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Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - 28 Years Later (2025)Tim and Brennan fill one of Tim's 2025 horror blind spots by discussing the long-awaited sequel 28 YEARS LATER! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2025-12-231h 05Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastJames CameronThis week sees the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash, the tenth narrative feature directed by James Cameron, and that seemed like an auspicious enough number to use it as an excuse to celebrate. Alternate Ending's resident Avatar maniac, Tim Brayton, is joined by a trio of fellow Cameron-heads: Zev Burrows, Andrew Milne, and Caleb Wimble. And the four of them dilly-dally for as much time as Ol' Jim himself might do in going over his directorial career, and some of his other interests, culminating in our picks for the best films of his slender but massively popular filmography. As...
2025-12-162h 35Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastFilm NoirWith this week's episode, we offer a long overdue thanks to Patreon stalwart and regular guest star Gavin McDowell, who once asked Tim, Carrie, and Rob to share their thoughts on the wonderful cinematic form known as film noir. We were never to make that happen, but this is the next best thing: Gavin himself joins Tim to chat about the history, style, and classification of noir, along with fellow guest star Zev Burrows. Topics discussed include the ethically queasy appeal of the vicious women of noir, the difference between nihilism and cynicism, and whether either "film noir or "Alf...
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Vurbmoto Podcast NetworkJustin Brayton and Suzuki's Tim Castrone on Winners Take Y'all
Justin Brayton joined the Winners Take Y'all crew and as expected he didn't disappoint.
We also welcomed American Suzuki's Tim Castrone who took us on an all inclusive tour of the brand and what they have in the works. Let's ride!
2025-05-222h 29Vurbmoto Podcast NetworkJustin Brayton and Suzuki's Tim Castrone on Winners Take Y'all
Justin Brayton joined the Winners Take Y'all crew and as expected he didn't disappoint.
We also welcomed American Suzuki's Tim Castrone who took us on an all inclusive tour of the brand and what they have in the works. Let's ride!
2025-05-222h 29Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastGood Scenes in Bad Movies Our topic this week is the very embodiment of "discovering good movies, one bad movie at a time": finding the scenes that actually work in movies that mostly don't Tim is joined by Mandy, whose Your Movie Rocks podcast makes her the perfect expert at finding the diamonds in a pile of coal (or a pile of... something else, as she describes on the episode), and we're also very thrilled to welcome back to the Alternate Ending podcast world Rioghnach Robinson. Before they talk about the subject of the day, as part of our movie roundtable Mandy (goaded by...
2025-05-131h 41Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastMay 2025 Movie PreviewIn preparation for the start of the summer movie season, Tim is joined by Brian and Caleb, who are all a little surprised to find that they're finally looking forward to some of the wide releases of 2025, after a wobbly first third of the calendar year. But before we get to the wild and thrilling spectacle of popcorn movie season, it's one of the most sober-minded movie roundtables we've ever held, as Caleb finally catches up with legendary grim war movie Come and See, while Brian learns all about the savage sexism of the indie film industry thanks to C...
2025-04-221h 32Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastYour Movie Rocks: The Bye Bye ManEditor's note: apologies to Mandy for bumping this episode by a week to make room for our Oscar special. Starting in April, Your Movie Rocks will be back to its usual spot on the first Tuesday of the month. Welcome to Your Movie Rocks, an Alternate Ending podcast hosted by Mandy Albert. For every episode, Mandy will watch a movie assigned by her guest host, followed by a lively discussion. There's only one rule: no matter what the movie does to her, Mandy is only allowed to love it. On Episode 2, Mandy and AE horrormeister Br...
2025-03-1158 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastThe romance of cinemaWith Valentine's day coming up any day now, we couldn't pass up the chance to talk about romantic movies and love stories. Tim is joined by Brian Fowler, Your Movie Rocks host Mandy Albert, and new member of the podcast family Cameron Shaw to kick around questions of what makes a romantic movie, what doesn't, and our own histories with cinematic love stories. Before that happens, Tim discusses the 2018 Penguin Highway, courtesy of Patreon supporter Kyrie, while Cameron shares her thoughts on the unjustly overlooked new release Better Man. Mandy's thoughts on the justly overlooked Reagan sparks som...
2025-02-111h 25Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastYour Movie Rocks: Sucker PunchWelcome to the debut episode of Your Movie Rocks, a brand new Alternate Ending podcast hosted by Mandy Albert. For every episode, Mandy will watch a movie assigned by her guest host, followed by a lively discussion. There's only one rule: Mandy must love the movie, no matter what. On Episode 1, Mandy and AE editor-in-chief Tim Brayton discuss the much-maligned 2011 Zack Snyder outing Sucker Punch. Tune in to hear how Tim's thoughts on it have evolved, and to find out whether Mandy's ready to sign up for the Snyder Cult. ******************************************************************* Love this episode? Leave us a review! ...
