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
- 430
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Bride of AE - White Zombie (1932)
Oscar-level Patron Gavin McDowell has requested that we cover non-Christian religious horror this month, so we’re closing March out with a discussion of Haitian voodoo, as oh-so sensitively handled b…
Pass the Popcorn: Oscar Reactions | Scream VI | Blonde
This week *should* be a big week here at Alternate Ending because it is, in fact, the week of the 95th Academy Awards. Though, it's fair to say that only 33% of us loves the Oscars, another 33% toler…
Bride of AE - Tumbbad (2018)
New month, new topic! Oscar-level Patron Gavin McDowell has requested that we cover non-Christian religious horror, and y’all voted for us to cover the Hindu flick TUMMBAD from 2018!
Love the Podca…
Pass the Popcorn: Oscar Predictions | The Last of Us | Knock on the Cabin Door
This week, Carrie and Tim decide to cut the small talk and get-right-to-it with their Oscar predictions for the upcoming awards ceremony. But then, they didn't do that at all... and somewhere around…
Bride of AE - Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
This week, Tim and Brennan are closing out their month of Oscar Nominee Skeletons by watching nominated actress Angela Bassett star opposite Eddie Murphy in the misbegotten Wes Craven production VAMP…
Pass the Popcorn: Once Upon a Time in China | THX-1138 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
This week, Carrie and Tim are on their own. Left to their own devices, the conversation veers from film, to exotic dancers, back to film and back to gastrointestinal struggles, as all good podcasts d…
Top 5 Movie Titles
Courtesy of Patreon subscriber Andrew Milne, our next episode explores what's in a name, as we pick our top 5 movie titles of all time. We also get the added pleasure of Andrew joining for the epis…
Bride of AE - Knock Knock (2015)
This month, Tim and Brennan are digging the horror movie skeletons out of the closets of actors nominated for Oscars this year! First, we’re starting with Ana de Armas, who was nominated for her perf…
Bride of AE - Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2002)
To close out our month of follow-ups, Brennan and Tim are diving back into the feature that followed 1988’s Elvira, Mistress of the Dark by a lot longer than seems proper: the 2002 pastiche ELVIRA’S …
(Not Quite) Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2023
Happy New Year, everyone! This week, Carrie and Tim are joined by Mandy Albert to discuss our most anticipated films of 2023! We might not have enough titles to populate a full Top 5, but it’s still …
Bride of AE - Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Tim and Brennan are kicking off the new year by following up on titles they covered throughout 2022. A couple months ago, we covered the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, so it’s high time to …
Bride of AE - Inside (2007)
Tim and Brennan are closing out their month of examining horror films that take place around Christmas without specifically being ABOUT Christmas. In order to do so in style, they’re covering the New…
Pass the Popcorn: Avatar: The Way of Water | The Menu | Bones and All | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Spirited | Christmas Cheer
This week, Carrie, Brennan and Tim discuss the movies that help us get into the Christmas spirit! But first, in Worth Mentioning we catch up on some of the latest 2022 offerings, holiday and otherwis…
Bride of AE - Night of the Comet (1984)
This month, Tim and Brennan are examining horror films that take place around Christmas without specifically being ABOUT Christmas. To kick it off, we’re reviewing the apocalyptic cult comedy NIGHT O…
Pass the Popcorn: Sight and Sound
This week, Sight and Sound magazine released their once-a-decade poll of the greatest films of all time, inciting a huge shake-up as neither Citizen Kane nor Vertigo took the top slot! Tim and Carrie…
Pass the Popcorn: The Twilight Saga
This week, the main crew is out for Thanksgiving break, so Brennan, Mandy, and Rioghnach have hijacked the feed for a wide-ranging discussion of the Twilight Saga in honor of the tenth anniversary of…
Bride of AE - Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976)
Today Tim and Brennan are closing out Antichrist month, a topic requested by Patreon member Harold Bleacher. They thought it would be a good idea to check out the TV movie sequel to Rosemary’s Baby, …
Top 5 Movies You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
With many thanks to Patreon subscriber Jack C. we have been given a real doozy of a topic for this week: Top 5 Movies You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
Seems pretty innocuous, right? WRONG. This topi…
Pass the Popcorn to Catherine Clark: Wakanda Forever | Bodies Bodies Bodies | Triangle of Sadness
Christmas (or whatever holiday makes you giddy with glee) came early here at Alternate Ending. We're joined by one of our favorite humans, Catherine Clark! You may have seen some of her writing cont…
Bride of AE - The Day of the Beast (1995)
This month, thanks to Patreon member Harold Bleacher, Tim and Brennan are discussing films about the Antichrist! This time we’re taking a trip to 1995 Madrid to discuss Álex de la Iglesia’s DÍA DE LA…