Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast

It's spooky movie season once again, and we're celebrating with a concentrated dose of one of the most iconic monsters in cinema history. This episode focuses on our picks for the top 5 vampire movies, a noble lineage stretching back to the legendary days of German silent cinema all the way to the present day, and beyond. They might be animalistic ghouls, dangerously charismatic noblemen, or goofy cartoon dads: if they rise from the grave to feed on the energies of the living - or at least think they do - they might be coming along to scare us silly during this episode. 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 Want to support Alternate Ending, you can via our Patreon page!

It's time to Pass the Popcorn again this week! It's what we've been watching and review / spoiler of No Time To Die. We also share our thoughts on Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Diana: The Musical, Bringing Up Baby, Saraband, Midnight Mass and Squid Games. Tune in! Next week's episode: Top 5 Vampire Movies ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd Want to support Alternate Ending, you can via our Patreon page!

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 time!

It's taken us a few extra weeks, but the Alternate Ending crew has finally caught up with all of the big films of the summer movie season, and we're ready to share our picks for the top 5 films of summer 2021. A small, lower-key summer than some of the biggest blockbuster seasons of yore, but anything would feel like a return to form after 2020, and there have been some gems hiding out in the still-quiet multiplexes.

It'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 – Carrie Letterboxd Want to support Alternate Ending, you can via our Patreon page!

2021 is racing by at top speed, and here we are, ready to greet the fall movie season, with all of its Oscar hopefuls and Christmastime blockbusters alike. And a particular packed fall movie season, too, with many of 2020's delayed titles finally appearing alongside a whole wave of new productions. To help you sort through it all, the Alternate Ending crew is here with our most anticipated movies of fall 2021, the popcorn giant and little arthouse releases alike that we're most eager to see between now and the bitter snows of winter.

It'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 Carrie commiserate about Don't Breathe 2 and Rob tries to sell the new Hulu release Vacation Friends (unsuccessfully). Tune in! Next week's episode: Fall Movie Preview ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd Want to support Alternate Ending, you can via our Patreon page!

We've got another podcast by request of one of our Patreon subscribers, with Hallvar∂ur asking us to take a look at the dark and paranoid world of shadow governments and secret societies with our top 5 conspiracy thrillers. Stories of hapless, helpless protagonists stumbling into serpentine mazes of amoral men in shadowy rooms pulling strings to guide the course of the world to God knows what end were at their peak in popularity in the 1970s, but they existed before then and continue to exist as long as there's an irresistible tug to the feeling, as you look around the world, that things just aren't... quite... right. In Worth Mentioning, Tim covers Paw Patrol: The Movie, Carrie catches The Jungle Cruise at the drive-in and Rob continues Phase 1 of the MCU with his kids.

Our next episode comes at the request of Patreon subscriber Travis, who wants us to think small: we're temporarily putting aside feature-length movies to share with all of you our top 5 short films of all time. From slapstick cartoons to documentaries to the wilderness of the avant-garde, the world of short cinema is every bit as varied as its more visible long-form sibling, and we're going to look into every corner of that world for our favorite proofs that it's not about size, but about what you do with it. In Worth Mentioning Carrie and Rob review Patreon supporter Ann Yourell's pick - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and Rob shares his premature introduction of the Marvel series with his young children. Meanwhile, Tim reviews Palme D'or supporter, Travis's pick, Pink Flamingos with additional reviews of Free Guy and Annette.

In hardly any time at all, we're going to be getting DC's The Suicide Squad, a reboot-sequel that surely somebody anywhere in the whole world was clamoring for. In the meantime, this story of a bunch of colorful weirdoes played by a star-studded cast has us thinking of all the other times that movies have given us a chance to gawk at all our favorite actors gathered in one place, or just to be suitably bowled over by the sheer quantity of acting talent. We're taking a look at our Top 5 ensembles in film history, that is to say, from the messy sprawl of Altman to the all-hands-on-deck cross-promotion of the MCU. In Worth Mentioning we cover Jungle Cruise, The Craft: Legacy and The Saragossa Manuscript thanks to Patreon, Gavin!

This month on Bride of Alternate Ending, Tim and Brennan are covering the 1989 experimental body horror masterpiece(?) TETSUO: THE IRON MAN! Thank you so much for being a patron!

With 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 the place now. That said, the experience left us with lots of questions. Rob: "How much of the experience is automated vs. managed by the Gamemaster's manual control?" Carrie: "What's the weirdest thing you've seen on the hidden cameras?" Tim: "Do you give discounts for superior human beings, who are able to navigate complicated clues more quickly than anybody you've ever seen?" So for this episode, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Sara and Cheris the owner and Gamemaster at Escape in Time - Madison, to find out from the experts how Escape Room Tournament of Champions stacks up AND to ask the obvious question "which of us really was the best player"? Note: this is an "Spoiler Free" episode, but expect a series of grunts and moans and "mmmhmmmms" as we try to have a knowing conversation, void of explaining any of the twists. In worth mentioning, Carrie and Tim commiserate on Black Widow, Rob takes on the task or reviewing Space Jam: A New Legacy and Tim reviews the new Nic Cage flick, Pig (which he kind of loved, to the surprise of nobody). Tune in and we hope you enjoy this fun episode! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Black Widow is coming to theaters next week, and with it, a nearly two-year drought in the theatrical output of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to a close (I mean, come now... they don't call it the Marvel Direct-to-Streaming Television Universe, now do they). And with 23 extant films making up this biggest and baddest franchise of modern filmmaking, that's more than enough for us to make our comparative lists of the top 5 MCU movies. For some of us, this means the cream of the crop of modern blockbuster filmmaking; for others, it's the most tolerable of a bad bunch. But anyway, Tim felt like he owed something to Rob and Carrie for muscling through Studio Ghibli week, so here we are. In Worth Mentioning we discuss The Tomorrow War, No Sudden Moves, Fatherhood and Pride thanks to Patron Ellie Cook.