2025-02-0454 min
How Would Lubitsch Do It?S5E10 - Cluny Brown [1946] and our Grand Finale with Tim Brayton
[Due to our last-minute addition of two episodes, the podcast feed mistakenly had S5E09a queued here for a few hours this morning - it should now be fixed!]
How Would Lubitsch Do It comes to a close with a grand finale. Tim Brayton returns to discuss Cluny Brown and look back on both Ernst Lubitsch’s career and the past five seasons of this show.
First, we discuss everything Cluny Brown: the film’s generosity and humanism, its commentary on British class society, its relationship with the second world war, its full-throated embrace of a...
2024-10-221h 59How Would Lubitsch Do It?S5E10 - Cluny Brown [1946] and our Grand Finale with Tim Brayton
[Due to our last-minute addition of two episodes, the podcast feed mistakenly had S5E09a queued here for a few hours this morning - it should now be fixed!]
How Would Lubitsch Do It comes to a close with a grand finale. Tim Brayton returns to discuss Cluny Brown and look back on both Ernst Lubitsch’s career and the past five seasons of this show.
First, we discuss everything Cluny Brown: the film’s generosity and humanism, its commentary on British class society, its relationship with the second world war, its full-throated embrace of a...
2024-10-221h 59How Would Lubitsch Do It?S5E10 - Cluny Brown [1946] - and our Grand Finale - with Tim BraytonHow Would Lubitsch Do It comes to a close with our grand finale. Tim Brayton returns to discuss Cluny Brown and look back on both Ernst Lubitsch’s career and the past five seasons of this show.
First, we discuss everything Cluny Brown: the film’s generosity and humanism, its commentary on British class society, its relationship with the second world war, its full-throated embrace of absurdism, the title character’s magnetism, Adam Belinski’s status as a revision on a stock villain, and the film’s somewhat autobiographical and wonderfully optimistic ending.
Second, we close out...
2024-10-221h 36Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 - The IMDb Top 250In 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 list that Rob embodied best.
2024-10-072h 02Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 SHRIEK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST FRIDAY THE 13TH! P.S.: Brennan accidentally calls Regina Hall Regina King in this episode and he wants you to know he's very sorry. They are both very different, very good actresses with four-letter nouns as last names. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Tw...
2024-09-1353 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-08-3049 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-08-1655 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-07-2653 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 Ferrara's 1979 mess-terpiece THE DRILLER KILLER! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-07-1257 minHow Would Lubitsch Do It?S5E05.5 - Preston Sturges and Sullivan’s Travels [1941] with Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton returns to discuss noted Lubitsch fan and disciple Preston Sturges and his 1941 meta-comedy SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS. We cover Sturges’ immense admiration of Lubitsch, the film’s immensely fascinating but perhaps frustrating relationship with its own status as a satire of its own form, Sturges’ political beliefs and moral compass, the value of communal viewings to comedic cinema, and much more.
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We’re taking a little break! See you in a few weeks for the last eleven episodes of Season 5, the end of our...
2024-07-0958 minHow Would Lubitsch Do It?S5E05.5 - Preston Sturges and Sullivan’s Travels [1941] with Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton returns to discuss noted Lubitsch fan and disciple Preston Sturges and his 1941 meta-comedy SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS. We cover Sturges’ immense admiration of Lubitsch, the film’s immensely fascinating but perhaps frustrating relationship with its own status as a satire of its own form, Sturges’ political beliefs and moral compass, the value of communal viewings to comedic cinema, and much more.
We have a Discord!
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify
NEXT WEEK:
We’re taking a little break! See you in a few weeks for the last eleven episodes of Season 5, the end of our...
2024-07-0958 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-06-2852 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 used to bring 1960's Little Shop of Horrors to life. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alt...
2024-06-1456 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-05-2456 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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, the Luke Perry vehicle BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate End...
2024-05-101h 01Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-04-2651 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-04-1259 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 most divisive episodes yet! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-03-2242 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 a hell of a ride! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-03-0849 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 adaptation THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2024-02-2357 minHow Would Lubitsch Do It?S4E09b - The Merry Widow [1934] with Tim Brayton
It’s our season finale, and the end of the pre-code era! To celebrate, Tim Brayton returns to discuss THE MERRY WIDOW. We effuse about the film’s infectious energy, the many incredible ‘Lubitsch Touch’ moments and gestures, discuss Lubitsch’s extremely loose adaptation of the Lehar operetta, the French-language version, Edward Everett Horton’s greatest role, the film’s relationship with love and death, the more “conservative” nature of the film’s resolution, and much more!
With that, Season 4 of HOW WOULD LUBITSCH DO IT comes to a close, and with it the pre-code era. Oh how we’ll miss you...
