Episode 070 - Genesis: Fall of the Crime Empire, Genesis, Out of the Shadows

This week Rich and Mike tackle two different films called GENESIS(albeit one of the full titles is Genesis: Fall of the Crime Empire) - two films with sci-fi themes but very different from each other! Not only that but Mike and Will take a look at a new Australian horror movie, OUT OF THE SHADOWS. On top of that there is a huge stack of trailers to take a look at (see footnotes below) in the COMING SOON section, as well as the usual DTV CHART and WASHING UP!
 
FOOTNOTES:
 
THE DTV CHART
 
COMING SOON: THE TRAILERS
IN SEARCH OF THE LAST ACTION HEROES47 METERS DOWN: THE NEXT CHAPTERSCORPION KING: BOOK OF SOULS THE PUNISHEDTHE DAWNSEEKERREDCON-1FOXTROT SIXMAXIMUM IMPACTT-34IRON SKY: THE COMING RACEDANGER ONEKILLER KATE
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS
GENESIS: FALL OF THE CRIME EMPIRE
GENESIS
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES
 

Episode 069 - The Debt Collector Featuring interview with Jesse Johnson

Welcome to our special DEBT COLLECTOR episode! This week, Mike and Will take a long look at the latest collaboration between Jesse Johnson and Scott Adkins, a film whose tone really surprised Will and features a good handful of well-known actors (and one particular star on the rise). This episode also features an exclusive interview with Jesse Johnson - apologies for my questions being rather badly recorded (Jesse's answers are much clearer as he was wearing a mic!)
THE DEBT COLLECTOR was due for a release on DVD but got pullled from release schedules rather late in the day, so we've delayed the release of this episode until we knew more, as we wanted to coincide with the release. Then yesterday we discovered that the film had forgone the usual DVD release and gone straight to streaming media! As a result, I've re-recorded the DTV Chart to make it more relevant but the other sections are as Will and Mike recorded them.
 
Here's a link to Amazon's rental page
 
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON TRAILERS:
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Beirut (aka The Negotiator)
Detective Dee and the Four Heavenly Kings
Five Fingers for Marseilles
 
THE MAIN REVIEW:
THE DEBT COLLECTOR
 
 
 

Episode 068 - Nicolas Cage Special - Humanity Bureau, 211, Mom and Dad

Please excuse my voice this week folks - I lost my voice a few days before and was still pretty rough during the recording! I've managed to edit out most of the coughing but there's still some in there so please bear with me!
 
Anyhoo, this week we take a good hard look at Nicolas Cage, as he has had three movies out recently and we've rounded them up to take a gander. First up is THE HUMANITY BUREAU, a curious sci-fi action film with some nice anti-Trump nuggets here and there. Second we have the "based on a true story" movie 211, in with about-to-retire cop Nic Cage finds himself stumbling onto a quartet of very violent bank robbers. Finally we have MOM AND DAD, in which Cage co-stars with Selma Blair as a parents who find themselves overcome with the need to murder their children. Can this film help me overcome my aversion to anything directed by Brian Taylor (Crank/Gamer)? Tune in to find out.
In addition we also have the usual sections - the DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP.
 
THE FOOTNOTES:
DTV CHART
 
COMING SOON - TRAILERS
OVERLORDOUTLAWEDVENGEANCE (aka I AM VENGEANCE)MARIATHE DIVISIONFULL LOVEMANHUNTMAKING A KILLING
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
THE HUMANITY BUREAU
211
MOM AND DAD
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES
 
 

Episode 067 - Short Film Special #3

With World Cup Fever raging on and about to come to a peak on Sunday night - our usual recording slot, Mike and Rich take advantage of the turmoil and take another look at the world of short films. This week we have a total of 12 shorts, coming to a total running time of approx 3hrs 51min between them. In this selection you will find PARTITIONED HEART and TO BE ALONE - two films which deal with a person going through the grieving process, 18, a film which harks back to the harrowinig Public Information adverts from the 70's and 80's, ROSE TIGER, in which a young girl wants to be like Bruce Lee, SWEET WATER and FTL, two fx-heavy sci-fi movies, HELLMEN OF AGENCY 9, a strange mix of sci-fi and political thriller, the thrilling animated TANK, and the first instalment of CASH: THE SERIES. Our final two films are the fan-film THE BROKEN GEAR (based on the FINAL FIGHT video game) and the wonderful BLINDSIDED: THE GAME. On top of all of this there is the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon and Washing Up sections!
 
FOOTNOTES:
 
THE DTV CHART:
COMING SOON:
THE IMMORTALON THE ROPESTHE BRAVEBLACKMARKRESCUE UNDER FIRETHE DOMESTICSARTIKSNAKE OUTTA COMPTONBLACK SITE
THE SHORT FILM REVIEWS:
PARTITIONED HEARTTO BE ALONE18ROSE TIGERSWEET WATERFTLTANKBALLISTICCASH - THE SERIES (CHAPTER 1 - STRICTLY BUSINESS)THE BROKEN GEARBLINDSIDED: THE GAME
 
THE WASHING UP - OTHER RECENT DTV RELEASES
 

Episode 066 - Pool Party Massacre, Xtro, Flight From Hell, Mohawk

In the midst of the World Cup, we've got an eclectic mix of films, from the sublime to the ridiculous! This week, Mike and Dave take a look at Pool Party Massacre, a homage to the classic slashers of yesteryear. This is followed up with the real deal - XTRO, an 80's cult classic which has been given a rather stellar blu ray special edition. Next up is FLIGHT FROM HELL, the previous instalment to Lost in the Pacific which we reviewed a while back! And finally, there's MOHAWK, the second feature by TED GEOGHEGEN (apologies Ted for mispronouncing your name at the beginning of the episode!). All this, plus the usual DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP sections!
 
