1999: The Podcast
by John Brooks and Julia Sirmons
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See Also: THIRTEEN GHOSTS (2001) - with Kristin Battestella
See Also: THIRTEEN GHOSTS (2001) - with Kristin Battestella
About this 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!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 118 episodes
- See Also: THIRTEEN GHOSTS (2001) - with Kristin Battestella · 1 h 8 minHappy Halloween! We're joined by critic and horror maven Kristin Battestella to discuss the 2001 remake of the William Castle horror schlock B-movie Thirteen Ghosts (or, in this…
- See Also: TOMORROWLAND (2015) · 53 minBrad Bird's second live action film Tomorrowland was released in 2015 to a great deal of hype and high expectations. Bird was flying high on s string of critically acclaimed…
- THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR - with Nitish Pahwa · 1 h 25 minAppropriately the 113th-highest grossing movie of 1999, The Thirteenth Floor opened on May 28th in 4th place behind The Phantom Menace, Notting Hill, and The Mummy It was the…
- (Rerelease) OCTOBER SKY - with Amanda Jane Stern · 1 h 28 minNo new episode this week, but please enjoy this rerelease from a year ago, about a movie with a lot of connections to our last episode, The Iron Giant: October Sky was the…
- THE IRON GIANT - with Sam Summers · 1 h 12 minOur episodes on robots and animation have finally led us here: The Iron Giant, one of 1999's most notorious duds, and also one of its most beloved films. The Iron Giant was the…
- See Also: A.I. - ARTICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2001) and DISCLOSURE DAY (2026) · 1 h 43 minFollowing up on our discussion of Bicentennial Man, we discuss two movies, starting with the 28th highest-grossing movie of 2001, Steven Spielberg's A.I. - Artificial…
- BICENTENNIAL MAN · 1 h 5 minBicentennial Man was the 40th highest grossing movie of 1999, opening December 17th in 4th place and taking in $87 million dollars worldwide on an almost literally unbelievable…
- TOY STORY 2 (Revisited) · 1 h 19 minThis summer's Toy Story 5 is unique among Toy Story movies in that it's a direct continuation of the story of Toy Story 2, so we decided it was a great time to take a second look…
- (Rerelease from 6/25) - AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME - with Siri Dahl · 1 h 35 minAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was the 4th-highest grossing movie of 1999, behind Toy Story 2, The Sixth Sense, and The Phantom Menace, opening on June 11 and taking in…
- See Also: HARDBALL (2001) - with Jacki Krestel · 1 h 22 minVARSITY BLUES director Brian Robbins follow-up was another inspirational, somewhat edgy sports movie HARDBALL - this time about baseball and set in Chicago. 1999 icon Keanu…
- VARSITY BLUES - with Jacki Krestel · 1 h 29 minWe sadly lost 1990s icon James Van Der Beek in February, so we decided it was time to look at his most prominent non-Dawson's Creek role - the teen comedy-drama sports movie…
- See Also: PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002) · 1 h 6 minLast time we looked at Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 film Magnolia, so we decided to take a look at his follow-up, 2002's Adam Sandler-led absurdist romantic dramedy Punch-Drunk…
- MAGNOLIA (Revisited) - with Holly Brown · 1 h 27 minWe last talked about Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia nearly four years ago, so given Anderson recently (finally) won an Oscar for One Battle After Another, what better time than…
- See Also: WAG THE DOG (1998) · 1 h 9 minA president faking a war to distract from a political scandal?? WHAT??? We’re doing a new See Also this week, related to some of the recent movies we’ve discussed. The 57th…
- EDtv - with Will Weldon · 1 h 49 minEDtv opened in third place on March 26th right behind our last movie, Analyze This in 2nd and Forces of Nature in 1st, going on to gross $35 million worldwide on a budget of $80…
- [RERELEASE]: FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: - with Jacki Krestel · 1 h 14 min57th on the 1999 box office chart, For Love of the Game marked director Raimi’s first foray into big-budget, mass-market filmmaking (which would ultimately pave the way for being…
- OSCARS SPECIAL 2026 · 56 minIt's Oscars Weekend! 1999 was a weird year in Oscar history, as the awards held that year saw one of the most controversial Best Picture wins ever (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) and the…
- ANALYZE THIS - with Chase Mitchell · 1 h 22 minAnalyze This was the 18th-highest grossing movie of 1999, opening on at #1 March 5th – the same day as Cruel Intentions, which opened number 2 - and taking in $177 million…
- See Also: WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) - with Dan Colón · 1 h 24 minIt's Valentine's Day, so we're taking one last look at the non-1999 landscape before we return to 1999 next week with the movie that reset the standard for romantic comedies, Rob…
- See Also: FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (2025) · 58 minThis week, Julia reports back from the screening she attended of "Father Mother Sister Brother", the latest from "Ghost Dog" writer/director Jim Jarmusch. "Father Mother Sister…
