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Alternate 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 horr...
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 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 02How 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?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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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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 - 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 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 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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, LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY’S BABY. They were wrong… 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 progra...
2022-11-2554 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movies You Hate That Everyone Else LovesWith 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 topic is at the foundation of where all blood baths are formed. Tensions where high, but the episode remained *mostly* cordial, due to pure mental and emotional fatigue from our respective hosts. Whose list do you agree with the most? Which one leaves you the most enraged? Tune in to find out! Carrie's Top 5: The Wi...
2022-11-211h 42Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 BESTIA, aka THE DAY OF THE BEAST! 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 Alter...
2022-11-1148 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 Gory MoviesIt'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 messy vampires - if it's accompanied by a whole fuckload of red-dyed Karo syrup, we're going to be splashing around in all of its revolting excess. There will, as the fella said, be blood. Especially, after Carrie tries to defend her number 2 pick. Tune in! Carrie Top 5 Gory Movies: Hatchet Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Demons Saw Dawn of the Dead Tim...
2022-11-011h 27Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 Beacham as Miss Jessel. Listen as they try to pin down what the hell it even is, let alone how to review it. 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...
2022-10-2848 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass 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 in the floor boards? Why do we keep putting "away" in quotes? Find out when we're joined by an extra special guest to tell all - tune in! ----------------------------------------------------- Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Rob Letterboxd | Carrie Lett...
2022-10-241h 02Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Hocus Pocus 2| Halloween Ends | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | The Best Movies for HalloweenThis 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 probably won’t: HALLOWEEN ENDS, HOCUS POCUS 2, and LYLE LYLE CROCODILE! This episode is seeded throughout with some of the best Carrie stories you’ve ever heard, so keep your ears peeled. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd...
2022-10-171h 25Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 classic THE INNOCENTS! 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!
2022-10-1448 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Fall 2022 Favorites | Smile | FallAfter 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 worth mentioning, Carrie brings the new "low budget" high-tower thriller Fall and Tim tries to sell Carrie on the recently released horror flick Smile. Tune in! ***************************************************************** 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 Ending....
2022-10-041h 29Alternate 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 Cliffhanger EndingsThis 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 better to make sure we're good and excited for the next entry. If there is another entry? Or maybe we're left mourning the unknown.... Rob Top 5: 1. Inception 2. Back to the Future - Part II 3. The Empire Strikes Back 4. The Thing 5. Avengers: Infinity War Carrie Top 5: 1. Inception 2. Before Midnight 3. Perfect Senses 4. Joker 5. Broken Flower...
2022-09-051h 33Alternate 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...
2022-08-291h 27Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride 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 topic at hand, they break down exactly why this movie exists and try to figure out why it doesn’t ever quite meet its lofty goals. 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 che...
2022-08-261h 05Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: The Billy Jack Series | Thor: Love and Thunder | Day ShiftWell, 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, we did find the first week in a month that all of us were either healthy and in cell-phone range and we couldn't be happier about it. The only thing that could possibly spoil this reunion euphoria is having to spend an hour talking about The Billy Jack series - and here we are! Thanks to Patreon supporter Gavin, we s...
2022-08-221h 19Alternate 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...
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...
2022-08-091h 45Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: A Fish Called Wanda | Nope | The State of Modern HorrorThis 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 slashers, retro throwbacks, and what other trends are cropping up in the modern horror film! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd - Brennan Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!
2022-08-011h 41Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 AliensThis week's episode is coming to you a week late, and for that we apologize. Though, fiesty-ness levels are high due to lack of sleep and new-phone-setup drama, so maybe we're not sorry. From just plain defining "aliens" to just generally attacking each other for our alien preferences, the episode gets a little snappy. But we'll let you decide, are Avatar's really aliens? Is Yoda just a really old human? We ask you decide, but there is really only one answer to all these questions. Tune in! Rob Top 5: The E...
2022-07-261h 14Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)It’s time to put zombie month to bed with a film that is an old classic for Tim and a new enemy of Brennan’s: the early Spanish zombie movie TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD!. This is going to be a contentious one, y’all! 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...
2022-07-2250 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Pontypool (2008)Zombie month has officially risen from the grave, and we’re starting with a resolutely peculiar entry, the 2008 Canadian indie PONTYPOOL! Tim and Brennan break down whether or not the core conceit makes sense and if that matters, as well as discussing the subjectivity of horror and following up on a bit of tangential Elvira material! 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...
