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

Joel and Andy close out the month with the 2014 film Rage. Nicolas Cage plays a reformed criminal pulled back into his old life when his daughter goes missing.

• Rage (2014)
• Directed by: Paco Cabezas
• Written by: Jim Agnew & Sean Keller
• Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Max Ryan, Michael McGrady, Peter Stormare

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. It’s September, which means it’s once again … Nicolas Cage Month!

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by comedian Lisa Curry. Together, they discuss the Nicolas Cage/Elijah Wood heist film The Trust.

• The Trust (2016)
• Directed by: Alex Brewer and Benjamin Brewer
• Written by: Adam Hirsch and Benjamin Brewer
• Starring: Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira, Eric Heister, Alexandria Lee, Ethan Suplee

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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Toby Huss has had an eclectic career playing everything from The Wiz on Seinfeld to Stumpy on Carnivàle.

He can be seen most recently as Captain Ed in Weapons and can be heard as the voices of both Dale Gribble and Cotton Hill in the rebooted King of the Hill series.

We talked to Toby about Captain Ed’s dating life, his desire to see the ghost of Cotton Hill haunting Hank and getting recognized in Thailand by a man wearing a coconut bra.

This week’s music:

• Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
• Interstitial – “Vishnu Meets Funk” and “Ancient Ritual” by Lucas Perný & Miloslav Kollar

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

This week, Joel and Andy watch Between Worlds; a supernatural film that finds Nicolas Cage in a love triangle with a mother her daughter (who is possessed by Cage’s dead wife).

• Between Worlds (2018)
• Directed by: Maria Pulera
• Written by: Maria Pulera
• Starring: Nicolas Cage, Franka Potente, Penelope Mitchell, Garrett Clayton, Hopper Penn, Lydia Hearst

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. It’s September, which means it’s once again … Nicolas Cage Month!

Joel and Andy kick off Nic Cage Month with Looking Glass, a Lynchian drama about a husband and wife who buy a seedy motel and discover it has a secret tunnel that allows you to watch one of the rooms through a two-way mirror.

• Looking Glass (2018)
• Directed by: Tim Hunter
• Written by: Jerry Rapp
• Starring: Nicolas Cage, Robin Tunney, Marc Blucas, Ernie Lively, Jacque Gray, Kassia Conway

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 August, they have been watching 90s tech films, but …

This week, Joel and Andy watch the 2025 film War of the Worlds, which at one point had a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. And, Ice Cube attempts to join them, but has some technical difficulties.

• War of the Worlds (2025)
• Directed by: Rich Lee
• Written by: Kenny Golde and Marc Hyman (screenplay), Kenny Golde (screen story), H.G. Wells (novel)
• Starring: Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Iman Benson, Henry Hunter Hall, Devon Bostick, Andrea Savage, Clark Gregg

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 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.

This week, Joel and Andy watch The Lawnmower Man, a Flowers For Algernon story about a man who uses virtual reality to become a genius … with telekinetic powers.

• The Lawnmower Man (1992)
• Directed by: Brett Leonard
• Written by: Stephen King (based on a short story by), Brett Leonard & Gimel Everett (screenplay by)
• Starring: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeremy Slate, Dean Norris

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 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 are joined by Marty McGuire this week. Together, they discuss the Sandra Bullock film The Net; which sees her stumbling into a vast online conspiracy and having her life turned upside down when all she wanted was to go on vacation.

• The Net (1995)
• Directed by: Irwin Winkler
• Written by: John Brancato & Michael Ferris
• Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Wendy Gazelle, L. Scott Caldwell

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 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

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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

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