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With Godzilla tearing up the box office (and our small screens) for the first time in three years, we thought it was the perfect time to cover Godzilla 2000, Toho's response to the critically panned american outing, with screenwriter, and all around Godzilla expert, Anupam Nigam. As the second reboot, and 23rd overall production by Toho, Godzilla 2000 sought to revitalize the franchise, and bring...

Phil sits down with writer Molly Lambert to discuss the role age plays in Sex and the City through the season 2 episode "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something women". In this episode, we compare and contrast SatC to other shows that deal with similar themes of youth vs. age (Summer House, Real Housewives of New York, Below Deck). We also try to figure out what the revival will have to cover...

Zetus lapetus, it's about time we covered one of the EIGHT Disney Channel Original movies that came out in '99, and who better to do it with than someone who auditioned to be in Zenon: Z3, actress Jennifer Lauren DiBella? While movies like The Matrix and The Blair Witch project were redefining cinema as we know it at the local megaplex, DCOMs were the talk of the schoolyard for 90s kids who couldn...

For this week's episode of Sex and the City Saturdays, we take a brief break from our season two rewatch to sit down with Sex and the City writer Liz Tuccillo to talk about her time working on the show, her excitement about SatC returning to the small screen, and how unique the SatC writers room was at the time. Find Liz at:  twitter.com/theliztuccillo Patreon:  patreon.com/podcastlikeit...

Writer/Director (And our go-to guest for subpar movies) Jessica Ellis is back on the show this week to talk about a movie that reaches for the stars, and barely hits the clouds; the embarrassingly executed sci-fi thriller THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR. We talk about all the ways this movie fails to live up to its promising premise, and the few ways it manages to sneak in the odd pearl. We al...

Writer David Iserson (Mr. Robot, Mad Men) joins us to watch season 2, episode 16: Was It Good For You? David shares what lessons about writing he learned from the show, and his thoughts on why this episode might feel a bit off. Meanwhile, in the epsiode, Charlotte signs the crew up for a sex class after her lover falls asleep in the sack, Samantha decides to have a threesome with a gay couple, and...

Karen Han (Writer @ Slate) makes her triumphant return to the podcast with Mike Leigh's musical period drama TOPSY TURVY. Things get contentious on the show as Karen and Phil ride hard for the movie's masterpiece status, and Kenny tries his darndest to understand where they heck they're coming from. We pick apart the history, performances, and top-tier directing present in this oscar winning...

Carrie Courogen (Editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room) make an appearance to talk about season 2, episode 15 "Shortcomings" ie. one of Phil's favorite episodes. In this episode we explore the theme of family through Miranda's experience dating a man with a rascal son, Carrie's feeling as though she is dating an entire family, and Samantha getting overly friendly with Charlotte's soon-to-be divorced bro...

Sugar Ray, David Spade, Jar Jar made the cover page, Backstreet Boys, Beastie Boys, Austin Powers yo! This week we're going on an odyssey through every single '99 cover of Rolling Stone Magazine with fellow podcaster Tori Bravetti and writer Emma Frasier. With the rise of paparazzi and celebrity gossip, magazines became a go-to source of information and culture back in the 90s. We discuss the...

Writer Emmy Potter (Bright Wall, Dark Room/IFC) is on the show this week talking about season 2, episode 14: THE FUCK BUDDY. We discuss Miranda's unfortunate throughline of dating abusive men, our apprehension toward double dating (and how it ends poorly for Charlotte), and how the show brought "scandalous" sex practices like "fuck buddies" into the mainstream.  Find Emmy at:  emmylanepo...

Kenny joins forces with former WWE writer Dave Schilling to take Phil on a journey BEYOND THE MAT. With a culture based around violence, god-like personas, and bitter rivalries, it's easy to forget the real life people behind this larger than life form of entertainment. Through Barry W. Blaustein's critically acclaimed and intimate documentary about the lives of three wrestlers, at three...

Hillary Busis (Senior Editor - Vanity Fair) sits down to talk about a low ranking episode of Sex and the City: Games People Play. Carrie runs into a suprising cameo (BON JOVI?!) while attempting therapy, Samantha tries her hand at picking up men at a sports bar (This part was almost definitely written by a man), and Miranda gets duped by a hunk in the building across from her. Plus, Hillary shares...

