The DTV Digest
A podcast offering news and reviews of films that skipped a theatrical release and went straight to video or digital. Each episode highlights direct-to-video titles, providing listeners with recommendations and critiques. The show focuses on movies that may have been overlooked by mainstream audiences, covering a variety of genres and releases.
Episodes
Short Shots Episode 26: Horror Roundup!
In our latest roundup of short films, Mike and Rich take a look at eight recent releases - click the links to see each film!
ANOMOLOUS sees a witchfinder interrogating a woman who uses tea leaves to read people's fortunes...
DEAD ECHO is a Star Wars fan film about a downed TIE-Fighter pilot...
DONT.4GET2SMILE finds an influencer being stalked by a friend's killer...
FIVE STAR sees a handyman going
Episode 322 - R L Stine's Pumpkinhead, 49 Miles More, The Demon Detective, Simon Says, Iron Eagle IV
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda take a look at three new releases; as usual click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with R L STINE'S PUMPKINHEAD (Signature Entertainment), a horror movie for kids which contains actual horror!
49 MILES MORE (Reel2Reel Films) finds 2 friends, Max and Doug, stranded on their way to a Guys Weekend....
THE DEMON DETECTIVE (Miracle Media) d
Episode 321: CHUM, Deadly Games, Harbinger, Hellcat, This Tempting Madness, Sacrifice, The Enemy
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle five new releases - click the links to see trailers for each film!
We kick off with CHUM (Plaion Pictures) another "shark peril" movie but with a decent twist!
DEADLY GAMES (Miracle Media) finds four influencers invited to a secluded island for...some reason...
HARBINGER (Miracle Media) is the latest from Shogun Films and blends together some of my f
Episode 320: The Mortuary Assistant, Deep Water, The Fires, Mockbuster, The Morrigan, They Wait In Shadows, Tinsman Road, Duped, Into the Blue 2
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases. NB: This episode was recorded in two sessions as not everyone was available on the same day.
As usual, click the link to be taken to a trailer for each film!
We kick off with THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT (Acorn), an adaptation of a survival horror video game!
Renny Harlin returns to shark territory with DEEP WATER (Signature Entertainm
Episode 319: Son of the Soil, The Curse, The Gentle Sex, Hail Caesar
In this episode, Mike and Amanda take a look at two new releases; as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with SON OF THE SOIL (Trinity Content Partners), an independent action movie from Nigeria, directed by Chee Keong Cheung (REDCON-1, Bodyguard: A New Beginning).
Next is THE CURSE (Blue Finch Film Releasing), a Japanese horror centred around a traditional curse rit
Episode 318: Black Box: Flight 298, The Last Assassins, Executioner, The Fetus, Magical Meat, Cold Prey Trilogy
In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle 4 new titles; click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We start with BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 (Signature Entertainment) in which the passengers on an overnight flight encounter strange goings on both inside and outside their plane!
THE LAST ASSASSINS (Seven Tales) is set in a dystopian future and follows a young woman and her bodyguard crossing the
Episode 317: Are You There? Buffalo Daze, Dead Lover, Hold The Fort, Rememory, Round the Decay, Shadows of Willow Cabin, The Killgrin, Dave the Diver, Replikator
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda take a look at eight new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with ARE YOU THERE? (High Fliers), a supernatural tale in which a young woman looking to debunk spiritualism, messes with a candle linked to the Other Side....
BUFFALO DAZE (High Fliers) is a historical dramatisation of the life of native outlaw, Jim Gri
Episode 316: The Sheriff, Signal One, A Memory Owed, The Gathering
In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle two new releases; as usual, click the link if you want to see a trailer...
THE SHERIFF (High Fliers) finds out titular lawman scratching at the dark underbelly of a rural farm town, looking for answers about the murder of his own son five years previously....
SIGNAL ONE (Signature Entertainment) sees two young brilliant scientists recruited to a secluded trop
Episode 315: Kraken, 13 Souls, Affection, Crybaby Bridge, Diabolic, Tribe, Woken, Beast, No Trouble, Bloodsport 2
In this episode Mike, Steve, Amanda and Rich tackle a bumper eight films! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film:
We kick off with the Nordic creature feature, KRAKEN (Signature Entertainment), in which an aquatic behemoth is disturbed by new technology used at a salmon farm....
13 SOULS (Seven Tales) is about a teen girl being reunited with her father and sister, and attacked by
Episode 314: Killer Whale, KRISPR, Finding Daddy, The Order
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review two new releases: click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with KILLER WHALE (Plaion Pictures), in which two young women are trapped in a lagoon with an orca recently released from captivity! In our review I mention a feature by Last Podcast On the Left (which I refer to as "Last House" D'oh!) - you can find their story on SeaWorld
SHORT SHOTS Episode 25: Action roundup!
