The DTV Digest
News and Reviews of films that didn't make it to the cinema
Episodes
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! This is our final episode of 2025 and we've managed to get not only Rich back on, alongside Mike, Steve and Amanda, but also Nathan Lunn, who had previously joined us for our 300th episode!
Unfortunately, however, the DTV market tends to dry up during the month of December so instead we have turned our attention to two highly anticipated films on Netflix - as usual, click the link to se...
In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda cover no less than 10 new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with Luc Besson's version of DRACULA (Signature Entertainment), which bears more than a likeness to Coppola's version!
Next up is QUARANTINE 19 (Trinity Content Partners), a Turkish film shot in English about the contestants of a Big Brother-style reality show finding themselves isolated du...
This week Mike, Steve, Amanda and Will tackle the latest films to be hitting home media. As usual, click the links to see trailers for each of the films!
We kick off with BRIDE HARD (Signature Entertainment) in which superspy Rebel Wilson must thwart Stephen Dorff and his mercenaries when they gate-crash her best friend's wedding!
SHARK ISLAND (High Fliers Films) finds a group of supermodels on a tropical island, surrounded by sh...
Nearly nine years in the making, we have reached our 300th episode! To mark the occasion, we invited some guests to join the regular team:
Tom Jolliffe is a screenwriter and producer, who has appeared on the show before; Nathan Lunn, who has recently completed his book on Kaiju films which will be published next year, and Will Bentley, who has also contributed in the past!
We have a lot to get through this week so take a deep breat...
In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle six new releases: as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film...
We kick off with BEAST OF WAR (Signature Entertainment) - set during WW2, it finds a bunch of army recruits at the mercy of a great white shark when their ship is sunk...
LONDON CALLING (Signature Entertainment) stars Josh Duhamel as a down-on-his-luck hitman having to take his boss's son under his win...
In this episode Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases, including two Scott Adkins movies! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film. We kick off with the WW2 set PRISONER OF WAR (Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment) in which Scott Adkins is shot down over the Philippiines, captured by the Japanese and forced to fight for the commandant's entertainment. Scott's co-star in the Debt Collector films, Loui...
This week Mike, Rich, Steve and Amanda take a look at eight new releases; as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film!
We kick off with MISSION ALARUM (aka Alarum) (Signature Entertainment), in which two enemy agents fall in love and go off-grid in Poland, only to have the CIA hunt them down...
AMERICANA (Lion's Gate UK) is the story of a group of strangers all trying to get their hands on a priceless artefact in South...
This week Mike and Rich are joined once more by Amanda, whose work over on Eastern Kicks you can find HERE! This week we tackle 8 new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each movie!
We kick off with BAD MAN (Vertigo Releasing) in which Seann William Scott plays a no nonsense cop who travels to a small town to rattle some cages and egos along the way.
LITTLE JAFFNA (Blue Finch Releasing) is about an undercover cop i...
In this episode, Mike and Rich are joined by guest presenter, Amanda! Between us we tackle five new releases - as usual, click the links to watch the trailer for each film!
We start with SOMNIUM (Lightbulb Film Distribution), in which a young woman starts working the night shift at a dream clinic...
Next is BORDERLINE (The Movie Partnership), which stars Samara Weaving as a 90's popstar being stalked by a delusional psychopath - ...
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve review 8 films which are all receiving their premier at this year's London Fright Fest! NB - we normally mention the distributor for each film, but some have yet to find a home. Nevertheless, click the link to see the trailer for each movie!
We kick off with THE HOME (Signature Entertainment), where Pete Davidson starts work as a care assistant, only to learn the place has some dark secrets!
In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle six new films - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each!
We kick off with the highest profile film of the week, RED SONJA (Signature Entertainment), in which Revenge's Matilda Lutz plays the titular hero while MJ Bassett (Solomon Kane, Strike Back) directs. Did we enjoy it? Take a listen to find out!
THE LAST RITUAL (Miracle Media) is a Nepalese police procedural, following a you...
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 8 new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film.
We kick off with TIN SOLDIER (Signature Entertainment), which finds Scott Eastwood as an ex cult member recruited by a shadow ops team to re-enter his former home, a compound run by an ex army General. (NB: this is now available to stream on Amazon Prime).
40 ACRES (Vertigo Releasing) is one of 2 contenders this wee...
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve cover 8 new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each film!
We start and end with a boxing movie, kicking off with SALVABLE (Vertical), in which boxer Toby Kebbel tries to reconnect with his daughter (good) & shady old pal Shia LaBeouf (bad!)
Up next is the western, THE UNHOLY TRINITY (Signature Entertainment) where the arrival of a young man bent on revenge stirs up a...
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle seven new releases; as usual, click the links to see the trailers for each film!
We kick off with RUST (Signature Entertainment) - a film which carries a lot of baggage due to the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, but is it any good regardless? Check out our review to get our opinion!
FINAL RECOVERY (Buffalo 8) deals with the cyclical nature of drug addiction and rehabilita...
After a short break, we are back with EIGHT main reviews! As usual, click the links to see the trailers!
First up is CONSECRATION (Vertigo Releasing), a supernatural mystery set on a rural Scottish island, directed by Christopher Smith (Black Death).
HIGH ROLLERS (101 Films) is a sequel to the John Travolta led heist movie, Cash Out!
AMONGST THE WOLVES (Vertigo Releasing) sees a homeless ex-soldier at odds with a drug dealing gang!
...In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new DTV releases - as usual, click the links to watch the trailer for each film!
We kick off with FEAR BELOW (Signature Entertainment) - a period thriller from Australia, where a team of divers have to salvage a submerged truck under the watchful eye of a bull shark!
Next is IT FEEDS (Signature Entertainment), in which a teenage girl and her psychic mother must help a young girl who ...
After a prolonged break, we're back! And, to make up for lost time, Mike Rich and Steve are covering NINE new releases as well as our usual Short Shot and DTV Throwback. Click the links on each to see the trailer and more!
We kick off with the biggest film, HAVOC - Gareth Evans' long awaited feature following his series Gangs of London. After being so long in gestation, can it live up to the anticipation?
Next is BLACK CAB (Acorn M...
In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle 7 new releases: As usual, click the links to see the trailers for each film!
We kick off with LONG GONE HEROES (Signature Entertainment) which sees Frank Grillo as a Special Forces soldier leading a small team to Venezuela to rescue his niece from crime lord Andy Garcia.
END OF THE ROPE (High Flier Films) is a dramatised account of the infamous lynching of Charles Bannon in 1931 North D...
This week Steve is off on holiday so its left to Mike and Rich to tackle five new releases - as always, click the link to see the trailer for each:
We kick off with FIGHT OR FLIGHT (Sky), starring Josh Hartnett as a former agent brought back to find a hacker, and then must protect them from wave after wave of assassins!
Next is ESCAPE FROM THE 21st CENTURY (Signature Entertainment) - a mind-melting visual experience in which three ...
This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailer for each!
We kick off with PROJECT SILENCE (Altitude Film Distribution) - A Korean disaster/action movie where commuters become stranded upon a bridge, and surrounded by genetically engineered military attack dogs!
Next is IN TENEBRAS: INTO THE DARKNESS (Miracle Media), a film which has some great locations in and around Gibralta...
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