Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.
Silver Linings Playback 195 – Point Break (ft. Katie Long)
February 19, 2024 05:00 - 59 minutes - 78.1 MBJoel and Andy are joined by Point Break scholar Katie Long to discuss one of cinema's greatest bromances. So celebrate Presidents' Day with four bank robbing Presidents.
Silver Linings Playback 194 – Double Impact
February 12, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutes - 62.8 MBThe estranged Van Damme brothers must team up to avenge their parents' deaths ... and Joel and Andy must team up to find the film's silver linings.
Silver Linings Playback 193 – The D Train
February 05, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 65.1 MBJoel and Andy watch The D Train (a.k.a. Bad Bromance), a film where Dan Landsman (Jack Black) is obsessed with his old high school classmate Oliver Lawless (James Marsden).
Silver Linings Playback 192 – Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (ft. Erin Fox)
January 29, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 73.4 MBJoel and Andy are joined by Zack Snyder aficionado Erin Fox to discuss the director's Star Wars inspired Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire.
Silver Linings Playback 191 – Fool’s Paradise
January 22, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes - 59 MBJoel and Andy watch Fool's Paradise, the Being There-inspired film written by, directed by and starring Charlie Day.
Silver Linings Playback 190 – Strays (ft. Molly Regan)
January 15, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes - 73.5 MBJoel and Andy are joined by Molly Regan to watch a talking animal film that may have been unfairly maligned, Strays.
Silver Linings Playback 189 – Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
January 08, 2024 05:00 - 58 minutes - 85 MBJoel and Andy watch Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which felt like a turning point for Marvel fans support of the MCU.
Silver Linings Playback 188 – Holler at your boys: The Best Pitches of 2023
January 01, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBJoel Murphy and Andy McIntyre take a break from finding silver linings to look back at their best pitches from 2023, including Elvis in Space, Hip Hop Columbo, Indiana Jones' Teacher's Assistant, Die Hardly and Alien vs. Predator vs. Gremlins.
Silver Linings Playback 187 – Die Hard 2: Die Harder
December 18, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 68.9 MBJoel and Andy end the month with the sequel to one of the all-time great Christmas movies (and yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie!), Die Harder.
Silver Linings Playback 186 – Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever
December 11, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 65.5 MBJoel and Andy watch Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever, which, as the name implies, stars viral Internet sensation Grumpy Cat.
Silver Linings Playback 185 – The Christmas Classic (ft. Jillian Vitko)
December 04, 2023 09:30 - 49 minutes - 64.5 MBJoel and Andy are joined by Christmas aficionado Jillian Vitko this week. They discuss the Malin Akerman Christmas romcom The Christmas Classic.
Silver Linings Playback 184 – Good Burger 2
November 27, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 58.2 MBJoel and Andy end the month with Good Burger 2, the follow up to the ridiculous Nickelodeon film they discussed two years ago.
Silver Linings Playback 183 – Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (ft. Jonathan Davenport)
November 20, 2023 08:00 - 48 minutes - 63.8 MBJoel and Andy are once again joined by their friend Jonathan Davenport. They watch the 2023 animated film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.
Silver Linings Playback 182 – The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
November 13, 2023 09:38 - 50 minutes - 66.7 MBJoel and Andy watch a young Kurt Russell turn into a human computer in the ridiculous live-action Disney film The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.
Silver Linings Playback 181 – Mac and Me
November 06, 2023 06:01 - 50 minutes - 66 MBJoel and Andy kick off the month with the infamous, McDonalds-sponsored E.T. knockoff, Mac and Me.
Silver Linings Playback 180 – Leprechaun in the Hood
October 30, 2023 07:01 - 44 minutes - 57.9 MBJoel and Andy end the month with the infamous Leprechaun in the Hood.
Silver Linings Playback 179 – The Dog Who Saved Halloween
October 23, 2023 07:01 - 47 minutes - 62.6 MBJoel and Andy have been kidnapped and forced to find a silver lining in The Dog Who Saved Halloween.
Silver Linings Playback 178 – Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror
October 16, 2023 07:01 - 44 minutes - 57.6 MBJoel and Andy watch Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, an anthology horror series hosted by - you guess it - Snoop Dogg.
Silver Linings Playback 177 – Vampire in Brooklyn
October 09, 2023 07:01 - 42 minutes - 55.6 MBThis week, Joel and Andy watch the contractually-obligated Wes Craven/Eddie Murphy collaboration Vampire in Brooklyn.
Silver Linings Playback 176 – Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
October 02, 2023 07:00 - 57 minutes - 75.6 MBJoel and Andy kick off the "spooky season" by watching Jason Vorhees attempt to do what only the Muppets have done before him ... take Manhattan.
Silver Linings Playback 175 – Drive Angry
September 25, 2023 07:01 - 52 minutes - 68.7 MBJoel and Andy end the month with Drive Angry, a film where Nicolas Cage escapes Hell to save his granddaughter from cultists.
Silver Linings Playback 174 – Dog Eat Dog
September 18, 2023 07:01 - 44 minutes - 58.1 MBThis week, Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe reunite for Paul Schrader's 2016 crime drama Dog Eat Dog.
Silver Linings Playback 173 – Season of the Witch
September 11, 2023 08:01 - 48 minutes - 64 MBThis week film must be the Season of the Witch, the 2011 supernatural Nicolas Cage/Ron Perlman film set just after the Crusades.
Silver Linings Playback 172 – The Old Way
September 04, 2023 08:01 - 43 minutes - 57.5 MBJoel and Andy kick things off by watching The Old Way, Nicolas Cage's first traditional western. He plays a bad man trying to live a good life ... until he's pushed too far.
Silver Linings Playback 171 – AVP: Alien vs. Predator
August 28, 2023 08:01 - 49 minutes - 64.2 MBJoel and Andy end the month with AVP: Alien vs. Predator, which feels like it should have been a slam dunk mash up film but somehow ends up feeling forgettable.
Silver Linings Playback 170 – The Last Airbender
August 21, 2023 08:27 - 41 minutes - 54.8 MBThis week, Joel and Andy watch M. Night Shyamalan's infamous The Last Airbender, which was based on a beloved animated show.
Silver Linings Playback 169 – Big Top Pee-Wee
August 14, 2023 08:01 - 47 minutes - 61.8 MBIn honor of the late, great Paul Reubens, Joel and Andy watch Big Top Pee-Wee, Reubens' uneven follow up to the beloved Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
Silver Linings Playback 168 – Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
August 07, 2023 08:44 - 42 minutes - 55.6 MBJoel and Andy kick off the month with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the film based on the popular children's books that strays too far from its source material.
Silver Linings Playback 167 – Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
July 31, 2023 07:05 - 51 minutes - 67.1 MBJoel and Andy end the month by discussing Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Cathy Yan's criminally-underrated DCEU film.
Silver Linings Playback 166 – Transformers: Dark of the Moon (ft. Jonathan Davenport)
July 24, 2023 07:30 - 1 hour - 84 MBJoel and Andy are joined by Jonathan Davenport to discuss Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the film where two titans finally meet face to face: Buzz Aldrin and Optimus Prime.
Silver Linings Playback 165 – Dune (1984)
July 17, 2023 07:30 - 50 minutes - 66 MBJoel and Andy watch David Lynch's infamous adaptation of Dune.
Silver Linings Playback 164 – Mission: Impossible II
July 10, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes - 69.9 MBJoel and Andy watch John Woo's Mission: Impossible II, the film that is considered the low point in the still-running action franchise.
Silver Linings Playback 163 – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
July 03, 2023 08:32 - 47 minutes - 61.8 MBJoel and Andy kick off the month with the infamous Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Silver Linings Playback 162 – To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar (ft. Heather Moyer)
June 26, 2023 08:34 - 51 minutes - 67.8 MBHeather Moyer joins Joel and Andy to discuss the story of three drag queens traveling across America for a show, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar.
Silver Linings Playback 161 – Wild Hogs
June 19, 2023 08:03 - 45 minutes - 60.3 MBThis week, Joel and Andy watch the infamous weekend warrior biker film Wild Hogs.
Silver Linings Playback 160 – The Guilt Trip
June 12, 2023 08:05 - 44 minutes - 57.9 MBThis week, Joel and Andy hop in the car with Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen for the 2012 mother and son road comedy The Guilt Trip.
Silver Linings Playback 159 – Sex Drive
June 05, 2023 08:01 - 51 minutes - 67.1 MBJoel and Andy kick off the month with Sex Drive, the raunchy teen comedy loved by Jury Duty's Ronald Gladden.
Silver Linings Playback 158 – Dead Man’s Curve (ft. Devin McKay)
May 29, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes - 65.9 MBThis week, Devin McKay returns and forces Joel and Andy to watch the 1998 Matthew Lillard film Dead Man's Curve.
Silver Linings Playback 157 – The Dead Don’t Die (ft. Sean Latta)
May 22, 2023 15:10 - 58 minutes - 77.2 MBJoel and Andy are joined by Sean Latta. Sean has selected Jim Jarmusch's star studded zombie film The Dead Don't Die.
Silver Linings Playback 156 – Saving Silverman (ft. Molly Regan)
May 15, 2023 07:01 - 55 minutes - 72.8 MBMolly Regan returns to make Joel and Andy watch Saving Silverman, the 2001 comedy where two friends kidnap their buddy's fiancé in order to "save" him from her.
Silver Linings Playback 155 – Cruella (ft. Sophie Strauss)
May 08, 2023 07:05 - 59 minutes - 78.5 MBThis week, Sophie Strauss returns to watch Cruella, Disney's prequel to 101 Dalmatians where Cruella de Vil is a young fashion designer whose mother was murdered by Dalmatians.