Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
Alternate Ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid. What makes Alternate Ending different from other film podcasts? Well, we're not 5 dudes in a room talking about our passion for Fight Club and Braveheart. We're two dudes, and a lady, of which our tastes are quite varied. Rob, the film-school dropout, has seen an absurd amount of movies, and if we're being honest, rounds out our Fight Club fan-base. Tim Brayton, our seasoned film critic, shares a more critical view of film, an appreciation for vintage cinema and perhaps limited-release movies that we might otherwise miss. Carrie, our casual movie-goer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good. Too many film sites cater to
Episodes
- Bride of AE - The Black Cat (1934)
For the second of three episodes breaking down Newlywed Horror, Tim and Brennan dig into the kooky Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi joint THE BLACK CAT! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Instagram and Letterboxd Follow Tim on…
- Moulin Rouge! at 25
The Alternate Ending podcast celebrates the 25th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!, analyzing its impact on musicals with music expert Zev Burrows. The episode also briefly touches on the films Smooth Talk and Eileen.
- Your Movie Rocks: Marci X
On the Alternate Ending podcast, host Mandy Albert and guest Brennan Klein review the 2003 film Marci X. The discussion covers Lisa Kudrow and Damon Wayans' performances and the film's comedy.
- May 2026 Movie Preview
The May 2026 movie preview episode features Brennan, Caleb, and Gavin discussing upcoming releases. Topics include Mortal Kombat II, a new Star Wars film, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, The Strangers: Chapter 3, Ready or Not 2: Here…
- Bride of AE - Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
This episode of Alternate Ending reviews Mario Bava's 1970 film Hatchet for the Honeymoon, the first in a series on Newlywed Horror.
- Pixar in the 2020s
The Alternate Ending podcast episode "Pixar in the 2020s" features Tim, Zev, and Cameron discussing Pixar Animation Studios, its history, and recent film reception. The discussion also includes Varda's La Pointe Courte, Return to Oz, and D…
- Your Movie Rocks: The Hottie & the Nottie
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…
- April 2026 Movie Preview
We're saying goodbye to March by getting in right under the wire with a preview of the films coming out in April 2026, with mere hours to go before The Super Mario Galaxy Movie wall-jumps its way into theaters. Are Tim and Andrew excited a…
- Bride of AE - Daybreakers (2009)
Tim and Brennan dig a skeleton out of Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke's closet by reviewing his post-Twilight dystopian vampire movie DAYBREAKERS! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow…
- The 98th Academy Awards
Fresh of off One Battle After Another and Sinners sharing a combined haul of 10 Oscars, the Alternate Ending crew is here with our thoughts on the ceremony and winners. Tim is joined by Cameron and Caleb to talk about the surprises, the we…
- A look back at 2025
With the Oscars coming up fast, it's the time of year we like to take stock of the movie year that was, and so Brennan is joined this week by an extra-large crew, as Caleb Wimble, Cameron Shaw, and Gavin McDowell come along to look at the…
- Your Movie Rocks: Super Mario Bros.
March sees the return of Mandy's old podcasting partner (and husband) Josh, who has decided to get timely with his Your Movie Rocks picks and has assigned Mandy the original Super Mario Bros. movie. No, not that one . That one , the one th…
- Podcast Special: Old Testament Movies
We have a bonus episode for you this week! To celebrate the recent publication of The Rewritten Bible in Late Antiquity , a new book by regular podcast guest and Sects, Lies, and Videotape columnist Gavin McDowell, he and Tim sit down to h…
- March 2026 Movie Preview
The Alternate Ending team, led by Brennan, prepares for the movies of March, a surprisingly full schedule of horror movies, among other things. Before the show, Caleb brings the new critical darling The Testament of Ann Lee to the movie ro…
- Bride of AE - The Skeleton Key (2005)
Tim and Brennan dig a skeleton out of Oscar nominee Kate Hudson's closet by reviewing her Southern Gothic horror outing THE SKELETON KEY! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow Ti…
- Alternate Ending 10th Anniversary Special
The Alternate Ending podcast was born on 3 January 2016, when the husband-and-wife team of Rob and Carrie Jarosinski shared their picks for the top 5 movies of all time . The site and the podcast have both seen a lot of changes since then,…
- Your Movie Rocks: Spiral (2007)
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…
- February 2026 Movie Preview
We come to the end of another month, and that means it's time for a preview of the movies to come! February is looking just as chilly as January, movie-wise, but that's not going to stop Brennan, Cameron, and Andrew from finding the bright…
- Bride of AE - The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself (1998)
Tim and Brennan take a look back on 2025 by covering a sequel to one of the movies they discussed last year, 1998's THE DENTIST 2: BRACE YOURSELF! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd…
- A Tribute to Robert Redford
January is a rough, wintry month for the movies, but one of the bright spots is that it means the arrival of the Sundance Film Festival. And the Alternate Ending crew is taking this as a good opportunity to celebrate the life and career of…
- Your Movie Rocks: Life's a Jungle - Africa's Most Wanted
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…
- January 2026 Movie Preview
As 2025 winds down, the cold and bitter specter of a January that's unusually barren of even the usual kind of January new releases rears its icy head. To help weather this winter storm, Brennan Klein is joined by Brian Fowler and Caleb Wi…
- Bride 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 Al…
- James Cameron
This 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, Ti…
- The Podcast Holiday Special: Cheesy Christmas Romcoms
'Tis the season for an viewing diet unhealthily dominated by ugly sweaters, fake snow, and immaculately trimmed prop Christmas trees, and the Alternate Ending gang is celebrating by bringing Tim and Brennan together to discuss something ot…
- Your Movie Rocks: Despiser - with writer/director Philip J. Cook!
