{"podcast":{"title":"Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast","slug":"alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029","podcast_index_feed_id":485029,"rss_url":"https://alternateending.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.alternateending.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/2/7/d/127d8e250899a507/podcast-square.png","author":"Timothy Brayton","episode_count":485,"summary":"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, the film-school dropout, has seen an absurd amount of movies, and if we're being honest, rounds out our Fight Club fan-base. Tim Brayton, our seasoned film critic, shares a more critical view of film, an appreciation for vintage cinema and perhaps limited-release movies that we might otherwise miss. Carrie, our casual movie-goer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good. Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at Alternate Ending is diversity: diversity of opinion, diversity in belief about what film should do and how it sh…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T02:18:41.960875+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029"},"episode":{"title":"August 2026 Movie Preview","slug":"august-2026-movie-preview","published_at":"2026-07-28T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029/august-2026-movie-preview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029","url":"https://alternateending.libsyn.com/august-2026-movie-preview","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alternateending/July_2026-4.mp3?dest-id=333866","summary":"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 .","meta_description":"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 i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5790,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029/episodes/august-2026-movie-preview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029/august-2026-movie-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}