This month on Bride of Alternate Ending, thanks to Patreon subscriber Travis, Tim and Brennan are covering the David Cronenberg classic VIDEODROME! Thank you so much for being a patron!

This week on Take 2, Carrie joins Brennan to discuss her official number 1 favorite Studio Ghibli film, PONYO, and how it got that way.

One-third of the Alternate Ending team couldn't possibly be more excited for our next topic, which has been gifted to us from Patreon subscriber Gavin. And since he's the one writing this post, there's not going to be any dissenting views on the idea that Japan's Studio Ghibli is one of the most wonderful, special, spirit-lifting film production companies in the history of the medium (we'll agree to pretend that Miyazaki Goro never tried to follow in dad's footsteps). And thanks to Gavin's generosity, we get to spend an entire episode in rapturous joy that we get to discuss our top 5 Studio Ghibli films! From totoros to tanuki, we'll be celebrating all of the blissful wonders that Studio Ghibli has to offer In Worth Mentioning we cover Luca, In the Heights and The Last Laugh, thanks to Patreon Space Ice.

This week on Take 2, Carrie joins Brennan to nominally discuss 2018's Love, Simon although it's mainly just tangents about coming out, improving the world, and swallowing.

Our next podcast topic comes to us thanks to Patreon subscriber Not Fenimore, who has left us with an intriguingly open-ended topic: our top 5 movies for parents. Whether this means the top 5 movies for parents who have been conscripted into watching movies with their kids, the top 5 movies for parents to use as teachable moments about life or morality or such things, the top 5 movies for parents to learn how to handle their children, or something else entirely, has been left as an exercise for the list-maker. Tune in next Monday to find out how the three of us all defined that phrase, and learn what two people who are themselves parents, as well as one avowed child-hater, think makes for good parenting media. In Worth Mentioning, we cover A Quiet Place, Part II, Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and The Paper Tigers.

This week on Take 2, Tim joins Brennan to break down everything Conjuring, Annabelle, Nun, Llorona, and whatever the hell else James Wan and company throw at the wall to see if it sticks! Join us for our ranking of all 9 films, the struggle to figure out the series timeline, and the Greatest Showmanization of Ed and Lorraine Warren!

Well, 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'm excited to see (except F9, because Tim's the last person that actually watches those). While it certainly doesn't feel laden with masterpieces, there's enough to keep us interested taking our freshly vaccinated-selves to a well-spaced theater. Throughout the Summer, we'll each pick away at each other's lists until we've seem all of the films we've discussed on the episode. When all is said and done, Tim will lock himself away and crunch the numbers to see who collectively had the best list of the year. On this episode's worth mentioning we cover two patreon requests (and also two of Tim's favorites) F is for Fake and House (1977), as well as, Army of the Dead. Our next Movie Club meetup is coming! Movie Club Movie Meetup is Thursday, May 27th – Mark your calendars! If you're not a Movie Club member, you can sign up here! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

There was a tie in the poll for this month's Bride of Alternate Ending, so Tim and Brennan are moving one of those fateful picks on over to the main feed and picking up a Carrie along the way! That's right, we're talking CASPER and the mass Devon Sawa sexual awakening that struck America's tweens in 1995.

With the 14-month freeze at the North American box office starting to melt over the last few weeks, and looking to melt even more over the next few weeks, the Alternate Ending crew thought this would be a great time to celebrate the theatrical experience. Our next episode is dedicated to our picks for the top 5 movies to see on the big screen, the kind of film where watching it even on your fancy 4K home theater rig just isn't enough, whether because of the sheer scale of the images, the need for a raucous, enthusiastic crowd, or the chance to give strangers handjobs in the dark. In Worth Mentioning we cover Stowaway, Things Heard and Seen, and The Kid Detective.

As a followup to Alternate Ending's Oscars recap episode, Tim is joining Brennan this week to discuss EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, the Oscar-nominated song "Húsavík," and the state of the Best Original Song Oscar in general!

The 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 mention that there is a glaring miss on talking about the best dressed, so to be clear it was of course Viola Davis. **sizzle** I would be remiss not to mention the Oscar Predictions contest! The rankings among us came in where you might expect, but with Tim bringing in 17 correct predictions that left Rob and I only 2-3 behind! That said, there are wiser (or better guessing) humans amongst us, so with a 19 correct answers, we announce the winner(s) of the 2021 Oscar Prediction Contest! Thanks for playing along with us! In worth mentioning, we share our thoughts on the newest installment of Mortal Kombat and it's own highs and lows. Tim brings his "I'm not going to commit that it's the best film of the year, but I think it's probably the film of the year" pick with Twentieth Century. Our next Movie Club meetup is coming! Movie Club Movie Trivia is Friday, April 30th – Mark your calendars! If you're not a Movie Club member, you can sign up here! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

