1999: The Podcast

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

John Brooks, Julia Sirmons, and special 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
TITUS: "There Shalt Be Blood" - with Carmen Pa...
Film critic and Shakespeare fan Carman Paddock helps us pick through the bloody carcass of Julie Taymor's "Titus".
88 min
2
GIRL, INTERRUPTED: "Interrupted" with Jane Altoids
Film Twitter superstar and mint dynasty scion Jane Altoids joins John and Julia to talk about the Winona Ryder passion project, "Girl, Interrupted"
91 min
3
MAN ON THE MOON : "Andy" with Sean Malin
Writer/critic Sean Malin joins John and Julia to talk Kaufman, Carey, and the biopic genre as they look at Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon"
92 min
4
PAYBACK: "Mel" - with Jim Woods
Writer Jim Woods, the world's biggest fan of "Payback", joins John and Julia to talk about "Payback".
93 min
5
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
6
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
7
THE EMPTY CINEMA - A Special Summer Episode
51 min
8
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
9
SOUTH PARK - Summer Rerelease! - with George Fr...
A special 25th anniversary rerelease!
84 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
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
12
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
13
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
14
PHANTOM MENACE @ 25 - A Special Anniversary Rel...
125 min
15
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
16
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
17
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
18
QUIET ON SET - A Very Special Episode
69 min
19
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
20
RUNAWAY BRIDE: "Eggs & Lamps" - with Greg Pilgrim
Jenn's person Greg joins the show to discuss a movie about eggs, lamps, and the ethics of being a USA Today columnist, "Pretty Woman 2: Runaway Bride".
102 min
21
NOTTING HILL: "Just A Girl" - with Courtney Brooks
John's wife Courtney joins the show for the first time (and we welcome a special guest!) in an episode that is a love letter to a love story: Notting Hill.
133 min
22
AUDITION and WE SOLD OUR SOULS FOR ROCK 'N ROLL...
It's a two-for-one horror finale as we talk about BOTH "Audition" and the Ozzfest 99 documentary "We Sold Our Souls For Rock 'N Roll"
64 min
23
IDLE HANDS: "American Idle" - with John-Michael...
Comedian John-Michael Bond joins John and Jenn to talk about the horror-comedy-drama(?) "Idle Hands"
99 min
24
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL: "The (Other) Haunting" -...
We try to win a million dollars with Stephanie Gagnon as we accept Geoffrey Rush's invitation to enter 1999's "House on Haunted Hill"
102 min
25
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: "You Will Be Visited By Thre...
Alex Steed haunts the show to remind us of the joy of Patrick Stewart as we look at the delightful 1999 version of "A Christmas Carol".
83 min