For our extremely special December episode, Mandy is joined once again by Andrew Milne, who has assigned her the horror-scifi-absurdist-quasi-Dante-epic Despiser (2003), a movie that is so very many things all at once that it trying to des…
- December 2025 Movie Preview
To wrap up November, as is customary, we're looking ahead a month, as Brennan is joined by Cameron Shaw and Brian Fowler for our preview of the films coming out in December 2025. The wintry fun begins with the current and former Midwestern…
- Bride of AE - Dr. Giggles (1992)
Tim and Brennan conclude the Autumn of Blood by making an appointment with 1992's DR. GIGGLES! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending an…
- Shakespeare on Film
We've been sitting on this idea for a while, but with Chloe Zhao's Oscar hopeful Hamnet opening this month, it seemed like as good a time as any to finally move forward with one of the biggest topics a film podcast can tackle: big-screen a…
- Your Movie Rocks - A Minecraft Movie
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…
- November 2025 Movie Preview
The last Tuesday of the month means it's time for our previews of coming attractions, and to greet the first month with actual for-real blockbusters in a long time, Brennan is joined by Andrew Milne and Gavin McDowell. And while Wicked: Fo…
- Bride of AE - Popcorn (1991)
As the Autumn of Blood continues, Tim and Brennan munch on 1991's POPCORN! Donate to Brian Fowler's GoFundMe here! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support…
- All About Eve vs. Sunset Blvd.
October 13, 2025 marked the 75th anniversary of the premiere of the Oscar-winning classic All About Eve , which the Alternate Ending crew decided made for a perfect excuse to revisit one of the most remarkable face-offs between two evenly-…
- Podcast Special: An Officer and a Spy
For this bonus episode of the Alternate Ending podcast, Tim is once again joined by film scholar Will Quade, author of the recent article "We Accuse: Antisemitism and Historical Remembrance in the Films of the Dreyfus Affair" published in…
- Your Movie Rocks: Magical Mystery Tour
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…
- Spoiler Alert: The Long Walk
It's the fifth Tuesday of September, which means it's time for a special episode. And a dose of nostalgia, this time around, as we proudly announce our first Spoiler Alert episode in four years. If you listened to our September Preview , y…
- October 2025 Movie Preview
As awards season revs up, we're faced with even more movies to talk about than usual, so in this episode, Tim, Brian, and Caleb have a lot of work ahead of them as they try to cover everything noteworthy opening in October. And there's eve…
- Bride of AE - The Dentist (1996)
To kick off the Autumn of Blood, in which they discuss pre-Scream 1990s slashers, Tim and Brennan drill into the 1996 Brian Yuzna joint THE DENTIST! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterbox…
- The New York Times' Best Movies of the Century
Everybody loves to argue about a list, which is why this week's episode finds Brennan, Cameron, and Andrew digging into the recent list of the 100 best movies of the 21st Century published by The New York Times . What films made us mad? Wh…
- Your Movie Rocks: Lawrence of Arabia
For September's episode, Mandy welcomes back Sects, Lies, and Videotape maven Gavin McDowell, who decided to take a very different approach from his last visit and assign Mandy a movie he was pretty sure (but not positive) she'd like: Davi…
- September 2025 Movie Preview
September might be one of the most notorious dumping grounds on the cinematic calendar, but the Alternate Ending crew is still excited enough to talk about it that Brennan has been joined by no fewer than three guests this time. Caleb, Bri…
- Bride of AE - The Day of the Triffids (1963)
To honor the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tim and Brennan review a classic movie referenced in "Science Fiction, Double Feature," namely 1963's THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Bren…
- Film Noir
With 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 ne…
- Your Movie Rocks: Tenet
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…
- Fifth Tuesday: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Film Restoration, with special guest star Devan Scott
Our fifth episode of July 2025 is a very special one: cinematographer and colorist Devan Scott (and host of the podcast How Would Lubitsch Do It? , where Tim was a regular guest) joins Tim to discuss the new Arrow Video UHD releases of A F…
- August 2025 Movie Preview
We have a big crowd for a busy month this time: to help unpack the sizable number of new releases coming in August, Tim is joined by three guests: Caleb, Cameron, and Zev. The four of them work their way through the late summer doldrums to…
- Bride of AE - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025)
Tim and Brennan are joined by their first ever guest, Cameron Shaw, to discuss the movie event of the year, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: DAWN OF THE VAMPIRES! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter , Instagram , and Letterboxd…
- A Brief History of Superman
With the latest attempt to make 21st Century audiences care about the most iconic superhero in comic book history barrelling down upon us in the form of James Gunn's Superman , we're taking a look at the character's long cinematic history,…
- Your Movie Rocks: Watchmen - Ultimate Cut
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…
- July 2025 Movie Preview
We enter the back half of 2025 with a slate of popcorn movies and other assorted summer fun that so infuriates Tim that he tries to shut down the episode early rather than force himself to discuss any of them. Joining in to offer slightly…