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Saturday May 20, 2023
Episode 233: Night of the Bastard, Sayen, Otherkin, Gunmen
Saturday May 20, 2023
Saturday May 20, 2023
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out 2 new releases....
NIGHT OF THE BASTARD (High Fliers Films)is a sordid tale of a reclusive man and his pet turtle under siege by a satanic cult when he begrudgingly helps a young woman they intend to sacrifice...
SAYEN (Amazon Prime) follows a young woman who comes home to her village in Chile only to find it under attack from rich land-grabbers looking to exploit their jungle. You can find this on Amazon Prime.
Our Short Shot is OTHERKIN - a young woman finally gets to meet her birth parents but finds they and their house are kind of creepy... click the link to watch the whole film.
Our DTV Throwback is GUNMEN - Christopher Lambert and Mario Van Peebles kind of team up to search for a huge amount of loot stolen from Patrick Steward, who sends Dennis Leary on their trail...You can find a very good print of this on YouTube - click the link to watch it!
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Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Will tackle six new films. - as usual, clicking the links below will take you to the trailer for each...
Starting with A SMALL FORTUNE (101 Films) a familiar tale of greed and bad luck with a unique isolated setting...
then we look at low budget horror movie, CRAVING set in a road-house besieged by an armed gang of drug addicts....
HELL'S HALF ACRE (Terror Films) finds the crew of a youtube channel investigating an abandoned prison only to find it isn't completely empty...
SPACE WARS: QUEST FOR THE DEEPSTAR (Uncork'd Entertainment) is an indie space opera starring Michael Pare, Sarah French and Olivier Gruner...
WHAT REMAINS (High Fliers) finds Kellan Lutz as a murderer just out of prison, befriending the husband of his victim...
PILLOW PARTT MASSACRE (Breaking Glass Pictures) is a love-letter to the classic slashers of the 1980s...
Our Short Shot is HAPPY MART - click the link to watch the whole film!
Our DTV Throwback is RAZE, starring Zoe Bell, one of 50 women kidnapped and forced to fight to the death for the delights of an uber rich audience. (note - I mention Mike Fury's book, life of Action - of course, Zoe Bell appears on the cover of volume 2, not the first).
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Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
This week, Mike and Rich tackle six new releases...
LAST SENTINEL sees Kate Bosworth and three crewmates trying to discover why their relief ship was abandoned...
NIGHTMARE RADIO is a horror anthology, centred around a late-night DJ challenging her listeners to call in with spooky tales...
WIRE ROOM is the last Bruce Willis-featuring film to be made (although there are still some to be released)...
THE INTEGRITY OF JOSEPH CHAMBERS finds an insurance salesman trying to prove his manliness with an ill-advised trip into the wilderness...
THE LOCKSMITH is the second film this week to star Kate Bosworth - this time the focus is on Ryan Philippe as he tries to go straight after a prison sentence...
THE QUANTUM DEVIL is from the director of Girl Next, which divided the panel when we reviewed it last year. A small group of scientists are summoned to Eastern Europe to help finish off a quantum portal into another dimension...
Our Short Shot is the festival crowd-pleasing RINGWORMS - click the link to watch the whole short!
Our DTV Throwback is UNLUCKY STARS, a love-letter to the Hong Kong golden age of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Click the link to watch the whole film on Youtube!
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Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Episode 230 - Colonials, The Walk, Kickstart My Heart, TimeBomb
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out two new films....
First is COLONIALS (Reel 2 Reel Films), an independent sci-fi action movie which sees a recently-graduated cadet sent on a dangerous mission...to Earth!
Second is THE WALK (High Fliers Films) - set in 1974, this is a fictional take on Boston's enforced bussing policy to force its schools to become racially integrated, and some of the people that it affects.
Out Short Shot is KICKSTART MY HEART - a film we saw last year at Fighting Spirit Film Festival and are very happy to be able to share it with you here - click the link to see the whole film.
Our DTV Throwback is TIMEBOMB. Michael Beihn stars as a mild-mannered watchmaker who finds himself targeted by a shadowy organisation when he's shown in a tv news show. As this film is available on YouTube, click the link to watch the whole film!
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Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
As we had a light slate this week Mike, Rich and Steve decided to take a look at some recent films added to Netflix. As usual, clicking the links below will take you to a trailer for each film...
But we start with our only physical release of the week, RIPPER'S REVENGE (High Fliers). Director Steve Lawson is a prolific low-budget film-maker and impressed us with RIPPER UNTOLD and his other films have all been entertaining (The Mummy in particular). Will returning to spin a new tale around the Ripper murders be a success? Check out our review to find out!
Set in the lead-up to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, SEOUL VIBE (Netflix) finds a street-racing gang blackmailed by a well-meaning cop to go undercover as delivery drivers for a notorious loan shark.
KUTTEY (Netflix) is an Indian film about two corrupt cops who find themselves in hot water after being caught trying to assassinate a rival drug dealer and must come up with a more audacious heist in order to pay off the right people.
FURIES (Netflix) is a Prequel to Furie (In our review I was Adamant this was a sequel in name only, but i stand corrected!) Veronica Ngo takes over as director and proves to be a force to be reckoned with both in front and behind the camera.