2022-07-081h 04Alternate 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 PodcastBride of AE -Bride of AE - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988) Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)Horror comedy month, which was requested by Patreon Oscar-level member Jack, is closing out with a bang! Tim and Brennan head to Fallwell, Massachusetts to discuss ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK, the first film to feature the iconic TV horror hostess! 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...
2022-06-2452 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 Dwarf...
2022-06-201h 44Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Crimes of the FutureCrimes of Alternate Ending Well, it's not until this very moment that I'm realizing we blew right past the Worth Mentioning segment. We might have also skipped the Patreon shout-outs. It's possible that we zig-zagged our way around the Amazon reads, reviews aaaand pretty much any detail that required preparation. Why? Rob was out of the town this week and the every-5-year-disaster of Tim and I recording an episode alone, did happen. To add to the mayhem, we were joined by some of our favorite Patreon supporters to add to the chat...
2022-06-131h 14Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Young Frankenstein (1974)Thanks to Patreon Oscar-level member Jack, we are discussing horror-comedies this month! We’re starting with a big one: Mel Brook’s YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, which Tim loves and Brennan finds completely falls flat. Digressions include a discussion of the love required to make a parody and shocking revelations about Nicole Kidman’s AMC Theaters ad bumper. 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, in...
2022-06-1056 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 FranchisesIt's summertime at the movies, and you know what that means: time for all the biggest sequels, brand extensions, spin-offs, and nostalgic cash grabs. In other words: movie franchises! And with one of the all-time biggest franchises preparing to come to an end (till next time) with Jurassic World: Dominion on June 10, we thought it would be a great opportunity to take a look at some of our favorite franchises of all time, classic and ongoing. Rob Top 5: Indiana Jones Batman Mission Impossible Toy Story Alien Carrie Top 5: Toy Story Before Sunrise Father of the...
2022-06-061h 27Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Top Gun: Maverick SpoilerTop Gun: Maverick has us all in the clouds We haven't all been this high on a movie since Rob saw Mad Max Fury Road at the Music Box (deep pull joke, but I'm still going with it. IYKYK.). Gosh, sometimes it's just fun to agree. Full disclosure, we can't really contain ourselves and we go full-spoiler right out of the gate. Though, even after all the discussion, I can't really say any of it ruins the movie or gives anything away. Beautiful people, fast planes, Tom Cruise being a bada$$... it's all stuff you know...
2022-05-301h 18Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Scary Movies (that aren't horror)Around the world, the box office charts are being dominated by Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latest example of Marvel Studios' habit of attempting to shake some of the dust off the formula of formulaic comic book superhero action movies by flavoring them with a little bit of genre. In this case, for the first time in Marvel's history, that genre flavoring is horror, and that's gotten us to thinking about all the other times a not-actually-horror movie got to play around in horror's sandbox. And that's gotten us to our next episode topic: the Top 5 Scary...
2022-05-161h 29Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastSummer 2022 PreviewWith the arrival in theater of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness next week, the first fully fleshed-out summer movie season since 2019 will be upon us. To celebrate, the Alternate Ending crew is looking ahead to the next four months of action epics, animated comedies, and the occasional art film from a major director. For our next episode, we offer a Summer 2023 Preview: the films we're excited about (and perhaps the ones we're especially dreading), the films we expect to be big hits or big flops! Plus... Don't forgot! Box Office Prediction Contest is O...
2022-05-021h 31Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Top 5 Chicago Movies (Not Named "Chicago")Chicago Movies (Not Named "Chicago")Thanks to Patreon subscribers Laura and Chris Trengove, we’re here this week talking about our Top 5 Chicago Movies (Not Named "Chicago")! As Chicago natives, we have big thoughts on what makes Chicago..ChiCAgo. From the food... to the food...and er... hotdogs? We also have thought on: Rob's new movie ventures, if it's ok to call your Daddy, Daddio, eating boogers and the tastiest variety of chizz. It's the most overlap we've had in years! Tune in and we hope you enjoy! Rob Top 5: Ferris Bueller's Day Off High Fideli...
