Silver Linings Playback

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Joel and Andy kick off the month with Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg's adaptation of the popular novel; which might just set the record for most Easter Eggs and film references ever put on screen.

Jonathan Davenport returns to subject Joel and Andy to the infamously maligned film Waterworld.

Fisher Falcons basketball coach Anthony Leonelli returns to watch Judgment Night with Joel and Andy.

Devin McKay returns to force Joel and Andy to watch Jack, the Francis Ford Coppola film starring Robin Williams as a boy who is aging four times fast than his classmates.

This week, Erin Fox gets revenge for being forced to watch Rebel Moon - Part One by forcing Joel and Andy to watch Rebel Moon - Part Two.

Joel and Andy are joined by Molly Regan to discuss Showgirls, a film that both killed Elizabeth Berkley's career and brought Joel and Molly together.

This week, Joel and Andy watch the 2002 remake of Rollerball, which ended Chris Klein's stint as a leading man and sent director John McTiernan to prison.

This week, Joel and Andy watch Ishtar, a movie that ended the directing career of Elaine May (of Nichols and May) and convinced Coca-Cola to sell Columbia Pictures.

This week, Joel and Andy are heading to Kubla Khan's stately pleasure-dome to discuss Xanadu.

It's April 1st! And Joel and Andy are kicking off the month watching a universally-hated film: 1984's Ghostbusters.