Raiders of the Podcast

     This week a pair of films about finding acceptance and artistic expression in Ohio.     Introverted and shy 11-year old Toni decides to stop boxing and try out for a local dance team that practices in the same building. Soon afterwards, a mysterious illness begins sweeping through the girls. As the violent seizure epidemic continues, Toni tries to find acceptance...

     This week- a pair of films about love and how it can go bad, especially under extreme circumstances.     When 90s Emo Kid Jamie's father passes away, she is shipped off to live with her aunt and uncle, a pair of devout Jehovah's Witnesses, living in a devout religious enclave. When Jamie catches the eye of the religious leader's daughter, Marike, a tender romance begins...

     This week a pair of horror thrillers that have somehow skipped many people's radar.      When Nina, Hesty, and Pono decide to go camping on a lake for the weekend, they never expected to meet a pair of hunky divers. When Caroko hired Johan and Tommy to dive for a missing treasure, totally expecting they would be picked off one by one if they didn't work fast enough...

     This week- a piercer gone too far and ten attempts to summit an incline.      The 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division receive five fresh replacements. They are placed under battle-weary Frantz, who has only a brief amount of time to get them ready for a major operation in the A Shau Valley. The battalion faces unexpected resistance while trying to take Hill 937...

     This week we close the month with a four pack of Steve Seagal in the 21st Century.      When ICE arrest a pair of OTMs (Other Than Mexican) who are affiliated with both AQAP AND Daesh (which would never happen) blows open a conspiracy of the (long defunct) Sonora Cartel smuggling in terrorists. A collaboration for reasons that aren't made very clear. The federal government has only one man to turn to, former DEA/CIA/FBI/USASF asset John Harmon...

     This week- a missing child might never have existed and a deadly game that could destroy the global economy.     Ann and her daughter have just moved from New York to London to be close to the only family they have, Ann's brother Steven. Tragedy strikes when Ann goes to pick the child up from her first day at pre-school but her child is nowhere to be seen. To make things worse, it seems no one but the family claims to have ever even seen the girl...

     This week- two trips into unfamiliar territory in vans that become crime scenes.     When Dean, Duncan, DJ Beatroot, and Ian are dropped off along the road to hike through the highlands for a the Duke of Edinburgh Award, they never dreamed they would be hunted by an older couple wearing masks. Soon the boys are in a desperate fight for their lives with only their limited wits and local fauna excrement to save them...

     This week- two films about women at work and the strains it brings.     May is an awkward and lonely woman whose only friend is a doll in a glass case. Adam, a mechanic with pretty hands, and Polly, the most aggressively predatory lesbian in a 2000s movie, enter her life she begins to take steps into the wider world. Entering a romantic relationship with Adam and endless flirting with Polly at work...

    This week- four films from Mexico.     Immediately before setting off to Europe for an extended trip, Doctor Alejandro Mangino stumbles on a former lover, Lucia, posing as a nude art model. His time on the other side of the Atlantic becomes a fog of booze as the good doctor begins to obsess over his former flame. Upon his return, he discovers Lucia has married his good friend Ricardo...

     This week a pair of European movies about women finding themselves.     Anna Battista, a young and beautiful award winning actress, is desperate to spread her creative wings. Tragically, everyone tries to keep her down despite everyone around her totally seeing how brilliant she is and how great her movie would be...