In this episode of The Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at some recent action shorts. Click the links to see each of the films in full...
Having said that, we kick off with a preview of a film currently in various competitions and scheduled for film festivals. If you see THE MIME listed on a festival programme, we highly recommend you check it out!
AGENT CHING ATTACKS is a Bollywood action m
Episode 313: Self Driver, Hunting Party, SJOR: Rise of the North, Wargames: The Dead Code
In this episode Mike and Steve tackle two new films - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each!
SELF DRIVER (GrimmVision) is the latest in the subgenre of thrillers set mostly within a taxi/rideshare vehicle. In this one we follow the driver as he gets lost in the rabbit hole that is a new money-making app.
HUNTING PARTY (Miracle Media) finds a group of judges abducting criminals and hun
Episode 312: Content, Rise of the Conqueror, Runaway Revenge, Surrender, The Vord, Obey, Hell Comes to Frogtown
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle five new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with CONTENT (GrimmVision), a story presented entirely via laptop and smartphone screens, and concerns a film director who blackmails his would-be actors.
Next is RISE OF THE CONQUEROR (Signature Entertainment) - a glorious historical epic set 100 years after the d
Episode 311: Adopted, Itch!, Only Fangs, Scarborn, Touch Me, Last Stand on Hoth, The Marksman
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out five new releases - click the links to see trailers for each film!
We kick off with ADOPTED (High Fliers), about a young couple unwittingly adopting a murderous child!
Next is ITCH! (Seven Tales), in which the occupants of a hardware store barricade themselves against a horrific infectious disease!
ONLY FANGS (FilmHub) sees a wannabe monster hunter
Episode 310: Bone Keeper, Drive Back, Ghost Killer, Past Life, Surrender to It, Scream Therapy, The Cure, The Lost Fortune of Oliver Brody, Hollow Man 2
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases - as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We start off with BONE KEEPER (Plaion Pictures), a familiar tale but with an exceptional monster!
DRIVE BACK (High Fliers) finds an engaged couple stuck on a seemingly endless road...
GHOST KILLER (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is about a young woman possessed by the ghost of a
Episode 309: Hard Redemption, Bad Voodoo, Jitters, Daggers Inn, The Deep Dark, The Hat Man, Freakd
This week Mike and Amanda take a look at five new releases; click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with HARD REDEMPTION (Fairway Film Alliance), in which Jino Kang and Lou Ferrigno battle a street gang in a high school.
BAD VOODOO (Miracle Media) sees a woman kidnapped by three escaped convicts!
JITTERS (Miracle Media) sees a detective battling a sinister AI app.
DAGGERS INN (
Short Shots Episode 24: Martial Arts roundup!
The Short Shots have been on a two year hiatus but its finally back in action! To celebrate, Mike and Rich take a look at ten short films, all with a martial arts theme. We've also updated the format for this podcast so it mirrors our main show, with a "Long Shot" and Throwback! You can check out each by clicking the links below:
We kick off with TEMPORAL TAKEDOWN [8 minutes] (Martin Sofiedal, 20
Episode 308: Outgunned, OBEX, Bosco, Play Dead, Jeffery Epstein: Bad Pedophile, Time Runner
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review four new releases - click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off big style with OUTGUNNED (Signature Entertainment), a "Most Dangerous Game" style movie in which a young woman is hunted by an enemy from her past!
OBEX (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a "low fi" science fiction movie about a man sucked into a retro adventure video game
Episode 307: Worldbreaker, Blood Barn, Else, The Monster Within, Silent Night Deadly Night, POV, Diamond Cut Diamond
This week Mike, Rich and Steve are joined by CHRISTOPHER PAGE, of The Time Shifters and Orphaned Entertainment! Check out the intro to learn more about who he is and what he does!
We kick off with WORLDBREAKER (Signature Entertainment), a new Young Adult, post apocalypse movie with Luke Evans and Mila Jovovich.
BLOOD BARN (Screambox) is a low budget indie horror which boldly wears its influences
Episode 306: REDUX REDUX, The Huntsman, Bury Em Deep, Jimmy and Stiggs, Dr Bees Beyond, The Rip, Battle Drone
In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle four new releases, while Will joins us for a new segment!
We kick off with the awesome REDUX REDUX (Blue Finch Releasing) in which a mother avenges the murder of her daughter, across the multiverse!
THE HUNTSMAN (High Fliers Films) sees Shawn Ashmore as an ICU nurse caring for a coma patient who may be a serial killer!
BURY 'EM DEEP (High Fliers Films)
Episode 305: We Bury The Dead, Grizzly Night, Tim Travers and the Time Traveller's Paradox, Residence, Monolith
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out three new releases! As usual, click the links below to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with WE BURY THE DEAD (Signature Entertainment), a thoughtful zombie movie starring Daisy Ridley!
