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
Pass the Popcorn: Barbarian | Prey for the Devil | All Quiet on the Western Front
It was a movie-palooza on this week's episode of Pass the Popcorn! Carrie brings her thoughts on Barbarian and by the request of Patreon supporter Brian Fowler, commiserates with Tim on her adoration…
Top 5 Gory Movies
It's Halloween! - so to celebrate, we're doing a deep dive into horror. Specifically the squishy, gooey, gross-out side of horror as we discuss our top 5 gory movies. Cannibals, zombies, particularly…
Bride of AE - The Nightcomers (1971)
This week, Brennan and Tim are turning their attention to one of the most mysterious objects in cinema history: a prequel to The Turn of the Screw starring Marlon Brando as Peter Quint and Stephanie …
Pass the Popcorn: Amsterdam | Is Rob Still Alive?
On this week's episode we answer all of your probing questions. How did Carrie survive 2 weeks with Rob "away"? Was Rob really "away" or have Carrie and Tim secretly chopped him into bits and hid him…
Pass the Popcorn: Hocus Pocus 2| Halloween Ends | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | The Best Movies for Halloween
This week, Carrie, Tim, and Brennan get together for a conversation about the best movies to get you into the Halloween spirit! But first of all, a Worth Mentioning roundup of three films that probab…
Bride of AE - The Innocents (1961)
The lead-up to Halloween has begun, so Tim and Brennan are covering adaptations of one of Western literature’s most seminal ghost stories: The Turn of the Screw, starting with the 1961 Deborah Karr c…
Pass the Popcorn: Fall 2022 Favorites | Smile | Fall
After the tragic loss of our original episode audio, we're a little late this week but Carrie and Tim did their best to lick their wounds and rally to re-record our Fall 2022 favorites episode!
In wo…
Top 5 Films of Summer 2022
One of our favorite episodes of the year is here - where we sit down to debate the merits of the best of the Summer! It was an odd episode, overflowing with mayhem for may reasons, including (but no…
Bride of AE - The VelociPastor (2018)
Today we’re closing out dinosaur month, which was suggested by Oscar-level Patreon member Johnzilla! We’re following Carnosaur with another classic (?), the 2018 dino-ninja-Catholicism mashup THE VEL…
Behind the Scenes - Confess, Fletch with Marcia Gay Harden
In 1985, when the first Fletch film was released in theaters, Marcia Gay Harden was a broke NYU grad student who was still 5 years away from her breakout role in Miller's Crossing. In the subsequent…
Pass the Popcorn: Pearl |Come and See | The Intouchables | Saving Christmas
It's a bit of a hodgepodge this week here at AE - lots of feelings about movies, theaters, streaming services, return to work, X-rated film reviews and more!
We had a real gift bag in worth mentionin…
Bride of AE - Carnosaur (1993)
Thanks to Oscar-level Patreon member Johnzilla, this month is all about dinosaurs! We’re kicking things off the only right way, which is to discuss the Roger Corman production CARNOSAUR, which was ru…
Top 5 Cliffhanger Endings
This episode, thanks to Patreon supporter Carl Beasley, we're taking a look at the phenomenon of the cliffhanger ending, in which a story ends on a moment of greatest tension and excitement, the bett…
Top 5 Movies We Wish More People Would Watch
This week, Carrie, Tim, and Brennan honor the djinn at the center of THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING by sharing their Top 5 Films We Wish More People Would Watch! An added wrinkle? Which films do eac…
Bride of AE - Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Remake month is drawing to a close, and Tim and Brennan have set upon a film that neither of them have seen before: 1990’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! After procrastinating on actually discussing the t…
Pass the Popcorn: The Billy Jack Series | Thor: Love and Thunder | Day Shift
Well, I'd like to say that Carrie, Tim and Rob are all back this week because the madness of Summer has come to an end, but that wouldn't be true, the madness of Fall is just upon us! Nevertheless, w…
Pass the Popcorn: Can’t Stop the Music | Elvis | The Big Bad World of Television
This week, Tim and Brennan are doing another solo episode while Rob and Carrie travel back from vacation! In Worth Mentioning, we cover two very different films about famous musical acts: Elvis (2022…
Bride of AE - The Blob (1988)
It’s a new month, and as summer winds down we thought we’d embrace the blockbuster tradition of the horror remake! We threw five nominees to our patrons, and y’all voted for us to discuss Chuck Russe…
Top 5 Movies About the Zeitgeist
This week, Tim is joined by Brennan and Mandy, as Rob and Carrie are out of town. Sandwiched between the release of movies like They/Them, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Not Okay, which are all attempting…
Pass the Popcorn: A Fish Called Wanda | Nope | The State of Modern Horror
This week, Tim and Brennan have taken the reigns and are navigating a solo episode! After Worth Mentioning, the pair dive into a wide-ranging (read: easily distracted) conversation about ’80s slasher…