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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For January, they are watching some of the most maligned movies of 2025.

This week, Joel and Andy are watching Honey Don’t! It’s a film that is somehow surprisingly horny and surprisingly underwhelming.

• Honey Don’t! (2025)
• Directed by: Ethan Coen
• Written by: Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke
• Starring: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Lera Abova, Jacnier, Gabby Beans, Charlie Day

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

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. But, along the way, they also end up pitching a lot of films of their own.

So this week, we bring you the best pitches of 2025, including The Insane Clown Policy, The Seventh Sense and Anaconda 2.

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

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The world lost Isiah Whitlock Jr. over the holidays.

Whitlock was a character actor best known for his role of Senator Clay Davis on The Wire, his many roles in Spike Lee’s films and his signature catchphrase: “Sheeeeeit!”

Joel Murphy interviewed Isiah Whitlock Jr. in 2008 as the final season of The Wire was underway. Today, we bring we the audio from that interview.

• Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
• Interstitial – “Glass Android” by Lee Rosevere

Find more interviews here:
https://www.hobotrashcan.com/interview-archive/

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

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by Ernest-aficionado Michelle Faulkner-Forson to discuss Ernest Saves Christmas; a film that may be maligned, but one that may have also inspired The Santa Clause.

• Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
• Directed by: John R. Cherry III
• Written by: Ed Turner (story by), B. Kline and Ed Turner (screenplay by)
• Starring: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain

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

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

This week, Joel and Andy have stumbled across a truly bizarre film: A Wrestling Christmas Miracle. In it, a high school wrestler makes a film to wake his friend from a coma; only to have the film stolen days before Christmas.

• A Wrestling Christmas Miracle (2020)
• Directed by: Chris T. Anthony
• Written by: Ken Del Vecchio (story), Ken Del Vecchio & Buddy Fitzpatrick (screenplay), Dylan Blank (written by: “Kace’s Movie”), Ken Del Vecchio (written by: “Kace’s Movie”)
• Starring: Mario Del Vecchio, Buddy Fitzpatrick, Julie McCullough, Candy Fox, Scott Schwartz, Ken Del Vecchio

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

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

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by Jillian Vitko. Together, they have A Very Jonas Christmas.

• A Very Jonas Brothers Christmas (2025)
• Directed by: Jessica Yu
• Written by: Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger
• Starring: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Chloe Bennet, Nick Jonas, Billie Lourd, Laverne Cox

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

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For November, in honor of turkeys, they are watching bowling movies.

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by Anthony Leonelli. Together, they discuss the bowlingest bowling movie so far … Kingpin.

• Kingpin (1996)
• Directed by: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
• Written by: Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan
• Starring: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott

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

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For November, in honor of turkeys, they are watching bowling movies.

This week, Joel and Andy are watching the live-action Flintstones film, starring John Goodman in a role he was born to play.

• The Flintstones (1994)
• Directed by: Brian Levant
• Written by: Tom S. Parker & Jim Jennewein and Steven E. de Souza
• Starring: John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O’Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor

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

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For November, in honor of turkeys, they are watching bowling movies.

This week, Joel and Andy watch The Jesus Rolls, a film that is billed as a spinoff of The Big Lebowski, but is instead a remake of the controversial 1970s French film Going Places.

• The Jesus Rolls (2019)
• Directed by: John Turturro
• Written by: John Turturro (screenplay), Bertrand Blier (based on the book “Les Valseuses” by), Bertrand Blier and Philippe Dumarçay (based on the screenplay by)
• Starring: John Turturro, Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou, Susan Sarandon, Pete Davidson, Jon Hamm, J.B. Smoove, Christopher Walken, Tim Blake Nelson

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

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For November, in honor of turkeys, they are watching bowling movies.

Joel and Andy kick off the month with King Ralph, a movie where a brash American becomes the King of England and bowls inside Buckingham Palace.

• King Ralph (1991)
• Directed by: David S. Ward
• Written by: Emlyn Williams (novel “Headlong”), David S. Ward (screenplay)
• Starring: John Goodman, Peter O’Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips

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.

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