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The DTV Digest

Mike Parkin

News and Reviews of films that didn"t make it to the cinema

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Episode 299: Beast of War, London Calling, Delivery...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/10/24

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 to take his boss's son under his wing... DELIVERY RUN (Plaion Pictures) is a Duel-like tale of a food

81:02

Episode 298: Prisoner of War, A Breed Apart, Bone...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/10/15

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 in the Debt Collector films, Louis Mandylor, directs! A BREED APART (Signature Entertainment) sees a

88:49

Episode 297: Mission Alarum, Americana, In Vitro,...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/09/25

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 hands on a priceless artefact in South Dakota... IN VITRO (Plaion Pictures) finds husband and wife farmers

77:58

Episode 296: Bad Man, Little Jaffna, Don Q, Purgatory...

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2025/09/08

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 Releasing) is about an undercover cop investigating Sri Lankan gangs using organised crime to fund the Tamil

69:00

Episode 295 - Somnium, Borderline, Derelict, All the...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/09/01

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 stalked by a delusional psychopath - funnier than it sounds! DERELICT is an art-house take on a revenge

01:22:06

Episode 294 - Fright Fest Special! The Home, Your...

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2025/08/29

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 the place has some dark secrets! Next is YOUR HOST, a SAW-like film in which Jackie Earl Haley plays a

43:28

Episode 293: Red Sonja, The Last Ritual, Inside,...

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2025/08/21

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 police procedural, following a young female detective battling misogyny and a tragic past while trying

01:20:53

Episode 292: Tin Soldier, 40 Acres, Saint Clare,...

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2025/08/05

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 Releasing) is one of 2 contenders this week for a top 10 spot - a post apocalyptic tale of a family defending

01:43:06

Episode 291: Salvable, The Unholy Trinity, Night...

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2025/07/18

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 young man bent on revenge stirs up a whole town's worth of trouble! NIGHT TERROR (aka Eye for an Eye)

01:11:14

Episode 290: Rust, Final Recovery, 24 Hours to D-Day,...

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2025/06/20

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 nature of drug addiction and rehabilitation; when a habitual addict tries to finally break free of his

01:32:36

Episode 289: Consecration, High Rollers, Amongst The...

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2025/06/12

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-soldier at odds with a drug dealing gang! ITS NAME WAS MORMO (High Fliers) is a found footage film set in

01:28:32

Episode 288: Fear Below, It Feeds, The North Witch,...

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2025/05/25

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 mother must help a young girl who is being drained by a demon! THE NORTH WITCH (High Fliers Films)

01:28:32

Episode 287: Havoc, Black Cab, Ape x Mecha Ape New...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/05/03

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 anticipation? Next is BLACK CAB (Acorn Media International), in which Nick Frost terrorises a young couple

01:32:10

Episode 286: Long Gone Heroes, End of the Rope, Like...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/03/27

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 lynching of Charles Bannon in 1931 North Dakota... LIKE TEARS IN RAIN (Viaplay) is a documentary about actor

01:07:36

Episode 285: Fight Or Flight, Escape From the 21st...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/03/10

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-melting visual experience in which three teen friends find they can jump forward into their adult bodies, 20

01:15:54

Episode 284: Project Silence, In Tenebras: Into the...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/02/26

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 great locations in and around Gibraltar, and generated A LOT of discussion between us! Take a listen to

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Episode 283: The Baby In The Basket, Scarlet Winter,...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/02/13

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 psychological thriller with a couple of neat touches... Finally, I take a solo look at the re-imagining

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Episode 282: The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Gold...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/02/03

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 the true events around Norway's mission to smuggle its entire gold reserve out of the country when Germany

01:39:56

Episode 281: Into The Deep, Sunray: Fallen Soldier,...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/01/26

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 together to go hunt the drug gang responsible for the death of this daughter. You may not have heard of this

01:02:16

Episode 280: Werewolves, Beezel, Detained, An...

The DTV Digest ·

2025/01/08

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 of a suburban home... DETAINED (Plaion Pictures) finds Abbie Cornish waking up in a police station -

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