OETA Movie Club Podcast

This week, the OETA Movie Club talks " A Star Is Born ", the 1954 American musical drama film directed by George Cukor, written by Moss Hart, and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. The movie is about a film star helping a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and tune in to A...

On this week's episode, we do a deep dive into the 1960 classic Ocean's Eleven. Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) calls on some of his World War II buddies, including Jimmy Foster (Peter Lawford) , Sam Harmon (Dean Martin), and Josh Howard (Sammy Davis Jr.) ,  to pull off an elaborate New Year's Eve heist at five casinos in Las Vegas. Eleven members of Danny's crew come together to p...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is about a wily Roman slave who schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and tune in to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 9 pm on ...

The Philadelphia Story is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey. The film is about a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and a tabloid magazine journalist. North by Northwest is a 1959 American spy thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitc...

The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick and stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, and Katie Johnson as the old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce. Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. Listen n...

This week's special bonus episode is all about our hosts Robert and Jeff's top 3 favorite childhood scariest movies. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and tune in to the OETA Movie Club every Saturday night at 9 pm on OETA. 🍿📽 Support the show OETA - Home

This week's special bonus episode is all about our hosts Robert and Jeff's top 3 favorite childhood favorite movies. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and tune in to the OETA Movie Club every Saturday night at 9 pm on OETA. 🍿📽 Support the show OETA - Home

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland. In the class-obsessed and religiously divided United Kingdom of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's g...

The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 American heist film directed and produced by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Bored millionaire Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) concocts and executes a brilliant scheme to rob a bank without having to do any of the work himself. When Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway), an investigator for the bank's insurance company, takes an interest in C...

Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 non-fiction book "A Long Way Home" by Saroo Brierley. The film stars Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, and Nicole Kidman. It tells the true story of how Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, sets out to find them. Liste...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into the 1950 comedy, "Father of the Bride", directed by Vincente Minnelli. The film stars Spencer Tracy in the title role, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, and Leo G. Carroll. In this film, the father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her get...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into the 2015 biographical drama, "Woman in Gold",  directed by Simon Curtis and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell. The film stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jonathan Pryce. The film is base...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into the 1972 classic, "Cabaret", a musical drama directed by Bob Fosse  and screenplay by Jay Allen. It stars  Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. The movie takes place in Berlin in 1931, where an  American cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets British academic Br...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into Dirty Dancing, a 1987 dance and romance film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Eleanor Bergstein. It stars Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze. The film tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (S...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into A Fish Called Wanda , a 1988 comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to find stolen diamonds hidden by the g...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into The Thin Man , a 1934 American comedy-mystery. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Nick is a retired private detective who left his very successful career when he married Nora, a we...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into The Outsiders , a 1983 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The film is noted for its cast of up-and-coming stars and was shot in Tulsa, OK, where the film takes place. Did you kno...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava do a deep dive into The Founder , a 2016 film starring Michael Keaton as businessman Ray Kroc. The film portrays the story of his creation of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain. Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch co-star as McDonald's founders Richard and Maurice McDonald.  Listen now wher...

It's a special episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast as host Robert Burch and director Jeff Morava talk all things Oscars! They discuss the major nominations and awards and give you their predictions for this year's 94th Academy Awards.  Support the show OETA - Home

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and producer Jeff Morava are joined by Gallery America host Robert Reid to discuss the thriving film scene in Oklahoma.  Support the show OETA - Home

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and producer Jeff Morava discuss the legacy of the  OETA Movie Club . From when it started, former beloved host B.J. Wexler, both Burch and Morava's history with the show, how more recently made films are being featured, and so much. Enjoy a deep dive into the history and legacy that is the  OETA Movie Club .  Support the show...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and producer Jeff Morava do a deep dive into The Iron Lady , a 2011 biographical film based on the life and career of Margaret Thatcher, a British politician who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the first woman to hold the office. Thatcher is portrayed primarily by Meryl Streep, and, in her formative...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and producer Jeff Morava do a deep dive into the 2014 film The Imitation Game . The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence messages for the British government during World War II. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, and Mark Strong appear in supporting roles. Listen now wherever you get your po...

It's an OETA Movie Club Double-Feature with two of the all-time best films ever made! Host Robert Burch and producer Jeff Morava do a deep dive into Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon , both starring Humphrey Bogart. Casablanca went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and it consistently ranks near the top of lists of the greatest films in history. The Maltese Falcon is considered on...

On this episode of the OETA Movie Club Podcast, host Robert Burch and producer Jeff Morava do a deep dive into the 1952 American classic Singin' in the Rain , directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught...