Category Archives: Die Hard

Silver Linings Playback 204 – Rollerball (2002)

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For the month of April, they are watching films that killed careers.

This 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.

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Silver Linings Playback 187 – Holler at your boys: The Best Pitches of 2023

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre take a break from finding silver linings in maligned movies to look back at their best pitches for films (and a variety of other things) in 2023.

These pitches include Elvis in Space, Hip Hop Columbo, Indiana Jones’ Teacher’s Assistant, Die Hardly and Alien vs. Predator vs. Gremlins.

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Silver Linings Playback 187 – Die Hard 2: Die Harder

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For December, they are watching Christmas movies.

Joel 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. The plot is somehow simultaneously a rehash of the first film and overly complicated and John McClane goes from a regular guy in an impossible situation to an unstoppable killing machine.

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Silver Linings Playback 15 – A Good Day to Die Hard

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre continue their quest to watch maligned movies in hopes of finding a silver lining. For the month of August, they are going deep on unnecessary movie sequels.

This week, Joel and Andy watch A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth installment in the Die Hard franchise. The film sees John McClane traveling to Russia to help his spy son Jack. It’s an utterly underwhelming and ridiculous addition to the Die Hard canon, but together they will find its silver lining.

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Hobo Radio 425 – Wiring the taps

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Director John McTiernan, known for films like Predator, Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October, just completed his first film project in 14 years. In reading why McTiernan has been MIA, Joel Murphy went down a rabbit hole of Hollywood espionage, suspicious fires and illegal wiretapping. He shares McTiernan’s strange tale with Lars Periwinkle this week.

They also discuss their aversion to attending marches, the Nintendo Switch and a grandmother who has mistakenly been praying to the wrong entity.

Is organized crime unavoidable? Should you ever watch Futurama‘s “Jurassic Bark” episode? Do all roads lead back to Lord of the Rings? The answers to these questions and more are in this week’s podcast.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “Superdope” by Jared Mancuso

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