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In this biblical epic, Billy Crudup plays the son of the the son of God, a man set adrift from his family, his society and himself. Gideon Yago (The Newsroom, Quantico) joins Phil and Kenny as they discusses the religious implications of this retelling of the Book of Fuckhead.

Phil and Kenny are joined on the podcast this week by director and animator Miguel Jiron (Into the Spiderverse) to discuss - yawn - Hiyao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke."   We have some real slogs in 1999, but few are as rote as this one, folks. It's a story you've heard a million times. Boy kills giant hog imbued with a demon spirit. The spirit gets inside him and gives him, you guessed it, superhuman strength but, yup, is also going to kill him.     In an effort to find a cure, he encounters a wolf goddess and her human daughter, San. I know, grow an imagination, Miyazaki.    Of course, they don't fall in love, but grow to have a mutual respect for each other, like pretty much every story about a young man and woman in traumatic circumstances.    That says nothing of the other mundane things he runs into, like your cliched group of bandaged of lepers manufacturing firearms or the tree spirits who probably hold the secret to all life on earth.    On top of that, visually it looks like a Monet come to life and populated with best and worst living dreams and nightmares of a opium eater. Like every other fucking movie ever.    Well, we said we'd do every movie, so here's Princess Mononoke for you.

Alexandra Amin (WME) joins Phil and Kenny to talk about The Wood, a 1999 movie about the unexpected boners of growing up and the way those boners affect us all the way into adulthood and the friends you make along the way to help you get past your biggest boners as you stop being such a boner.

Phil and Kenny are joined by producer Laura Neibart (Entourage, their children) to discuss Girl, Interrupted... Come for the thoughtful discussion about women’s mental health as portrayed in the film, but stay because you want to know who married Kenny.

Dana Schwartz (Entertainment Weekly) joins the podcast to discuss Stuart Little, a movie that proves it’s not the size of the mouse that counts, it’s the size of his heart, which is also minuscule, because Stuart is a mouse.

Sean O’Connor (Late Late Show) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss Risa Bramon Garcia’s New Year’s Eve flick “200 Cigarettes” starring Paul Rudd, Nicole Ari Parker, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Krist Novaselic, Dave Chappelle, David LaChapelle, Martha Plimpton, Martha Plimpton’s friend, A Scottish Guy, Jay Mohr, Would Have Preferred Jay Less If You Know What I Mean, Kate Hudson, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, the Aflac Duck, Gabby Hoffman, Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Guillermo Diaz, Fuck you, Fuck you, Fuck you, You’re Cool, Angela Featherstone, Paula Poundstone, Jeanine Garofalo (duh), Elvis Costello’s Glasses and Seamus McNally as “Crazed Driver” (uncredited).

Anupam Nigam (Station 19, Psych) joins Kenny and Phil to discuss “Blue Streak,” Martin Lawrence’s 1999 remake of the beloved British Heist Film “The Big Job.” “Blue Streak” is one of the few remakes we cover in 1999 and, frankly, the most superfluous. Of what use is Martin Lawrence’s portrayal of diamond-thief-cum-imposter-police-officer when compared to Sid James’ legendary work in the original? For whom is the easy chemistry between Lawrence and co-star Luke Wilson, when anybody could type “The Big Job” into any steaming service and relive the timeless, oft-quoted repartee between Mr. James and Dick Emery? And which constituency was crying out to have the masterful scene where Mr. James disguises himself as a Italian food courier - replete with those classic wonky British dentures - reenacted by Mr. Lawrence? “Blue Streak” is, on own merits, a perfectly cromulent caper. But it is rendered obsolete in a society like ours, for, as everyone knows, “The Big Job” is cultural touchstone for families the world over. In remaking a timeless classic like “The Big Job,” moviegoers in 1999 likely wondered if Hollywood had simply run out of new ideas. Fortunately, it did not portend a permanent problem for the film industry.

Erik Anderson (Awards Watch) join Phil and Kenny to break down and examine the 1999 Oscars, which got pretty much everything wrong.   Fortunately for movie lovers, the Academy has pretty much figured it out in the last 20 years.

Erik Anderson (Awards Watch) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss the multiple Oscar-winning film "The Cider House Rules" and the 1999 Oscars.    But first, much like a certain Cider House, this podcast has rules.   The Podcast Like It's 1999 Rules:   1. Please do not talk about The Cider House Rules as if it was a worthy Best Picture nominee over Magnolia, Being John Malkovich, Eyes Wide Shut or The Talented Mr. Ripley. Or Toy Story 2. Or Notting Hill. Or The Mummy. Or EdTV. Or Anywhere but Here. Or Deuce Bigelow.  2. Please do not mention Michael Caine's Best Supporting Actor performance without also including that Tom Cruise was robbed.  3. Please do not speak positively about John Irving's Best Adapted Screenplay win without noting the category also included Election, The Talented Mr. Ripley, the Insider and The Green Mile* (*Mentioning the Green Mile is optional). 4. Please do not give this film "bonus points" for tackling abortion or the exploitation of marginalized workers without also noting the issues are shown exclusively from the point of view of white men. 5. Please do not drink or smoke on the roof.   If you follow those rules, we should have a great podcast, you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England.

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