On the BiTTE

Oh boy. Looks like we inadvertently put a bunch of sad (but good) films in a row to wrap up 2024. But honestly, it makes sense.

In David Attwood's film, based on the true story of the troubled homeles…

Whit ye sayin'?! (We can't actually write what he says without getting reported).

Yeah, that's right, SIT DOWN! Charlie Bronson is here and he's looking to cause some trouble. We're doing something qu…

Do you hear that? Do you hear that piercing scream in the darkness of the night? No, it's not Wilhelm. It's Belial! The freakishly deformed twin that is intent on murdering the very people that separ…

It's that time again! Tis the season, many say! And no, it's October fool! Not Christmas! That's in December, duh!

I'm talking about "Spooky Penis Month!" What did you think I was talking about? No ma…

Welcome to another edition of "THE MOST LITERAL FILM TITLE EVER"! Yeah, it is really that literal. It happens one night in a bar called "Heaven". Watching this film, you'd think every chain bar/resta…

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This film is a bit of a treat, honestly. There's a lot to like here, the most of which is a Sean Connery really hammering it out of the park with…

Like Schwarzenegger after him, he just needed to find the role he was born to play. Following the career track of Nicholas Roeg, we come to one of his seminal films, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH. 

It's a…

At OTB HQ we're ALL business! But some times, just some times, we like to do a little bit in the name of PLEASURE. 

Depending on who you speak to (particularly Laura) they will let you know that anyth…

Who thought putting criminals in space would be a great idea? I mean, if everyone was kind and everything was successful, would it make a great story? Who can tell but that's the basis of the Claire …

Ryan felt we needed to lighten things up and dive back into some digestible fluff that he could get into his snarling teeth. But kinda what we found was that he's been tamed slightly. No longer has t…

That train keeps chugging and by pure accidental bliss, we have another film up here with some stark similarities! 

Would I go on to say this film is "controversial"? Probably. We have some issues wit…

June has rolled 'round and you know what that means?! It's Pride and we get to cover some LGBTQ+ films. 

This time, we're dipping into Gay Cinema with one of the best examples of the category. Number …

You knew this day would come. It was inevitable. We're covering Jane Campion's THE PIANO. 

How does Ryan feel about this one? This was the one film of the filmography that he remembered quite fondly b…

We sent out the call at the end of our A BIGGER SPLASH episode with CHALLENGERS releasing day. It may even be fate that willed us, catching an early preview screening the same week in an RPX ("shaky …

What could be better? You have the sunshine. You have your lover. You have fresh fruits, food and a beautiful location for relaxation and isolation. But then your veracious and intrusive friend from …

We are back and with something weird and beautiful! 

Yeah, in our double dipping on the Yorgos-train, we find ourselves at the 2023 release of the multi-award winning POOR THINGS. This comedy/drama/fa…

This episode we look at the early filmography of Yorgos Lanthimos featuring DOGTOOTH! Famous for his more Western entries in his filmography, THE LOBSTER, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, THE FAVOURITE …

Oh boy... What have we done to ourselves? 

In a moment of uncertainty we decided to double dip into the Winterbottom well. We knew we were going to review this film "at some point" BUT we didn't reall…

That's right! We're getting mad wi' it! We're goin' all the way to Manchester, the birthplace of exciting musical new waves since the dawn of time! 

We're uncovering the Tony Wilson musical biopic 24 …