Silver Linings Playback

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All bad films have a silver lining. At least, that's the theory Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre are hoping to prove in this new podcast.

Joel Murphy


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 49m AVG DURATION
    • 261 EPISODES


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    Silver Linings Playback 261 – Troop Beverly Hills

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 50:02


    Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre kick off the month by watching Shelley Long in Troop Beverly Hills. She plays an entitled mom who must figure out how to lead a scout troop of similarly-entitled kids.

    Silver Linings Playback 260 – Anaconda (ft. Katie Long)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 55:09


    Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre are joined by fellow podcaster Katie Long. She gets her revenge by having them watch Anaconda.

    Silver Linings Playback 259 – Young Guns (ft. Anthony Leonelli)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 62:21


    Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre are joined by Coach Anthony Leonelli. Coach Leonelli gets his revenge by making them watch the Brat Pack western Young Guns.

    Silver Linings Playback 258 – Signs (ft. Heather Moyer)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 60:16


    Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre are joined by Heather Moyer. Heather gets their revenge by forcing Joel and Andy to watch M. Night Shyamalan's Signs.

    Silver Linings Playback 257 – Ultraviolet (ft. Jonathan Davenport)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 60:50


    Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre are joined once again by Jonathan Davenport. Davenport gets his revenge by forcing Joel and Andy to watch the 2006 Milla Jovovich film Ultraviolet.

    Silver Linings Playback 256 – John Cena in The Marine (ft. Eel O'Neal)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 64:52


    Joel and Andy are joined this week by indie wrestler Eel O'Neal. Together, they close out the month with the infamous John Cena film The Marine.

    Silver Linings Playback 255 – Rob Van Dam and Dave Bautista in Wrong Side of Town (ft. Li)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 49:43


    This week, in honor of 4/20, Joel, Andy and guest Li watch Rob Van Dam's 2010 action film Wrong Side of Town, which features cameos by Dave Bautista, Viscera and Stormy Daniels.

    Silver Linings Playback 254 – Mick Foley in Big Money Hustlas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 48:04


    This week, Joel dresses up like Cactus Jack and Andy goes full Juggalo in honor of the Insane Clown Posse's film Big Money Hustlas, which features a cameo from Mick Foley as Cactus Jack ... er, um ... Cactus Sack.

    Silver Linings Playback 252 – Trish Stratus in Bail Enforcers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 45:13


    Joel and Andy kick things off with Trish Stratus' super Canadian action film Bail Enforcers (or is it called Bounty Hunters?).

    Silver Linings Playback 251 – Fatal Deviation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 43:13


    Joel and Andy end the month by watching a film that was actually made in Ireland. In fact, it is Ireland's first martial arts film ... the extremely-low-budged Fatal Deviation.

    Silver Linings Playback 251 – The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 47:04


    Joel and Andy watch Troy Duffy's 2009 sequel to his cult classic film The Boondock Saints, which was released 10 years after the original (and failed to live up to the original's hype).

    Silver Linings Playback 250 – Leprechaun

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 46:22


    It's St. Patrick's Day and it's our 250th episode! To celebrate, Joel and Andy watch the original Leprechaun, the ludicrous movie that gave Jennifer Aniston her big break.

    Silver Linings Playback 249 – Leap Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 45:56


    This week, Joel and Andy watch the romcom Lear Year, which sees Amy Adams heading to Dublin to ask Adam Scott to marry her.

    Silver Linings Playback 248 – Far and Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 44:44


    For March, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, Joel and Andy are watching bad "Irish" films. They kick things off with Far and Away.

    Silver Linings Playback 247 – Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 56:09


    Joel and Andy are joined by their friend Ted. Together, they end the month discussing the 1996 film Fear, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg.

    Silver Linings Playback 246 – The Crush (ft. Sophie Strauss)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 50:35


    Joel and Andy are joined this week by stylist Sophie Strauss. Together, they dive into the 1993 Lolita wannabe, The Crush; starring Alicia Silverstone in her debut film role.

    Silver Linings Playback 245 – Sliver

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 46:25


    Joel and Andy watch Sliver, a Alfred Hitchcock-esque erotic thriller involving a murder mystery, hidden cameras and a creepy Baldwin.

    Silver Linings Playback 244 – Swimfan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 44:01


    Joel and Andy kick off "Bad Romance" month with Swimfan, an early-2000s Fatal Attraction-esque teen drama about a high school swimmer and a teen girl who loves him too much.

    Silver Linings Playback 243 – Trap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 46:27


    Joel and Andy end the month with Trap, M. Night Shyamalan's 2024 film that seems to mostly be an opportunity to showcase his daughter's music and acting skills.

    Silver Linings Playback 242 – Borderlands (ft. Jonathan Davenport)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 56:24


    This week, Joel and Andy's pal Jonathan Davenport joins them to discuss Borderlands, a movie based on a video game that is trying very hard (and failing) to be Guardians of the Galaxy.

    Silver Linings Playback 241 – Madame Web

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 48:20


    Joel and Andy kick things off with Madame Web, a Spider-man-less Spider-verse film starring a character who has never even had her own comic book series. It's a film so bad it caused Sony to give up on their cinematic universe.

    Silver Linings Playback 240 – Holler at your boys: The Best Movie Pitches of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 57:54


    This week, we bring you the best pitches of 2024, including The Joker's Bucket List, Kitschy Kitschy Koo, The Trial of Hot Frosty and Bloody With A Chance of Christmas.

    Silver Linings Playback 239 – Red One

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 47:34


    Joel and Andy end the month with Red One; a film that dares to ask the question: what if Santa lifted, bro?