FOOTNOTES:
The DTV CHART
 
 COMING SOON:
MUMBAI SIEGE - 4 DAYS OF TERROR (originally ONE LESS GOD)THE LAST WARRIOR BUY BUSTFINAL SCOREREPRISALSILENCERAURA MANDY
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
POOL PARTY MASSACRE
XTRO
FLIGHT FROM HELL
MOHAWK
 
THE WASHING UP
 
 
 

Episode 065 - Forgotten Soldiers, Brothers In Arms, Sequence Break, Black Butterfly

In this week's episode, Mike and Rich finally get to discuss two films they've been eyeing for some time - the Turkish war movies, FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS and BROTHERS IN ARMS.Find out what they thought about the movies as well as the way they've been marketed in the UK. Then, Mike and Dave take a peek at the retro-tastic SEQUENCE BREAK, which is currently being shown on Shudder but will also be available on DVD, and BLACK BUTTERFLY, a thriller starring Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyer. Not only that but there are the usual WASHING UP, COMING SOON and DTV CHART....
 
FOOTNOTES:
DTV CHART:
 
COMING SOON:
NIGHTSHOOTERSENTER THE FIRESIBERIA5TH PASSENGEROCCUPATION
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS
BROTHERS IN ARMS
SEQUENCE BREAK
BLACK BUTTERFLY
 
THE WASHING UP
 
 
 
 

Episode 064 - Tribal Warfare, Incarnation, Black Water, The Jurassic Games

We're finally getting on top of our audio issues and present our strongest episode so far on Podbean! This week, Mike and Dave check out the mash-up between Seagal and Mike Tyson, in TRIBAL WARFARE (aka Chinese Salesman), the Serbian oddity INCARNATION, Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren teaming up in BLACK WATER and rounding off with ThE JURASSIC GAMES! Not only but also, we have the usual DTV Chart, the Coming Soon section and the Washing Up!
 
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON: 
The Blizzard
Peppermint
LEGO DC Super Villains
Damascus Cover
 
MAIN REVIEWS:
Tribal Warfare
Incarnation
Black Water
The Jurassic Games
 
The Washing Up: Other films recently released
 
 
 
 

Episode 063 - SHUDDER Special - Another Evil, Downrange, Cold Hell

This week, Mike and Dave take advantage of SHUDDER's 7 day free trial period to see what's worth checkiing out. Will they be swayed to keep subscribing, or will they ditch it as soon as the week is up? To help them decide they take a look at three of the service's exlusive films, ANOTHER EVIL, DOWNRANGE and COLD HELL. On top of those, Mike gives a rundown of five other films in the SHUDDER library that he recommends checkiing out. Plus, there are the usual segments - the DTV Chart, Coming Soon and the Washing Up...
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS:
THE BOMBING
IRON SKY 3
THE HITMAN AGENCY
ESCAPE PLAN 2: HADES
LUKAS
 
MIKE'S OBSCURE SHUDDER RECOMMENDATIONS:
SOMEONE'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
THE REVENANT
JUAN OF THE DEAD
DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK
JUGFACE
 
SHUDDER EXCLUSIVES REVIEWS
ANOTHER EVIL
DOWNRANGE
COLD HELL
 
 THE WASHING UP - OTHER RECENT RELEASES:
 
 

Episode 062 Pt 1 - Accident Man, Jailbreak, Cold Skin

We hit some problems when recording this week. Originally we'd planned to record two whole episodes but nearly an hour into the session we discovered that Mike's part of the conversation wasn't recording, for some reason! Luckily we were able sort out a work-around and carry on, and the result is a tonne of reviews that we've split over two parts. In this first instalment there is the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon section and three main reviews: ACCIDENT MAN, JAILBREAK and COLD SKIN. 
 
FOOTNOTES for this episode:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
Special Mission
Karmooz Wars
Amber
Hotel Artemis
The Quake
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
Accident Man
Jailbreak
Cold Skin
 
 
 
 

Episode 061 - Female Fight Club, 11 Blocks, Once Upon A Time in Venice

Welcome to the first episode of The DTV Digest to be hosted by Podbean! You can find all our previous episodes on thesmokinglamb.com page on Soundcloud. We have decided to split away from our big brother and strike out on our own!
This is a fortnightly podcast which aims to bring you news and reviews of films which didn't make it to the cinema and instead went straight to DVD, Blu Ray or streaming media (DTV is an archaic acronym meaning Direct to Video, but is still apt for our purposes!).
 
This week, host Mike is joined by Richard Hawes and Tom Joliffe, and between them they look at Female Fight Club, 11 Blocks and Once Upon a Time in Venice - among lots of other DTV goodness! 
 
So if you haven't already, check us out and leave a comment!