Episode 75 -- Sucker Punch/Rango

Sucker Punch -- A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility.

Rango-- Rango (Johnny Depp) finds himself stranded in the desert and makes his way to the town of Dirt. There he forges a new identity and becomes the sheriff of the town. His first assignment is to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the town's water supply.

Episode 74 -- Battle: Los Angeles/Starship Troopers

Battle: Los Angeles plot summary-- Marines face off against alien invaders in the city of Los Angeles.

In keeping with our alien invasion theme for this podcast we are going to talk about the 1997 film Starship Troopers.

Starship Troopers plot summary--Humans of a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival.

Episode 73 -- Oscar Post Show 2011

Tanya and Mary share their reactions about the 2011 Oscars. What were the surprises? Who gave the best speech? How did Anne Hathaway and James Franco do as hosts?

Episode 72 -- Skin

Based on the true story set in South Africa during the Apartheid system. Sandra Laing (Sophie Okonedo), who was born of dark skin to two Afrikaaners of white European descent Abraham (Sam Neill) and Sannie (Alice Krige) Laing. Sandra is a genetic throwback because unknown to her parents, and like many Afrikaaners, there was mixed blood in their heritage between the Europeans who settled in South Africa and the indigenous Africans. The story begins with Sophie getting expelled from an all-white school because of her differences in appearance. She is reclassified as dark. Her father (who is himself a bigot) fights to have her reclassified as white. She eventually is but against her family wishes she causes an unbreakable divide when she decides to marry a black man and have herself reclassified yet again as black.

Episode 71 -- Roundtable Discussion IV

The main topic of discussion will be the MPAA ratings for the movies Blue Valentine and the King's Speech. Blue Valentine was given an NC-17, which would have hurt its release and ability to be advertised. The rating was appealed by the Weinstein Company and eventually given an R rating. The King's Speech was giving an R rating because of excessive use of the "F" word in one sequence.

Episode 70 -- Oscar Nominations 01/25/11

Tanya and Mary discuss the Oscar Nominations for the films of 2010. What nominations surprised us? Who do we think will win?

Episode 69 -- Blue Valentine

Starring: Michelle Williams & Ryan Gosling

Plot: Blue Valentine traces the decline of a relationship between Cindy (Michelle Williams) and Dean (Ryan Gosling). It goes back and forth between the past and the present revealing the bitter truth of their relationship.