Podcast Like It's 1999

Erin La Rosa (Netflix social media) came back to the podcast for her second Brendan Fraser-Hugh Wilson film. She thought she was just there to talk Fraser, but she never could have anticipated what awaited her. When people talk about the best twists of 1999, they’ll mention The Sixth Sense or The Matrix. Perhaps the more artsy of us will ride for eXistenZ. And maybe those who don’t understand twists will stan for, I don’t know, The Bone Collector? But the biggest twist of all is that this movie about a simple Canadian Mountie and his flatulent horse named Horse based on a little-loved cartoon is not only good, it’s great! Listen to this episode to find out if this write up was itself a twist as well and it’s really as bad as you think. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bicentennial Man is a film from 1999 with a title that gives away the ending. If the studio was intent on giving away the ending, perhaps they should have gone with one of their alternate, snappier titles instead, such as: “I Fucked My Fridge” Todd Van Der Werff (Vox) and Libby Hill (LA Times) join us for a high-minded discussion on the film* that ended Robin Williams’ career as a leading man. * ”Jakob the Liar” can also make this claim, but fortunately for us we won’t be covering it because it was made in ... well, fuck.           See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phil, Kenny and Okieriete Onaodowan (Hamilton, Station 19, sorry, did you miss what we said? Hamilton. The original Broadway Cast. He was Hercules Mulligan and James Madison. If you knock him down he’ll get the fuck back up again! Oh my god, I’m fanboying out and I’m just a bot that generates amusing podcast writeups, back to the movie) take a trip to a little redneck mountain town (which is directly from the movie. The MOVIE is using the derogatory term ‘redneck,’ you ass-licking cockholes) to review Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s masterpiece (yeah, masterpiece. Hang it in the Louvre, shitsniffers!), SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER AND UNCUT!    So strap in you big ol dildo pirates as we let Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, Chef, Mr. Hat and Satan serenade us with the best - and only - toe-sucking, pubic hair-ingesting musical of 1999.    Oh, and Happy New Year, Fuckers! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you ready to ROCK?! Oh, no, you’re not? Then, well, are you ready to ROLL?! Not that either? Hmm... are you ready to PAINT YOUR FACE LIKE A DEMON AND STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT?! Oh, not your bag either, huh? Okay, then... ARE YOU READY TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST ABOUT A THINLY-VEILED INFOMERCIAL DISGUISED AS A PROBLEMATIC ROAD MOVIE?! You are?! Then, my good man, do we have the podcast for you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the pod Matthew D’Ambrosio (The Vampire Diaries) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss Kevin Williamson’s directorial debut, “Teaching Mrs. Tingle,” a film best known for changing its title pre-release from “Killing Mrs. Tingle” and thereby solving the problem of violence in America once an for all! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christmas comes early for the listeners of Podcast Like It’s 1999 as Phil and Kenny are joined by Eric Carrasco (Supergirl) to discuss the 1999 Denise Richards vehicle “Dr. Christmas Jones and the World Is Not Enough” (co-starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We all have dreams, but the truly great ones dare to dream the dreams that have never been dreamt before. Take Carrie Gillogly (AMC), our guest for the week. Carrie had a dream to guest on the podcast about October Sky, the 1999 Jake Gyllenhaal-Chris Cooper space/mining drama, and make co-host Kenny appreciate it for the sensitive story of one man’s perseverance it is. At every turn, she experienced seemingly insurmountable odds. Yet, like the protagonist Homer Hickman, she persevered. But, did she succeed in her mission? Tune in to find out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once in a generation, a podcast comes along that is so riveting, so ravishing, so revolutionary that it can only be described as a SUPERCAST. Unfortunately, our podcast on Molly Shannon’s Superstar is not that supercast. It is, however, an honest and frank discussion of a wildly misunderstood and underappreciated diamond in 1999’s rough. Much thanks to our guests, Molly Green and James Leffler (Station 19), for excavating said diamond and holding it up to figuratively/audibly shine for everyone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In honor of our first full year of chronicling the films of 1999, Phil and Kenny look back at their first 52 episodes and give out awards (for which only the films we’ve arbitrarily chosen to cover are eligible!). Join us as we run down our Bests (like actors, actresses, screenplay, song and scene), Worsts (like worst movie, worst fashion and worst aged) and Biggest (surprise, letdown). We also give our top ten so far and preview the next 52 and beyond. Thank you for listening so far and we have some very exciting things planned for next year! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s been a full year here at Podcast Like It’s 1999 and Phil and Kenny are celebrating in style as they are joined by producer Hailey Wierengo to discuss Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-winning film “All About My Mother!” I just write the synopses, so I don’t know what this movie is about, but Moms are great, so I’m sure it’s a sweet tale about fun moms! Mwah! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kenny and Phil are not your average podcasters. Most podcasters look at humanity and see a small sliver who can podcast at even a remedial level. But not Kenny and Phil. They believe that podcasting comes from within... that it comes from the heart.    So, it was with that spirit, that they invited Melissa Lora and Corinne Stikeman - two podcast guests with a scant four guest episodes of experience between them - on to the podcast.   But Phil and Kenny did not take it easy on Melissa and Corinne. They could have started slow, with a rip-roaring crowd-pleaser like "The Mummy" or a meaty hunk of podcast fodder-beef like "Wild Wild West," but, instead, Melissa and Corinne were forced to come up with 90-120 minutes of aural delight about the Violins-in-East-Harlem, Meryl Streep-vehicle, "Music of the Heart."    We can hear you shudder. How can two novices, two amateurs, two rookies spin such a plain, boring, rote film into podcast gold?    Well. Take a listen. You won't believe your ears. As long, that is, as you

