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Silver Linings Playback 226 – Left Behind

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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!

This week, Joel and Andy watch Left Behind, a film where Christians are raptured and Nic Cage is a pilot who is … you guessed it, left behind.

Left Behind (2014) 
Directed by: Vic Armstrong 
Written by: Paul Lalonde & John Patus (screenplay), 
Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins (novel) 
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, 
Nicky Whelan, Jordin Sparks, Lea Thompson

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Silver Linings Playback 225 – Trespass

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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!

This week, Joel and Andy watch Joel Schumacher’s home invasion film Trespass, which sees Nic Cage and Nicole Kidman squaring off against a chaotic group of thieves. The two hosts also accidentally write the soon-to-be-classic folk ballad “You Can’t Take It With You When You Been Died.”

Trespass (2011) 
Directed by: Joel Schumacher 
Written by: Karl Gajdusek 
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet, Ben Mendelsohn,
Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Silver Linings Playback 224 – The Retirement Plan

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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 175 – Drive Angry

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

Joel and Andy end the month with Drive Angry, a film where Nicolas Cage escapes Hell to save his granddaughter from cultists.

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

[This episode was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being discussed wouldn’t exist.]

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Silver Linings Playback 174 – Dog Eat Dog

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

This week, Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe reunite for Paul Schrader’s 2016 crime drama Dog Eat Dog.

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

[This episode was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being discussed wouldn’t exist.]

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