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Mike Parkin

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Episode 279: Gunner, Voice of Shadows, Devil's...

The DTV Digest ·

2024/12/11

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 Hemsorth 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 as long as she abides by a strange set of rules... DEVIL'S KNIGHT (Mahal Empire) is from producer Sonny

01:02:53

Episode 278: The Silent Hour, #AMFAD - All My Friends...

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2024/11/28

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 returning serial killer.... WINNER (Signature Entertainment) is based on the real-life experiences of

01:07:14

Episode 277: Slingshot, Dark Feathers, The Stoic, The...

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2024/11/12

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 investigates an enigmatic dancer after several of her dance partners mysteriously die... THE STOIC (High

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Episode 276: Classified, Goldilocks and the Three...

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2024/10/30

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 of friends arrive at the wrong location for their annual reunion and soon come to regret it! in THE

01:17:03

Episode 275: Azrael: Angel of Death, Blood Star,...

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2024/10/21

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! SUBSERVIENCE (Vertigo Releasing) sees Megan Fox as an artificial humanoid purchased by a family to look

41:05

Episode 274: The Convert, Take Cover, Prom Car '91,...

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2024/10/10

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 himself trapped in a penthouse suite with a sniper trying to get him in his sights! Our shot shot is

01:12:46

Episode 273: Duchess, Thine Ears Shall Bleed, Cash...

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2024/08/16

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 band, as I'd initially surmised, but a period-set horror involving a pastor and his family stuck in the

01:24:27

Episode 272: Poolman, Deadland, The Last Breath,...

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2024/07/13

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 officer dealing with a mysterious dead body and the sudden appearance of his estranged father. THE LAST

59:43

Episode 271: Chief of Station, The Prank, Birthday...

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2024/06/29

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 Entertainment) is a dark comedy in which two highschoolers spread a rumour that their science teacher

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Episode 270: Among the Willows, Sorry, Charlie, You...

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2024/05/29

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? Check out our review! YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER (Signature Entertainment) finds the always excellent J K

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Episode 269: Silence of the Prey, The Last Kumite,...

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2024/05/21

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 also a familiar tale... Our Short Shot is MR AND MRS SMITH: LOVE AND WAR - this is made by Big Films,

01:06:44

Episode 268: Founders Day, Hellhound, Witch, Hope and...

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2024/05/10

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 this be one of his better outings of late? WITCH (101 Films) is a low budget horror film with awesome

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Episode 267: Jericho Ridge, The Bad Shepherd, Prey!,...

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2024/04/26

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 other when they come across a bag full of cash... PREY! (Signature Entertainment) finds Ryan Phillippe

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Short Shots Episode 23 - Arrow Showcase!

The DTV Digest ·

2024/04/24

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, HEREThe 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 during the 1980s, and our protagonist awakens to conduct her morning aerobics exercise - only to fall

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Episode 266: Til Death Do Us Part, The Stolen Valley,...

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2024/04/19

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 take revenge against a corrupt landowner... ON FIRE (Signature Entertainment) is a disaster movie

01:17:56

Episode 265: Road House, Restore Point, Ship of the...

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2024/04/03

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 THE DAMNED (High Fliers) is the latest Steve Lawson film, and in a break from his usual literary

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Episode 264: Hundreds of Beavers, All Souls, Lovely...

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2024/03/25

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, but is actually about a young woman coerced by the police to become an informant. Finally there is

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Episode 263: Dogman, Elliot's Cradle, Escape

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2024/03/12

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 is ESCAPE, aka FLUKT, a tight action movie starring Ingrid Bolso Berdal. Follow the Short Shots on X

01:26:01

Episode 262: Frankenstein: Legacy, The Abyss, The...

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2024/03/08

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 a Sorority House.... TROPIC (Blue Finch Film Releasing) involves twins training and competing for a slot

01:23:55

Episode 261: Freaks Vs The Reich, Monolith, The...

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2024/03/06

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 go check it out! THE TROUBLES: A DUBLIN STORY (High Fliers) seeks to intertwine a crime narrative with

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