2024-02-201h 06How Would Lubitsch Do It?S4E09b - The Merry Widow [1934] with Tim Brayton
It’s our season finale, and the end of the pre-code era! To celebrate, Tim Brayton returns to discuss THE MERRY WIDOW. We effuse about the film’s infectious energy, the many incredible ‘Lubitsch Touch’ moments and gestures, discuss Lubitsch’s extremely loose adaptation of the Lehar operetta, the French-language version, Edward Everett Horton’s greatest role, the film’s relationship with love and death, the more “conservative” nature of the film’s resolution, and much more!
With that, Season 4 of HOW WOULD LUBITSCH DO IT comes to a close, and with it the pre-code era. Oh how we’ll miss you...
2024-02-201h 06Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Pat...
2024-02-0953 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Origin | McFarland, USA | AnselmWe'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)...McFarland, USA. She also gets confirmation from Tim on whether or not she should give Saltburn another try. Tim brings two films to the table this week, that come with mixed reviews - Origin and Anselm. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim L...
2024-02-051h 13Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 sensibility differ from the original despite boasting almost the exact same plot! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on...
2024-01-261h 01Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Carrie | The Taste of Things | How to Blow Up a PipelineHappy 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 independent film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, that everybody was talking about 6 months ago... Tim brings a trifecta of foreign films - Monster, About Dry Grasses and The Taste of Things and even sells Carrie on one of them. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending.
2024-01-151h 18Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)Tim and Brennan are kicking off 2024 by concluding a trilogy of movies we've watched over the past year. It's time for the Disney Channel original musical Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3, which brings a troupe of aliens to Seabrook after the town has already assimilated zombies and werewolves. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the...
2024-01-121h 06Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastWorst Christmas Movies For our last episode of 2023, we've decided to let our inner Grinches out to play: instead of celebrating the warmth and coziness and love of good holiday movies, as we've done in the past, this year we're going all the way to the other end of the spectrum: the most rotten-souled Yuletide misfires that ever fell out of a chimney. It's our picks for the 5 worst Christmas movies ever made - our present to all of you, since we know there's nothing you enjoy more than our suffering through lousy movies. This episode, w...
2023-12-262h 03Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - The Stone Tape (1972)Tim and Brennan are winding down British Ghost Stories month, and a whole year of podcasting, by taking a look at the 1972 TV movie THE STONE TAPE, which originally aired on Christmas Day! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-12-2245 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Summer with Monika | Godzilla Minus One | Leave the World BehindHappy Monday! It's good to be back after a little unplanned break. Nothing gets the mind right like Tim cackle laughing at imagining Carrie and Rob's first (and only) bath together. On this episode, Tim brings two new films out of Japan, Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron. Carrie has a whole batch of movies to choose from, but decides to go with the Netfix Original, Leave the World Behind. Also, Patreon supporter, Brian Fowler, has Carrie review the classic teen-love-drama, Summer with Monika. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Pod...
2023-12-111h 10Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - The Woman in Black (1989)Tim and Brennan are kicking off British Ghost Stories month in honor of the Christmas tradition from across the pond. We're kicking off with 1989's THE WOMAN IN BLACK, which originally aired on Christmas Eve! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-12-0848 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009)To close out 21st Century Slashers month, Tim and Brennan are diving into a new-to-both-of-them franchise with the MTV original movie MY SUPER PSYCHO SWEET 16! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-11-2457 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBottom 5 Movies of the 1980sSome topics are just blunt and to the point, and that's just what we've gotten this week from Patreon supporter Granger D Pole, who wants us to go right for the kill: our lists of the worst movies of the 1980s. A decade that has some of the lowest lows in all of cinema history, so expect some real stinkers...unless you're Carrie and decide to opt for some of the most beloved films of the decade. Tune in! Carrie's Top 5: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure The Apple Mac and Me Society E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
2023-11-131h 43Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Five Nights at Freddy's | The Exorcist: BelieverHappy Monday! This episode, Carrie and Tim catch up on their wild Halloween weekends and distain towards the current youth, big cities and. Tim shares his reviews of Five Nights at Freddy's and the newly released The Exorcist: Believer. Carrie shares her thoughts on two theatrical experiences she had with her family over the weekend - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Sweeney Todd! Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Le...
2023-10-301h 06Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE -Jacob's Ladder (1990)Happy almost Halloween! Now it's time to cover a classic horror movie that Tim has never seen before! This week we're once again poking and prodding the definition of "horror" to find out where Adrian Lyne's JACOB'S LADDER fits in! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon pag...
2023-10-2753 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 FlopsSometimes, no matter how much money the studios throw at it, a movie just fails. Sometimes, the studio throws a whole lot of money at it before it becomes clear that's happening. And that's how you get, not merely a garden-variety failure, but a bonafide flop, the sort of horrific financial disaster that gets discussed with a giggle of schadenfreude in the trade press and passed around as a cautionary tale for years to come. 2023 has been an especially ugly year for megaflops, contributing two contenders for the dishonor of being one of the biggest money loser of all...
