Silver Linings Playback

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For August, they are heading to the 90s to watch a bunch of movies try to make sense of these newfangled personal computers in everyone’s homes.

Joel and Andy kick things off with Virtuosity, a Denzel Washington/Russell Crowe precursor to The Matrix that examines what happens when a computer world crosses over into the real world.

• Virtuosity (1995)
• Directed by: Brett Leonard
• Written by: Eric Bernt Starring: Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe, Stephen Spinella, William Forsythe, William Fichtner, Kaley Cuoco

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For July, in honor of the two competing summer blockbusters, they are watching maligned Superman and Fantastic Four films.

This week, Joel and Andy are once again joined by artist Joe Dunn. They talk about the sordid history of the 1994 Fantastic Four film directed by Roger Corman; which was never released.

• Fantastic Four (1994)
• Directed by: Oley Sassone
• Written by: Craig J. Nevius and Kevin Rock (screenplay), Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (characters)
• Starring: Alex Hyde-White, Jay Underwood, Rebecca Staab, Michael Bailey Smith, Ian Trigger, Joseph Culp

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For July, in honor of the two competing summer blockbusters, they are watching maligned Superman and Fantastic Four films.

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by artist Joe Dunn. Together, they discuss Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
• Directed by: Tim Story Written by: Don Payne and Mark Frost (screenplay), John Turman and Mark Frost (story), Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (characters)
• Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Laurence Fishburne, Doug Jones

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For July, in honor of the two competing summer blockbusters, they are watching maligned Superman and Fantastic Four films.

This week, Joel and Andy watch Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and talk about Cannon Films, the unhinged studio that made it.

• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
• Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
• Written by: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman), Christopher Reeve & Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal (story by), Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (screenplay by)
• Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jon Cryer, Mariel Hemingway, Mark Pillow

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For July, in honor of the two competing summer blockbusters, they are watching maligned Superman and Fantastic Four films.

Joel and Andy kick off the month with Superman III, in which Superman battles his shadow self and … Richard Pryor?

• Superman III (1983)
• Directed by: Richard Lester
• Written by: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman), David Newman & Leslie Newman (screenplay by), Mario Puzo (characters: uncredited)
• Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O’Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

Joel and Andy close out the month strong. They discuss the once-maligned cult classic film Wet Hot American Summer with a very special guest … co-writer/director David Wain.

• Wet Hot Americans Summer (2001)
• Directed by: David Wain
• Written by: Michael Showalter & David Wain
• Starring: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd, Zak Orth, Christopher Meloni, A.D. Miles, Molly Shannon, Gideon Jacobs, Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Ian Black, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Marisa Ryan, Elizabeth Banks

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

This week, Joel and Andy discuss Camp Nowhere. The film stars Christopher Lloyd as a grifter who is convinced to run a fake summer camp by some scheming kids.

• Ernest Goes to Camp (1994)
• Directed by: Jonathan Prince
• Written by: Andrew Kurtzman and Eliot Wald
• Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Jonathan Jackson, John Putch, Peter Scolari, Romy Walthall, Thomas Wilson

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by the Baltimore Improv Group’s managing director and Ernest P. Worrell scholar Michelle Faulkner-Forson. Together, they discuss Ernest Goes to Camp.

• Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
• Directed by: John R. Cherry III
• Written by: John R. Cherry III & Coke Sams (screenplay by), Glenn Petach & Steve Leasure (additional dialogue)
• Starring: Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo, John Vernon, Iron Eyes Cody, Lyle Alzado

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

This week, Joel and Andy watch Heavyweights, a Judd Apatow penned Disney film about a fat camp for kids run by a maniacal Ben Stiller.

• Heavyweights (1995)
• Directed by: Steven Brill
• Written by: Judd Apatow & Steven Brill
• Starring: Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Ben Stiller, Kenan Thompson, Paul Feig, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

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.

• Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
• Directed by: Jeff Kanew
• Written by: Ava Ostern Fries (story), Pamela Norris & Margaret Oberman (screenplay)
• Starring: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Jenny Lewis, Betty Thomas, Mary Gross, Stephanie Beacham, Carla Gugino

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

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.