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Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Episode 099 - In Search of the Last Action Heroes - Mom Fight - Soldier
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
This episode sees Mike and Rich tackle a documentary about the action genre - IN SEARCH OF THE LAST ACTION HEROES, a very good chronicle about how it developed during the 80's and the VHS era.
Next up is the Short Shot, MOMFIGHT, in which two mothers fight over the last remaining action figure in the toy store.
Finally we take a look at Kurt Russell in the awesome SOLDIER, at the time the most expensive movie to wind up Direct To Video!
Tune in to hear what we think about all of this!
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Episode 097 - Giant Killer Ants - What Did Jack Do? - Demon Wind
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
This week we welcome back Will Bentley, sitting in for Rich, as we cover the heavy metal creature feature, GIANT KILLER ANTS - don't let the unimaginative title put you off, listen to our review! We also cover David Lynch's WHAT DID JACK DO? in our Short Shot and wind up with the obscure DTV Throwback that is DEMON WIND. Hope you enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Episode 096 - Sword of God, The Gunslinger, Kill Ratio
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
In this week's episode, Mike and Rich take a look at the art-house medieval thriller, SWORD OF GOD, a Polish film about two knights intent on converting an island of savages to Christianity - albeit by very different means. Our Short Shot is THE GUNSLINGER, western pastiche about a young woman entering a town to show off her quick-draw! And our DTV Throwback is KILL RATIO, directed by Paul Tanter, who also made the awful (imho) Downing Street Seige and the brilliant Once Upon a Time at Christmas. Which camp will Kill Ratio fall into? Take a listen and find out!
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
This week, Mike and Rich tackle a couple of sci-fi movies. First up is INVASION PLANET EARTH, which takes the Independence Day premise and it delivers a very British take on the genre and on a much smaller budget! Then we have KILL MODE, from the Netherlands, who it turns out are not lacking in a bit of spectacle.
Our short shot this week is BOOMS and BLADES by Godefroy Ryckewaert - if you like what you see, be sure to check out his many other shorts.
Finally in our DTV THROWBACK section we take a look at CRACKERJACK, starring Thomas Ian Griffith and Christopher Plummer. Although I'd enjoyed some of Griffith's other films, I'd never seen this one - take a listen to hear what I thought of this "Die Hard in a Ski Resort"!
Enjoy the show!
PS - Kill Mode, it turns out, is a prequel to an earlier film called MOLLY (2017)- if this ever becomes available in the UK we'd love to check it out!
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Episode 093 - End of Year Review - 2019
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Happy New Year, everyone! In this episode, Rich and I take a look back at the year in DTV. We look at what the industry as a whole has achieved, a look back at what we have achieved and what we wish we had the time and energy to cover.
As we did last year, we run through a few awards - I wonder which film would feature there??
Originally I was going to link to some of the award winners but instead we will cover those on twitter, so make sure you add @TheDTVDigest to your twitter feed...
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Episode 092 - Rise of the Footsoldier 4 - Ticks - Blade of Honor
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
JCYvEqu3jWdpZtR4GwQJ Its Cockney Gangster time, boys, as ESSEX BOY Pat Tate (Craig Fairbrass) wreaks havoc in Southend and Marbella in RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER 4: MARBELLA. Im on record for having really enjoyed the previous prequel - will I like this one? Will Rich? Have a listen and find out!
Our SHORT SHOT this week is BLADE OF HONOR, a space opera much in the vein of Battlestar Galactica and features a couple of well-known genre actors. It's available on Amazon Prime so take a look if you are a subscriber.
Finally this week, our DTV THROWBACK is TICKS - finally, Rich has chosen a film I've seen, back in the day. This is also available on Amazon Prime if you want to check it out.
Take a listen, let us know what you think of this week's picks!
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Episode 091 - The Brave, MMA - Love Never Dies
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
This week Rich and i tackle a film I'd been looking forward to seeing for a while, THE BRAVE, starring Louis Mandylor and directed by William Kaufman. Will it live up to expectations? Tune in to find out! Not only that but we check out the Italian MMA thriller, MMA-LOVE NEVER DIES.
Also in this week's show our Short Short is the very well directed and edited (and possibly prescient!) THE BOUNTY.
For our DTV THROWBACK section, Rich managed to surprise me yet again by digging up not one, but two Corey Haim movies - DEMOLITION HIGH and DEMOLITION U. I'd never even heard of these, let alone seen them! Catch my reaction on the show!
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Episode 090 - Egyptian Special - No Surrender, Detention Letter, The Cell
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
WE'RE FINALLY BACK!!
We recorded this episode at the end of September but due to me not having much spare time over the past couple of months, its taken an age to get a new episode out. In the meantime, Rich and I have decided to streamline the show and use our social media platforms to carry some of the weight going forward, so check out our facebook group The DTV Digest and our twitter account, @TheDTVDigest to keep up with the chart, trailers and new releases.
In this week's show, we are looking at three EGYPTIAN films, an idea sparked by the recent release of NO SURRENDER which has an extended cameo from an actor we all know and love. From there we were able to track down DETENTION LETTER and THE CELL, both of which are available on NETFLIX.
In our DTV Throwback this week, we take a look at a very unlikely Die Hard in a Shopping Mall movie POINT BLANK, and our Short Shot section completes our rundown of the Fighting Spirit Film Festival's short programme.
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
This episode was recorded during the Fighting Spirit Film Festival held in London, the fourth such event and one that we are proud to support. In this episode, we discuss Day One of the Festival's main event, the Short Film programme, which this year saw a phenomenal amount of submissions from all over the world.
In addition we review THE MERCENARY, a new film from director Jesse V Johnson - a name that should be very familiar to all of you, starring long time collaborator Dominique Vandenberg. For our DTV throwback we look at Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao in the classic DRAGONS FOREVER, shortly to be re-released in a new print by 88FILMS.
Not only all that but we have a bumper crop of trailers in our COMING SOON section and a smattering of new releases in the WASHING UP...
FOOTNOTES:
Coming Soon: Trailers...
10 Minutes Gone
Anatomy of an Antihero
Cabal
Mutant Blast
Semper Fi
Shanghai Fortress (now on Netflix!)
The Chinese Pilot
The Drone
The Rescue
The Wheel
Transit 17
Wira
FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL: SHORTS PROGRAM DAY 1
most of the shorts are still in various competitions so are not available to share at the moment - the exception being the rather good....
THE KID
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
Episode 088 - Malaysian Special (Kampung Drift, J-Revolusi, PASKAL)
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
This week Mike and Rich check out all things Malaysian for their feature selection. Starting with the batty KAMPUNG DRIFT, then the big action movie J-REVOLUSI (which will definitely remind you of another, recent blockbuster), and the kind-of-based-on-true-events PASKAL. Also we check out ZERO in our Short Shot, and EVOLVER in our DTV Throwback section. All that, plus the WASHING UP, COMING SOON and DTV CHART...
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON:
THE IRISHMAN
THE MYSTERY OF DRAGON SEAL JOURNEY TO CHINA
LUCKY DAY
HOAX
THE FANATIC
A SCORE TO SETTLE
RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL
THE FEATURE REVIEWS:
KAMPUNG DRIFT (2016)
J REVOLUSI (2017)
PASKAL (2018)
THE SHORT SHOT
ZERO
DTV THROWBACK
EVOLVER