We made it to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier SEASON FINALE and we're feeling pretty proud. I guess the old adage is true "misery loves company," because I was feeling pretty solid about the collective AE jabs at the cheesy writing and blatant social commentary. Though, I overheard a gal tell Rob on a work call that she is "absolutely loving The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," that it's her "favorite Marvel series" and that she "loves it way more than Wandavision. Of course all of this feels completely absurd, but to each their own. As I've mentioned (so many times) this show has led us down so many different tangents. We've met so many characters and only somewhat understand their motivations and we're left conflicted about what would even be satisfying for us at the point. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier SEASON FINALE ends up attempting the not-so-small feat of tying up every possible loose end. To add to the intrepidness, they roll all of this into the last 10 minutes of the episode. To focus on the positive a bit, we do see that The Falcon has emerged anew, which some slick new gear. He is in fact, no longer The Falcon, but instead a flying Captain America. I have a whole set of issues with this, but you can listen to the episode to see if you agree. All in all, would we personally recommend this series? Well, we'll talk about that on the episode too! In our shows Worth Mentioning segment, we get a little personal comfort food, if you will. Brennan brings his thoughts on one his his childhood favorites, Animorphs. Rob talks about a new docuseries This Is A Robbery, that he's been watching when I fall asleep at 9pm. I cover the first episode of My Love: Six Stories of True Love, which I feel embarrassed about even as I type (but I'm probably going to keep watching on the ole' Nordictrack). Share your thoughts on the episode in the comments or pre-submit your thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode we're covering to [email protected] to get in on the discussion! Episodes in this series: New World Order S1 E1 The Star-Spangled Man S1 E2 Power Broker S1 E3 The Whole World Is Watching S1 E4 Truth S1 E5 Episodes will be released every Wednesday! Next Up! By Patreon request, we'll be diving head first into the first season of The Nevers. We hope you'll watch along with us! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Brennan Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

5 episodes down, 1 to go! The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E5, brings us... honestly, it's hard to remember. We recorded the episode 3 days ago and it's already a blur. If I'm remembering the high points correctly, it went something like: The fake Captain America gets relieved of his hero status and they ask nicely for him to return his shield whenever is convenient for him. Then the Falcon decides to pass off his wings to Torres, begging the question of whether or not this will make his Super Hero name awkward (maybe Wingless Wonder? Un-wing? We'll keep wordsmithing it a bit more). We get a random, but always welcome, cameo from "Elaine-from-Seinfeld" which only adds to the open questions that need to be resolved in this week's final episode. We were excited see Isaiah Bradley again, who provided some sage advice to The Falcon. These keen insights from his experienced mentor are completely disregarded, leading to a strange (and very lengthy) training montage that indicates Captain America's shield can be easily wielded by, just about everyone. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E5 has continued to bring us new characters and at this point we think it's best bet for ending would be to conclude like The Bob Newhart Show. We shall see! In our shows Worth Mentioning segment, we get a little personal comfort food, if you will. Brennan brings his thoughts on The Office (which is probably retro for him, while Rob and I watched them "live" back in the old days). Rob talks about this super fun show Mythic Quest, which is basically the equivalent of The Office for gamers. And my show, well, I don't want to talk about it.

We 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 catch up on and lots of news to share! In worth mentioning, Rob reviews The Sleepover, Tim shares his big feelings on Chaos Walking and the crew decides to gang up on Carrie for her lack of film watching, while she was away at her Grandfather's memorial service this week. Our Amazon movie rental winner for their Top 5 Acting Oscar Winners submission was Snad321, yay you! And, we are ever-so sorry for making it weird and accidentally calling you Snads. Rob needs more sleep. Movie Club Movie Trivia is Friday, April 30th - Mark your calendars! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Well, we're still here. Here at Alternate Ending, we're nothing, if not resilient. I'm sort of joking, but as we make our way through The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E4, the lingering feeling that this show was made solely for my Dad, is growing. I know we mentioned on our last episode that there were quite a few plot points to wrap up, but this episode has chosen to only unravel the spool more. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E4 brings us my favorite Marvaleers - the Wakandans are in town and they are NOT happy with Zemo. Ayo gives Barnes eight hours to use Zemo before the Wakandans take him. Zemo helps find sweet, innocent Carly Morgenthau at a funeral for her adoptive mother. Wilson speaks with Morgenthau alone and attempts to persuade her to end the violence, but because he sucks and nobody wants to listen to him, a fight breaks out. Lots more fighting, lots more wanting the super serum and yada yada. Morgenthau accidentally kills Hoskins and yada yada. THEN Walker wigs out and that's pretty much the episode. We still don't know who the Power Broker is, Captain Underpants, I mean Walker is rogue and Zemo is just meandering around giving kids candy. It really does force you to ask yourself, how can this possibly resolve itself and more importantly, do we even care? In our shows Worth Mentioning segment, things get a little weird (and it's always my fault) as I bring to the table docuseries about essential oils and the tantra (tAHntra? taaaantra?) to the dismay of everybody. Meanwhile Brennan brings something that sounds much more interesting with the show Money Heist and Rob shares a bit of insight into his odd obsession with youth sports with his review of the Netflix series Last Chance U. OH! And Rob and I are also pretty deep into Made for Love, the new hit on HBO Max, and we're really into it! Share your thoughts on the episode in the comments or pre-submit your thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode we're covering to [email protected] to get in on the discussion! Episodes in this series: New World Order S1 E1 The Star-Spangled Man S1 E2 Power Broker S1 E3 Episodes will be released every Wednesday! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Brennan Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

As a followup to Alternate Ending's Top 5 Rivalries episode, Brennan is sitting down with Take 2 virgin Rob to discuss TWILIGHT, how it ended up on his list, and why he took it right the hell off!