2023-10-161h 19Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Dragon Ball Series | Under the SkinThis episode is ever-so lovingly brought to you by two of our long-standing Patreon supporters. Thanks to Brian Fowler, we dive into a 4-part episode (movie?) viewing of Dragon Ball? Dragon Balls? Dragon Balzzzz? If you've seen the movies we discuss... sorry. If you haven't seen them, enjoy the strangest mental picture you can possibly fathom. Andrew Johnson added some real fun to the episode, by picking Under the Skin for our worth mentioning segment - a film that Tim admires and Carrie will surely, never forget. Tune in and we hope you enjoy! ...
2023-10-091h 17Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Talk to Me | Golda | Gabriel SeriesOn this week's episode, we are joined by the ever-so delightful Mandy Albert (and official Raspberry Picking correspondent) to round out our movie recommendations (or one's to avoid) for this week! Tim brings his thoughts on Helen Mirren's newest feature Golda. Mandy lightly steams things up a bit with her thoughts on Tosca Musk and her 9 part series following the romantic affairs of Gabriel & Julia, in the Gabriel's Inferno series. Carrie brings her rage towards the newest fright-flick Talk to Me and reminds listeners just how old she is by sharing a 30 min health update. T...
2023-09-251h 16Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - The Hitcher (2007)To close out Platinum Dunes month, Brennan and Tim are - for some reason - sitting down to discuss the 2007 remake of THE HITCHER! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-09-221h 10Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastThe Best and Worst Years for Movies This week's topic was a doozy - but we were up for the challenge, as we picked our way through The Best and Worst Years for Movies, courtesy of Patreon Andrew Johnson. Some years achieve legendary status right away, like the annus mirabilis of 1999; some grow their reputation with age and respectability, like the Hollywood golden epoch of 1939. Some years, there are pandemics and/or major industry-wide strikes, and people just plain stop putting out movies, except from some real dogs that nobody wanted to see anyways. We'll be looking at all of it as we contemplate t...
2023-09-121h 40Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)To kick off Platinum Dunes month, Brennan and Tim are starting with the movie that kicked off Platinum Dunes in the first place. It's 2003's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-09-081h 12Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: The Animatrix | Meet Me In St. Louis | Birth/RebirthThis episode, Carrie and Tim meander their way through the last week's happenings and share about a few good movies a long the way too. Carrie brings The Animatrix, thanks to Harold Bleacher and Meet Me In St. Louis, thanks to the ever-so kind listener, SpaceIce. Tim brings a review of a newer flick coming out of Sundance, Birth/Rebirth. Tune in and have a great week! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Lett...
2023-08-281h 05Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Fair-Haired Child (Masters of Horror S1E9)To close out Masters of Horror month, Tim and Brennan break down William Malone's season 1 episode "Fair-Haired Child!" PS: Please forgive the haphazard audio quality of this episode, it's tough recording remotely and sometimes it makes you want to tear your fair hair out. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on t...
2023-08-2547 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Looney TunesIt's rabbit season here at Alternate Ending, thanks to Patreon supporter Hallvarður: this episode centers on our picks for the top 5 Looney Tunes cartoons! Between 1930 and 1969, Warner Bros. released 1000 short cartoons starring such animated icons as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Speedy Gonzales, Tweety Bird, Cool Cat, Goopy Geer, Merlin the Magic Mouse, and all your other favorites. Enjoy this episode sifting through that list of some of the best comic animation ever produced to come up with our absolute favorites for the best of the best. Or, the least despicable, a...
2023-08-211h 15Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror S1E3)To kick off Masters of Horror month, Tim and Brennan break down Tobe Hooper's season 1 episode "Dance of the Dead!" Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-08-1153 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Circus Movies"Every movie's a circus", in the words of a song from the proudly mediocre Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Blvd. But we're going to be a little bit more selective than that. At the request of Patreon supporter Carl Beasley, this episode focuses on on our top 5 circus movies: movies celebrating the wonderful entertainment form that has made such a rich pageant out of exploiting people with unusual bodies, abusing animals, and of course, the indescribable, unholy nightmare terrors of those funny fellas, the clowns. It'll be fun for girls and boys of all ages, so come...
2023-07-311h 19Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)To close out Disney horror month, Tim and Brennan break down a nostalgic classic that isn't particular nostalgic for either of them. it's 1983's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-07-2853 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Indiana Jones – The Dramatic Journey | Little BoyThis episode came a week later than expected, due to unforeseen, lower than expectations reviews of the Indiana Jones series from the Jarosinski children. With an extra week gone by, we were prepared to face the situation head on. Sort of. Thoughts differ on Indiana Jones: Dial of Destiny, but thankfully Tim finds it in his heart to only break Carrie's heart in written form and mostly spare her feelings on air. Sort of. With thanks to Patreon M.C. Steffen Tim brings his review of Little Boy. In retaliation for Tim's recent IJ reviews, Carrie makes Tim...
