Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast

This week, Brennan, Carrie, and Mandy get together for a spicy game of movie-themed Never Have I Ever!   But first, in Worth Mentioning, Brennan discusses the bonkers kaleidoscope of Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once, Carrie breaks down the cannibalistic horror comedy Fresh, and Mandy waxes nostalgic about Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2. Plus, we learn that Carrie can spot Short Round from a mile away!   ***************************************************************** 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!

Thanks 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 Top 5:  Taxi Driver Gone with the Wind Lawrence of Arabia Apocalypse Now A Clockwork Orange Tim Top 5:  Ivan The Terrible, Par 2: The Boyars' Plot Close-Up Le Cercle Rouge L'Eclisse Now and Then Carrie Top 5: The Matrix It's A Wonderful Life Grease  Schindler's List  The Big Lebowski  Audience Top 5 Movies to See Before You Die:  Lawrence of Arabia Seven Samurai Raging Bull A Clockwork Orange Gone with the Wind This week's winner - Hunter Allen The Godfather Trilogy F

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 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!

Oscars 2022 Reactions - compelling drama or dramatic disappointment? Well, I won't do what Rob does and crack a joke about starting the conversation with the most shocking thing from the 94th Academy Awards being: CODA winning best picture (ba-dum-ching and spoiler), but now 48 hours removed from the event, I think our brains would like to imagine that the actual film winners were the most compelling story. This episode we're joined by some of our favorite people to do a little round table of our Oscars 2022 reactions!  You may remember this crew from our 94th Oscar nomination reaction episode, so prepare for snappy-takes and the comfort that can only come from like-minded cinephiles (and me). Topics Discussed: CODA winning best picture Liza Minnelli taking the stage Our reactions to verbal attacks on our loved ones Did the In Memoriam meet the bar? Best speeches Best presenters Best dressed (obviously) Anticipatory nip-slips There's a bit of consensus, a bit of contained rage towards me and a lot of fun a

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 films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

With 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. Tune in and as always, we hope you enjoy! Rob Top 5:  Titanic  Parasite Forrest Gump Spotlight Casablanca Tim Top 5:  Casablanca All Quiet on the Western Front Annie Hall How Green Was My Valley Lawrence of Arabia  Carrie Top 5: Titanic  Parasite  The Silence of the Lambs The King's Speech Driving Miss Daisy  Audience Top 5 Best Picture Winners:  Casablanca Lawrence of Arabia The Godfather Amadeus All About Eve This week's winner - Becky Woodward (with some stellar pick

The 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 on after viewing her choices. In a new trend over the last few episodes, we've also been adding to the list of reasons of "why Rob Jarosinski is a sociopath" with a rousing story about public urination. Behind the scenes, Rob explains that he was comfortable sharing the story because quote "everybody has done it," to which, we will let you respond to the accuracy of that statement. As always, tune in, and we hope you enjoy! Rob Top 5:  Arrival  Coco Soul  Chances Are Defending Yo

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 Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

This 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 shirt) There has been a longstanding war on who is the more knowledgeable human.  Even if that war is only in Carrie's mind, this episode, we put it to rest with a bit of impromptu trivia (much to this dismay of everybody).  Josh also graces us with some of his favorite memories of Rob as a young sociopath, which has us all in tears. In worth Mentioning, by Patron Jason Dohla's request, Carrie and Rob bring So I Married an Axe Murderer, which leads to a good 10 minutes of clarifying a very

We'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 movies (though not our top 5 movie moguls), to see just what it is they do with all that money and power. Besides dressing up as bats, that is. The episode gets a little off the rails. If we had known the direction it was heading, we would have included a whole other list of criteria above for what qualifies as a "mogul," but I guess you've come to expect that now. Tune in and we hope you enjoy! Rob Top 5:  Ri¢hie Ri¢h Iron Man DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost La

We’re still covering multi-part sequels thanks to a request from Patreon member Brian Fowler! Today we’re talking about Netflix’s new film TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, which is the ninth Texas Chainsaw film, the third film with that basic title, the third or fourth film to position itself as a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 original, and the first film where Leatherface is put on Instagram Live. In between digressions, we try to break down what on Earth is going on with the bizarre group of hipsters at the center of the film, share our assessment of the kills, and break down the return of the legendary Sally Hardesty! 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!

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 Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

Happy 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 funny thing and it has an interesting way of seeing what it hopes to see, I guess. Tune in! Rob Top 5:  Se7en Inception Call Me By Your Name The Graduate  La La Land  Tim Top 5:  City Lights All Quiet on the Western Front The Searchers The Nights of Cabiria   The Third Man  Carrie Top 5: Titanic City Lights The Sixth Sense Parasite Casper Audience Top 5 Movie Endings: The Graduate  The Wicker Man | Some Like it Hot The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Portr

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 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!

There are so many exciting parts of the our Oscar Nomination Reactions episode, the least exciting part being the Oscar nominees. Ha! This episode, we're joined by Alternate Ending contributors Mandy Albert and Chris Trengove, to share our reactions to the nominees and the biggest snubs.  I had a feeling with this crew I might get a little lost in the shuffle of cinephile-speak. And that did happen. BUT! It was absolutely invigorating to see the group light up and commiserate on mutual film feelings, with some joy and a healthy dose of disdain. In other exciting news, the team also tried their hand at predicting the Oscars and we get a chance to talk about a bit of an unexpected upset, in their rate of success. If there was any doubt of how much fun we had, you can just take a look at Chris. This might have been when we were talking about House of Gucci. We hope you enjoy this extra special episode. We'd love to hear about your Oscar Nomination Reactions too, did we hit the mark? What did we miss? Did the

It'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 thoughts on the newly released movie about a moon falling, Moonfall. Tune in! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

Our Best Films of 2021 episode, was a bit contentious and so we had hoped to come back lovingly-aligned for our worst films of 2021 episode, but I guess there's always next time? It wasn't hard to find bad movies from the last year, there were some mega-stinkers, indeed.  What qualifies as a bad movie? What elements of a movie make it bad? All things for which, we do not agree.  I will say though, with our New Year's resolution to spark joy and find the positive, Rob makes a valiant attempt to have us find the "brightest spot" in each terrible movie and maybe, it sort of works? Also, please hide your Grandma's. Hide your Dad's. Maybe even hide yourself from this particularly vulgar and regularly offensive episode. They always just twist my... ugh... just sorry. Audience Top 5 - Worst Films of 2021 1. Space Jam: A New Legacy 2. Don't Look Up 3. Music 4. Mortal Kombat | Diana: The Musical 5. Cinderella | Dear Evan Hansen This week's winner - Chris Trengove!  1. Music 2. Cinderella 3. Space Jam: A New Legacy 4.

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?

It's a brand new year, and we couldn't be more excited to see what exciting new movies 2022 has lined up for us all to enjoy. But before we can do that, we need to ring out the old year in traditional fashion: our picks for the best films of 2021!

We’re not 100% sure why, but you asked for it and we’re here to cover TETSUO II: BODY HAMMER! The original film is an indelible work of experimental genius that we had wildly divergent opinions on. Can the same filmmaker apply that genius to a more coherent story and a bigger budget? Let’s find out!