OETA Movie Club Podcast

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Beach Blanket Bingo (1965). Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and the gang hit the beach for some shenanigans! To get the party underway, the manager (Paul Lynde) of pop singer Sugar Kane (Linda Evans) decides a skydiving publicity stunt will really do the trick. As Frankie and the others are pulled into the plan, things get out of control. Throw in Boneh...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Pride (2007). In 1970s Philadelphia, Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard), who is driven by a love of competitive swimming, saves an abandoned pool building with the help of a janitor named Elston (Bernie Mac). When city officials mark the place for demolition, he fights back by founding an all-black swim team. Facing racism, violence, and a hostile city...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss WarGames (1983).  High school student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War, Lightman leads the supercomputer to activate the nation's nuclear arsenal in response to his simulated threat as the Soviet Union. Sup...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Run Silent, Run Deep (1958). After Japanese forces torpedo his submarine during World War II, commanding officer "Rich" Richardson (Clark Gable) is placed in charge of the USS Nerka. The crew on board the Nerka -- led by Lieutenant Jim Bledsoe (Burt Lancaster), who had been passed over for promotion when Richardson was brought in is ope...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Inherit the Wind (1960) and Lilies of the Field (1963).   In Inherit the Wind we follow Tennessee teacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) as he is sent to trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law prohibiting public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism in the 1920s. This drew national attention from the media. In Lilies...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Paths of Glory (1957). Commanding officer General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders General Mireau (George Macready), to attack a German trench position during World War I. Though the mission is completely reckless, Mireau commands his own subordinate, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas), to plan the attack. When it ends up being a disaster, General Mireau...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss The Birdcage (1996). Engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) introduce their future in-laws. Val's father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and the club's flamboyant sta...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) was cut off from his aristocratic family when his mother eloped with an Italian singer. After the family refused to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member (all played by Alec Guinness) who stands betw...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss West Side Story (1961). A musical in which a modern-day Romeo and Juliet are involved in New York street gangs. On the jarring streets of the upper west side, a couple of gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complex when one gang member falls in love with the rival's sister. Support the show OETA - Home

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Fiddler on the Roof (1971). This Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway musical is about life among the Jewish community of a pre-revolutionary Russian village. A poor milkman (Chaim Topol), determined to find adequate husbands for his daughters, consults a long-established matchmaker. He also has a word or two with God. Support the show OETA -...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Yours, Mine and Ours (1968). This film follows as Navy Officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda) is struggling to raise his 10 children in the wake of his wife's death. He soon begins having a romance with Helen North (Lucille Ball), who is a widowed nurse with 8 children of her own.  Support the show OETA - Home

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon returns home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is highly praised as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra), finds himse...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss The Man in the White Suit (1952). Chemist Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) is at an intersection in his career. He has been trying to invent a specific clothing fiber. Eventually, Sidney creates a white suit that is impenetrable to the elements. At first he is celebrated as a hero. However, the clothing manufacturers soon realize that the perfect...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). From his birth to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ of Bethlehem (Max von Sydow) is given the all-star treatment in this retelling. Support the show OETA - Home

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Sweet Smell of Success (1957) . New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) holds great influence over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he ca not seem to influence is his younger sister, Susan (Susan Harrison), who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas (Marty Milner). Hunsecke...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss a double feature: Cross Creek and The Ghost Writer! In Cross Creek, we follow columnist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Mary Steenburgen) in the late 1920s, as she moves to Cross Creek, Florida, to dedicate herself to writing a serious novel. In The Ghost Writer, we are introduced to a successful ghostwriter, the Ghost (Ewan McGregor), that has agreed...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Tender Mercies! Down-on-his-luck country singer Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall) has nowhere to turn when he wakes up in a motel, short on cash. Eventually, he takes a job from Rosa Lee (Tess Harper), the widow who runs the motel that he's at.  Support the show OETA - Home

This week's special bonus episode is all about The Top 5 Funnest Movies according to The Rolling Stone! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and catch The OETA Movie Club Saturdays at 9 pm on OETA.  Support the show OETA - Home

This week's special bonus episode is all about The Top 5 Requested Movies for The OETA Movie Club! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and catch The OETA Movie Club Saturdays at 9 pm on OETA.  Support the show OETA - Home

This week's special bonus episode is all about the Top 5 Grossing Movies of all time! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and catch The OETA Movie Club every Saturday night at 9 pm on OETA.  Support the show OETA - Home

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss The Alamo! In 1836, General Santa Anna and his troops sweep across Texas to bring the emerging republic to its knees. General Sam Houston (Richard Boone) needs time to get his troops ready, so he orders Colonel William B. Travis (Laurence Harvey) to defend a small mission along Santa Anna's route at all costs.  Support the show OETA - Home

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss Exodus! Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 after World War II. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to take 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exo...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss TWO films! It's a double feature with "The King's Speech" and "The Madness of King George". First, in "The King's Speech" we meet Prince Albert (Colin Firth) of England who must take the throne as King George VI. However, he has a speech impediment. After, we meet King George III (Nigel Hawthorne) of E...

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss " Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ". In this comedy, two con men (Michael Caine and Steve Martin) try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first. Support the show OETA - Home

This week on the OETA Movie Club Podcast we discuss " Spaceballs ". In a distant galaxy, a star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of evil.  Support the show OETA - Home