2023-07-1759 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 (2020)In honor of the upcoming release of Disney's Haunted Mansion, Tim and Brennan are covering Disney horror throughout July, beginning with the deeply ludicrous Disney Channel original musical sequel Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-07-1449 minHow Would Lubitsch Do It?S3E01 - Rosita [1923] with Tim Brayton
Critic and friend of the show Tim Brayton returns to discuss Lubitsch’s first American silent film, ROSITA. We discuss Lubitsch’s artistic evolution upon leaving Berlin and entering Hollywood, his struggles with Merry Pickford, the film’s recent MOMA restoration, Lubitsch’s newfound mastery of tone, this film’s status as a ‘transitional work’, the typical Hollywood artistic and industrial processes circa 1923, Lubitsch’s career goals, and historical determinism.
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NEXT WEEK:
Margaret "Molly" Rasberry joins us to discuss Charlie Chaplin’s A WOMAN OF PARIS. For details as to where to find this film...
2023-07-1152 minHow Would Lubitsch Do It?S3E01 - Rosita [1923] with Tim Brayton
Critic and friend of the show Tim Brayton returns to discuss Lubitsch’s first American silent film, ROSITA. We discuss Lubitsch’s artistic evolution upon leaving Berlin and entering Hollywood, his struggles with Merry Pickford, the film’s recent MOMA restoration, Lubitsch’s newfound mastery of tone, this film’s status as a ‘transitional work’, the typical Hollywood artistic and industrial processes circa 1923, Lubitsch’s career goals, and historical determinism.
Come join our Discord!
NEXT WEEK:
Margaret "Molly" Rasberry joins us to discuss Charlie Chaplin’s A WOMAN OF PARIS. For details as to where to find this film...
2023-07-1152 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Mimic (1997)June Bugs month concludes where Guillermo del Toro's English-language career begins. This week, Tim and Brennan are discussing the compromised '90s relic MIMIC! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-06-2350 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Phase IV (1974)Tim and Brennan are kicking off June Bugs month with some of the most surreal bug-themed horror you'll ever encounter, the Saul Bass directorial effort PHASE IV! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-06-0957 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Teen Witch (1989)To close out Witchcraft Month, Tim and Brennan are taking you on a journey into one of the most mystifying movies of the great 1980s: it's time for TEEN WITCH! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-05-261h 14Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Laura | There Was a Father | Survive Style 5+This episode of Pass the Popcorn, we're joined by friend of AE, Zev Burrows to catch up on what movies we've been catching up on. We tried to scare Zev off with our personal burial plans, stomach bugs and the under-appreciated delicacy of spaghetti and cottage cheese ... but he held on like a champ until the end! In worth mentioning, Zev brings his thoughts on There Was a Father. Tim reviews Evil Dead Rise and Survive Style 5+, by Patreon Christophe Romain's request. Carrie reviews the 1944 classic Laura, requested by Zev. Make sure to check out Ze...
2023-05-221h 26Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Viy (1967)This month, Tim and Brennan are taking a look at films about witchcraft, starting with the 1967 Soviet horror film VIY, based on the Gogol short story of the same name! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!
2023-05-1254 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastSummer 2023 PreviewSummer is almost upon us! Indeed with Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 already in theaters, summer is arguably already here. But there's still lots of weeks of movies to come, with the most fully-stocked calendar of big tentpoles since 2019. To celebrate, we're casting our gaze forward to share our picks for our most anticipated films of the summer, as well as kick off our annual game of trying to see who can come the closest to predicting the biggest hits at the box office (Rob. It's always Rob). We're looking at indie dramas and Indy tentpoles, artistic cartoons and...
2023-05-081h 08Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018)AUDIO NOTE: Please forgive the intense hail that was inflicting Wisconsin while Tim recorded. To conclude musical month, Tim and Brennan are biting into the Disney Channel original musical Z-O-M-B-I-E-S from 2018 and parsing its truly mystifying, yet entirely blunt, themes and design. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this prog...
2023-04-281h 13How Would Lubitsch Do It?S2E02 - The Doll [1919] with Tim BraytonCritic and friend of the show Tim Brayton returns to discuss Lubitsch’s lo-fi comic masterpiece THE DOLL. Much enthusiasm for this completely iconoclastic curio of a film is shared as we discuss the nature of artifice, history’s least-convincing fake horses, the mysterious circumstances under which this film’s release was botched, Lubitsch’s not-all-that-scathing satire of organized religion, and unacceptably bad silent film scores.
Griffin Sheel was our dialogue editor for this episode.
NEXT WEEK:
Filmmaker, critic, and academic David Cairns joins us to discuss KOHLHEISEL’S DAUGHTERS, Lubitsch’s bizarre Bavarian take on Shakespea...