GRIZZLY NIGHT (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a drama based on the real life incident in 1967 when a national park suffered two deadly bear attacks in the s
Episode 304: Stand Your Ground, The Knife, Reverence, A Gangster's Tale, Hermanita, Arctic Void
Happy New Year, everyone! For our first episode of 2026, we are joined by special guest Ryan Verrill from Disc-Connected (all socials), who joins Mike and Steve to check out some new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film.
We start with STAND YOUR GROUND (High Fliers Films), in which Daniel Stisen takes on a gang of white supremacists in order to defend his home!
THE KN
Episode 303: Wake Up Dead Man, Troll 2, Nightfall, End of Year Round-up
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! This is our final episode of 2025 and we've managed to get not only Rich back on, alongside Mike, Steve and Amanda, but also Nathan Lunn, who had previously joined us for our 300th episode!
Unfortunately, however, the DTV market tends to dry up during the month of December so instead we have turned our attention to two highly anticipated films on Netfl
Episode 302 - Dracula, Quarantine 19, The Final Party, He Kills At Night, Manor of Darkness, The Perfect Gamble, Can You Hear Me, Hostages, Long Shadows, Coyotes, Misfire, Riot
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda cover no less than 10 new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with Luc Besson's version of DRACULA (Signature Entertainment), which bears more than a likeness to Coppola's version!
Next up is QUARANTINE 19 (Trinity Content Partners), a Turkish film shot in English about the contestants of a Big Brother-style reality
Episode 301: Bride Hard, Shark Island, The Naughty List of Mr Scrooge, M: Beyond the Wasteland, Bone Lake, Nazi Supersoldier, Director's Cut, A Desert, Full Moon Gloryhole, From Beijing With Love
This week Mike, Steve, Amanda and Will tackle the latest films to be hitting home media. As usual, click the links to see trailers for each of the films!
We kick off with BRIDE HARD (Signature Entertainment) in which superspy Rebel Wilson must thwart Stephen Dorff and his mercenaries when they gate-crash her best friend's wedding!
SHARK ISLAND (High Fliers Films) finds a group of supermodels on
Episode 300! The Bitter Taste, Please Don't Feed The Children, The Cellar. The Partisan, Borley Rectory: The Awakening, Forgive Us All, The House at Hallow End, Guns and Moses, Snow Angel
Nearly nine years in the making, we have reached our 300th episode! To mark the occasion, we invited some guests to join the regular team:
Tom Jolliffe is a screenwriter and producer, who has appeared on the show before; Nathan Lunn, who has recently completed his book on Kaiju films which will be published next year, and Will Bentley, who has also contributed in the past!
We have a lot to get thr
Episode 299: Beast of War, London Calling, Delivery Run, Red Plague, The Severed Sun, Helloween, Night Shift, Downtime
In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle six new releases: as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film...
We kick off with BEAST OF WAR (Signature Entertainment) - set during WW2, it finds a bunch of army recruits at the mercy of a great white shark when their ship is sunk...
LONDON CALLING (Signature Entertainment) stars Josh Duhamel as a down-on-his-luck hitman having t
Episode 298: Prisoner of War, A Breed Apart, Bone Face, Devil In The Dust, Scurry, The Drowned, Diablo, First Sight, Dollman vs Demonic Toys
In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases, including two Scott Adkins movies! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film.
We kick off with the WW2 set PRISONER OF WAR (Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment) in which Scott Adkins is shot down over the Philippiines, captured by the Japanese and forced to fight for the commandant's entertainment. Scott's co-star
Episode 297: Mission Alarum, Americana, In Vitro, Psycho Therapy, Sovereign, Riff Raff, The Astronaut, The Shephers Code II: Road Back, The Milk Situation, Open Grave
This week Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda take a look at eight new releases; as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with MISSION ALARUM (aka Alarum) (Signature Entertainment), in which two enemy agents fall in love and go off-grid in Poland, only to have the CIA hunt them down...
AMERICANA (Lion's Gate UK) is the story of a group of strangers all trying to get their han
Episode 296: Bad Man, Little Jaffna, Don Q, Purgatory Jack, Resurrection Road, The Invisible Raptor, The Occupant, Unsinkable, Howl at the Dead, Perfect Target
This week Mike and Rich are joined once more by Amanda, whose work over on Eastern Kicks you can find HERE! This week we tackle 8 new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each movie!
We kick off with BAD MAN (Vertigo Releasing) in which Seann William Scott plays a no nonsense cop who travels to a small town to rattle some cages and egos along the way.
