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Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
This week Mike and Rich discuss a certain controversy surrounding Amazon Prime! before getting on with the main reviews, which this week are 5TH PASSENGER, starring actors from various incarnations of Star Trek, DEAD TRIGGER, based on a video game and starring Dolph Lundgren, ALL THE DEVIL'S MEN starring Mile (Son of Mel) Gibson and from the director of The Veteran, and we round off with one of NETFLIX's latest offerings, the Mads Mikkelsen starring POLAR. Our DTV throwback this week is INANIMATE, aka HARBINGER DOWN starring Lance Henriksen, and our Short short is the zombie movie, DEADZONE. Not only all that but we have a lot of trailers to look at in our Coming Soon section and we round off with the WASHING UP!
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
TRADING PAINTESCAPE FROM DEATH BLOCK 13THE WATCHDOGA VIGILANTE
CHOKEHOLDDONNYBROOK
WE DIE YOUNG
REBORN
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
It looks like Stallone is following Bruce Willis into the dark realms of DTV, and this week we cover two films in which he's given prominent billing when in fact he's taking a back seat for much of the running time. So this week, Mike and Rich take a belated look at ESCAPE PLAN 2 (available on Netflix), which also manages to rope in the likes of Dave Bautista and Titus Welliver, as well as BACKTRACE, in which a amnesiac Matthew Modine tries to remember where he hid the takings of a heist gone wrong. Not only that but we have the latest chapter in the Death Race franchise, DEATH RACE: BEYOND ANARCHY - starring a guy with a forgettable name and directed by Don Michael Paul, who has a good pedigree of delivering exciting DTV action. As a lead in to our review, Mike delivers a BEGINNERS GUIDE to the franchise to-date. We also review the Australian Alien Invasion movie OCCUPATION! Our DTV THROWBACK this week is the werewolf movie LATE PHASES, which can be found on Amazon Prime, and we also take a look at the short film, BLUEPRINT.
Have a listen, enjoy, sorry about the abrupt ending!
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON:
CROSSBREED
THE IMMORTAL WARS: RESURGENCE
THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
DEATHRACE 4: BEYOND ANARCHY
BACKTRACE
ESCAPE PLAN 2
THE DTV THROWBACK
LATE PHASES (aka NIGHT OF THE WOLF)
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Happy Belated New Year, everyone!
After the Christmas DTV drought, Mike and Rich get stuck right in with a whole bunch of recently released films - the return of the iconic Leprechaun in LEPRECHAUN RETURNS, the awesome British marial arts/horror/thriller NIGHTSHOOTERS and the fantastic post apocalyptic action movie, THE DOMESTICS (available on Netflix). Not only but also - the ultimate homage to 80's action movies, COMMANDO NINJA (available on Youtube - see the link below!). We also introduce a couple of new features, THE DTV THROWBACK in which we review Mike Mendez's THE CONVENT, and THE SHORT SHOT, where we look at EARTHY ENCOUNTERS. Check it out!
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART
COMING SOON - TRAILERS
TIME LAPSE
CLOSE
THE BRAWLER
POLTERHEIST
DAMSEL
THE REVIEWS:
LEPRECHAUN RETURNS
NIGHTSHOOTERS
COMMANDO NINJA
THE DOMESTICS
DTV THROWBACK:
THE CONVENT
THE SHORT SHOT
EARTHY ENCOUNTERS (AMAZON PRIME)
THE WASHING UP - OTHER RECENT RELEASES:
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
Merry Christmas Everyone!
For our final episode of 2018, Mike, Rich and returning guest Tom Jolliffe take a look at three Festive Horrors, MOTHER KRAMPUS, MERCY CHRISTMAS and SECRET SANTA. Will any of them be as entertaining as last year's ONCE UPON A TIME AT CHRISTMAS? Tune in to find out!
And, as is traditional for the last episode of the year, we take a look back and present our End of Year Awards, with many inventive categories such as 'Most Misleading Artwork' and 'Film with Best DTV Title'. Find out who wins on the show!
Finally, thank you for listening in this year and we hope you'll join us in January which is already looking packed with some great releases.
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
In our penultimate episode of 2018, Mike and Rich conduct another round-up of short films currently available, mostly for free (see below)! There is the creepy doll tale, THE DOLLMASTER, two shorts concerning THE MASK, taking things a lot darker and meaner than the Jim Carrey movie, a whimsical post-heist tale THE GETAWAY, the fx-laden THE 715th, a thoughtful romance/drama WINTER HILL, a fan-made version of UNCHARTED starring Nathan Fillion and a hardboiled action movie, NIGHT SHIFT.
All but one of these films are available FOR FREE, and you'll find the links below in the FOOTNOTES!
In addition there is the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon and Washing Up sections. Enjoy!!