2023-03-2845 minHow Would Lubitsch Do It?S2E02 - The Doll [1919] with Tim BraytonCritic and friend of the show Tim Brayton returns to discuss Lubitsch’s lo-fi comic masterpiece THE DOLL. Much enthusiasm for this completely iconoclastic curio of a film is shared as we discuss the nature of artifice, history’s least-convincing fake horses, the mysterious circumstances under which this film’s release was botched, Lubitsch’s not-all-that-scathing satire of organized religion, and unacceptably bad silent film scores.
Griffin Sheel was our dialogue editor for this episode.
NEXT WEEK:
Filmmaker, critic, and academic David Cairns joins us to discuss KOHLHEISEL’S DAUGHTERS, Lubitsch’s bizarre Bavarian take on Shakespea...
2023-03-2845 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Once Upon a Time in China | THX-1138 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaThis 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 do. By Patreon supporter Zotch Ross's request, Carrie brings her thoughts on Once Upon a Time in China and thoughts on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Tim brings his thoughts on THX-1138, at the request of Tristan Frayling. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | Y...
2023-02-201h 48How Would Lubitsch Do It?S1E05 - The Eyes of the Mummy Ma [1918] with Tim BraytonFilm critic, podcaster, PHD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and former guest Tim Brayton joins us to discuss THE EYES OF THE MUMMY MA, Lubitsch’s oldest surviving drama. In this episode, we discuss the momentous arrival of Emil Jannings and Pola Negri to the stock company, the rather troubling orientalist aspects of the film, and the ethics and economics of film preservation.
NEXT WEEK:
Jose Arroyo joins us to discuss CARMEN. For details on where to find this film, check out our resources page.
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THE EYES OF THE MUMMY MA - Bl...
2023-01-1044 minHow Would Lubitsch Do It?S1E05 - The Eyes of the Mummy Ma [1918] with Tim BraytonFilm critic, podcaster, PHD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and former guest Tim Brayton joins us to discuss THE EYES OF THE MUMMY MA, Lubitsch’s oldest surviving drama. In this episode, we discuss the momentous arrival of Emil Jannings and Pola Negri to the stock company, the rather troubling orientalist aspects of the film, and the ethics and economics of film preservation.
NEXT WEEK:
Jose Arroyo joins us to discuss CARMEN. For details on where to find this film, check out our resources page.
WORKS CITED:
THE EYES OF THE MUMMY MA - Bl...
2023-01-1044 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Barbarian | Prey for the Devil | All Quiet on the Western FrontIt 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 for Smiles of a Summer Night. Brennan and Tim take their hits on the newest nun-horror flick Prey for the Devil and takes a quick turn to the life and times of Al Yankovic as captured in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Finally, we turn to Tim who gives us the low-down on the newest remake of All Quiet on the Western...
2022-11-071h 28Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 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 not limited to) Carrie taking the reins as host and having the most overlap with Tim's picks for the season than ever before. How will Tim react? Well, you'll just have to tune in to find out! Rob Top 5: Top Gun: Maverick The Gray Man Bodies Bodies Bodies Bullet Train Nope Carrie Top 5: Top Gun: M...
2022-09-261h 30Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movies We Wish More People Would WatchThis 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 each host think sound the best from each other's lists? Brennan Top 5: Ballad of a Soldier Hasta el viento tiene miedo 100 Bloody Acres I Give It a Year Baaghi 3 Carrie Top 5: Sliding Doors The Father Wild Hearts Can't be Broken Cicada The Blue Lagoon Tim Top 5: Shoah Sátántangó Earth Rock and Rule Saló, or the...
2022-08-291h 27Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Can't Stop the Music | Elvis | The Big Bad World of TelevisionThis 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) and Can't Stop the Music (1980). Then we dive into a conversation about the medium of television: where it was, where it is now, and why Tim doesn't like most of it. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd - Brennan Letterbo...
2022-08-151h 17Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movies About the ZeitgeistThis 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 to tell the story of The Youth Today, we're discussing our Top 5 movies about the zeitgeist! Brennan Top 5: Borat Josie and the Pussycats Child's Play Gidget Godzilla Mandy Top 5: The Best Years of Our Lives Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Unfriended Working Girl Singles Tim Top 5: Zabriskie Point A Hard Day's Night The More the...
2022-08-091h 45Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Patriotic MoviesBetween that and the gung-ho feature length military advertisement Top Gun: Maverick continuing its jaw-dropping run at the box office (and secondarily, US Independence Day), it seemed like a perfect time to take a look at the long history of movies designed in part, or in full, to celebrate the love of Queen and Country, give or take the Queen. We'll be bringing you our Top 5 patriotic movies, with celebrations of national pride from the U.S. and around the globe (Tim does love his Japanese WWII propaganda films), those films that make you want to stand...
2022-07-041h 26Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Lightyear (Spoiler Free)With Rob down for the count with COVID, Tim and Brennan nowhere to be found, Carrie turns to the only other cinephiles she knows...Abbi and Alice. Listen to this surprisingly insightful and thoroughly entertaining discussion of Lightyear to see why Tim has it wrong. Also discussed is a little inside information about an upcoming fantasy movie in the works directed by Ben Affleck. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! What to grab yourself some AE swag? You can find the goods here! Other places to follow Alternate En...
2022-06-2750 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Childhood FavoritesWith Lightyear having come out this weekend, bearing the baffling premise that it's the Star Wars-style movie that inspired the cartoon character that inspired the toy that Andy loves in Toy Story (we think?), Tim, Carrie, and Brennan (subbing in this week for Rob) have decided to discuss their childhood favorites! Brennan Top 5: The Little Mermaid X2: X-Men United Airplane! Bartok the Magnificent Big Fat Liar Carrie Top 5: Mrs. Doubtfire The Little Mermaid The Monster Squad The Mighty Ducks Hook Tim Top 5: Mary Poppins Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The...
2022-06-201h 44Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movies I'm Ashamed I Haven't SeenThanks to Patreon subscriber Andrew Milne we're here this week talking about our Top Movies I'm Ashamed I haven't seen. Some, we're embarrassed about and others we've just downright lied to people and said we've seen (only Tim, only Tim would do that). Either way, we bare all on this super fun episode, designed especially to fling ourselves under the bus. The extra bonus is that Tim arbitrarily has committed to righting the wrongs of the unseen films on his list, so yay for #5! Tune in and we hope you have a great week! Rob To...
2022-04-111h 22Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movies to See Before You DieThe Top 5 Movies to See Before You Die, it's a catchphrase you've heard before. It's also a catchphrase that you assume has straightforward criteria. Movies critical to cinema? Movies about the afterlife? Movies to see if you have exactly 24 hours to live? If there is something we do well here at Alternate Ending, it's complicate things. So we do indeed come up with our Top 5 Movies to See Before You Die, but it's a curvy path to get there. Tim also agrees that Carrie's list is the best, because he in fact, he would want to pass...
2022-03-141h 34
Mentor MomentsSeason 1 Ep. 5: Working With and For Your Team with Tim Gaines, MA, CRCFor this episode, we welcome Tim Gaines. Tim is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and the Assistant Commissioner for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Adult Learning and Rehabilitation Services. Tune in now!
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2021-11-2922 min
The Criterion ProjectS3 E14: The Black Cat with Tim BraytonThe great Tim Brayton comes back to talk about Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff together in the Universal Horror classic The Black Cat!
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2021-10-2553 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Don't Look Now (1973)Hello and welcome to the official first main feed episode of Bride of Alternate Ending! We are the horror spinoff show hosted by Brennan Klein and Tim Brayton, and we've graduated from Patreon to the main feed this month! These episodes will be coming the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month! For spooky season, we've decided to gift each other with horror classics that the other hasn't seen. First up is Tim, who is showing Brennan the 1973 Nicholas Roeg classic DON'T LOOK NOW for the very first time!
2021-10-0953 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastEscape Room 2 with The Game Master // Black Widow // Space Jame: A New Legacy // PigWith Escape Room Tournament of Champions hitting theaters this week, we decided to mix it this episode up a bit. You see, your respective hosts each have an unfounded confidence that they are, in fact, the most talented Escape Room-ers, that probably ever existed. I say this because, JUST last weekend, the AE crew traveled to Escape in Time - Madison to test our wits in their new Cryosleep room. The short story is, we only used one clue and made it out of the room with 20 whole minutes to spare and basically we all think we own...
2021-07-201h 16Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastSummer Movie Preview 2021Well, we successfully rallied together to compile our Summer Movie Preview 2021 pull ourselves from our pessimistic trenches and look forward towards a new year with new theatrical possibilities! We know you may not share our optimism, just yet, but with the possibility of seeing A Quiet Place Part II together in a theater on the horizon, nothing can crush our spirits. For fun, we even went back to our last Summer movie preview and it's hard to believe that was TWO YEARS AGO. Personally, I think we've come up with some very fine lists, most of which I...
2021-05-241h 30Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastOscars 2021 Reactions: The Best and Worst MomentsThe Oscars are over and I think we can say a collective "well, that was weird". The location, the speeches, the music trivia? On this 93rd Academy Awards dedicated episode we cover all of our Oscars 2021 reactions. We take a look at the best and worst moments, out thoughts on the upsets and the usual end to the whole affair. To be fair, it's not all bad. In fact, we find a whole handful of things that we really enjoyed. Most notably, it seems highly probable that somebody phoned in the 75+ humor troop, but I digress. I should...
2021-04-2755 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Acting Oscar Winners // Chaos Walking // The SleepoverWe are literally a week away from the Oscars and we're all (just Rob and I, actually) scrambling to see as many Oscar nominees as we can, in advance. Like all good procrastinators, we're taking our time to look back at years past at the best awards winners in the Academy's history, with our picks for the Top 5 Acting Oscar Winners! For an added treat, Tim also drops in his bottom 5 acting Oscar winning performances. We all breathed a deep sigh of relief when Jessica Tandy narrowly escaped his list. We had a lot to cat...
