Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast

Just in time for the holidays, Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story premieres on Netflix, documenting in by-all-accounts harrowing detail the psychological torment that befalls a couple as their marriage disintegrates. To celebrate, Rob and Carrie have finally decided we're going to look at all of our favorite films about the inevitable death of love and the acrimony and rage that come when two people v...

As we give thanks to all our listeners on Thanksgiving, we have a special Patreon episode thanks to Andrew Milne we have a fun-filled spoiler episode of both Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade and Illang: The Wolf Brigade . In Worth Mentioning we cover Frozen II ,  The Irishman and Knives Out. Speaking of Knives Out , if you've seen it and weren't sure what happened, check out:  Knives Out ending explained...

There are few pieces of U.S. mythology more potent than the romantic outlaw - the iconoclastic misfit for, through mischance or their own glamorous antiheroism, has ended up on the wrong side of society, and now has to make their way stealing, cheating, and otherwise scrabbling on the outer fringes of the world. Later this month, Queen & Slim offers up a race-inflected version of the Bonnie and Cl...

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 'Little Mermaid' Live-Action Remake Finds Its Prince Eric in Jonah Hauer-King Oscars: Why the Animation Race Is the Most Competitive in Years Paul Thomas Ander...

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 Lionsgate Lands Gerard Butler's 'The Plane' 'The Current War' Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Joins 'Newsflash' Elisabeth Moss Fights Off Abusive Ex in 'The Invis...

To judge from the films that get produced, there's never been a single screenwriter in the history of the art form who had a good relationship with their dad. To mark the occasion, we're taking a look at our own favorite dysfunctional relationships and broken homes in the movies. In Worth Mentioning, we cover Doctor Sleep, Parasite and Doctor Sleep.

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 The Grudge - Official Trailer Drops Terminator Star Linda Hamilton Called Her Marriage to James Cameron "Terrible on Every Level" Anna Faris to Play Twin Siste...

Halloween is right around the corner, and we're in the mood for some horror! This time around, we're going to be talking about our very favorite movies about every low-budget filmmaker's favorite monster: zombies, the brain-hungry reanimated corpses that have been munching guts ever for over half a century, and were busy harvesting sugar crops even before that. As a special guest, we have the crea...

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 'Aeronauts' Trailer Sees Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne Fighting for Their Lives in Hot Air Balloon New 'Purge' Thriller Finds Lead in Ana de la Reguera (Ex...

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 'The Batman': Paul Dano to Play The Riddler Live-Action 'Barney' Movie Coming from Producer Daniel Kaluuya Blumhouse's 'The Craft' Remake On the Way with David...

Jojo Rabbit , winner of the TIFF Audience Award and Best Picture Oscar hopeful, hits theaters in which a little boy deals with the stress and confusion of childhood by concocting an imaginary friend, in the form of bloodthirsty dictator Adolf Hitler. Most imaginary friends are a bit more innocuous than that, of course, and we're going to talk about those non-genocidal imaginary friends in our next...

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 Martin Scorsese's Claim That Marvel Movies Aren't Art Has Sparked a Passionate Debate 'Matrix 4' Adds 'Aquaman's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Len Wiseman Set To Direc...

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 Pippi Longstocking Film in Works From StudioCanal, Heyday Films New 'Treasure Island' Movie in the Works at Universal, Mandeville Films Tom Holland's Last-Minu...

Batman's arch-enemy, the Joker, is getting his very own movie, and we're celebrating by looking at our all-time favorite movie villains. From wicked witches to evil space cyborg wizards to petulant octopus women, it's all about the colorful monsters who are the very best at being very bad. In Worth Mentioning we discus Abominable , Hustlers , Batman Ninja and Toy Story 4 .

To help fill the void in your weekly listening, Carrie and Rob are bringing you Weeklies - a review of the last 7-days of movie new...with a twist! Rob has gathered all the 10 best pieces of movie news and Carrie will only be able to pick 5 Midsommar Therapy Sessions: Article Link,   Video Link Casting News for The Batman: Article Link Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds Christmas Movie: Article Link M...

Our latest podcast topic comes courtesy of Patreon Not Fenimore, who's asked us to take a look at one of film history's most legendary, acclaimed trilogies: The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974), and The Godfather, Part III  (1990). And lest you think that the internet can't possibly need another analysis of the Godfather films, there's a twist: for one of our trio (not naming names!...

Before we get too far into the fall and awards season, we place a bow on the summer by sharing our picks for the best films of Summer 2019! Find out how well we did at predicting what films we'd like (...not so well), and find out what unexpected gems we stumbled into along the way. In Worth Mentioning we cover Hustlers , It Chapter Two  and  Set it Up  thanks to Patreon Ann Yourell!

We're recharged from our summer vacation and coming back with the 2019 edition of our annual fall preview: our picks for the releases between now and the end of the calendar year that have us the most excited, be they popcorn extravaganzas, picturesque art films, violent action pictures, or the most unfathomably evil-looking adaptation of a stage musical in the history of cinema. In Worth Mentioni...

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw  looks to redeem a fairly dry summer with its action-packed story of two dudes swapping sarcastic banter while constantly trying to one-up each other and generally getting on each other's nerves. In honor, we'll be sharing all of our other favorite examples of two unlikely figures being thrust together by fate to star in an action film together, quipping all t...

Disney unveils its remake of The Lion King , a film in which photorealistic lions sing and plot dynastic revolutions. To celebrate - or, for some of us, to take our minds off of the impending death of cinema - we look at all of our favorite felines of filmdom: lions and tigers and everything else down to the proud housecat. In Worth Mentioning we cover Crawl ,  A Woman's Face  and  Postcards From...

Just in time for the new release Yesterday , director Danny Boyle and writer Richard Curtis's celebration of the enduring music of The Beatles, we are joined by the fantastic singer/songwriter  Kevin Andrew Prchal , for an episode-length conversation about what the movie tells us about performance, music stardom, and the legacy of the iconic rock band. Be sure to stick around to the end of the epi...

With both Toy Story 4  and a remake of Child's Play  coming out the same weekend, did we even have a choice? We take a look at out all-time favorite dolls in the movies: from beloved child's playthings to unfathomably evil vessels for demonic energy, and everything in between. In Worth Mentioning, we discuss  The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil , Chernobyl  and  The Holy Mountain  by request of Patre...

While the ordinary summer fare of popcorn movies keep whizzing around, next week sees the release of the more subdued Late Night . In its honor we look at the anchormen, broadcast news, faces in the crowd, and networks that have made for so many rich cinematic explorations of the movies' scrappy younger sibling. In Worth Mentioning, we cover our favorite movies from May, flicks we're most looking...

There might not be any time quite in a human lifespan quite as beloved to filmmakers as high school: that miraculous cauldron of humiliation and horniness, when every emotion is ramped up to 110%. To celebrate the release of Booksmart , we're looking at our Top 5 High School Movies. In Worth Mentioning, we discuss John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum , Lone Wolf and Cub . In addition, thanks to Patre...

Opposites attract, they say, and that's certainly true in the world of movie romances. Whether it's a world-class beauty and a pudgy schlub, a free-spirited madcap and a stuck-up prig, or any combination that always, for whatever reason, seems to end up with the woman having to settle for some asshole, we look at our favorite examples of true love striking where you'd least expect with our Top 5 M...