Category Archives: Featured

Silver Linings Playback 224 – The Retirement Plan

September 9, 2024Ashley Greene, Ernie Hudson, Featured, Jackie Earle Haley, Nicolas Cage, Podcasts, Ron Perlman, Silver Linings Playback, Thalia CampbellSilver Linings Playback

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. And it’s September … which means it is once again Nicolas Cage Month!

Joel and Andy kick things off with The Retirement Plan, a 2023 film where Nic Cage plays a retiree with a particular set of skills who must protect his granddaughter from the bad men sent to kidnap her.

The Retirement Plan (2023)
Directed by: Tim Brown
Written by: Tim Brown
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene, Thalia Campbell, Ron Perlman,
 Jackie Earle Haley, Ernie Hudson

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Silver Linings Playback 223 – Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

September 2, 2024Caligula, Featured, John Gielgud, Malcolm McDowell, Podcasts, Silver Linings PlaybackSilver Linings Playback

Before diving into Nicolas Cage Month, Joel and Andy are taking a brief interlude to discuss one of the most infamous films ever made … Caligula.

The film, which boasted a script from acclaimed writer Gore Vidal and an impressive cast that included Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud. was shot in 1976, but wasn’t released in theaters until 1979.

Penthouse Magazine founder Bob Guccione edited the final cut; splicing in hardcore pornography. Most of those involved distanced themselves from the project.

Now, a newly remastered and edited “Ultimate Cut” hopes to restore the film to its original vision. Joel and Andy watch the new cut to find its silver linings.

Caligula (1979) 
Directed by: Tinto Brass 
Written by: Gore Vidal 
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, 
Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

Silver Linings Playback 222 – Mona Lisa Smile (ft. Jessica Henkin)

August 26, 2024Dead Poets Society, Featured, John Slattery, Podcasts, school, Silver Linings PlaybackSilver Linings Playback

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For the month of August, they are heading back to school.

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by The Stoop Storytelling Series‘ Jessica Henkin to discuss Mona Lisa Smile, a film with an all-star cast that definitely aspired to be the next Dead Poets Society.

Mona Lisa Smile (2003) 
Directed by: Mike Newell 
Written by: Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal 
Starring: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, 
Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, Marcia Gay Harden,
 John Slattery

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

Silver Linings Playback 221 – The Chaperone

August 19, 2024Annabeth Gish, Ariel Winter, Enrico Colantoni, Featured, José Zúñiga, Kevin Corrigan, Paul Levesque, Podcasts, Silver Linings Playback, Yeardley SmithSilver Linings Playback

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For the month of August, they are heading back to school.

This week, Joel and Andy have two words for you: The Chaperone. It’s a school trip heist film starring Triple H and Yeardley Smith that is exactly as bizarre as it sounds.

The Chaperone (2011) 
Directed by: Stephen Herek 
Written by: S.J. Roth 
Starring: Paul Levesque, Ariel Winter, Kevin Corrigan, José Zúñiga,
 Annabeth Gish, Yeardley Smith, Enrico Colantoni

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.