Well, we made our way through The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E3, we're half way there! This episode brought a few fun surprises, a flurry of new characters and a hefty smattering of loose ends. There is absolutely no way that this show can resolve itself in any sort of satisfying way, in only 3 more episodes, but godspeed to the writers. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E3 provides us more insight into the motivations of the Flag Smashers and leaves us grappling with who we really should to be rooting for (not a point that we entirely agree on). We also meet a few powerhouse ladies and dive into the different aspects of representation Marvel is infusing in each episode. In our "shows worth mentioning" segment, Brennan brings a recap of all of the Animated Oscar Shorts and I brought my perspective on this terrible little mini-doc The Last Cruise. Share your thoughts on the episode (or shows that you're loving!!) in the comments or pre-submit your thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode we're covering to [email protected] to get in on the discussion! Episodes in this series: New World Order S1 E1 The Star-Spangled Man S1 E2 Power Broker S1 E3 Episodes will be released every Wednesday! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Brennan Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

With Godzilla squaring off against King Kong (for the second time!), we've turned our attention to some of the best versus-es in cinema history. We're getting ready to fight about the top 5 rivalries in movie history, the antagonism and fighting and lifelong grudges and discovering that you both have mothers with the first name "Martha", and all of it. In Worth Mentioning, we cover Godzilla vs Kong, Assassin 33 A.D. and WeWork.

I'm calling it now, I don't think this is going to be my favorite show of all time (we can't all be Friends), but nevertheless, we're back with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E2, because it's fun to commiserate about the flare and flaws that come with millions of Disney's dollars. Admittedly, we were feeling the love (well more like, a solid first date where nobody does anything creepy) for episode 1. I don't know if the high just wore off a bit, but we collectively were feeling a bit blaahhh about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E2. If you've seen the episode, you be the judge if our thoughts jive with yours or if we just were feeding off of each others pessimism. In other good news, my Dad reached out this week and after 3 short months of Rob telling him about Wandavision being on Disney+, he called to confirm how to login to his TV and wondered how to find WonderWanda. So what I'm saying is, this TV advocacy is really paying off. We hope you'll share your thoughts on the episode (or shows that you're loving!!) in the comments or pre-submit your thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode we're covering to [email protected] to get in on the discussion! Episodes will be released every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Brennan Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

As a followup to Alternate Ending's Top 5 Belated Sequels, Brennan is sitting down with Carrie to discuss a movie both of them just watched for the very first time… ROCKY! Join us as we discuss the moments in the film that haven't aged quite so well, Carrie drops a bizarre truth bombs about the biology of empathy pain, and we generally just have a conversation that certainly won't make anyone mad under any circumstances!

As soon as we hit 4 content feedback survey submissions and with 50% of those saying they were interested in a podcast dedicated to television, Rob deemed it necessary that the Alternate Ending community know our immediate feelings on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Unlike Tim, who after a long, stressful day unwinds with a little Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, sometimes Rob and I just won't make it through a 2-hour-and-something movie, by the time the kids have come down 17 times to tell us their thirsty or remind us that they hate school. So instead, what usually happens is we have a mini-marital spat about "somebody finding something good" (it's actually not that mini, it's one of our biggest rage-triggers) and one of us ends up wielding the unwanted power of finding something interesting for the next 45 minutes before we drift off. So we'll just say it in hushed voices. We love TV. There. It's out there. We love movies too, but we also love what TV has to offer our fatigued-parent lives. The other thing is, we love talking about TV too... we bore our friends and neighbors with all of our favorites. It's fair to say that Rob is desperate for TV community... even my Dad is ghosting him... All that said, the only way Rob could get me on board with starting a pod spin-off is to call this what it is, this is a podcast pilot. A 6 episode pilot - A Worthy Binge, where Rob and I will be joined by Brennan Klein to pick our way through the first season of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier! Episodes will be released every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. We hope you'll share your thoughts on the episode in the comments or submit your questions our pre-submit your thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode we're covering to [email protected] to get in on the discussion! In Worth Mentioning, we cover Search Party, Servant and BrainDead. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Brennan Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

With 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 rebound with much admiration for the Across 110th Street, in celebration of the life and many great performances of Yaphet Kotto. Tim and Rob both commiserate on Zack Snyder's Justice League Parts 2-3, while Carrie briefly naps in her chair. Thanks to a hilarious "Tim's Sack" submission we all share our most horrifying movie date experience. Ahhhh sweet memories. Our Amazon movie rental winner this week was Hunter Allen, highly recommend using it to rent Mary Poppins Returns. Upcoming news: Thanks to everybody who has already responded to our 2021 Feedback Survey! We've been overwhelmed by the thoughtful feedback and constructive criticism. Your thoughts will directly help us decide where to dedicate our time in Alternate Ending over the next year. If you haven't responded, the survey is open until April 5th! Movie Club Movie Trivia is Friday, March 26th at 8p cst! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

As a followup to the Spoiler Alert episode discussing Kurosawa's Kagemusha and Ran, Brennan is sitting down with Tim to discuss the Godzilla franchise, many of which were directed by Kurosawa's compatriot Honda Ishiro! Join us as we discuss the various horrible forms that baby Godzilla has taken throughout the years, our top (and bottom) 3 Godzilla films, and even get a scoop on next week's main feed episode!"

