Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast

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 this question more than a century in the making. Tune in! Carrie's Best 10 Years: 1989 1993 1997 1995 1999 2020 1985 2009 1988 2001 Carrie's Worst 10 Years: 2021 2000 1973 2016 2009 2019 2015 2011 2012 2005 Tim's Best 10 Years: Duck Amuck One Froggy Evening What's Opera Doc? Rabbit of Seville Feed the Kitty Tim's Worst 10 Years: Duck Amuck One Froggy Evening What's Opera Doc? Rabbit of Seville Feed the Kitty This week’s winner for our Be

To kick off Platinum Dunes month, Brennan and Tim are starting with the movie that kicked off Platinum Dunes in the first place. It’s 2003’s THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

This 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 Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

To close out Masters of Horror month, Tim and Brennan break down William Malone’s season 1 episode “Fair-Haired Child!”   PS: Please forgive the haphazard audio quality of this episode, it’s tough recording remotely and sometimes it makes you want to tear your fair hair out.   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

It's rabbit season here at Alternate Ending, thanks to Patreon supporter Hallvarður: this episode centers on our picks for the top 5 Looney Tunes cartoons! Between 1930 and 1969, Warner Bros. released 1000 short cartoons starring such animated icons as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Speedy Gonzales, Tweety Bird, Cool Cat, Goopy Geer, Merlin the Magic Mouse, and all your other favorites. Enjoy this episode sifting through that list of some of the best comic animation ever produced to come up with our absolute favorites for the best of the best. Or, the least despicable, anyway. Tune in! Carrie's Top 5: Soup or Sonic (1980) Birds Anonymous (1957) Little Boy Boo (1954) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) For Scent-imental Reasons (1947) Tim's Top 5: The Village Smithy (1936) The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937) The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) Duck Amuck (1953) Audience Top 5: Duck Amuck One Froggy Evening What's Opera Doc? Rabbit of Seville Feed the Kitty T

To kick off Masters of Horror month, Tim and Brennan break down Tobe Hooper’s season 1 episode “Dance of the Dead!”   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

It's a Patreon-palooza  this week thanks to Gavin (Society), Ann Yourell (The Mirror Has Two Faces), Travis (The Hill) and Carl Beasley (Secrets of the Hot Spring).  It was a bit of a Goldilocks story on this episode, with some movies being incredibly enjoyable, some just so-so and then so bad you want to light yourself on fire. Which movie falls where? Tune in to find out! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

"Every movie's a circus", in the words of a song from the proudly mediocre Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Blvd. But we're going to be a little bit more selective than that. At the request of Patreon supporter Carl Beasley, this episode focuses on on our top 5 circus movies: movies celebrating the wonderful entertainment form that has made such a rich pageant out of exploiting people with unusual bodies, abusing animals, and of course, the indescribable, unholy nightmare terrors of those funny fellas, the clowns. It'll be fun for girls and boys of all ages, so come check out our favorite examples of all the wonders that can be found under the big top! Carrie's Top 5: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken  Toy Story 4 The Greatest Showman Water for Elephants Dumbo Tim's Top 5: Dumbo The Circus La Strada Laugh, Clown, Laugh Nightmare Alley (1947) Audience Top 5: Dumbo  Freaks The Circus He Who Gets Slapped  Nightmare Alley This week’s winner for our Top 5 Circus Movies – Grooves Nightmare Alley (2021) Dumbo 

To close out Disney horror month, Tim and Brennan break down a nostalgic classic that isn’t particular nostalgic for either of them. it’s 1983’s SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

This 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 sweat by sharing her thoughts on Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, which is assures him will be spoiler-free. Tune in and we hope you have a great week! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon p

In honor of the upcoming release of Disney’s Haunted Mansion, Tim and Brennan are covering Disney horror throughout July, beginning with the deeply ludicrous Disney Channel original musical sequel Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Hardcore Alternate Ending heads will remember one of our signature moments early in the life of the podcast was a baffling "Who's On First" style catastrophe of a discussion that swirled around the fact that Pontius Pilate, historical Roman governor of Judaea and major figure in the Christian Gospels, has a name that can be misinterpreted as sounding like he's an airplane pilot. One person who definitely remembered that affair was Patreon subscriber Gavin, who has forced us into a reckoning with our past in the form of his selection for our next podcast topic: our picks for the top 5 representations of Pontius Pilate in movies. Or whatever the almighty hell Carrie comes up with instead. It will, if nothing else, surely prove to be one of our most offbeat episodes ever. Tune in! Carrie's Top 5: Monty Python's Life of Brian Dogma The Holy Mountain Jesus Christ Superstar The Ten Commandments  Tim's Top 5: Monty Python's Life of Brian The Last Temptation of Christ Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour The P

June Bugs month concludes where Guillermo del Toro’s English-language career begins. This week, Tim and Brennan are discussing the compromised ‘90s relic MIMIC!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Tim and Brennan are kicking off June Bugs month with some of the most surreal bug-themed horror you’ll ever encounter, the Saul Bass directorial effort PHASE IV!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

To close out Witchcraft Month, Tim and Brennan are taking you on a journey into one of the most mystifying movies of the great 1980s: it’s time for TEEN WITCH!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

This episode of Pass the Popcorn, we're joined by friend of AE, Zev Burrows to catch up on what movies we've been catching up on.  We tried to scare Zev off with our personal burial plans, stomach bugs and the under-appreciated delicacy of spaghetti and cottage cheese ... but he held on like a champ until the end! In worth mentioning, Zev brings his thoughts on There Was a Father.  Tim reviews Evil Dead Rise and Survive Style 5+, by Patreon Christophe Romain's request. Carrie reviews the 1944 classic Laura, requested by Zev. Make sure to check out Zev's musical stylings at his site - www.zevburrowsmusic.com Tune in and we hope you enjoy! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd | Carrie Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

This month, Tim and Brennan are taking a look at films about witchcraft, starting with the 1967 Soviet horror film VIY, based on the Gogol short story of the same name!   Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Follow Alternate Ending on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Brennan on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Tim on Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, including voting for the films we cover on this program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!

Summer is almost upon us! Indeed with Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 already in theaters, summer is arguably already here. But there's still lots of weeks of movies to come, with the most fully-stocked calendar of big tentpoles since 2019. To celebrate, we're casting our gaze forward to share our picks for our most anticipated films of the summer, as well as kick off our annual game of trying to see who can come the closest to predicting the biggest hits at the box office (Rob. It's always Rob). We're looking at indie dramas and Indy tentpoles, artistic cartoons and toy commercial for grown-ups, and maybe, just maybe, Tom Cruise will finally manage to kill himself in front of a movie camera for our collective enjoyment. Rob's Top 5:  Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny  The Flash Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse Oppenheimer Barbie Carrie's Top 5: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny  Barbie Joy Ride You Hurt My Feelings White Bird Tim's Top 5: Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part 1 Oppenheime

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 program, via the Alternate Ending Patreon page!