LITTLE JAFFNA (Blue Finch Rele
Episode 295 - Somnium, Borderline, Derelict, All the Lost Ones, Dark Summer, The Spawn, Dollman
In this episode, Mike and Rich are joined by guest presenter, Amanda! Between us we tackle five new releases - as usual, click the links to watch the trailer for each film!
We start with SOMNIUM (Lightbulb Film Distribution), in which a young woman starts working the night shift at a dream clinic...
Next is BORDERLINE (The Movie Partnership), which stars Samara Weaving as a 90's popstar being st
Episode 294 - Fright Fest Special! The Home, Your Host, Pig Hill, Above the Knee, 213 Bones, NoSeeUms, Cover, Super Happy Fun Clown, Video Barn, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve review 8 films which are all receiving their premier at this year's London Fright Fest! NB - we normally mention the distributor for each film, but some have yet to find a home. Nevertheless, click the link to see the trailer for each movie!
We kick off with THE HOME (Signature Entertainment), where Pete Davidson starts work as a care assistant, only to learn t
Episode 293: Red Sonja, The Last Ritual, Inside, Meanwhile On Earth, The Hermit, Stalkers, Sweet Revenge, Body Count
In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle six new films - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each!
We kick off with the highest profile film of the week, RED SONJA (Signature Entertainment), in which Revenge's Matilda Lutz plays the titular hero while MJ Bassett (Solomon Kane, Strike Back) directs. Did we enjoy it? Take a listen to find out!
THE LAST RITUAL (Miracle Media) is a Nepalese
Episode 292: Tin Soldier, 40 Acres, Saint Clare, Osiris, Futra Days, The Activated Man, The Banished, Reputation, Charlie Foxtrot, Sword of Heaven
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 8 new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film.
We kick off with TIN SOLDIER (Signature Entertainment), which finds Scott Eastwood as an ex cult member recruited by a shadow ops team to re-enter his former home, a compound run by an ex army General. (NB: this is now available to stream on Amazon Prime).
40 ACRES (Vertigo Releasi
Episode 291: Salvable, The Unholy Trinity, Night Terror, Monsters of California, Child Machine, Angel of the Warrior, The Cellar, Frankie Freako, Leprechaun Vengeance, Strength and Honour
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve cover 8 new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each film!
We start and end with a boxing movie, kicking off with SALVABLE (Vertical), in which boxer Toby Kebbel tries to reconnect with his daughter (good) & shady old pal Shia LaBeouf (bad!)
Up next is the western, THE UNHOLY TRINITY (Signature Entertainment) where the arrival of a y
Episode 290: Rust, Final Recovery, 24 Hours to D-Day, Last Resort, Gods Soldier, A Woman Scorned, Shark Warning, Logan The Wolf, The Devil Conspiracy
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle seven new releases; as usual, click the links to see the trailers for each film!
We kick off with RUST (Signature Entertainment) - a film which carries a lot of baggage due to the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, but is it any good regardless? Check out our review to get our opinion!
FINAL RECOVERY (Buffalo 8) deals with the cyclical natu
Episode 289: Consecration, High Rollers, Amongst The Wolves, Its Name Was Mormo, Bogieville, Rust Road, The Prosecutor, Fireworks, Grizzly II
After a short break, we are back with EIGHT main reviews! As usual, click the links to see the trailers!
First up is CONSECRATION (Vertigo Releasing), a supernatural mystery set on a rural Scottish island, directed by Christopher Smith (Black Death).
HIGH ROLLERS (101 Films) is a sequel to the John Travolta led heist movie, Cash Out!
AMONGST THE WOLVES (Vertigo Releasing) sees a homeless ex-soldie
Episode 288: Fear Below, It Feeds, The North Witch, First Shift, Heretics, Beneath London, Jason Goes to Hell
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new DTV releases - as usual, click the links to watch the trailer for each film!
We kick off with FEAR BELOW (Signature Entertainment) - a period thriller from Australia, where a team of divers have to salvage a submerged truck under the watchful eye of a bull shark!
Next is IT FEEDS (Signature Entertainment), in which a teenage girl and her psychic
Episode 287: Havoc, Black Cab, Ape x Mecha Ape New World Order, Cold Road, Everyone is Going to Die, Gates of Flesh, Gladiators, Mob Cops, Rumplestiltskin, American Samurai
After a prolonged break, we're back! And, to make up for lost time, Mike Rich and Steve are covering NINE new releases as well as our usual Short Shot and DTV Throwback. Click the links on each to see the trailer and more!
We kick off with the biggest film, HAVOC - Gareth Evans' long awaited feature following his series Gangs of London. After being so long in gestation, can it live up to the antic
Episode 286: Long Gone Heroes, End of the Rope, Like Tears in Rain, Top Floor, Alien Life Blood, Don't Turn Out The Lights, Catalyst, The Thaw, Godzilla vs Biollante
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 7 new releases: As usual, click the links to see the trailers for each film!