I 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 your sense of self, and they usually win. I said I love my kids, right? The thing about Yes Day... I don't think it's a film for everybody. In fact, I know Tim is going to want to claw his ear drums out. But the thing about Yes Day is that I feel seen. Miguel Arteta and the writing team know me. They know that I used to be fun. They know that I thought I was going to be the "fun parent." They know I can't be because my husband is made of unset pudding and can't bear to tell the kids "no". They know that I'm the one that understands the importance of not wasting food. They know that I'm doing the right thing when I don't help them clean up all of their messes. They know that most of the time I feel like a terrible Mom, because trying to raise good humans sometimes means "saying no." **Deep inhales** Talking with Miguel Arteta I know I say this all the time, but gosh, what a nice guy. Miguel Arteta is a Puerto Rican director known for his independent film Chuck & Buck , The Good Girl and Like a Boss. It seems like directors are always so relieved when we love their movies. There was an audible weight lifted as we shared that our whole family gave Yes Day a big thumbs up. It's been hard for us to find family films that all of four of us connect with, so lately we've defaulted to some of the classics (DON'T re-watch The Mighty Ducks, DO re-watch Jumanji). We hope you enjoy hearing more about Yes Day, from Miguel Arteta. Yes Day is available on streaming March 12, 2021! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Real talk. The most common question I get from friends about Alternate Ending is, "how do you juggle it all, on top of jobs and kids and the rest of your life?" The motivational speech answer is, we juggle and take on too much, until one of us feels like we're on the verge of a panic attack and then the other person rises to the occasion, if the other breaks. Feel free to write that down in your wellness journal. On this particular occasion, Rob was on day 5 of the same pair of sweatpants and his face was twitching. And that, is the story of how I ended up going-it-alone on a press interview for Language Lessons with Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales. So many questions about making Language Lessons Without having participated in a press junket, I over-planned and prepped a million questions, because what if nobody else remembered to join? Or what if there were only two of us and the other interviewer underprepared and I had to carry the conversation? OR what if Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales realized at the exact same moment that we were destined to be best friends and we ended up talking for hours? As it turns out, real press don't forget about their interviews with movie stars or get confused with time zones and they come prepared with really great questions that make me question everything about my originality. Why You'll Love Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales Few movies focus on true platonic friendship. There always seems to be an underlying romantic intent, but in the case of Language Lessons it's ends up being so much more about how our need for human connection and how our empathy drives us forward. I should mention the the film is almost entirely captured on ZOOM, but the screens that separate them do not detract from the characters chemistry. The film's premise is that Adam (Mark Duplass) has been gifted Spanish lessons from his partner Will (Desean Terry) with a young Cuban woman Cariño (Natalie Morales). The film takes such unexpected gut-punching turns that make "another ZOOM" movie uniquely fresh. Read the full Language Lessons review here from Brennan Klein ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Our next podcast topic comes courtesy of Patreon subscriber Andrew, who had a simple request: watch and discuss two of the richest, most exhausting costume dramas ever filmed. It's a Spoiler Alert this time around, as we dive deep into the late epics by the legendary Japanese director Kurosawa Akira: the 1980 Palme d'Or winner Kagemusha, and the monumental King Lear adaptation Ran, from 1985. That's almost six hours of the most sumptuous pageantry Japanese cinema (or world cinema, for that matter) has to offer, and six hours of the most morally complicated anti-war fury as well. It's no small task to undertake both of these movies in one go, but we're up for the challenge! In Worth Mentioning we're cover Tom & Jerry, Coming 2 America, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Raya and the Last Dragon, Language Lessons and Yes Day.

At the Ready premiered at Sundance 2021 and I was super excited about it. It appeared on my most anticipated films of Sundance list, in fact. The headline reads "a group of seniors train to become border control agents at El Paso's Horizon High School, near the US/Mexico border." I surmised that the film would feature stupid kids that don't have a big-picture view on humanity. Then, over the course of At the Ready I was going to feel all warm and fuzzy as these kids are given an education on empathy and how we treat other humans. Well, I was wrong. The the small-minded view on humanity, instead fell on me. A bit about At the Ready At the Ready is a documentary that aims to show the world "in the gray". Immigration is such a polarizing topic and the last several years have pushed us into very tightly woven perspectives. At the Ready focuses on El Paso, Texas because its demographic is predominantly hispanic, so the officers who police the border are largely of Mexican descent. At the Ready focuses on the lives of a handful of students that are a part of this "border control" training program so that we can better understand the perspectives of why in the world this job would be appealing. I'll offer a bit about the gray parts (but I encourage you to see At the Ready for yourself). Not to mince words, these jobs are very well-paid and offer solid benefits. Beyond that, in El Paso, border agents are seen as jobs that actually are a service to not only the US, but also to families coming to the border. In fact, the perspective is as a border agent you are helping to guide and provide needed services. The job is respected and valued in the community. Admittedly, with my 2000 mile away view from Madison, WI, I just always pictured a bunch of dudes with buzz cuts, that got picked on in high school and decided they wanted to exert control over people in need. But see, there's that small-minded view. Sitting down with Maisie Crow I told Crow right out of the gate that I see the world in black and white. Then she told me she sees the world in the gray (which is the accurate way to see the world, btw). So what I'm saying is, the interview went well. Crow shared how her background in reporting enables her to share the origins of perspectives she may not sure. I asked her if it's difficult to not feel the frustration of documenting the adults and educators who express ideologies incongruous to her own. She said no, it's not hard. Because she's a documentarian and not an emotionally-charged psychopath like me. Well, she didn't say that last part, but she thought it for sure. **************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Take 2, a sideshow hosted by AE contributor Brennan Klein, where every other week we will dive deep into a movie mentioned on the previous episode. As a followup to the Top 5 Love Scenes episode, Brennan is sitting down with Carrie to discuss a movie she had never seen before: 2005's BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN! Join us as we discuss our differing opinions on who is the more frustrating partner, Carrie goes to great lengths to make sure she can see every detail of the tent scene, and Brennan teaches her about a LOT of gay sex stuff!