2021-04-191h 33
Film FormallyS3E09 - Adapting Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Tim BraytonAdapting literary works to the screen involves a certain amount of translation. There are certain things that are easily conveyed in writing that cannot be conveyed in a straightforward way onscreen; likewise, there are elements of cinematic language that open up new routes to expression. John Le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a useful case study in this regard: it has been the subject of two acclaimed adaptations that could not be more distinct in the toolkit each uses to translate book to screen. We’ve invited Tim Brayton, film critic at Alternate Ending, to discuss both the...
2021-03-231h 24Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Belated Sequels // Zack Snyder's Justice League // Cherry // I Care A Lot // Across 110th Street // Flora & UlyssesWith a big thank you to Patreon subscriber Carter, we officially had the most fun we've had in a LONG TIME covering our Top 5 belated sequels. Despite having more overlap than we've had in awhile, we still manage to find ourselves carefully belittling each others picks. You know, like real friends do. We had a lot to catch up on and lots of news to share! In worth mentioning, Rob reviews Flora & Ulysses and Carrie brings her loving feelings for I Care A Lot. Tim shares is not so loving feelings on Cherry but is able to rebou...
2021-03-221h 31Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBest Films of Sundance 2021Well, Sundance is over and we're all breathing a collective sigh of exhausted relief. Over the course of 5 days, we cumulatively watched over 50 features and shorts. While our experiences were wildly different, with Tim watching at least 7 films a day and cranking out reviews, while Rob and I averaged 3-4 films a day and stressed about prepping for interviews. On this episode we talk about some of the highs and lows of Sundance and our varied perspectives on the best movies. There was certainly a wild mix of movies, from dudes with testicles flying off to 90's bea...
2021-02-081h 32
The Criterion ProjectThe Criterion Project S2 Ep 12: 'The Host' (Guest Critic Tim Brayton)Today we have guest critic and podcaster Tim Brayton with us to talk about the 2006 hit film by director Bong Joon-ho THE HOST
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2020-10-2449 min
Maniac MinutesStrength Training with Coach TimToday Brayton sits down with Coach Tim to discuss our new Strength Training class here at MCF!
2020-06-2909 min
The Moonlight Graham ShowSupercross Champ - Justin BraytonJustin Brayton was born to ride. He was riding a two-wheel bike at 2 years old and got his first dirt bike at 3. He was making his own jumps and showing no fear as part of the motocross culture in and around Fort Dodge. In middle school, his stepdad and mom were driving Justin around the country to find the best competition. His parents would take a motorhome to Texas, or wherever the top race was, leaving Fort Dodge Friday after work and returning Monday morning just in time to head back to school and work. By the time he...
2020-04-2840 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastSpoiler Alert: La La LandWhat happened to Carrie and what did it have to do with the Kentucky Derby?! This week, a very special double-feature episode of Spoiler Alert. To celebrate the recent DVD & Blu-ray release of La La Land, Tim and Rob take a second look at the Oscar-winning crowd pleaser, our collective pick for the best film of 2016. But at Tim's insistence, we're also going to take a look at one of the films that most directly influenced Damien Chazelle in concocting his film: the 1964 French masterpiece The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, the best-known film by the great Jacques Demy.
2017-05-0856 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movies About Racial UnityIn honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Carrie and Rob go through their top 5 movies about racial unity. In addition, this episode marks a new day in Alternate Ending as we relaunch the website and are joined by film critic Tim Brayton making his first of many appearances.
2017-01-161h 22Reasonable DoubtsRD Extra: Debate – “Is the US Government Founded on the Christian Religion?” Ed Brayton vs. Dr. Tim SchmigThis RD Extra features a debate between Ed Brayton and Dr. Tim Schmig. The debate took place on November 12, 2014 at CFI Michigan in Grand Rapids.
Ed Brayton is the founder and owner of the Freethought Blogs Network and the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. He is the co-founder and past president of Michigan Citizens for Science and the recipient of the Friend of Darwin Award from the National Center for Science Education and has appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show, The Thom Hartmann Show, and C-SPAN. Ed is also a current member...
2014-12-0200 min
Reasonable Doubts PodcastRD Extra: Brayton v Schmig - Was the U.S. Founded on Christianity?Is the US Government Founded on the Christian Religion?
Ed Brayton is the founder and owner of the Freethought Blogs network and the voice behind the popular blog Dispatches from the Culture Wars. He is the co-founder and past president of Michigan Citizens for Science and the recipient of the Friend of Darwin Award from the National Center for Science Education and has appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show, The Thom Hartmann Show, and C-SPAN. Ed is also a current member of CFI Advisory Board.
Ed brayton will be arguing “That the government of the United States is...
2014-12-0200 min