Our Short Shot is LACKADAISY, an animated short about a trio of bootleggers during the prohibition set in New Orleans. Click the link to watch the whole short and please check out the other links on the page.
Our DTV Throwback is JARHEAD 3: The SIEGE (Netflix) - Universal 1440 are experts at delivering DTV Sequels to films which had originally received theatrical releases - such as Sniper, The Scorpion King and Death Race. This is directed by William Kaufman and co-stars Scott Adkins, so i need say no more!
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Episode 228: V/H/S 99, The Killer, Skin and Bone, Swelter
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
After the huge workload of the previous couple of episodes Mike, Rich and Steve take it easy with only two main films to cover. As usual, clicking the links below will take you to the trailer...
V/H/S 99 (Shudder) is the latest in the anthology series - this one centering around a single tape which has been recorded over several times resulting in a series of stories set in 1999.
THE KILLER (CineAsia UK) is director Jae-Hoon Choi's long-awaited follow-up to The Swordsman, a film highly regarded around here! Can lightning strike twice? All the signs are good, including the return of Jang Hyuk as his lead!
Our Short Shot is SKIN AND BONE, in which a drifter has a bizarre time when he takes casual work on a secluded farm... click the link to watch the whole film!
Our DTV Throwback is SWELTER - Lennie James and Jean-Claude Van Damme costar in a sweaty modern western about an amnesiac sheriff, some escaped convicts and a hidden bag of loot. This film can be found on Amazon Prime.
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Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
In this week's episode Mike, Rich and Steve take on five new releases - Click the links to view the trailers!
PROJECT WOLF HUNTING (Kaleidoscope Entertainment) is a mix of Con Air and Resident Evil, and is probably the most violent and gory action film you are likely to see!
SHADOW MASTER (Dazzler) finds nightwatchman D Y Sao take on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - look out for a very lean and mean Brian Le who steals the film!
BERMUDA ISLAND (Gravitas Pictures) finds the survivors of a plane crash being picked off by mutant Neanderthals'!
THE LONG NIGHT (High Fliers Films) sees a couple under siege by cloak-and-mask-wearing cultists!
JETHICA (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is about a woman whose stalker keeps harassing her from beyond the grave!
Our short shot is YAE: BLIND SAMURAI WOMAN, (dir. Akiko Izumitani) in which a young blind woman takes it upon herself to avenge her father's death, after he himself is killed in a revenge duel. Click the link to watch the whole 18 minute film!
Our DTV Throwback is CROCODILE (2000), directed by Tobe Hooper!
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
In this special episode we look at four recent films, all scripted by friend of the show Tom Jolliffe!We kick off with RENEGADES (101 Films), a London-set crime thriller which boasts an incredible cast!
Next is FIRENADO (Uncork'd Entertainment), a film which mixes a standard disaster movie plot with a home-invasion. Also mixing genres is MEGA LIGHTNING (ITN), which adds a serial killer to its natural disaster plotline.
We round off with WRATH OF VAN HELSING (ITN), a low budget action-horror set within a deserted bunker.
We then have a chat with Tom about making Renegades and some of his other films, and Tom talks about his recent short film, Estranged, which is still on the festival circuit and not available to share, just yet.
Our DTV Throwback, in keeping with the episode's theme is KEATON'S COP, starring Lee Majors as a cop who has to team up with a mobster in order to protect him from assassins.
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Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
In this Horror Special, Mike and Rich take a look at five horror shorts which have recently been made available online. Please click the links below to watch each fantastic film:
DON'T HIT SEND (Bryce Olejniczak) - a woman unpacking in her new home finds a horrific discovery!
WE GOT A DOG (dir. Ryan Valdez) - a woman arrives home to find her boyfriend waiting for her, with startling news...
SALLY (dir. Braden Timmons) - a babysitter discovers that the young girl she's looking after has an imaginary friend - who isn't quite so imaginary!
STILL BUZZING (dir. Gus Trapani) - a bank robber tries to hide out on an old farm but runs into Leatherface!
VERIFIED (dir. Ali Chappell)- a young social media influencer yearning for more followers gets what she wants but at a high cost.
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
In this week's episode Mike, Rich and Steve are joined by Rick Ives, writer/director/editor of SOLID ROCK TRUST, a film which we regarded very highly when we reviewed it last year (see ep 218). Rick joins us to discuss the film and his career. If you haven't had a chance to see the film yet, click HERE for info!
In the review section we kick off with Nicolas Cage in THE OLD WAY (Altitude Films), touted as his first role in a western!
Next we have Aubrey Plaza in EMILY THE CRIMINAL(Medium Rare Entertainment), in which a struggling artist slides further and further into a life of crime.
Finally we have THE HARBINGER (Signature Entertainment) which went down well at last year's film fests. Will it fare as well with us?
Rick Ives also joins us to discuss our Short Shot, DREAM WAR - a fan film, but of what? check out the link to watch the whole film!
Finally, our DTV Throwback is YOU MIGHT BE THE KILLER - a horror comedy in which camp counselor Fran Kranz is terrorised by a masked maniac - or, is he??? This is currently available on Shudder: check out our review to find out if its worth catching!
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