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
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME - with Si...
The amazing, charming, and hilarious Siri Dahl joins John and Julia to talk all things shagadelic in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"!
95 min
2
JOE THE KING - with Zaki Hasan
Film critic Zaki Hasan joins John and Julia to talk about Frank Whaley's 1999 writing/directing debut, "Joe the King"
74 min
3
THE LIMEY: "Bang" - with Devan Scott
Filmmaker, podcaster, and Steven Soderbergh fan Devan Scott joins John and Julia to discuss the crime thriller/comedy/tone poem "The Limey"
84 min
4
VAL KILMER: 1959-2025
John and Julia discuss the life and career of actor and 90s icon Val Kilmer, who died earlier this month at the age of 65.
74 min
5
SWEET AND LOWDOWN: "All That Jazz" - with Liz W...
Actor/writer/director Liz Whitmere joins John and Julia to talk the good and very bad of Woody Allen with "Sweet and Lowdown"
92 min
6
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: "Baseball" - with Jack Kr...
White Sox superfan Jacki Krestel joins John and Julia to talk about part three of the Costner Baseball Trilogy, "For Love of the Game"
74 min
7
TWILIGHT (1998) - Gene Hackman Special
John and Julia look at 1998's "Twilight", the neo-noir that arrived at the tail end of the careers of stars Paul Newman and the late Gene Hackman
69 min
8
THE END OF THE AFFAIR: "Lots of Rain" - with Kr...
Writer, critic, and podcaster Kristin Battestella joins us to talk about the very rainy and very horny "The End of the Affair"
90 min
9
BEYOND THE MAT: "The Wrestlers" - with Ross Benes
Author Ross Benes joins John and Julia to talk about the beloved wrestling documentary "Beyond the Mat"
77 min
10
DICK: "Tricky" - with Alex Steed
Old friend Alex Steed returns to the show to talk all about 1999's Watergate comedy/satire/teen romp "Dick"
87 min
11
Bonus Features - WATERGATE MEDIA
73 min
12
New Year's Eve Special - 200 CIGARETTES
We spend New Year's Eve talking about "200 Cigarettes", for better or worse one of the only New Year's Eve movies ever made.
75 min
13
Christmas Special - ONE SPECIAL NIGHT: "Happy ...
Film critic Audrey Fox, who recently wrote about the 25 best Hallmark Christmas movies ever, joins to talk about "One Special Night".
96 min
14
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
15
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
16
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
17
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
18
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
19
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
20
THE EMPTY CINEMA - A Special Summer Episode
51 min
21
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
22
SOUTH PARK - Summer Rerelease! - with George Fr...
A special 25th anniversary rerelease!
84 min
23
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
24
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
25
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