Few directors have been able to reach the heights AND depths that film veteran Clint Eastwood has in his 60 years of filmmaking, and we brought on writer Norm Wilner (NOW Toronto) to discuss every up, and every down, via Eastwood's painfully tepid mystery/drama TRUE CRIME. We discuss Eastwood's endless history of being torn apart by critics, only to come back with a career defining, box office hit...

Producer Hailey Wierengo and talent agent Alex Amin are on the show this week discussing Sex and the City season 2, episode 12: La Douleur Exquise! On this episode, featuring S&M restaurants, shoe fetishes, and a strange desire to be caught in the act, Phil and our guests discuss how the show was poorly recieved by men, how it could be so easily dismissed, and the borderline fantasy elements o...

Writer Tom Lorenzo joins us to tear apart Universal Soldier: The Return, a sequel that never should have been made. After an alright first film, and two made-for-television disasters, the Universal Soldier franchise seemed to be dead in the water. So why was 45 million dollars thrown at a sequel? Must have been a pretty great script, right? Wrong. Universal Soldier: The Return is an absolute mess,...

Social media guru Jarett Wieselman is on the show this week to talk about s2, e11: EVOLUTION. Jarett shares his personal connections to, and thoughts on, the show, including his take on why Carrie is the most sexually repressed character on an otherwise sexually open show, and a shocking story involving his own nose. (Can YOU guess what prop Jarett sniffed?) We also touch on the upcoming...

Documentarian/Producer Kirk Fraser (The Life of Rayful Edmund, American Gangster) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss the controversial 1999 documentary AMERICAN PIMP. Interviewing both legal and illegal pimps from all across the country, the Hughes Brothers create an unbiased portrait of the way life is within a subculture most of us are too uncomfortable to talk about outside of comedic stereotypes....

On this week's Sex and the City Saturdays, we're covering one of the more forgettable episodes of the show; THE CASTE SYSTEM.  To Phil and Writer/Producer/Guest Corinn Stikeman's delight, even the lesser episodes of SatC tend breed great conversation. From Samantha's less than couth storyline involving a rich man and his servant, to Miranda and Steve's relationship falling apart over their sa...

Welcome to Woodycast, where we talk about all things Woody Harrelson! Wait....this is a Frasier episode?! With over 100 Primetime Emmy nominations, 37 wins, and a 20 year stint from Kelsey Grammer as the titular pompous radio host, we all knew a Frasiercast was inevitable. Alongside Writer/Critic Carrie Wittmer, Phil taps into season 6 episode 13 "The One Where Woody Shows Up" to not only examine...

This week's SatC rewatch tests our limits, as Phil sits down with filmmaker Chandler Levack to discuss season 2, episode 9: OLD DOGS, NEW DICKS.  From schedule flexibility, to sexual rediscovery, this episode is all about change. How much is too much? How far is too far? Phil and Chandler dive deep into the wild premise, its twists and turns, and the dawn of television binge-wa...

Writer/Producer Corinne Stikeman stops by to talk about the romantic drama that critics called "competent but forgettable", "Terrible", and "A crime against humanity": AT FIRST SIGHT.  Can Val Kilmer pull off a charming leading man performance, while representing a disability with any level of authenticity or respect? Does director Irwin Winkler find any sort of potent message or quality ente...

This week, return guest and writer/producer Stacy Traub (Black-ish, The Real O'Neals) joins us to talk about the penultimate episode of Sex and The City's Second Season and 1999 run, "The Man, The Myth, The Viagra".  Carrie tries to get Mr. Big to meet the rest of her friends and struggles, Samantha dates an extremely wealthy and much older man, Miranda starts dating a bartender and we t...

This week, Katie Donahoe talks to us about the surprisingly long lasting LAW AND ORDER: Special Victims Unit. We wonder how it has lasted this long (surprisingly outlasting flagship Law and Order), go through Dick Wolf's career in television, discuss the cast and some of our favorite performances (Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T), and wonder about its place among the all time TV p...

For this SEX AND THE CITY SATURDAY, we are glad to be able to chat with Writer and Producer on the show Cindy Chupack about her experiences working on Sex and the City, working with the cast, how it influenced her work moving forward (on shows like Modern Family) and much, much more.  Follow us at: Instagram @podcastlike1999 Twitter @podcastlike1999 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Writer/Comedian and Past Guest Sean O'Connor joins us this week to tackle one of 1999's most controversial films, Kevin Smith's Dogma.  Sean talks about how important Kevin Smith was to him as a teen growing up in New Jersey, Smith's career in general, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's stardom in the late 90's and the controversy generated by this film's religious content. Follow us at: Insta...