    Silver Linings Playback 238 – Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas (ft. Nicole Bilderback)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 48:10


    Joel and Andy are joined by Nicole Bilderback, the star of films like Clueless, Bring It On and Can't Hardly Wait, to discuss her film Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas.

    Silver Linings Playback 237 – Hot Frosty (ft. Jillian Vitko)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 47:24


    Joel and Andy are joined by Christmas enthusiast Jillian Vitko to discuss the utterly-ludicrous Netflix film Hot Frosty. As the name implies, it's about a sexy snowman who comes to life.

    Silver Linings Playback 236 – Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 45:14


    Joel and Andy discuss Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square, which plays all the Christmas cliché hits as it tells the story of an evil landlord (Christine Baranski) who wants to evict an entire town on Christmas Eve.

    Silver Linings Playback 235 – Rent (ft. Shawn M. Smith)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 43:56


    Joel and Andy are joined by Rent superfan Shawn M. Smith to discuss the film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical that was inexplicably directed by the guy who did Home Alone and two Harry Potter movies.

    Silver Linings Playback 234 – Pennies From Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 42:21


    Joel and Andy discuss the odd and incredibly dark Steve Martin musical Pennies From Heaven, which they both found utterly delightful.

    Silver Linings Playback 233 – Paint Your Wagon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 42:49


    Joel and Andy head to the Old West for Paint Your Wagon, a baffling musical starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg as a throuple in a Gold Rush town.

    Silver Linings Playback 232 – Joker: Folie à Deux (ft. Lars Periwinkle)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 43:24


    Joel, Andy and their guest Lars Periwinkle kick things off with the most maligned musical to come out this year: Joker: Folie à Deux.

    Silver Linings Playback 231 – Daughters of Satan (ft. David Dastmalchian)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 38:35


    Joel and Andy turn to a man who spent a Late Night With the Devil, David Dastmalchian, to help them find the silver linings in the 1972 Tom Selleck film Daughters of Satan.

    Silver Linings Playback 230 – The Believers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 44:09


    This week, Joel and Andy discuss The Believers, which pits Martin Sheen and Robert Loggia against a sinister cult that murders children.

    Silver Linings Playback 229 – The Devil's Rain (ft. Molly Regan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 42:31


    Joel and Andy are joined by Molly Regan to 1975 film The Devil's Rain, which features Ernest Borgnine as the leader of a satanic cult and William Shatner as our God-fearing hero.

    Silver Linings Playback 228 – Mazes and Monsters (ft. Dr. Wendy Fonarow)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 51:38


    Joel and Andy are joined by anthropology professor Dr. Wendy Fonarow. Together, they discuss Mazes and Monsters, a made-for-TV movies from the 80s where a thinly-veiled Dungeons and Dragons type RPG makes Tom Hanks go crazy.

    Silver Linings Playback 227 – Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 42:17


    Joel and Andy close out the month with Next, a film where Nicolas Cage has the ability to see a few minutes into the future who must use this power to stop a terrorist attack.

    Silver Linings Playback 226 – Left Behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 46:12


    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.

    Silver Linings Playback 225 – Trespass

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 41:47


    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.

    Silver Linings Playback 224 – The Retirement Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 47:28


    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.

    Silver Linings Playback 223 – Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 44:54


    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.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 47:46


    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.

    Silver Linings Playback 221 – The Chaperone

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 46:33


    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.

    Silver Linings Playback 220 – Sorority Boys (ft. Molly Regan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 51:25


    Joel and Andy are joined by Molly Regan to discuss a film she has been pushing them to discuss on the podcast since the very beginning ... Sorority Boys.

    Silver Linings Playback 219 – Billy Madison

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 43:59


    Joel and Andy kick off the month with Billy Madison, the movie that launched Adam Sandler's career (despite negative reviews from critics). So go on with the chlorophyll because they're here to learn, people!

    Silver Linings Playback 218 – The New Mutants (ft. Joe Dunn)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 48:56


    Joel and Andy close out the month by watching the final Fox X-Men film with their friend Joe Dunn. Together, they discuss the buried and forgotten The New Mutants.

    Silver Linings Playback 217 – X-Men: Dark Phoenix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 48:22


    Joel and Andy watch X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the franchise's second attempt at telling the Dark Phoenix saga and the final film to feature the X-Men film characters first introduced in 2000.

    Silver Linings Playback 216 – X-Men: Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 43:49


    Joel and Andy watch X-Men: Apocalypse, a very silly movie that makes the very silly mistake of burying Oscar Isaac's face under 10 pounds of make up and prosthetics.

    Silver Linings Playback 215 – X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 46:27


    Joel and Andy watch X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which features the first on-screen meeting of Deadpool and Wolverine ... though it's one Marvel is hoping you'll forget.

    Silver Linings Playback 214 – X-Men: The Last Stand

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 56:46


    Joel and Andy are preparing for Deadpool & Wolverine by watching maligned X-Men films. They kick things off with X-Men: The Last Stand, which -- contrary to its title --- was only the beginning of this franchise's troubles.

    Silver Linings Playback 213 – Dungeons & Dragons (ft. Marty McGuire)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 59:56


    With the help of Dungeon Master Marty McGuire and official character sheets released by Wizards of the Coast as a movie tie-in, Joel and Andy play Dungeons & Dragons while discussing Dungeons & Dragons.

    Silver Linings Playback 212 – The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 51:25


    Joel and Andy watch a film based on a series of grotesque trading cards: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie!

    Silver Linings Playback 211 – Battleship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 50:19


    In what might be a podcasting first, Joel and Andy play Battleship while discussing the film Battleship.

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