We kick off with LONG GONE HEROES (Signature Entertainment) which sees Frank Grillo as a Special Forces soldier leading a small team to Venezuela to rescue his niece from crime lord Andy Garcia.
END OF THE ROPE (High Flier Films) is a dramatised account of the infamous lynchin
Episode 285: Fight Or Flight, Escape From the 21st Century, Die Alone, Bangkok Dog, Applewood, The Survivors, Puppet Master III
This week Steve is off on holiday so its left to Mike and Rich to tackle five new releases - as always, click the link to see the trailer for each:
We kick off with FIGHT OR FLIGHT (Sky), starring Josh Hartnett as a former agent brought back to find a hacker, and then must protect them from wave after wave of assassins!
Next is ESCAPE FROM THE 21st CENTURY (Signature Entertainment) - a mind-meltin
Episode 284: Project Silence, In Tenebras: Into the Darkness, Trancers Noir, Going Viral, New York Ninja
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each!
We kick off with PROJECT SILENCE (Altitude Film Distribution) - A Korean disaster/action movie where commuters become stranded upon a bridge, and surrounded by genetically engineered military attack dogs!
Next is IN TENEBRAS: INTO THE DARKNESS (Miracle Media), a film which has some gre
Episode 283: The Baby In The Basket, Scarlet Winter, Street Trash, It Came From the Dirty Laundry, The Dungeon Master
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases: as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with THE BABY IN THE BASKET (High Flier Films), from Nathan Shepka and Tom Jolliffe, both of whom have form with our podcast! This is quite an ambitious project for the pair, but what do we make of it? Tune in to find out!
Next up is SCARLET WINTER (Miracle Media), a
Episode 282: The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Gold Run, A New Breed of Mafia, Kpdama, Chain of Command
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new DTV releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
First up is a surprising one - THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (Dazzler Media) somehow skipped the UK's cinemas and has, eventually, found its way to DTV land! Check out our review to hear what we make of it!
Next is GOLD RUN (Dazzler Media), a Norwegian/Danish film about th
Episode 281: Into The Deep, Sunray: Fallen Soldier, Rippy, Elite Force B.R.I., MR-9: Do Or Die, Blackwater Lane, Queen of Hearts, Avenging Force
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take on six new releases; as usual, click the link to check out the trailer for each film!
We kick off with INTO THE DEEP (Signature Entertainment), the latest DTV shark movie. Christian Sesma directs, Chad Law wrote the script and Richard Dreyfus makes an appearance!
In SUNRAY: FALLEN SOLDIER (Vertigo Releasing), a grizzled ex soldier gets his unit back togeth
Episode 280: Werewolves, Beezel, Detained, An Invitation to Murder, Dead Before They Wake, Come Home, Curse of the Sin Eater, Somewhere Inbetween, The Dyatlov Pass Incident
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
In our first show back, we (Mike, Rich and Steve) catch up with seven new releases. As usual, check out the trailers for each film by clicking the link.
We kick off with WEREWOLVES (Signature Entertainment), Stephen C Miller's schlocky lycanthrope movie starring Frank Grillo!
BEEZEL (Dazzler Media) covers different decades as people encounter an eternal witch living in the basement
Episode 279: Gunner, Voice of Shadows, Devil's Knight, Out of Body, Mumbai Saga
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new titles going straight to home media - as usual, click the links below to see a trailer for each one:
We kick off with the biggest film of the week, GUNNER (Vertigo Releasing) sees Luke Hemsworth tackling a local gang of drug dealers when they kidnap his two sons....
in VOICE OF SHADOWS (Miracle Media), a young woman stands to inherit an estate
Episode 278: The Silent Hour, #AMFAD - All My Friends Are Dead, Winner, The Imposters, Batman Beyond: Year One, Angel Town
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle four new releases - as usual click the links to view the trailers for each!
We kick off with one of the strongest films of the year: Joel Kinnaman stars as a detective who has recently become deaf after an accident in THE SILENT HOUR (Signature Entertainment).
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD (#AMFAD) (101 Films) sees a group of young people being picked off by a
Episode 277: Slingshot, Dark Feathers, The Stoic, The Avenger, The Engineer, Trapo Sucio, Enemies Closer
This week Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at five new reviews: click the links to see the trailers for each!
Kicking off with SLINGSHOT (Signature Entertainment) - Laurence Fishburne and Casey Affleck star in this sci-fi movie about astronauts on a mission to Titan.
DARK FEATHERS - DANCE OF THE GEISHA (Miracle Media) is one of the strangest films to head our way in a while, in which a detective i
Episode 276: Classified, Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge, The Hangman, Hellhounds, The Well, No Man's Land, The Triangle
In this episode Mike and Steve tackle five new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each film!