2022-04-251h 19Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - The Valley of Gwangi (1969)For the second episode of Ray Harryhausen month (a topic requested by Patron Gavin McDowell), Tim and Brennan break down the 1969 film THE VALLEY OF GWANGI. The pair discuss its stop motion effects (naturally), how it functions within the realm of dinosaur pictures and Westerns, and where the hell this movie came from, a good 10 years after anyone would have wanted something like it. 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 Sup...
2022-04-2257 minAlternate 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 PodcastBride of AE - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)Brand new month, brand new topic! Patron Gavin McDowell asked us to cover the films of Ray Harryhausen and the people voted for his 1957 effort 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH! Tim and Brennan break down the breathtaking special effects used to create the Ymir, the way the Italian setting makes some of the 50’s boilerplate more tolerable, and Brennan tries to impress his friend Hunter by referencing as many other B-movies as possible. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Lette...
2022-04-081h 01Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - The Messengers (2007)This week we’re continuing to dig the skeletons out of the closets of people nominated for Oscars in 2022, and we’re moving on to Best Actress nominee Kristen Stewart’s early role in THE MESSENGERS! Tim and Brennan discuss sunflower farming, the career trajectory of K-Stew, and the world’s serviceablest cast! 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 fil...
2022-03-2550 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Best Picture WinnersWith special thanks to Patreon supporter Brian Fowler, we bring you our Top 5 Best Picture Winners, just in time for the 94th Academy Awards. I don't know if it should make us feel better or worse, that this podcast is aging in reverse. What does that even mean? You'd think after all these years and with us slowly creeping into our 40's, you'd begin to feel that tug of maturity. Yet, here we are, another episode, another 15 minute discussion about s*x and cheese. And s*x with cheese. And... well, some things can't be unheard. ...
2022-03-211h 30Alternate 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 o...
2022-03-141h 34Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - War of the Worlds (2005)This month we’re digging the skeletons out of the closets of people nominated for Oscars in 2022, and we’re starting by discussing Steven Spielberg’s WAR OF THE WORLDS! Tim and Brennan sit down to discuss whether or not the film really qualifies as “horror,” their relationship to the copious 9/11 imagery, how Tom Cruise services the movie or not, and much much more! 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 Alter...
2022-03-111h 08Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn:Pass the Popcorn: THE BATMAN w. Guest Josh Elder THE BATMAN w. Guest Josh ElderThis week's episode we dive into The Batman, Matt Reeves' grim reimagining of Mr. Bruce Wayne. As soon as we launched Pass the Popcorn, we knew at the top of our list was to have our old friend and roommate, Josh Elder. There are few people we know who are bigger fanatics of the comic-craft and we were really eager for his perspective. He's bringing his expertise on all things Gotham so we can get truly down and nerdy on Batman: Twilight Edition. (That is what this movie is called, right?) (Josh Elder donning the wrong...
2022-03-071h 46Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 MogulsWe're coming up fast on The Batman, the latest film centered around pop culture's famous insanely rich business mogul, Bruce Wayne. I am given to understand he also dresses as a bat. But that's not what we're here for, we're here to take a deeper dive into the Waynes of the world, the ultimate winners of late capitalism: captains of industry, movers and shakers, power brokers, the people whose exact work is a little hard to pin down, exactly, but by golly it sure does seem to be lucrative. In short, we're looking at our top 5 moguls in the...
2022-02-281h 25Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Peacemaker | Uncharted | The Long Good Friday | Teacher’s Pet | Annie (1999)It’s Brennan’s first official week hosting Pass the Popcorn, and the whole gang joins him for this episode! First, in Worth Mentioning, Brennan talks Annie (1999), Rob brings Uncharted, Tim discusses Teacher’s Pet (by Patreon Harold’s request), and Carrie discusses The Long Good Friday (by Patreon Jack’s request). Then, we dive into a spoiler-free discussion of the HBO Max series Peacemaker, which just aired its season finale, as well as the James Gunn superheroverse in general. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow...
2022-02-211h 25Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movie EndingsHappy Valentine's Day, to the subsection of you that don't despise it. Though, I guess I don't care either way because I'm still going to send you a virtual hug and you're gonna like it! OO This episode comes courtesy of Patreon subscriber Jack Chivers, who's asked us to carefully select and discuss our top 5 movie endings. As you can imagine, our opinions on what makes a story complete, vary greatly (don't be deceived by a bit of overlap). The episode might feel a bit chaotic, as our recollections of the actual endings of movies...differ. The mind is a fun...
2022-02-141h 29Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Poltergeist III (1988)This month, Bride of Alternate Ending is covering multi-part sequels thanks to a request from Patreon member Brian Fowler! The people have spoken, and they have chosen for Tim and Brennan to discuss 1988's POLTERGEIST III! The pair break down the tragic backstory of the film and how that informs the project, as well as what works and (mostly) what doesn’t. Is there a very long digression about biology? You’ll just have to find out for yourself. Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram Follow Brenna...
2022-02-1149 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Moonfall | Tampopo | Soldier of Orangeonfall | Tampopo | Soldier of OrangeIt's been yet another daunting week for our schedules. 5 minutes before recording we all looked upon each other with the same fatigued question - "remind me, what are we talking about today again?" **90 mins later** It's spit preferences, strategizing how to simplify dissertations, silicone education, new theme song reactions and god only knows what else. Oh, movies! This episode, Carrie and Rob bring Tampopo (by Patreon Travis N's request) and Temple of Doom. Tim brings Soldier of Orange (by Patreon Laurel & Michael's request). From there, we all take a deep dive into our th...
2022-02-071h 31Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBride of AE - Scream (2022)This week, Bride of Alternate Ending is double masked and taking to the aisles to discuss SCREAM 5 aka 5CREAM aka SCREAM for reasons that remain unfathomable. Will noted Scream skeptic Tim and Scream megafan Brennan (who recorded this entire podcast without telling Tim that theres a shiny new Scream ’22 poster hanging on his wall just out of sight of the Zoom camera) find common ground on this new entry, the first to not be directed by Wes Craven?
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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 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Red Notice | Last Night in SohoIt's was a very long week for all of us, but nothing clears the mind like getting together to Pass the Popcorn about movies! This episode, Carrie talks us into a round of "The Movie Game," based on a recent surge of film knowledge confidence. It's doesn't go well. Rob brings the new Netflix original Red Notice, Carrie brings Home Sweet Home Alone and Tim shares his thoughts on Last Night in Soho. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook...
2021-11-1553 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 ti
2021-10-0953 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass the Popcorn: Would you rather? // The Card Counter // LifeforceIt's time to Pass the Popcorn again this week! It's what we've been watching, a rousing game of Would You Rather? and a very, very in-depth review of Lifeforce, requested by Not Fenimore. Tim shares his thoughts on The Card Counter and Rob pretty heavily steers you alway from Buddy Games... because it's terrible. Tune in! Next week's episode: Top 5 of Summer 2021 ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carri...
2021-09-2757 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastPass The Popcorn: Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings // Don't Breathe 2 // Vacation FriendsIt's our inaugural episode of Pass The Popcorn and we while we have many directions we want to take this new format, we just had to review Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, given our respective obsessions with Marvel, Simu Liu and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, we just had to get this movie out of our system. We've had an eventful last few weeks with COVID super-spreader events, anniversaries and phallic gift deliveries and of course, you know we love to tell you all about those gory details. In worth mentioning Tim and C...
2021-09-151h 10Alternate 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...
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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 PodcastYes Day: Interview with Miguel ArtetaI love my kids. Though, between you and me, I also really loved my life before kids too. I've definitely sunken into all of the parenting cliches of glueing finger paintings all over my house, seeing my friends almost never and saying things like "because I said so" a million times a day. The thing is, I swear used to be fun. I never missed a party (like never ever, actually, I probably should have skipped a few). I traveled, hiked, biked, spiked... I was in a band for Godsakes! But having kids is like a constant battle, waged on you...
2021-03-1223 minAlternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastRaspberry (Short) Interview: Raymond Lee and Julian DoanIn the chaos of Sundance we had about 10 minutes to spare. Luckily Raspberry was just 7 breezy minutes between me and snagging some lunch. At minute 1 my eyes were quickly pooling with water, by minute 2 I had tears streaming down my face, by minute 3 I was laughing, at minute 4 I was laughing through sobs, coming in at minute 5 I was audibly crying and sucking back nose drool, rolling on to minute 6 I was in shock and by the final minute I had a tension headache. Raspberry is a film you have to experience for yourself There i...
