Silver Linings Playback Archive
For the month of August, Joel and Andy are going deep on unnecessary movie sequels, starting with Jaws: The Revenge. In this film, sharks are vindictive murderers and there's a Great White stalking the Brody family all the way to the Bahamas.
They end the month with the 2019 Hellboy reboot. The film is bogged down by a muddled script and poor CGI and make up effects.
1997 was an odd year for comic book movies. In addition to Batman & Robin, '97 gave us Steel, a film starring Shaquille O'Neal as John Henry Irons, a man who builds himself a metal suit to fight crime with the help of his disabled partner Sparks.
As much as it now seems like the MCU can't miss, the early days were a bit more rocky. Perhaps the rockiest film of all is Thor: The Dark World, the lackluster Phase 2 sequel to Thor.
For the month of July, Joel and Andy are watching maligned superhero movies. They start with Batman & Robin, which is generally regarded as the low point in Batman movies. Joel and Andy pay tribute to its beloved director - the late, great Joel Schumacher - and