As its Halloween week, what better way to start than...with an action movie? in CLASSIFIED (Signature Entertainment), Aaron Eckhart is a CIA hitman who discovers a dark secret about the Division he works for!
Next is GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS: DEATH AND PORRIDGE (High Fliers) - a group
Episode 275: Azrael: Angel of Death, Blood Star, Subservience, Clawfoot, Darkgame, Topelt Turbo, Hit List
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases! As usual, click the link to see the official trailer for each...
We kick off with AZRAEL: ANGEL OF DEATH (Signature Entertainment), starring Samara Weaving as a woman trying to survive in a post-Rapture apocalypse!
In BLOOD STAR (Plaion Pictures), a young woman is trapped in a game of cat and mouse with a murderous sheriff out in the desert!
Episode 274: The Convert, Take Cover, Prom Car '91, The Rage
Its been a while, but we're finally back on track! And to kick off we have two new films to talk about!
First up is THE CONVERT (Vertigo Releasing), directed by Lee Tamahori. Guy Pierce stars as a lay preacher who arrives in a British colony in New Zealand and must deal with the threat of neighboring warring Maori tribes.
Next is TAKE COVER (Signature Entertainment), in which Scott Adkins finds hi
Episode 273: Duchess, Thine Ears Shall Bleed, Cash Out, Loop Track, Is Now a Good Time? El Chicano
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at four new DTV releases - click the links to check out the trailers for each film!
We kick off with DUCHESS (Vertigo Releasing), the latest film from Digest fave, Neil Marshall. Charlotte Kirk stars alongside Sean Pertwee and Philip Winchester in an action packed gangster movie...
THINE EARS SHALL BLEED (Miracle Media) is not about a Death Metal
Episode 272: Poolman, Deadland, The Last Breath, Jade, Axel F, The Baku, Reptilian
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five main releases - as usual, click the link to check out the trailers for each film!
We kick off with POOLMAN (Signature Entertainment), starring, directed by and co-written by Chris Pine. Check out our review to find out if its worth a watch!
Set on the US/Mexican border, DEADLAND (Lightbulb Film Distribution) follows a conflicted Border Patrol offi
Episode 271: Chief of Station, The Prank, Birthday Girl, What Remains, The Spider, Samurai Cop 2
Hi everyone and welcome to a belated episode - I've recently had eye surgery and the recovery has been longer than expected! As usual, click the link to see the trailer for each of the main reviews!
In this episode, we kick off with CHIEF OF STATION (Signature Entertainment) - the latest action thriller from director Jesse V. Johnson, starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko!
THE PRANK (Signature
Episode 270: Among the Willows, Sorry, Charlie, You Can't Run Forever, Lackadaisy: Ingenue, Samurai Cop
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out three new releases:
AMONG THE WILLOWS (Miracle Media) is a western in which two old guys must put aside their own feud in order to hunt down a gang of killers...
SORRY, CHARLIE (Miracle Media) is another film in which an actor spends most of the running time on her own, talking to people on a phone. Can this film do enough to stand out from the rest
Episode 269: Silence of the Prey, The Last Kumite, Breathe, Mr and Mrs Smith: Love and War, The Fantastic Four
This week Mike, Rich and Steve check out three new releases:
SILENCE OF THE PREY (The Horror Collective) mixes a bit of folk horror and uncomfortable right wing politics a la Get Out...
THE LAST KUMITE (Altitude Film Distribution) brings together a stellar DTV cast for a love letter to tournament movies gone by...
BREATHE (Signature Entertainment) also brings together a great cast in what is a
Episode 268: Founders Day, Hellhound, Witch, Hope and Glory - a Mad Max fan film, The Spider within, Timelapse
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve look at four new films - as usual, click the link to view the trailer for each:
FOUNDERS DAY (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is a slasher from the people behind last year's She Came From The Woods - a film highly regarded by us. Will their latest reach the same heights?
Louis Mandylor stars as a contract killer sent to Thailand in HELLHOUND (Miracle Media). Could t
Episode 267: Jericho Ridge, The Bad Shepherd, Prey!, Land of Bad, Alberto and the Beast, Pulse
This week Mike and Rich tackle four new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each:
We kick off with JERICHO RIDGE (The Movie Partnership) a film which many of our US colleagues had on their top ten lists for 2023, and finally makes its way to the UK! Take a listen to see if we agree!
THE BAD SHEPHERD (Scatena & Rosner Films) finds four friends on a hunting trip turning on each
Short Shots Episode 23 - Arrow Showcase!
