Podcast Like It's 1999

This week, writer and horror head Louis Peitzman (The New York Times, Vulture, Buzzfeed) joins us to talk about supernatural, horror movie, STIGMATA. We talk about Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne's interesting relationship to horror movies and his Razzie Nominated performance in this movie, the weird space of being a financial success but a critical failure and all the strange twists and turns STIGMATA takes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you ever been the very best? Like no one ever was?Well if you have then you have arrived at the correct episode of Podcast Like its 1999, as this week we welcome Mike Natale (Writer for Comic Book Resources and host of the upcoming You're Missing Out podcast) onto the podcast to talk about the ominously titled POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE. We get to talking about Pokemon as a multimedia phenomenon in the late 90s and how it just missed some of us age wise, card based box office boosts, how people feel about the movie/animated series in relation to the games and whether or not Pikachu crying brought tears to our eyes. Will Phil and Kenny leave the episode wanting to catch them all? Listen to find out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We aren't quite done! This week as our final FELICITY FRIDAY, Phil interviews a couple of FELICITY's key creatives.First off we have Executive Producer and TV Veteran John Reims about his role on Felicity, what makes Felicity different from all the other shows he's worked on in his career, and what it was like to work with the cast.And then we bring back Director and Producer on Felicity, Lawrence Trilling to talk about what it was like to say goodbye to Felicity, his thoughts on the ending and what it was like to direct the show's finale. THANK YOU all so much for listening to Felicity Fridays, it's been a blast doing them. Hope you tell your friends and get excited for what's coming up of PODCAST LIKE IT'S 1999. We, like Felicity, might be looking towards the past pretty soon, stay tuned... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the 90s we all loved lasers and we all loved Catherine Zeta Jones. Put them together and you have an all time memorable teaser trailer and ... an absolutely terrible movie??This week we welcome back Jessica Ellis (Host of Distant Socials Podcast) to the podcast to talk about Entrapment, a movie as far as anyone is concerned is just Catherine Zeta Jones dodging lasers with sexy movements and also Sean Connery is in it.We talk about the movie beyond the trailer, Sean Connery as a 60 year old movie star, Catherine Zeta Jones place as a movie star post-Zorro and just how much we did not care for Entrapment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's so hard to say goodbye, but sometimes we must put away Ben and Noel and wrap up talking about one of the best shows of all time.This week we welcome back Vanity Fair Senior Writer and Podcaster Extraordinaire Joanna Robinson (Storm of Spoilers, Little Gold Men) to talk about the final episodes of Felicity.We talk about Felicity's journey from mid season 2 (the end of its 1999 run) to its end in 2002, the craziness of the twist of the final 5 episodes (TIME TRAVEL!), where Joanna and Phil end up on Ben v Noel at the end of the show and those melancholy senior year/anxious about the world feelings.P.S. This is not the final episode of FELICITY FRIDAYS. We will be doing one more bonus episode interviewing executive producer Josh Reims and Producer/Director Lawrence Trilling.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ally McBeal, Big Little Lies, Boston Legal. We all know David E. Kelley is a TV Legend but did you know that in 1999 he wrote and produced a horror movie about a 30 foot killer crocodile starring Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda and features Betty White. Wait what?We welcome writer Delondra Mesa (Step Up: High Water, Z Nation) to give us some of her Camp Sci-Fi expertise to talk about LAKE PLACID, and all of its twists, turns, laughs, groans and moans. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is the middle ground between Ben and Noel, and it lies after the 1999 run of episodes but before the end. This is a special bonus episode. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone episode of FELICITY.This week Meg Masters (Netflix Publicity) returns to FELICITY FRIDAYS to talk about Help for the Lovelorn, a special episode of Felicity season 2, as one of our bonus episodes cause we just can't quit this fantastic series. And as a bonus on a bonus we also have an interview with actor Robert Benedict who plays Richard Coad on Felicity. We talk about his time on the show, how he feels about that period of his career, how it was like to work with the cast and much more.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Get ready cause this is going to be a messy one. Phil, Kenny and special guest Brianna Zigler (Film Critic, Slashfilm, Little White Lies, etc) talk about Takashi Miike's bloody and intense horror film AUDITION.We get to talk about our experiences first being exposed to the twists and turns of Audition, Japanese horror movies like Audition and The Ring making their way to America in the late 90s early 00s, and finally get to start to rate the movie out of 99 if such a thing is even possible for a movie like this.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Will Felicity and Noel get back together once more???!!!!This week on FELICITY FRIDAYS we welcome ARROW Showrunner Beth Schwartz on the podcast to talk about PORTRAITS, a dramatic approaching mid-season episode of FELICITY Season 2.We, of course, get to talk about the Felicity(Keri Russell)/Noel(Scott Foley) dynamic following their dramatic kiss in the previous episode, Julie (Amy Smart) getting stuck in the middle of this potential rekindling, Julie maybe getting a record contract???, and we get to talk to Beth about her career in dramatic television and J.J. Abrams. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have a message for you and that message is that maybe Luc Besson wasn't the right person to tell the story of Joan of Arc.This week we welcome Joe Reid of This Had Oscar Buzz to talk about the big prestige follow-up to The Fifth Element in THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC. We get into all the nitty gritty about its development process (including Katheryn Bigelow being the original director attached), Milla Jovovich's wild and interesting career, and get to talk 1999 Oscar Buzz with one of the biggest experts around.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bust out the gravy and the carving knife cause we are talking Thanksgiving a little early this week as Sarah Pitre and Meredith Borders (Creators of the Blog "Forever Young Adult") join us this week to talk about "Family Affairs" the eighth episode of season 2 of FELICITY.We talk about the joys of seasonal episodes, Felicity's (Keri Russell) parents meeting David(Charlie Sherwood), Noel(Scott Foley) and Felicity kissing and how much fun the supporting cast gets to have in this episode.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tell him we're podding! We hop on a flight from London to LA this week with Blank Check Host and Atlantic Film Critic David Sims to talk about Steven Soderbergh's THE LIMEY.We talk about Soderbergh's insane Hot Streak in the late 90s/early 00s between this Out of Sight and Ocean's Eleven, the contentious relationship between screenwriter Lem Dobbs and Soderbergh, Terrence Stamp's importance in britain and how this movie plays with his legacy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This Friday we talk to Micheal Tedder (Entertainment Reporter for Esquire) about GETTING LUCKY the 7th episode of FELICITY season 2. We talk about his relationship with the show, picking up stray dogs/other forms of too much responsibility one tries to take on as a college kid, and as always get his take on the Ben v Noel situation. And speaking of "Getting Lucky" we are grateful to have Greg Grunberg as a guest this week to talk to us all about what it was like working on Felicity, his favorite moments from the show, his relationship with JJ and what it's like to look back on FELICITY 20 years later. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we welcome writer Matthew D’Ambrosio (Umbrella Academy, Vampire Diaries) to the pod and honor the legacy of the late Joel Schumacher by talking about FLAWLESS, his queer dramady pairing an ex-cop (Robert De Niro) and drag queen (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) as neighbors who learn a little something from one another. We talk about where Bobby De Niro’s career was in 1999, Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s breakout year in 99 with this and Talented Mr. Ripley and discuss Joel Schumacher legacy as a controversial camp filmmaker. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've all been bit by that pesky little insect once or twice. This Felicity Friday, we welcome Meg Masters (Netflix Publicity) on the podcast to talk about THE LOVE BUG the sixth episode of FELICITY Season 2. We talk to her about that nervous space at the beginning of relationships like Felicity (Keri Russell) and David (Henri Lubatti) are in this episode, Noel (Scott Foley) trying to have an awkward conversation with Ruby (Amy Smart) about how he used to date Felicity and the appeal of YA Television. Also we are glad to get to talk to actress Amanda Foreman who played Meghan on Felicity about her role on the show, her process, TV in that era and the second season of Felicity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gimme a 1 Gimme a 9 Gimme another 9 One More 9 1999! This week we welcome actress and filmmaker Lola Kelly (The Fosters, Cassidy Red) to talk about James Babbit's seminal queer satirical comedy BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER. We talk about how the MPAA treated the movie unfairly, the movie's place in the queer/feminist filmmaking canon, Natasha Lyonne's career, the film's low key stacked cast and give our ratings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sometimes you just need to open up your heart again and craaaash into this week's FELICITY FRIDAY. We welcome back actress Danielle Savre (Station 19) onto the podcast to talk about CRASH, the fifth episode of FELICITY season 2. We talk about getting over past relationships and Julie's (Amy Jo Johnson) advice to Felicity (Keri Russell) on the matter, where we and more importantly Danielle are standing in the Ben v Noel debate at this point, and bad dates. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're ready to go to the polls and make our voices heard cause this week, writer and podcaster Dana Schwartz joins us to mount whatever the opposite of a smear campaign against Alexander Payne's ELECTION.   We talk about its relevance in today's political landscape, how Payne's feels about Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) and the rest of its great cast of characters, the way that the movie both catapulted Reese Witherspoon to new heights and at the same time made her struggle with typecasting and dissect its crackling screenplay. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Your next stop is ... THE DEPTHS. This week we welcome author and producer Rebecca Serle( Famous in Love, In Five Years) to talk about The Depths, the 4th episode of the second season of FELICITY. We get to talk to her about finding the story potential in a single location, the chaos of getting picked apart by strangers and how Felicity and Julie's friendship may or may not remind us of relationships they've been a part of. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's time to play the music, It's time to light the mics It's time to talk Muppets in Space on Podcast Like it's 1999. We welcome back Podcast Authority on the Muppets, Griffin Newman (actor The Tick, Search Party, Host of Blank Check with Griffin and David) to get the low down on one of the few under discussed adventures of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the gang, MUPPET IN SPACE. A strap in cause we go DEEP! We talk about where the Muppets were in this period after Jim Henson's death and how that contributed to the weirdness of Muppets in Space, talk about Kenny and Phil's relationship to the Muppets and Muppets in Space, and try to figure out if this movie is an Intergalactic Diamond in the Rough or messy lump of Mars Clay it's generally regarded as. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.