Episode 86 -- Roundtable Discussion V

Topics we will discuss:
1) Connecticut theater offering no refunds for Tree of Life. Posts notice saying Tree of Life is a challenging film and if you walk out after the 20 minute mark you will not get a refund.
2) Does it matter anymore if a movie is succeeds or fails? There seems to be never ending sequels and reboots on the horizon. If the movie fails somebody will reboot it in a few years. If the movie succeeds box office wise and is critical failure the sequel will get greenlit anyway.

Episode 85-- Godfather II

*Mini-Reviews of Transformers 3 and Larry Crowne*

Plot Summary--The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba.

Episode 84 -- Apocalypse Now

*Mini-Review of X-Men: First Class*

Plot--During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.

Episode 83 -- The Conversation

Plot Summary-- A paranoid and personally-secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Episode 82 -- The Godfather

Kicking off our Francis Ford Coppola themed podcast is The Godfather.

Plot--The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Episode 81 -- Thor/Bridesmaids

Synopsis--The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.

Bridesmaids--Picked as her best friend's maid of honor, lovelorn and broke Annie looks to bluff her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals with an oddball group of bridesmaids.

Episode 80 -- Black Swan

Starring: Natalie Portman A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.