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Domestique (Drama) (Czech Republic)Top cyclist Roman has had enough of serving as a domestique, a bicycle racer who sacrifices for the team. And since strenuous training and a strict regimen don't lead to the type of performance he longs for, he sets up an oxygen tent at home. His obsession with having a sports career, however, renders him oblivious to his wife Sarlota's desire to have a baby. Dir...

The Flip Side (Comedy, Romance) He was the perfect boyfriend until he took five years to call her back mired in debt, Ronnie (Emily Taheny) is a struggling Adelaide restaurateur looking after her elderly mother and living with good-hearted boyfriend Jeff (Luke McKenzie). Five years ago, while catering on a film set in Australia, she had an intense BA affair LL with SACKS British movie star, Henry...

West Of Sunshine (Crime, Drama) A father has less than a day to pay back a debt to a violent loan shark, while looking after his young son. Director: Jason RaftopoulosWriter: Jason RaftopoulosStars: Damian Hill, Ty Perham, Arthur Angel - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).  Subscribe, rate...

The Happytime Murders (Action, Comedy, Crime) When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case. Director: Brian HensonWriters: Todd Berger (screenplay by), Todd Berger (story by) Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.f...

McQueen (Documentary, Biography) The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line, and his untimely death. Directors: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui (co-director)Writer: Peter EttedguiStars: Bernard Arnault, Joseph Bennett, Detmar Blow - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Str...

The Insult (Drama, Thriller) L'insulte (original title)After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention. Director: Ziad DoueiriWriters: Ziad Doueiri, Joelle ToumaStars: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stream...

Crazy Rich Asians (Comedy, Romance) This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family. Director: Jon M. ChuWriters: Peter Chiarelli (screenplay by), Adele Lim (screenplay by) Stars: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stre...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Funny Cow (Comedy, Drama) A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs. Director: Adrian ShergoldWriter: Tony PittsStars: Stephen Graham, Paddy Considine, Maxine Peake - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphon...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Leave No Trace (Drama) A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever. Director: Debra GranikWriters: Debra Granik (screenplay by), Anne Rosellini (screenplay by) Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeffery Rifflard - (IMDb) M...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Book Club (Comedy, Drama, Romance) Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club. Director: Bill HoldermanWriters: Bill Holderman, Erin SimmsStars: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stream podcast...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? C’est La Vie (Comedy, Drama, Romance) Le sens de la fête (original title) (France)A hectic wedding party held in an 17th century French palace comes together with the help of the behind-the-scenes staff. Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric ToledanoWriters: Olivier Nakache (screenplay), Éric Toledano (screenplay)Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? The Meg (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi) After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Director: Jon TurteltaubWriters: Dean Georgaris (screenplay by), Jon Hoeber (screenplay by) Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson - (IMDb) Movies First RSS...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Submergence (Drama, Romance, Thriller) In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previou...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? The Darkest Minds (Sci-Fi, Thriller) Imprisoned by an adult world that now fears everyone under 18, a group of teens form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their future. Director: Jennifer Yuh NelsonWriters: Chad Hodge (screenplay by), Alexandra Bracken (based upon the novel by)Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Bradley...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Dr. Knock  (Comedy) (France) Doctor Knock is a former thug who has become a doctor and arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to make his fortune according to a particular method. It will make the villagers believe that they are not as healthy as they might think. It is thus that he will find in each one an imaginary symptom, or not, and...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? BlacKkKlansman  (Biography, Comedy, Drama) Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch. Director: Spike LeeWriters: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz Stars: John David Washington, Ad...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Superfly  (Action, Crime, Thriller) With retirement on his mind, a successful young drug dealer sets up one last big job, while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police. Director: Director X.Writer: Alex Tse (screenplay by)Stars: Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Lex Scott Davis - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphon...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? The Spy Who Dumped Me  (Action, Comedy) Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy. Director: Susanna FogelWriters: Susanna Fogel, David IsersonStars: Justin Theroux, Blanka Györfi-Tóth, Vilma Szécsi - (IMDb) M...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? On Chesil Beach (Drama, Romance) Based on Ian McEwan's novel. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. Director: Dominic CookeWriters: Ian McEwan (screenplay), Ian McEwan (novel)Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emily Watson, An...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Summer 1993 (Drama, Family) Estiu 1993 (original title)After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life. Director: Carla SimónWriter: Carla SimónStars: Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cusí - (IMDb) Movies Firs...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Wildlife (Drama) A boy witnesses his parents' marriage falling apart after his mother finds another man. Director: Paul DanoWriters: Paul Dano (screenplay by), Zoe Kazan (screenplay by) Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stream podcast episodes on deman...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? See You Up There (Crime, Drama)Au revoir là-haut (original title)November 1919. Two soldiers - a disfigured but brilliant artist and an ex-accountant - start a memorial con. But in the France of the Roaring Twenties, their adventures soon turn dangerous. Director: Albert DupontelWriters: Albert Dupontel (adaptation), Pierre Lemaitre (participat...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Keep The Change (Comedy, Romance)A New York City romantic comedy, Keep the Change is the unlikely love story of two people who meet in a support group. Director: Rachel IsraelWriter: Rachel IsraelStars: Jessica Walter, Christina Brucato, Jennifer Brito - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:   https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stream podcast epi...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Mission Impossible - Fallout (Action, adventure, thriller)Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Director: Christopher McQuarrieWriters: Christopher McQuarrie, Bruce Geller (based on the television series created by)Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames - (IMDb) Movies...

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? The Wfe (Drama)A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Director: Björn RungeWriters: Jane Anderson (screenplay by), Meg Wolitzer (based on the novel "The Wife" by)Stars: Christian Slater, Max Irons, Glenn Close - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:  ...