Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast

For our second episode of August 2026, Tim and Brian have found themselves all along in the recording studio, and with nobody else to stop them, they inevitably made a beeline for the filmography of Ingmar Bergman. Specifically, they're talking about the thee films the great director made between 1961 and 1963: Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, and The Silence. Alternate Ending's two resident Bergman nuts go long on the status of the three films as a contested trilogy, and their status in the director's filmography. Before the main event, Tim adds to our developing conversation from two weeks ago on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, while Brian checks in with the record-setting box office behemoth Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Tim also catches up with the 1987 French sci-fi animation Gandahar, thanks to Patreon supporter and regular podcast guest Andrew Milne.

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 marks the 16th anniversary of the release of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which isn't actually the reason that Gavin - appearing for the third time on Your Movie Rocks! - selected it. Rather, it's because he wanted to give Mandy a movie she was undoubtedly going to love for the third time in a row, following Agora and Lawrence of Arabia. Something like that, anyway. Together, Mandy and Gavin discuss the turbulent career of director Edgar Wright, the evolving careers of the jam-packed cast of the film, and the narrative logic of video games, as well as finding out if Mandy shares Gavin's enthusiasm for this generational nerd touchstone.

While The Odyssey rages on as the event film of the summer and Spider-Man: Brand New Day prepares to make just the silliest amountof money, August waits in the wings to end the summer with a squishy thud. Tim returns for his first monthly preview in several months to stare down the bleakness, and he's helped by guests Cameron Shaw and Caleb Wimble. Before diving into the preview, Caleb and Cameron share their thoughts on that same Odyssey, before kicking off our usual movie roundtable: Cameron catches up with the Arthurian classic Excalibur from 1981, while Caleb checks out the new release She's the He. Courtesy of Patreon supporter Christophe Romain, meanwhile, Tim tracks down the 2004 Belgian prizewinner Steve + Sky.

To kick off a summer unit on 1980s slashers, Tim and Brennan review the iconically kooky Spanish giallo riff PIECES!
 
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The presumptive biggest film of summer, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is right around the corner, and we're greeting it with a extra-large episode with an extra-large cast. Brennan is joined by Brian Fowler, Andrew Milne, and Caleb Wimble to take a look at the history of our friendly neighborhood superhero dating all the way back to the 1970s, right up to the current run of megablockbusters. Before tackling the amazing webslinger, the movie roundtable that kicks off the episode is jam-packed with new releases, as Andrew is thrilled to catch up with The Furious, Caleb has a surprisingly warm response to Toy Story 5, Brennan praises Carolina Caroline, and Brian didn't hate Supergirl.