FOOTNOTES
THE DTV CHART
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
BLOOD HUNTERS - RISE OF THE HYBRIDSDARK SOULVIXENALL THE DEVIL'S MENTHE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS
THE SHORTS:
THE DOLLMAKERWINTER HILLTHE GETAWAYTHE 716TH (NB - this is the only film which isn't free: it costs 1.99 to rent from Amazon Prime.)
RISE OF THE MASKREVENGE OF THE MASKUNCHARTEDNIGHT SHIFT
THE WASHING UP: OTHER FILMS RELEASED THIS WEEK
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
Looks like we're back on track and normal service is resuming! This week, Mike and Rich tackle two very different films: BUYBUST, a filipino take on The Raid starring Anne Curtis, and a Canadian horror movie which garnered a lot of praise at this year's Frightfest, THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW. Not only that, but Mike gives his take on the low budget thriller BETRAYED, ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION and the James Franco directed FUTURE WORLD. And as if that weren't enough there are also our usual features, the DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP sections. We hope you enjoy the episode and be sure to check out the FOOTNOTES below!
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
LEPRECHAUN RETURNSCLOWNADOPRESIDENT EVILLEGION MAXXBACKTRACETIGERTHE QUAKE
THE MAIN FEATURE REVIEWS:
BETRAYED
ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION
FUTURE WORLD
BUYBUST
THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES
Saturday Nov 17, 2018
Saturday Nov 17, 2018
Hello everybody and welcome to our "lost" episode. We originally recorded the bulk of this shortly after the Fighting Spirit Film Festival, at the end of September but due to my moving house and Rich being on holiday, it took a long time to get round to editing and publishing the episode. So long in fact that we decided to add a fourth review, for the Belgian crime movie, GANGSTA, to go along with our already-in-the-bag reviews for FINAL SCORE, VENGEANCE and ATTRITION. We also run down our favourite films from the FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL. Now for this episode we re-recorded the DTV CHART and I've decided to leave out the WASHING UP for this week - it will be back in the next episode. Hope you enjoy the show and check out the FOOTNOTES below!
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
THE SUPER
BIG KILLTHE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS
FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS
Not many of these are currently available as they are still in competition, but you can learn a bit about them here.
STEAM
TRANH AND NOWAK (FULL MOVIE)
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
VENGEANCE
FINAL SCORE
ATTRITION
GANGSTA
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Happy Halloween, everybody! We're finally back after a month's break and are bringing you a bumper crop of horrors to check out (or heed our warning and stay away) during the spooky festivities!
This week, Mike and Rich check out the horror spoof CAMP DEATH 3 in 2D, the low budget homage PARTY NIGHT, the Brit slasher DON'T BLINK and a couple of exclusives from the SHUDDER streaming service, RUIN ME and SUMMER OF '84. Not only that but we have our usual segments: The DTV Chart, Coming Soon trailers and the WASHING UP!
We hope you enjoy the show and don't forget to check out the FOOTNOTES!
FOOTNOTES:
The DTV CHART:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
MARA
AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
BETWEEN WORLDS
PARADOX
THE MAIN REVIEWS: TRAILERS
CAMP DEATH 3 - IN 2D!
PARTY NIGHT
DON'T BLINK (AKA FOX TRAP)
RUIN ME
SUMMER OF '84
WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Please excuse the background noise on this week's episode - Rich and I recorded it in the bar of our hotel, while attending this year's Fighting Spirit Film Festival (more on this in the next episode!).
Anyway, this week we take a look at two Anglo-Polish productions about events set during World War 2. First up is HURRICANE, about 303 Squadron. This is followed by the mystery drama THE LAST WITNESS. Then we change tack completely, with the latest horror movie from director Pascal Laugier, IN A GHOSTLAND. Not only that but we have the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon section and the Washing Up. Check below for links in the Footnotes!
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART
COMING SOON:
MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACYGOLDEN JOBTHE NIGHT COMES FOR USPROJECT GUTENBERGASH IS PUREST WHITESHADOWKUNG FU MONSTER
MAIN REVIEWS:
HURRICANE
THE LAST WITNESSINCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES
Sunday Sep 09, 2018
Sunday Sep 09, 2018
This week, Mike and Tom take a look at the awesome REVENGE, while Will pops by for a lengthy discussion of the new thriller BAD SAMARITAN, starring David Tennant. Not only that but we have the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon Trailers and the Washing Up. Enjoy!
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
ASURA
LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORDTHE PREYTHE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAINTHE DRAGON UNLEASHEDSPLIT LIP
INTENSIVE CAREAIR STRIKE
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
REVENGE CLIP 1 - PUSH
REVENGE CLIP 2 - SURVIVE
BAD SAMARITAN
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES