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Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
This week, Mike Rich and Steve kick off with two films available for free on Youtube.
First up is CYBORG: DEADLY MACHINE which drops references to all your favourite films of the 80's! Click the link to watch the whole movie!
Next is VOORHEES, a fan-made, not-for-profit feature based on the character from the Friday 13th film series. Click the link to watch the whole feature!
We follow this with a holiday in Thaliand with Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth in DEATH OF ME - what could possibly go wrong??
Our Short Shot is HAMMER DOWN - click the link to watch the whole film, in which a truck driver and his young daughter bicker as they haul a mysterious cargo.
Finally, in our DTV Throwback, we travel across Texas in EXIT SPEED and witness a bus full of passengers get menaced by a nomadic biker gang!
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Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
In this Sci-Fi themed episode, Mike and Rich take a look at DUNE DRIFTER - surprisingly NOT a Dune rip-off but a space pilot stranded on a desolate planet movie.
We follow that with CHRONICLE: 2067, a cautionary time travel tale from Australia starring Cody Smit McPhee and Ryan Kwanten.
Our Short Shot is EXILE - a story type we've seen numerous times before but not as well-executed and this! Click the link to watch the whole film!
Finally, in our DTV Throwback we take a look at Bridget Nielsen in TERMINAL FORCE, a film which also features Craig Fairbass! As with most of our DTV throwbacks this is currently available on Amazon Prime.
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Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at the latest movie to be titled VENGEANCE (previously known as Acceptance) and the long-awaited TRANSIT 17, co-starring Silvio Simac and Zara Phythian.
Our Short Shot is THE AUTOMATON, a steampunk short set in the Old West. Click the link to watch the whole film (22min approx).
Finally in our DTV Throwback section I get the chance to catch up with REPLICANT, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme in two different roles and doing a damn fine job of it too.
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Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
This week, Mike Rich and Steve take a look at the new Mark Dacascos movie THE DRIVER, set in a zombie apocalypse. Next is the true life story of three women working as British spies in Nazi occupied France during World War 2, A CALL TO SPY Then we hop over to Montreal for another true life saga involving the Mafia, in MAFIA INC.
Our Short Shot this week is COMPANION SHOP and the DTV Throwback is TRUE CRIME, available to stream on Amazon Prime...
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at the latest Scott Adkins thriller, LEGACY OF LIES, which proves to be quite different from some of his other recent films.
After this its off to New Zealand for the stoner comedy ALIEN ADDICTION - there's something about Kiwi humour which really hits my funny bone: check out our review to find out if this follows the trend!
Finally, we have words with VAMPIRES OF NEW ORLEANS, (also known as Gothic Harvest) chiefly about the scarcity of vamps in the damn film!
Out Short Shot is the fast paced laughathon, THE SPEED OF TIME - click the link to watch this hilarious short and check out our review!
Finally, our DTV Throwback is THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT 2, which swaps out Michael Pare with Brad Johnson. Neither Rich nor I have seen the original film, will that make any difference?? (available on Amazon Prime).
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
In this episode, Mike and Rich look at THE SHED, in which a troubled teen discovers a vampire living in the titular building!
Our Short Shot is DARKER COLORS, and we highly recommend you click the link and check it out!
Finally we discuss a firm favourite, RETROACTIVE in our DTV Throwback - if you've never seen it , you really should!!
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
In this episode, Mike, Rich and Steve kick off with the Russian, period sci-fi thriller SPUTNIK, which definitely evokes the old Quatermass films! Then it's off to Poland for some Fast n Furious style street racing, with RACE FAST - check out our review to find out if it's worth a look!
In HUNTER'S MOON, Thomas Jane must sort out a home invasion before things get nasty and we find out that MESSAGE MAN has a very particular set of skills.
Our Short Shot this week is GAMBIT - PLAY FOR KEEPS, a fan made non-profit film featuring a certain Marvel character and a certain well-known actor. Click the link to watch the whole short film!
We must give a shout-out to @mattybudrewicz for giving us the heads up about our DTV Throwback, THE ASSAULT, which is an action packed siege movie from Jim Wynorski, the director of a previous Throwback, Storm Trooper. Unfortunately I couldn't find a trailer for this one, but the film itself is available on Amazon Prime.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
*Audio is fixed!
This week Mike, Rich and Steve look at three new releases. First up is the Norwegian action thriller steeped in Norse mythology, MORTAL, directed by Troll Hunter's André Øvredal. Following this we have the indie time travel/body horror movie, SHIFTER, and our third feature is 2099: THE SOLDIER PROTOCOL which surprisingly co-stars David Arquette!
Our Short Shot this week is HERO, and we finish up with another DTV Throwback obscurity, SOUL SEARCHER!
As usual, if you click the links they will take you to the trailer, or in the case of the Short Shot the film itself. Soul Searcher's director, Neil Oseman, has placed a legit copy of Soul Searcher online and clicking the link above will take you to it. 2099 The Solder Protocol is available on Amazon Prime.
Check it out and let us know what you think!
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Editor's note - like the previous episode this week the audio quality is a bit inconsistent, but it should improve very soon!
This week, Mike and Rich are rejoined by Steve Lockeridge and Will Bentley to discuss two main features: first up is the independent sci-fi thriller, ALIEN OUTBREAK which contains some stunning alien creations. This is followed by AMERICAN FIGHTER, which may defy your assumptions based on that title!
Our Short Shot is TRACE, a martial arts clip set in a distopian future where Artificial Intelligence is being put to some interesting uses.
Finally our DTV Throwback this week is SILENT TRIGGER, starring Dolph Lundgren. As a big fan of the series Leverage, I was pleasantly surprised to see who his costar was! This is available on Amazon Prime so check it out if you like what we say about it.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
For this episode, Mike and Rich are joined by Tom Jolliffe and Will Bentley as they check out two recent acquisitions by Netflix, the Spanish horror/sci fi move THE PLATFORM and CODE 8, starring Robbie and Steven Amell. Code 8 is a feature length adaptation of a short which also starred Robbie Amell, which you can see HERE. Out Short Shot this week is INTERFACE, from director Ben Ramsay (Blood and Bone). Normally at this point we would link to the short itself, but as it's a pay-per-view, we've linked to the trailer and suggest you listen to what we have to say about it before renting it.
Finally we take a look at DEADLY INSTINCTS, aka Breeders, where an alien is on the loose in tunnels beneath a Boston university (available on Amazon Prime).
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