OETA Movie Club Podcast
Episodes
214 episodes
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers.
Silver Linings Playbook
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
To Have and Have Not
During World War II, an American expatriate helps transport a French Resistance leader and his wife to Martinique while romancing a lounge singer.
Akeelah and the Bee
Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.
The Hudsucker Proxy
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
A Fish Called Wanda
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach.
Mr. Mom
After he's suddenly laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, and he has to take care of three young children, a job he has no clue how to do.
Double Feature: Rebel Without a Cause AND Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Rebel Without a CauseA rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBrick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists...
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
An American in Paris
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
My Week with Marilyn
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).
Father of the Bride
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Spaceballs
A star-pilot for hire and his trusty half-dog sidekick must come to the rescue of a spoiled princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Double Feature: Anchors Aweigh AND On the Town
Anchors Aweigh:A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.On the Town:Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Being the Ricardos
Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers--and another that could end their marriage.
National Velvet
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.Starring Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor
The Outsiders
In Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.
Gorillas in the Mist
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Eight Men Out
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
Ben Hur
A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
The Greatest Story Ever Told
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Double Feature: A Mighty Wind AND Hoosiers
A Mighty Wind:Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.Hoosiers:A coach with a checkered pa...
Michael Collins
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led ...