Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast
Alternate Ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid.
What makes Alternate Ending different from other film podcasts? Well, we’re not 5 dudes in a room talking about our passion for Fight Club and Braveheart. We’re two dudes, and a lady, of which our tastes are quite varied. Rob, the film-school dropout, has seen an absurd amount of movies, and if we’re being honest, rounds out our Fight Club fan-base. Tim Brayton, our seasoned film critic, shares a more critical view of film, an appreciation for vintage cinema and perhaps limited-release movies that we might otherwise miss. Carrie, our casual movie-goer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good.
Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at Alternate Ending is diversity: diversity of opinion, diversity in belief about what film should do and how it should do it. We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well.
This isn't a podcast for people who just want to talk about the latest hot new movies in theaters right this minute. This is a place for people who can't get to the theater until the third week a film is out; a place for people who just want to find something great to stream online after the kids have gone to sleep, a place for people whose favorite pastime is to grab a bunch of classic films on DVD from the library and watch them all weekend. It's a place that believes that every great movie is a wonderful new treasure, whether you see it the night of its premiere or fifty years later. It's a site about discovering good movies... one bad movie at a time.
Join us for our weekly review of movies worth seeing, worth avoiding and our Top 5 lists – and don’t forget to play along at www.alternateending.com.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 429
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Top 5 - The IMDb Top 250
In tribute to the passing of site cofounder and top 5 aficionado Rob Jarosinski, co-hosts Tim Brayton, Brennan Klein, and Mandy Albert share their picks for the best films from the IMDb Top 250, the …
Bride of AE - In a Violent Nature (2024)
To close out Friday the 13th-sploitation month, Tim and Brennan discuss the new “ambient slasher” IN A VIOLENT NATURE and break down how it breaks down the genre (or not)!
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Bride of AE - Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)
Happy Friday the 13th! Tim and Brennan are kicking off a month of movies that (loosely) explore the legacy of the iconic Friday the 13th franchise, beginning with the 2000 Scary Movie competitor SHRI…
Bride of AE - Strait-Jacket (1964)
To close out hagsploitation month, Tim and Brennan are moving on from Bette Davis over to Joan Crawford in 1964’s William Castle-Robert Bloch schlockterpiece STRAIT-JACKET!
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Bride of AE - Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
In honor of Brennan’s 30th birthday, he and Tim are covering hagsploitation movies beginning with the Baby Jane follow-up HUSH… HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE, starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland!
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Bride of AE - Toxic Zombies (1980)
Tim and Brennan conclude video nasties month by discussing TOXIC ZOMBIES aka BLOODEATERS aka FOREST OF FEAR, which probably has more titles than it has good scenes!
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Bride of AE - The Driller Killer (1979)
Throughout July, Tim and Brennan are exploring the dark underbelly of cinema by reviewing some of the video nasties that were successfully prosecuted in the UK in the 1980s, starting with Abel Ferrar…
Bride of AE - Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
To close out Roger Corman month on Bride of Alternate Ending, Tim and Brennan discuss the filmmaker’s final directorial effort, the outstandingly weird literary adaptation FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND!
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Bride of AE - A Bucket of Blood (1959)
To kick off a monthlong retrospective of the works of the late Roger Corman, Tim and Brennan discuss the filmmaker’s seminal directorial work A BUCKET OF BLOOD, the sets of which were notoriously use…
Bride of AE - Sisters of Death (1977)
To close out a month exploring the horror movies made by the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210, Tim and Brennan take a look at 1977’s SISTER OF DEATH, featuring Peach Pit mainstay Joe E. Tata!
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Bride of AE - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
To kick off a month exploring the horror movies made by the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210, Tim and Brennan are visiting a movie that has a torrid relationship with a different iconic 1990s program, th…
Bride of AE - Bloody Birthday (1981)
Tim and Brennan close out their month of evil kid horror movies by discussing a quasi-slasher from an impeccable vintage, 1981’s BLOODY BIRTHDAY!
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Bride of AE - The Good Son (1993)
Tim and Brennan kick off a month of evil kid horror movies by discussing the Elijah Wood and Macaulay Culkin joint THE GOOD SON! It turns out, mileage varies!
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Bride of AE - The Screaming Skull (1958)
Tim and Brennan close out their month of discussing movies that were covered on the iconic cult television program Mystery Science Theater 3000! Surprisingly, THE SCREAMING SKULL becomes one of our m…
Bride of AE - The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)
Tim and Brennan kick off their month of discussing movies that were covered on the iconic cult television program Mystery Science Theater 3000! The title is too long to type again, but just know it’s…
Bride of AE - The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Tim and Brennan close out their month of digging horror movie skeletons out of the closets of the year’s nominated actors by checking out Bradley Cooper’s early performance in the Clive Barker adapta…
Bride of AE - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
Tim and Brennan kick off a month of digging horror movie skeletons out of the closets of the year’s nominated actors by taking a look at Jodie Foster’s first-ever top-billed lead role in THE LITTLE G…
Pass the Popcorn: Origin | McFarland, USA | Anselm
We're rolling into February with a wild first month of 2024 behind us.
This week Carrie brings the the ultimate Dad-movie, Mom-movie, inpso-video-lover-movie, kid-movie...(you get the idea)...McFarla…
Bride of AE - Death Game (1977)
Tim and Brennan close out a month of follow-ups with DEATH GAME (1977), the movie that was remade by Eli Roth as Knock Knock. Get ready for a dissection of the manifold ways the movie’s aesthetic and…
Pass the Popcorn: Carrie | The Taste of Things | How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Happy New Year!
Another new year... another weird episode! This week Carrie brings the 1976 nudist classic, Carrie - thanks to Patreon supporter Granger D Pole. She also shares her thoughts on the i…