Wild Indian made it's debut at Sundance 2021 Wild Indian stars Makwa (Michael Greyeyes), a young Anishinaabe boy, is dealing with two pretty terrible parents.. He's abused, he's neglected and all of the trauma pours over into his mental health. He and his only friend, Ted-O, like to escape by playing in the woods, until the day Makwa murders a schoolmate. It's a shocking and unexpected moment that leaves you considering whether to blame nature or nurture. After covering up the crime, the two boys go on to live verydifferent lives. Now, as adult men, we see these two different paths converge and the outcome is once again, unsettling. Makwa has become professionally powerful but has not shed the ghosts from his past. Makwa is juggling the married man life with his wife (Kate Bosworth), his executive life where we meet his eager employee (Jesse Eisenberg) and his sociopathic/creeper life. Talk about a lot going on. A bit about composer Gavin Brivik It was a pleasure to sit down with the mind behind the film score of Wild Indian Gavin Brivik. The candid conversation flowed easily and could have probably continued for a few more hours. Brivik is a composer best known for his work on the Netflix original series Living Undocumented (2019), the 90th Academy Award Nominated film My Nephew Emmett(2018) and the Blumhouse/Netflix Original film Cam (2018). We talk about breaking into the industry, hitching your cart the "right horse" and how sometimes you have to place bets on yourself and a film to get your foot in the door into Hollywood. Albeit for many of these up-and-coming score designers, the cart has no wheels and the the bets are free. Wild Indian hasn't been picked up for release yet, but in the meantime, enjoy Gavin Brivik's work! ********************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Valentine's Day is just behind us, but we're still feeling a little swoony and amorous. That's why our next episode is going to be dedicated to those movie moments that make us feel all tingly and gushy inside, with our picks for the top 5 love scenes in movie history. Maybe they're as sweet as a first kiss on a spring day; maybe they're as hot and steamy as the lead-up to a round of athletic screwing; maybe they involve very prim Brits in seventeen layers of clothing finding the moral strength to refer to each other by first names. Whatever the case, if it made us feel that pang of romantic longing, you can expect to see it on our lists. In Worth Mentioning we cover Little Fish, The Mauritanian and Rams.

You've probably never heard of Little Fish and that's a real problem. It's like when you hear some 14 year old, who is also an Inta-Snap-Tic-Tac-Toe influencer, makes bazillions of dollars singing auto-tuned rhymes, while the actual musical geniuses are eating ramen and playing at dive bars in Chicago. I'll get this out of the way first, the "will love prevail in the face of imminent disaster?" trope has my name all over it It worked for me in Eternal Sunshine, and Perfect Sense and it worked for me big time in Little Fish. It probably helps to add that our love story begins with Olivia Cooke and Jack O'Connell, whose chemistry will ignite your own memories of those first intense months of a relationship, destined for more than smooches (if you know what I'm sayin'). As we all come to find, relationships can be hard. They're made even more difficult when a global virus is spreading quickly and robs you of your memories. I'll just leave the plot there, because Little Fish ends up being so much more about the experience of the film than anything else. Mattson Tomlin based Little Fish on a short story by Aja Gabel and is brought to life by the creative mind of Chad Hartigan. We had a chance to sit down with Hartigan and talk about how he was able to capture the intensity of their fear, grief and love, simultaneously making us feel a bit like we were either dreaming or on drugs. We really enjoyed our time with Hartigan and we hope you will too! Watch Little Fish with your partner who doesn't like to watch movies with you Just some unsolicited relationship advice, that's all. There's something in it for you, there's something in it for them and for any couple that has defied the dire current relationship statistics, compromise is almost always the answer. *************************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

I'll put my hand on the bible right now and tell you right now that Mother Schmuckers will be the weirdest movie you'll see all year. Weirder than The Holy Mountain. Well, maybe equally weird but in such different ways. There's fecal consumption and bestiality and plenty of unshaven-body nudity. What am I even saying, it's exactly The Holy Mountain. I'm going to plagiarize the Sundance's synopsis of Mother Schmuckersbecause frankly, I have no idea what I saw Two low-down, rotten brothers named Issachar and Zabulon are starving and can't seem to scrounge up a meal anywhere. Things only get worse when they lose the beloved dog belonging to their mom, Cashmere, who kicks them out of the family apartment until they return her nippy little January Jack. Things are going to get uncomfortably bizarre with these two dopes on the run in the ruthless urban jungle of Brussels. Filthy and yet oh-so-charming, the Belgian filmmaking duo of Harpo and Lenny Guit (who will likely never be confused with the other Belgian directing duo, the Dardenne brothers) are quite the Midnight discovery. Their madcap adventure goes gross Three Stooges. It's sparkling with energy, lo-fi visual trickery, and the ingenuity to make every creative decision equal parts surprising and ridiculous. Mother Schmuckers is sure to offend some—hell, that's the point—but it is destined to find cult comedy status. Contains graphic depictions of animal abuse, sexual violence, and other subject matter that could be offensive to some viewers. Not suitable for audiences under 18. Not suitable for audiences under 38, actually Mother Schmuckers was all a bit overwhelming for my sensibilities. Its gross gags build on each other, each time becoming more shocking. To be clear, it started with pan-fried poop. What's even more shocking is that somewhere in its 70 min runtime, a bit of charm emerges. If you put your brain on pause and forget the horrifying nature of what you're watching, you see two very wildly imaginative young directors who are having so much fun. They are trying to shock you and to make you uncomfortable. They hope that you're questioning whether you should turn it off, but end up watching until the end. For these things, Mother Schmuckers is a huge success. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

In 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 is basically one plot point that is a spoiler, so don't worry, I'll steer clear. A family is grieving the timely loss of their father and husband. With almost no dialogue, we have a sense of the family dynamics and each child's relationship with their Dad. What's more, we understand their fears and insecurities and how they are respectively dealing with their personal tragedy. The experience of Raspberry is deeply personal and offers its viewer a glimpse into the sometimes awkward situations we can't avoid. While it was mostly ugly crying for me, there is some levity brought by Raymond Lee. It's little things like movements and ever-so slightly jarring sounds, that make you giggle. Julian Doan played my heart like a mandolin In our interview with writer/director Julian Doan, he basically explains to us that every single emotional beat was planned. Every noise, every gesture was expertly created to sear my heart. Like I said, Raspberry feels born of personal experience and because of that, Doan sharing the film being a way to process his final moments with his own father was slightly less of a gut punch. I mean, it was still like when you catch your pinky toe on the coffee table, but at least I felt like I saw it coming. I know you're probably shaking your head because I know you think I'm a giant mush-ball that's an easy-sell for a movie like this, so if you don't believe me, maybe you'll believe Tim. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

I'm going to tag this post as #journalingforwellness and #freetherpy and hope that you don't throw rotten tomatoes at me as a traverse my feelings on Cowboys. The last few years has forced me to grapple with some hard truths about myself. I've spent the majority of my life thinking that I was "good" just because I don't care what you look like, who who love or how you live your life. But that complacency has made me so terribly ignorant. Somehow I thought I was "better" because I didn't ask questions, because being inquisitive means that you see somebody differently and because I DON'T CARE, I now have so much to learn. Ugh. A bit about Cowboys... The story at its core introduces us to Josie "Joe" (Sasha Knight), who is a 10 year old kid that is acutely aware he was born in the "wrong body" and identifies as a boy. Joe gets up the courage to tell his parents that he wants to nix the dresses his Mom keeps pushing on him and live and present as a young man. His parents' response is mixed and friction arrises between Troy (Steve Zahn) and Sally (Jillian Bell). At this point, Troy does what all good spouses do when you disagree on parenting - he flees the state with his son, in search of Canada (because everybody is kind there, as you know). Though, it's much more complicated than that. While you're probably thinking "GO ZAHHHN!", he struggles with fractures in his own mental health that make running off into the wild, not the most solid parenting decision. Preparing for our interview with the cast of Cowboys... Two interviews were ahead of us. The first with Sasha Knight and Steve Zahn, followed by a conversation with Jillian Bell and Anna Kerrigan. While Sasha is playing a trans character, he is also trans "in real life." It was so, so (so) important to me to non-creepily convey my admiration for his bravery to represent the trans community. I'm still not really sure if I succeeded, but you can listen to the interview to judge me quietly. Admittedly, while we were thinking through our questions for Knight and Zahn, I felt overwhelmed by all of my potential missteps or any possibility that I might hurt a single feeling. So, I phoned a friend (well, two actually). Our good friends daughter came out as trans a couple years ago and not only are they wonderfully supportive of their daughter, they are wonderfully supportive of educating their friends. I asked so many nit picky questions - "can I say in the trans community? because if I say that, does it imply that you're not in MY community?" Like, REALLY nit picky. I spent so must time worrying about what I wanted to say to Knight, I ran out of time to fully think through what I wanted to say to Steve Zahn and Jillian Bell. Did the fear meet reality... My goodness. Sasha Knight is the first child-actor I've interviewed and realize now that it totally triggered Mom-mode. I sort of forgot Zahn was there for a bit and zeroed in on school and how much fun he had being a part of such a big movie. I was so impressed by the poise and polish of this young 10 year old, whose confidence is no doubt built on the foundation of his supportive parents (who were sweetly whispering in the background of the interview). Zahn reminded us that he was a part of the movie by jumping in on a few questions too. We also had a chance to talk to Jillian Bell and director Anna Kerrigan. If you were wondering, Rob was able to squeeze in a joke about "running a marathon" with Bell, which received an audible eye roll (ha!). With these two we spent more time talking about the message of movie and what they hope viewers take away. And while I probably agree with with Brennan's review, that Cowboys is entry level LGBTQ cinema, we all have to start somewhere! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Jockey didn't make my most anticipated list of Sundance, because frankly, horse movies usually depress me. The horse always gets injured or dies or gets injured and then dies and who amongst us really needs that kind of heartbreak right now? Well shame on me for judging In a surprising turn, I don't even really remember much about a horse in Jockey. I mean, there definitely is a horse and there is definitely horse racing but the tragedy is wrapped up in the self-destructive addiction to a profession, which he believes gives him purpose. In so many ways it's reminiscent of Sound of Metal, in that you'll be tightly clenching your teeth and yelling "JUST STOP" with exasperation, for most of the film. A bit more about Jockey from the festival program Seasoned horse jockey Jackson (Clifton Collins Jr.) has weathered decades of races on the riding circuit, but he now finds himself facing what could be his last season as his health deteriorates. With the help of Ruth (Molly Parker) and a promising new horse, Jackson starts to prepare for the upcoming championship. His plans take a left turn when a budding young jockey (Moisés Arias) shows up and claims to be his son. Caught between yearning for a connection and uncertainty about his own future, Jackson confronts difficult questions regarding his legacy. Shot at a live racetrack and with a keen eye for veracity, Jockey gives us an achingly personal window into a world we've never seen up close before, where fortunes are flipped upside down from one moment to the next and the freedom of riding comes at a grueling physical price. Collins delivers an intimately layered performance guided by director Clint Bentley, whose own experiences imbue authenticity and naturalism into this moving portrait of a sport unlike any other. Clifton Collins Jr. undoubtedly gives an outstanding performance that earned him the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Actor. Personally, I thought that Moisés Arias' (who you might remember as the best part of Five Feet Apart) performance was really great, as well. About the interview with the cast from Jockey We had a link to a panel conversation following the movie, which usually are the cast on a ZOOM link with a moderator asking questions. It was 8pm, so I jumped up to put our kiddos to bed and Rob decided to pop in to check out the conversation (from bed, in his nighty shirt). When I came back 20 minutes later, Rob was nowhere to be found. He did emerge finally from the basement (after I had dealt with 30 minutes of the kids demanding water and snacks and other absurd things). The story goes, that when Rob joined the ZOOM, he was one of 4 other press members and Clifton asked why "this Rob Jarosinski guy wasn't joining on the video." Which triggered a frantic search for a hat and a race to the basement to plug in and record. So please enjoy this unique episode with Clifton Collins Jr., Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar! ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Well, 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 beastiality comedy (was that a thing?!). To be fair, there were some really great movies too that made us feel good about humanity warmed our hearts, but I guess I don't need to keep talking about Tim's #1 pick. In Worth Mentioning we cover Cowboys and Earwig and the Witch. *********************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd

Eight for Silver made the Most Anticipated Movies of Sundance lists for both Rob AND Tim. Despite our often differing tastes, there are still through lines that connect us. For this film, "extreme violence and gore," meets werewolves, was all they needed to know. I'll tell you my worry, for this Eight For Silver interview For starters, Boyd Holbrook and Alistair Petrie. These two edgy bad-guys top my list of favorites. I loved Holbrook in Logan and Petrie in Rogue One, but with my penchant for revennge and holding grudges, I wasn't sure I wanted to meet these two. Nevertheless, Rob reminded me that they are in fact "actors" and are probably lovely in real life and they were lovely, indeed. We also had a chance to talk with the mind behind this wild horror-haunting-monster genre mash-up, Sean Ellis. I mean, the dude clearly has incredible talent, that is obvious even if you're not a "extreme gore" fan. Metro Manila and Anthropoid were two of his more popular films. Three interviews for the price of one We met with Holbrook first and his mellow Kentuckian disposition, put us right at ease. He was funny and casual and as you probably can guess, my favorite parts of the conversation are when we deviate from talking about movies (ha!). So, in particular, I really in enjoyed talking about family and kids and juggling all of that, on top of a career. Then on to Petrie, which is where things get a bit more intimidating. English people, right? There is just a shift is presence and polish that puts my insecurities on edge. I probably just didn't breathe for the first five minutes or so, as I tried to settle in to his sense of humor. Of course this always-villain was incredibly gregarious and warm, gosh, why would I ever have thought differently. The conclusion of our interview is something best caught on video. All I'll say is that Rob's ZOOM dropped, immediately after he's caught Petrie off guard asking about his foundation Borne, which is something he is passionate about, given his personal experience with premature birth and miscarriage. My heart skipped 17 beats, as attempted to plug in and carry the conversation without any premeditated questions. I still haven't played it back to see the horror on my face, probably never will. At long last, Sean Ellis. He came to us from his closet and admitted he hadn't brushed his hair. We commiserated, but truth be told, we don't usually brush our hair and still did for this interview. I hadn't heard of his name before Sundance this year. However, Ellis proactively offered that his preference is to not have his name known, so the film's success is marked by the story and its characters. A mini snapshot of Eight For Silver, that it no way prepares you for what you're about to see In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent (Alistair Petrie) slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus's son Edward (Max Mackintosh) goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but visiting pathologist John McBride (Boyd Holbrook) warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods. It's pretty grim and it's definitely filled with more than one cringe-worthy jump scare, but it's also incredibly beautiful and provides an interesting commentary on some of the social issues of the time. And, if you're like Rob and Tim, it's pretty extreme and violent and gory and you'll probably love it. ***************************************************************** Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Tim Letterboxd – Rob Letterboxd – Carrie Letterboxd