1999: The Podcast

Was 1999 the best year in movie history? We think it might be!

John Brooks and guests work their way through all the year has to offer, one movie at a time, and we’ll ask special guests to share their memories of this amazing year and the movies that made it unforgettable. Unfortunately, nobody can be told what 1999: The Podcast is… you have to hear it for yourself!

TV & Film
Film History
Film Reviews
1
SUMMER OF SAM: "S.O.S." - with Julia Sirmons
Julia Sirmons returns to talk about Spike Lee's gritty, ambitious dud, "Summer of Sam"
89 min
2
99@25 #016 - August 16-31 1999
John is joined by friend of the show Julia Sirmons to wade through the dog days of the summer of 1999. Bad movies, graduation anthems, and final answers!
66 min
3
WOODSTOCK 99 - An End of Summer Special Episode
Dan Colón, of CageClub's very own The Monsters That Made Us podcast joins John to talk about the greed, mayhem, and madness that defined Woodstock 99
65 min
4
99@25 #015 - August 1-15 1999
John is joined by friend of the show Tyler Birth (with a brief appearance from his new mouse friend!) as they take a look at a little bit of Monica, Jessica, Sandra, Rita, and everything else that mamboed our way in the beginning of August!
64 min
5
99@25 #013/14 - July 1-31 1999
Chicago White Sox superfan and 1990s pop culture lover Jacki Krestel joins John for a look at July of 1999
51 min
6
THE EMPTY CINEMA - A Special Summer Episode
51 min
7
ARLINGTON ROAD: "Boom" - with Matt Belenky
Matt Belenky joins us to talk about one of 1999's most overlooked gems, the paranoid thriller "Arlington Road"
113 min
8
SOUTH PARK - Summer Rerelease! - with George Fr...
A special 25th anniversary rerelease!
84 min
9
99@25 #012 - June 16-30 1999
This week, we talk about South Park, Tarzan, Brian Blessed, "Smooth", and Weird Al's "The Saga Begins" with RETURN OF THE POD co-host Matt Romano!
60 min
10
TARZAN - Summer Rerelease! - with Heather Antos
Artist and IDW's senior editor Heather Antos talks to John and Joey about her love of Disney's adaptation of the beloved Edgar Rice Burroughs character.
80 min
11
99@25 #011 - June 1-15 1999
This week, we look at the opening of AUSTIN POWERS 2, albums from Dido and Blink-182, and more with Pete Abeyta of the MIDDLE CLASS FILM CLASS podcast.
68 min
12
THREE TO TANGO: "No La Tango" - with R. Lee Fle...
"She's All That" writer R. Lee Fleming Jr. joins John and Jenn to talk about the tango-free romcom, "Three to Tango"
108 min
13
99@25 #010 - May 16-31 1999
This week, we look at the opening of THE PHANTOM MENACE, albums from Moby and The Backstreet Boys, and more as we close out May 1999!
50 min
14
NEVER BEEN KISSED: "Grosie" - with Trae Crowder...
Trae Crowder and Corey Ryan Forrester join to talk about high school trauma, inappropriate relationships, the ethics of the 1990s, and Drew Barrymore in "Never Been Kissed"
126 min
15
FORCES OF NATURE: "Planes, Trains, and Geo Metr...
Julia Sirmons makes her record third appearance to talk about the strange and surprising Bullock/Affleck vehicle "Forces of Nature"
109 min
16
PHANTOM MENACE @ 25 - A Special Anniversary Rel...
125 min
17
99@25 #009 - May 1-15 1999
Author Christ Morgan joins to talk about Phantom Menace Fever, SpongeBob, and his upcoming book, "99 Episodes That Defined the '90s"
68 min
18
99@25 #008 - April 21-30 1999
CageClub legend Mike Manzi joins John for a short look at the end of one of 1999's worst months, and the Star Wars content yet to come!
43 min
19
BLAST FROM THE PAST: "Adam & Eve" - with Samm L...
"Freaks and Geeks" star Samm Levine joins the John and Jenn to talk about Brendan Fraser's 2nd-best 1999 movie, "Blast from the Past"
135 min
20
99@25 #07 - April 1-20 1999, the Columbine Episode
A little change of pace as John and Jenn zoom through the first nineteen days of April and spend an hour or so discussing Columbine.
87 min
21
PUSHING TIN: "Control" - with Joe Kwaczala
Comedian Joe Kwaczala joins the show to discuss the very original and absurdly misguided rom-comish drama thing, "Pushing Tin"
102 min
22
99@25 #06 - March 16-31 1999
We look back on the second half of the month of March, 1999: Fabio! Ricky Martin! The Oscars! The Matrix! And more!
86 min
23
MICKEY BLUE EYES: "Gid Ouda He" - with Meghan L...
Writer and minor Twitter celebrity Meghan Leigh Paulk talks crime, love, and Hugh Grant in "Mickey Blue Eyes"
88 min
24
QUIET ON SET - A Very Special Episode
69 min
25
SHE'S ALL THAT: "Kiss Me" - with Chase Mitchell
Writer and all-around good guy Chase Mitchell joins John and Jenn beneath the milky twilight to talk "She's All That".
110 min