In this episode of Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at twelve short films which are currently available on the Arrow streaming channel - which is currently offering a 14 day free trial via its website, HERE
The shorts covered in this episode are:
ARM (Katherine Markwick/Jill Worsley)
A woman suffering from loneliness during Lockdown orders a device to sooth her sleep…
BAD ACID (Sam Fox)
Set
Episode 266: Til Death Do Us Part, The Stolen Valley, On Fire, Fan Film, The Ambulance
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - as usual, click the link to watch the trailer!
We kick off with TIL DEATH DO US PART (Plaion Pictures), in which a runaway bride must fight for her life when besieged by her jilted fiancé and his grooms!
THE STOLEN VALLEY (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a modern western in which a Mexican/Navajo woman teams up with a female cowboy to ta
Episode 265: Road House, Restore Point, Ship of the Damned, Wanted Man, Vice Grip, Solo
This week, Mike and Rich tackle four new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailers for each...
ROAD HOUSE (Amazon) has been a massive hit for Amazon Prime, but how does it hold up to the original and what did we make of it? Take a listen to find out!
RESTORE POINT (Plaion Pictures) is a Czech sci-fi thriller as a female detective investigates a mysterious double homicide.
SHIP OF
Episode 264: Hundreds of Beavers, All Souls, Lovely Dark and Deep, Shadow Fist 3, Control
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to check out the trailers!
We kick off with HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (Raven Banner), a film which garnered a lot of attention last year on the festival circuit. Check out the episode to find out our thoughts on it!
Next is ALL SOULS (Signature Entertainment) - the title and artwork might have you thinking this is a horror film
Episode 263: Dogman, Elliot's Cradle, Escape
In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at DOGMAN (Altitude), the latest film from Luc Besson, starring Caleb-Landry Jones. Take a listen to see how we rate it and click the link to watch the trailer!
Our short shot is the horror film, ELLIOT'S CRADLE, in which a grieving mother seeks out a medium to get in contact with her dead child...click the link to watch the whole film!
Our DTV Throwback
Episode 262: Frankenstein: Legacy, The Abyss, The Black Mass, Tropic, V/H/S/85, The Spirit Hunters, Wedlock
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases...
Starting with FRANKENSTEIN: LEGACY (101 Films) - this starts in familiar territory but heads off to be its own thing - check out what we thought of it!
THE ABYSS (Netflix) is a disaster movie set in the mining town of Kiruna, Sweden....
THE BLACK MASS (Cleopatra Entertainment) is a stylised account of Ted Bundy's killiing spree at
Episode 261: Freaks Vs The Reich, Monolith, The Troubles: A Dublin Story, The List, Underground, VHS 94, Ascendants, Jason Takes Manhattan
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle six of the recent releases; click the links to watch the trailers for each!
We kick off with FREAKS VS THE REICH (Dazzler) - not the best film title, but boy, what a movie!
Next is MONOLITH (Blue Finch Film) - a story about a journalist who investigates a strange phenomenon and discovers her past is tied to it. This is one of the best "Covid" films so
Episode 260: The Bricklayer, Fortunes of War, Head Count, Cold Meat, American Star, The Court Jester, Pyewacket
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases - as usual, click the link to watch the trailer for each film...
We kick off with THE BRICKLAYER (Sky), the latest thriller in which a man with an innocuous profession turns out to be a bad-ass retired agent!
Hot on the heels of Warblade, which we covered in episode 257, comes FORTUNES OF WAR (101 Films), another WW2 movie about a disparate
Episode 259: Interview with James Couche, Deliver Us, The Seeding, Marmalade, Hit Me, National Lampoon''s Senior Trip
We kick off this episode with an interview with director JAMES COUCHE, whose film Lost Phoenix we reviewed in episode 256. We've covered a lot of films which were made under COVID conditions but i believe Lost Phoenix was the first action movie made during Lockdown - and only for $10K at that! You can find examples of James' work on Youtube, HERE.
We then start on the reviews, beginning with the
Episode 258: On The Line, Punch, The Island, Race For Glory -Audi vs Lancia, Scooby Doo in Spring-trapped, Vendetta
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at four new releases - as usual clicking the links will take you to the trailers...
Kicking off with 'ON THE LINE' (Miracle Media), in which a telephone operator finds herself involved in a murder and kidnapping...
'PUNCH' (Miracle Media) is set in an off-season seaside town and deals with a young woman being hounded by a killer wearing a "Mr Punch"
Episode 257: War Blade, Lift, Sheroes, Slotherhouse, The Lumberjack, Wrongfully Accused
In this episode we cover one film going to physical media and three which are available on streaming services - click the links to see the trailers....
We kick off with WAR BLADE (101 Films), a WW2 thriller set in Occupied France as a team of resistance fighters locate a secret enemy bunker...
Next we cover LIFT (Netflix)- the latest big budget heist movie, spearheaded by Kevin Hart...
SHEROES (
Episode 256: One More Shot, Lost Phoenix, Friends Forever, The 13th Floor
Happy New Year!
For our first ep of 2024, we kick off with a bang - Scott adkins returns with ONE MORE SHOT (Signature Entertainment), directed by James Nunn and co-starring Tom Berenger and Michael Jai White!
We follow this with LOST PHOENIX, (Gunsaviour Pictures) an indie thriller in which an amnesiac crosses paths with his old comrades from a covert team looking to disrupt society...
Our
Episode 255: Silent Night, Freelance, Alice in Terrorland, Blackout, Beneath Us All, The Lost Relic, Made Men
In our final recording of 2023, Mike and Rich take a look at five recent releases...
The anticipation for John Woo's much delayed SILENT NIGHT (Sky Cinema) has been pretty high, is the film able to live up to its hype?
John Cena and Alison Brie join forces in the action comedy, FREELANCE (Amazon Prime)...
ALICE IN TERRORLAND (High Fliers) is a modern take on the classic Lewis Carrol story...
BLA
Episode 254: Inside Man, The Cost of Vengeance, Heir of the Witch, Raze of the Cyborgs, Rockaway
In this episode Mike and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to check out the trailers for each...
Emile Hirsch turns up in DTV land for the third time this year in INSIDE MAN (101 Films)
The Australian thriller THE COST OF VENGEANCE (High fliers Films) sees two men taking justice into their own hands to get revenge on a murder-rapist...
Victoria U Bell stars, writes and directs th
Episode 253: Desperation Road, Wickedly Evil, The Hatchling, Double Edge
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle two new releases - click the links to see the trailers!
First up is DESPERATION ROAD (Signature Entertainment), in which a young woman and her daughter get caught up in small town crime...
...and in WICKEDLY EVIL (101 Films), some desperate criminals pick the wrong house to hide out in!
Our Short Shot is THE HATCHLING, where some children try to keep a bab
Episode 252: Showdown at the Grand, Mercy Falls, Evie, Werewolf Santa, Muzzle, Unleashed, Hellraiser: Bloodline
In this episode Mike and Rich take a look at five new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each!
We kick off with SHOWDOWN AT THE GRAND (Signature Entertainment), in which theatre owner Terence Howard battles with property developers and gets a little help from a genuine action hero!
MERCY FALLS (101 Films) finds five friends at the mercy of a deranged killer in the Scottish highlan
Episode 251- Boudica, Bite, Red Tide Massacre, The Offering, Maniac Cop 2
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each!
First up is the latest film from Jesse V. Johnson, BOUDICA (Signature Entertainment) starring Olga Kurylenko as the titular warrior queen!
Next is BITE (Bulldog Film Distribution), a British horror in which two young con-artists get mixed up with the wrong elderly couple!
Finally in THE R
Episode 250: Dangerous Waters, The Price We Pay, 8 Found Dead, The Devil Went Down to Islington, Dead Enders, Full Eclipse
In our 250th episode Mike, Rich and Steve wax lyrical about some of the stand-outs we've covered to date, before kicking off with four main reviews. As usual, click the link to see the trailer for each of the main films:
We kick off with DANGEROUS WATERS (Signature Entertainment), in which a teen girl goes head-to-head with her mother's boyfriend on a sailing trip gone wrong!
Next is THE PRICE W
Short Shots Ep 22: Martial Arts Mayhem!
As a tribute to the Fighting Spirit Film Festival (@FSFilmFestival) Mike and Rich take a look at no less than 30 short films centering around Martial Arts. We've grouped them around some basic themes, but the first one seemed not to fit in with any of the groups (in retrospect I'd have put it with "shot in the woods").
Clicking the links below will take you to each film:
So the "anomaly" we kick
Episode 249: Fist of the Condor, No One Will Save You, The Haunting of the Queen Mary, End of Term, Washington Armour, Lollipop, Ballistic
In this episode, Mike and Rich discuss five new releases - click the links to view the trailers!
We kick off with my favourite film of the week - FIST OF THE CONDOR (Dazzler Media) is a Chilean flavoured, traditional styled martial arts film starring Marko Zaror!
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (Hulu/Disney+)finds a young woman besieged by ETs in her secluded home...
THE HAUNTING OF THE QUEEN MARY (Vertigo
Episode 248: The Retirement Plan, Fear the Night, 10/31 Part 3, The Reckoning of Darkness, Shadow Force
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to view the trailers....
We start - like we did last episode - with Nic Cage, this time in THE RETIREMENT PLAN (Signature Entertainment). We weren't convinced by Sympathy for the Devil, will this be more to our taste? Tune in to find out!
Next is Maggie Q in FEAR THE NIGHT (101 Films) , in which a bachelorette party is atta
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