Alternate Ending was formed when three friends realized that they all shared a passion for movies. Tim had been reviewing films at his old blog Antagony & Ecstasy for over a decade, and Rob & Carrie had found great success with their year-old podcast, when they all decided to combine forces to create a new site, dedicated to their desire to watch and discuss the best (and worst) that cinema has to offer. The result is the website you see before you. What makes Alternate Ending different from ...
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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, ...
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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 even more to talk about than usual, since all three have quite a few movies they're genuinely excited to see, in a…
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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 even more to talk about than usual, since all three have quite a few movies they're genuinely excited to see, in a…
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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 Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the film…
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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 Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the film…
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The New York Times' Best Movies of the Century
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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? What films mad us happy? What's conspicuously missing? Check out the episode for the team's answers to these quest…
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The New York Times' Best Movies of the Century
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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? What films mad us happy? What's conspicuously missing? Check out the episode for the team's answers to these quest…
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Your Movie Rocks: Lawrence of Arabia
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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: David Lean’s 222-minute epic and perennial greatest-film-ever candidate Lawrence of Arabia. Tune in to hear the str…
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Your Movie Rocks: Lawrence of Arabia
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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: David Lean’s 222-minute epic and perennial greatest-film-ever candidate Lawrence of Arabia. Tune in to hear the str…
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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, Brian, and Mandy are on hand to see if there are any silk purses to be made out of this sow's ear of a month, and …
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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, Brian, and Mandy are on hand to see if there are any silk purses to be made out of this sow's ear of a month, and …
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Bride of AE - The Day of the Triffids (1963)
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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 Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our m…
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Bride of AE - The Day of the Triffids (1963)
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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 Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our m…
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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 never to make that happen, but this is the next best thing: Gavin himself joins Tim to chat about the history, sty…
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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 never to make that happen, but this is the next best thing: Gavin himself joins Tim to chat about the history, sty…
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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. August's episode is a very special one: Mandy welcomes to the AE podc…
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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. August's episode is a very special one: Mandy welcomes to the AE podc…
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Fifth Tuesday: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Film Restoration, with special guest star Devan Scott
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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 Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, on which Devan served as technica…
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Fifth Tuesday: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Film Restoration, with special guest star Devan Scott
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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 Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, on which Devan served as technica…
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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 find whatever promising new films are lying in amongst the usual horror cast-offs and hapless wannabe blockbus…
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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 find whatever promising new films are lying in amongst the usual horror cast-offs and hapless wannabe blockbus…
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Bride of AE - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025)
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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 Follow Tim on Letterboxd Follow Cameron Shaw's podcast Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, i…
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Bride of AE - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025)
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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 Follow Tim on Letterboxd Follow Cameron Shaw's podcast Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, i…
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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, from '40s cartoons and serials up to the last notoriously botched attempt to make him the centerpiece of a shar…
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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, from '40s cartoons and serials up to the last notoriously botched attempt to make him the centerpiece of a shar…
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Your Movie Rocks: Watchmen - Ultimate Cut
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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. In July's episode, Mandy gets her second Zack Snyder movie in six mon…
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Your Movie Rocks: Watchmen - Ultimate Cut
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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. In July's episode, Mandy gets her second Zack Snyder movie in six mon…
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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 more measured opinions, Caleb Wimble and Gavin McDowell also share their thoughts on the lost art of using colo…
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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 more measured opinions, Caleb Wimble and Gavin McDowell also share their thoughts on the lost art of using colo…
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Tim and Brennan continue discussing movies about fast zombies by taking a bite out of the Taiwanese movie THE SADNESS! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, vi…
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Tim and Brennan continue discussing movies about fast zombies by taking a bite out of the Taiwanese movie THE SADNESS! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, vi…
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The good, the bad, and the ugly of needle drops
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This week's episode of the podcast is music to our ears, as Brennan is joined by Brian Fowler, Cameron Shaw, and Zev Burrows to talk about the evergreen subject of song cues in movies - when it works, when it doesn't, when it works so well that it basically kills off your ability to listen to a song ever again without a movie scene cuing itself up …
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The good, the bad, and the ugly of needle drops
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This week's episode of the podcast is music to our ears, as Brennan is joined by Brian Fowler, Cameron Shaw, and Zev Burrows to talk about the evergreen subject of song cues in movies - when it works, when it doesn't, when it works so well that it basically kills off your ability to listen to a song ever again without a movie scene cuing itself up …
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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. In Episode 5, Mandy is joined by AE regular Andrew Milne for a lively…
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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. In Episode 5, Mandy is joined by AE regular Andrew Milne for a lively…
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As we move into the heart of the summer movie season, there's a whole new crop of big popcorn movies that might be good, and might just be dodgy, pandering crap. But enough about the live-action How to Train Your Dragon. This week, Brennan is joined by Andrew and Caleb to take a look at a surprisingly attractive slate of wide releases. In addition …
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As we move into the heart of the summer movie season, there's a whole new crop of big popcorn movies that might be good, and might just be dodgy, pandering crap. But enough about the live-action How to Train Your Dragon. This week, Brennan is joined by Andrew and Caleb to take a look at a surprisingly attractive slate of wide releases. In addition …
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Bride of AE - Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
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Tim and Brennan continue discussing movies about fast zombies by traveling over to Germany to take a bite out of 2010’s RAMMBOCK: BERLIN UNDEAD! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we…
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Tim and Brennan continue discussing movies about fast zombies by traveling over to Germany to take a bite out of 2010’s RAMMBOCK: BERLIN UNDEAD! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we…
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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 epi…
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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 epi…
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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. In Episode 4, Mandy and Gavin McDowell have what might very well be t…
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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. In Episode 4, Mandy and Gavin McDowell have what might very well be t…
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Fifth Tuesday: Cannes and the State of Cinema in 2025
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April 2025 has five Tuesdays, and whenever that happens the last Tuesday of the month is a "dealer's choice" event, with Tim going off on whatever tangent catches his fancy. Unfortunately, due to some scheduling trouble, this particular fifth Tuesday episode has been delayed a bit, but it's worth it: Tim has a conversation with UW-Madison film scho…
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Fifth Tuesday: Cannes and the State of Cinema in 2025
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April 2025 has five Tuesdays, and whenever that happens the last Tuesday of the month is a "dealer's choice" event, with Tim going off on whatever tangent catches his fancy. Unfortunately, due to some scheduling trouble, this particular fifth Tuesday episode has been delayed a bit, but it's worth it: Tim has a conversation with UW-Madison film scho…
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In 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 m…
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In 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 m…
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Tim and Brennan kick off a brand new quarter focusing on Fast Zombies with this episode on the 2014 horror-comedy COOTIES! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program…
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Tim and Brennan kick off a brand new quarter focusing on Fast Zombies with this episode on the 2014 horror-comedy COOTIES! Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program…
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Brennan is joined this week by Cameron (whom we finally give a chance to plug her own podcast, Stoneybrook Reunion) and Andrew, and the three of them are having a conversations about incomplete franchises: series that stalled out in the middle, sequel hooks that never caught anything, book adaptations that didn't make it all the way through the sou…
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Brennan is joined this week by Cameron (whom we finally give a chance to plug her own podcast, Stoneybrook Reunion) and Andrew, and the three of them are having a conversations about incomplete franchises: series that stalled out in the middle, sequel hooks that never caught anything, book adaptations that didn't make it all the way through the sou…
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