The DTV Digest

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 Pu...

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 (P...

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 S...

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...

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...

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 ba...

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 highland...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In this BUMPER episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle seven new releases - click the links to go to the film's trailer! We kick off with Joel Kinnaman and Nicolas Cage in SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (Signature Entertainment), as a man is held at gun-point by a stranger and made to drive him around Las Vegas... KING OF KILLERS (Signature Entertainment) brings government hitman Alain Moussi out of retiremen...

This week Mike, Rich and Steve check out six new films - click the links to see the trailers!   We start with the biggest film of the week, OUTPOST (Lightbulb Films), directed by Joe Lo Truglio (Boyle on Brooklyn 99) in which a woman tries to deal with a sexual assault by volunteering as a park ranger. Next is #CHADGETSTHEAXE (The Horror Collective/Entertainment Squad), in which some Youtubers inv...

In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at seven films which were shown recently as part of the 2023 Frightfest Film Festival! The films in question are: THE MOOR TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST  (Severin Films) PIPER (101 Films) THE KNOCKING (Blue Finch Film Releasing) GOOD BOY (Blue Finch Film Releasing HERE FOR BLOOD  ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE (Severin Films) MANCUNIAN MAN (Severin Films)   Our Sho...

In this episode of Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at the latest ETHERIA film nights. Etheria is a film festival which celebrates horror and sci-fi short films from women directors. The latest, Etheria Film Night 2023, is currently available on SHUDDER and we heartily recommend you check them out. the 2022 line-up isn't available in the same format, however we have tracked most of the short...

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle four new releases - as usual click the link to see the trailer!   First up is the latest Steve Lawson production, WRATH OF DRACULA (High Fliers Films) in which Mina Harker joins forces with Professor Van Helsing to destroy the count! in MOTHER MAY I (Vertigo Releasing) a young man's fiancé starts behaving like his recently deceased mother.... THAT'S A WRAP (El...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 3 new features - as usual, click the link to see the trailer!   JOHNNY Z (Reel 2 Reel Films)  is the latest in a really long line of zombie films - does it have enough quirks to make it stand out? Tune in to find out!   HUNT CLUB (101 Films) is another "most dangerous game" story with a misogynist twist!   SPIDERMAN: LOTUS is a fan-made (not for profit)...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out three new releases: ALONE AT NIGHT   (Signature Entertainment) is another film about a woman being stalked around a single location but it does have a couple of quirks going for it, especially in the casting... SUMMONING THE SPIRIT (Dark Star Pictures) - this tale of a cult trying to control a Bigfoot split out panel! See who you agree with! RAGE (Ree...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new films - Click the link to view the trailers...   Kicking off with OPERATION NAPOLEON: FROZEN CONSPIRACY (Signature Entertainment), an Icelandic thriller based on a novel... THE INHABITANT (The Movie Partnership) finds a troubled teen haunted by her ancestor, the axe-murderer Lizzie Borden... LOCK AND LOAD (High Fliers Films) is a low budget fil...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out four new releases. As usual, click the link to see the trailer for the film: THE LAIR (Acorn):  director Neil Marshall returns with a creature feature! SAKRA (Signature Films): Donnie Yen stars and co-directs this epic martial arts, wire-fu movie! ARTISTS IN AGONY ( Global Digital Releasing): An independent mockumentary about the massacre of four rekn...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out four new releases. Click the link to go to the trailer... DOOR MOUSE (The Movie Partnership) is a hard-boiled detective tale in which burlesque performer Mouse searches for a missing dancer... 97 MINUTES (101 Films) finds an undercover operative caught up in a plane hijacking... THE BIGFOOT TRAP (High Fliers Films) sees a videographer interviewing a h...

In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at ten short action films. This is the order in which  they are discussed on the episode - please check them out, give the film-makers a like and subscribe!    Film Minutes Director Year Link BAR FIGHT 5 Benjamin R. Moody 2019 bit.ly/ShortShot803 FIST OF FORTUNE 14 Ryan McCrory 2023 bit.ly/ShortShot817 HIDARI 5 Masashi Kawamura 2023 bit.ly/ShortShot810 ID...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle four new releases...   THE GATES (101 Films) is a horror set in a 19th Century prison, and stars John Rhys Davis as a paranormal investigator... CALL HER KING (BET+) is a Die Hard-style film set in a courthouse, where a gang of criminals attempt to free their leader's brother, who's just been sentenced to death... BAD GIRL BOOGEY (Dark Star Pictures) fin...

This week Mike, Rich and Steve check out five new releases - click the links to view the trailer for each...   We kick off with SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS (Blue Finch Film Releasing), the latest in a long line of 80's set summer camp slashers, but is it any good and can it succeed last year's superlative Fear Street? Take a listen to hear our verdict! For those interested click HERE to see the origin...