99 from 99

8MM

We have a bit more fun revisiting films for this podcast than the character played by Nicolas Cage in 8MM. This Joel Schumacher directed movie from late February 1999 follows a private investigator as he is tasked with determining the authenticity of a ...

We have a bit more fun revisiting films for this podcast than the character played by Nicolas Cage in 8MM. This Joel Schumacher directed movie from late February 1999 follows a private investigator as he is tasked with determining the authenticity of a "snuff film." In this episode we determine the authenticity of this critical misfire and determine if the

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October Sky

Dare to dream with us as we travel back to the days before rich men fired sports cars into space, to the simpler days when Jake Gyllenhaal was just a young actor playing a young man in West Virginia dreaming of space and a way out of a coal mining futur...

Dare to dream with us as we travel back to the days before rich men fired sports cars into space, to the simpler days when Jake Gyllenhaal was just a young actor playing a young man in West Virginia dreaming of space and a way out of a coal mining future. One of our hosts has no history with OCTOBER SKY, nor any history background when it comes to space

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Office Space

Our first cult classic from 1999 is the Mike Judge film OFFICE SPACE which one of our hosts gets to say with some degree of pride that he was an early adopter, having seen it in its failed theatrical run. However most caught up with this on video and no...

Our first cult classic from 1999 is the Mike Judge film OFFICE SPACE which one of our hosts gets to say with some degree of pride that he was an early adopter, having seen it in its failed theatrical run. However most caught up with this on video and now we look back at this often quoted film and find the complaints of our heroes in this film to possibly

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Message in a Bottle

Just in time for Valentine's Day (okay maybe almost twenty years later but still) we pick up MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, the first film adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel (YOU'RE WELCOME) starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright and Paul Newman. Was this the pe...

Just in time for Valentine's Day (okay maybe almost twenty years later but still) we pick up MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, the first film adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel (YOU'RE WELCOME) starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright and Paul Newman. Was this the peak of the Cinematic Sparks Universe or perhaps one of our hosts would argue for guilty pleasure SAFE

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Payback

Our third episode is the first where we actually have the filmmaker himself reevaluating his work from 1999, PAYBACK, as Brian Helgeland eventually released his director's cut of the film The Straight Up Edition. Since we don't like anyone encroaching o...

Our third episode is the first where we actually have the filmmaker himself reevaluating his work from 1999, PAYBACK, as Brian Helgeland eventually released his director's cut of the film The Straight Up Edition. Since we don't like anyone encroaching on our territory we take him to task for this along with the choices that separate his version and the one

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Gloria

We give the Internet what it demands: a reappraisal of the SIDNEY LUMET remake of the JOHN CASSAVETES film GLORIA. Given that small demographic target we hope you find yourself pleasantly surprised, as we did, with some of the charms of this SHARON STON...

We give the Internet what it demands: a reappraisal of the SIDNEY LUMET remake of the JOHN CASSAVETES film GLORIA. Given that small demographic target we hope you find yourself pleasantly surprised, as we did, with some of the charms of this SHARON STONE mobster dramedy.

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Varsity Blues and She's All That

Welcome to the first episode of 99 FROM 99 and join us as we take a chronological look back at the films from 1999, the greatest year in movies! Your hosts Michael Denniston and Ben Zuk begin, as most years at the cinema do, with the entertainment with ...

Welcome to the first episode of 99 FROM 99 and join us as we take a chronological look back at the films from 1999, the greatest year in movies! Your hosts Michael Denniston and Ben Zuk begin, as most years at the cinema do, with the entertainment with no hope for Oscar gold... but maybe, just maybe, a whipped cream bikini temptress will prove enough.

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