One of the quirks of 1999 is that the year produced several high-profile entities’ most off-brand films. Included among these is David Lynch’s not-weird “The Straight Story,” Eddie Murphy’s not-funny “Life,” Disney’s not-musical “Tarzan,” and Rob Reiner’s not-good “The Story of Us.” Add to that “Outside Providence.” Emily Fox (Hindsight, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce) joins us to discuss the Farrelly Brothers-written, coming-of-age, stoner dramedy that doesn’t have any bird’s heads falling off, one-handed bowlers, conjoined twins, or even one drop of semen in any character’s hair. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, tune in for a discussion about M.  Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense” with Phil... Kenny... and... ***TWIST*** No guest! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It was a dark and stormy night when Clarke Wolfe came into the podcast studio like hurricane to weather a conversational storm about Forces Of Nature with Phil and Kenny.  A flood of analysis was followed by a tidal wave of critical thought and a tsunami of disagreement. Is Forces of Nature a tornado of fun or is it a volcano, it’s molten lava slowly threatening to devour you from the ankles up, as you struggle to break free but your femurs have already been disintegrated by its trudging witticisms, leaving you know chance by ride out the storm with Ben Afflecjk and Sandra Bullock? Tune in and find out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What is Life? For centuries, the greatest minds in science, philosophy and theology have endeavored to answer that most unanswerable of questions. We’ve grappled with its meaning, questioned its purpose and cursed its inevitable end. While the experience is universal, it’s the ineffable nature of it has baffled us all. A satisfying answer, it seemed, was never to be. But then, in 1999, like a bolt of lightning, an answer came: Life is a prison-set comedy with dramatic overtones starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Chuck Hayward (Step Sisters, Dear White People) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss this most momentous of discoveries. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This podcast started as a bet. Could Phil and Kenny take any guest and turn him into the Podcasting King? After rejecting a few deeper-voiced possibilities, they settled on David Iserson, who had glasses. David proved to be more than meets the eye, however, when he shrewdly chose the film “She’s All That,” an oft-requested classic of the teen genre, as his movie. David proceeded to wow the boys with his podcasting bona fides. Turns out, he’s a seasoned writer - features and TV, comedy and drama - making him highly desirable to podcasts ranging from Scriptnotes to WTF to the one where Doug Benson gets high. He’s also full of podcast-able tidbits like, did you know he had a She’s All That poster in his college dorm room? And that it was in French?! But the only way to prove that David is the new podcasting king of the internet is if this episode gets more download than any before it. Can David do it? Can Phil and Kenny do it? Or will love get in the way? Download to find out! See acast.com/privacy for priva

In this episode, Phil, Kenny and Michaela Dietz (Steven Universe) will boldly attempt to do what no three people have ever done: have a thoughtful and sensitive conversation about Rob Schneider’s Magnum Opus, “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oh, how wonderful! 1999 has brought us yet another treat in the form of a movie from the Disney Renaissance, the delightful era that birthed such classics as "The Little Mermaid, "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King." How sweet they are, with their singing animals, dancing inanimate objects and overall sense of wonder! I can't wait to see which one we get to-- Oh, it's "Tarzan." We got "Tarzan?" You know, Me, Tarzan, You Jane "Tarzan?" The one where the characters don't sing. Or dance. Where it all takes place on basically one beach. The one with the Phil Collins' song that beat Aimee Mann for Best Original Song!? That's the one we get?! Well, we'll be damned if Emily Morris (21 Laps) didn't come on and defend the shit out of her beloved Ape-man and his rock-hard abs. And we'll be further damned if she didn't get Phil and Kenny to see beyond the lack of theme park-ready set pieces and find a warm, tender, beautiful and sad movie at its core. Sometimes you open a present and it's not what you want, but it

Are you ready for a podcast about football!!!???!!! Get your helmets on, your spikes tied and your jocks strapped as Phil, Kenny and Zander Lehmann (creator of Casual) bring you some hard-hitting, brain-bashing, eyeball-popping football movie talk!!!!!?????!!! Is Any Given Sunday a celebration of modern day gladiators, a critique of its bloodthirsty culture or both????!!!!??? Can a moviewatcher separate his revolted visceral feelings about a movie if he agrees with its message?????!!!!!???!? Has there ever been a sports movie that hates the sports it’s about more than Any Given Sunday?!????????! And how tired was Al Pacino when he made this???!!!!??? He looks basically DEAD!!!!!!!! Slam it here for the answers to these and many more bone-crunching questions on Podcast Like it’s 1999!!!!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phil and Kenny welcome Alison Eakle (Shondaland) to the pod to discuss a film that puts its all right out there in the title.    But between the unsuccessful suicide attempt that opens the film and the more successful ones that close it, is a beautiful, haunting film about the joys and horrors of growing up female in suburban America.   The joys include camaraderie among your peers, dew-lit school dances, sexual awakening and the discovery of yourself.   The horrors include that James Woods could be your father.    Please join us as we dive deeper into Sofia Coppola's debut film, "The Virgin Suicides." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.