2021-02-1531 minAlternate 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 32Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastBest Movies of 2020So we've reached the end of another very normal year, full of very normal movies, and there's only one thing to do: painstakingly sort through all the many, many films available to us, to select our top ten best movies of 2020. Join us as we share notes on our many adventures with streaming, our very few (and genuinely nerve-wracking experiences with post-pandemic movie theaters, and all the time we've had to catch up on great movies from years past. Reliving the last 12 months might sound like the worst decision you could possibly make right now, but with Rob, Carrie...
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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!
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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 min
Flixwise PodcastPulp FictionLady P makes a bid for a late-career resurgence as Flixwise host. She is joined by fellow UW-Madison grad students Megan Boyd and Tim Brayton to discuss the legacy of the 127th film on the Sight and Sound International Critics Poll, Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994). With the recent release of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, director Quentin Tarantino has indulged a nostalgic remembrance of movies past. This episode follows his lead by revisiting Pulp Fiction, one his best known and most influential works. While the film remains a crowd pleaser among cinephiles and casual moviegoers alike, there are element...
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Flixwise PodcastBest of 2018/Oscars 2019 SpecialThe Academy Award nominees were announced a week ago today, so theoretically we should have had a sufficient amount of time to mull over the various categories. However, this podcast offers something of a collective scratching of the heads at the hodgepodge of different Best Picture nominees. Host, Lady P, is joined by Oscar enthusiasts, and fellow UW-Madison Graduate Students, J.J. Bersch and Tim Brayton, to help sort through the good, the bad, and the Green Book of this year's contenders. Together they suggest reasons why there is so much incongruity in the major categories and discuss their fav...
2019-01-291h 15Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Movies Ruined by Bad Acting // Deadpool 2Word out of Cannes is that Alden Ehrenreich makes for a pretty good Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story, but let's just say that we'll believe it when we see it. But if Ehrenreich does singlehandedly destroy the movie, it wouldn't be the first time. Carrie, Rob, and Tim share their picks for the most damaging performances ever: the times when a movie was actually ruined by bad acting. In Worth Mentioning, the crew dishes on Deadpool 2, Carrie chats about The Glass Castleand Tim shares his thoughts on The Book Club.
2018-05-211h 23Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastSpoiler Alert: Blade RunnerWith Blade Runner 2049 having opened to great acclaim, but nowhere close to great box office, we could hardly pass up the chance to talk about the present and past of one of cinema's most legendary portraits of the future (not to mention, it's one of Rob's most-anticipated films of the fall). That's why we're looking at both BR2049 and the legendary, groundbreaking Blade Runner, a film that Tim has very nearly memorised in two different cuts, Rob saw one time a couple decades ago, and Carrie has never watched at all. And maybe, just maybe, we'll spare a thought...
2017-10-161h 08Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastTop 5 Horse Movies // My Little Pony: The MovieAsk the right people - Rob & Carrie's kids, that is - and they'll tell you that there's not going to be any bigger film this autumn than My Little Pony: The Movie. We're certainly not going to call that kind of insight into question, which is why we celebrated that film's release by taking a look at our favorite movies about horses, and the strong bonds they form with humans. Be they stone-cold classics like National Velvet, modern crowdpleasers like Seabiscuit, or whatever the hell Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is meant to be, horses have been part of...
2017-10-091h 26Alternate Ending - Movie Review PodcastSpoiler Alert: The Planet of the Apes MoviesThis past weekend, War for the Planet of the Apes made a trilogy out of one of the most unexpectedly satisfying and successful reboots of recent vintage. To get ourselves warmed up for this third round of nihilistic monkey business, the Alternate Ending crew revisited the first two films that got us to this point: 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. In worth mentioning, Tim discusses The Big Sick, which is one of Carrie's top 5 anticipated movies of the Summer. Meanwhile, Carrie and Rob return the f...
2017-07-171h 13Alternate 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 PodcastSpoiler Alert: I Don't Feel at Home in This World AnymoreTim and Rob put Carrie's recommendation of I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore to the test by making it a Spoiler Alert episode. Rob brings Hunt for the Wilderpeople to the table for worth mentioning, while Carrie talks Demolition and Tim shares the little known Kedi.
2017-04-0346 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.
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Reasonable 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 […]
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.
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