The DTV Digest

In this episode of Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at twelve short films which are currently available on the Arrow streaming channel - which is currently offering a 14 day free trial via its website, HERE

The shorts covered in this episode are:

ARM (Katherine Markwick/Jill Worsley) A woman suffering from loneliness during Lockdown orders a device to sooth her sleep…

BAD ACID (Sam Fox) Set during the 1980s, and our protago...

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - as usual, click the link to watch the trailer!

We kick off with TIL DEATH DO US PART (Plaion Pictures), in which a runaway bride must fight for her life when besieged by her jilted fiancé and his grooms!

THE STOLEN VALLEY (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a modern western in which a Mexican/Navajo woman teams up with a female cowboy to take revenge against a corrupt landow...

This week, Mike and Rich tackle four new releases - as usual, click the links to see the trailers for each...

ROAD HOUSE (Amazon) has been a massive hit for Amazon Prime, but how does it hold up to the original and what did we make of it? Take a listen to find out!

RESTORE POINT (Plaion Pictures) is a Czech sci-fi thriller as a female detective investigates a mysterious double homicide.

SHIP OF THE DAMNED (High Fliers) is the lat...

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to check out the trailers!

We kick off with HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (Raven Banner), a film which garnered a lot of attention last year on the festival circuit. Check out the episode to find out our thoughts on it!

Next is ALL SOULS (Signature Entertainment) - the title and artwork might have you thinking this is a horror film, but is actually about a young wom...

In this episode, Mike and Rich take a look at DOGMAN (Altitude), the latest film from Luc Besson, starring Caleb-Landry Jones. Take a listen to see how we rate it and click the link to watch the trailer!

Our short shot is the horror film, ELLIOT'S CRADLE, in which a grieving mother seeks out a medium to get in contact with her dead child...click the link to watch the whole film!

Our DTV Throwback is ESCAPE, aka FLUKT, a tight actio...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases...

Starting with FRANKENSTEIN: LEGACY (101 Films) - this starts in familiar territory but heads off to be its own thing - check out what we thought of it!

THE ABYSS (Netflix) is a disaster movie set in the mining town of Kiruna, Sweden....

THE BLACK MASS (Cleopatra Entertainment) is a stylised account of Ted Bundy's killiing spree at a Sorority House....

TROPIC (Blue F...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle six of the recent releases; click the links to watch the trailers for each!

We kick off with FREAKS VS THE REICH (Dazzler) - not the best film title, but boy, what a movie! 

Next is MONOLITH (Blue Finch Film) - a story about a journalist who investigates a strange phenomenon and discovers her past is tied to it. This is one of the best "Covid" films so go check it out!

THE TROUBLES: A D...

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle five new releases - as usual, click the link to watch the trailer for each film...

We kick off with THE BRICKLAYER (Sky), the latest thriller in which a man with an innocuous profession turns out to be a bad-ass retired agent!

Hot on the heels of Warblade, which we covered in episode 257, comes FORTUNES OF WAR (101 Films), another WW2 movie about a disparate group of soldiers up against a sup...

We kick off this episode with an interview with director JAMES COUCHE, whose film Lost Phoenix we reviewed in episode 256. We've covered a lot of films which were made under COVID conditions but i believe Lost Phoenix was the first action movie made during Lockdown - and only for $10K at that! You can find examples of James' work on Youtube, HERE.

We then start on the reviews, beginning with the biblical horror film DELIVER US (A...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at four new releases - as usual clicking the links will take you to the trailers...

Kicking off with 'ON THE LINE' (Miracle Media), in which a telephone operator finds herself involved in a murder and kidnapping...

'PUNCH' (Miracle Media) is set in an off-season seaside town and deals with a young woman being hounded by a killer wearing a "Mr Punch" mask...

'THE ISLAND' (Plaion Pictu...

In this episode we cover one film going to physical media and three which are available on streaming services - click the links to see the trailers....

We kick off with WAR BLADE  (101 Films), a WW2 thriller set in Occupied France as a team of resistance fighters locate a secret enemy bunker...

Next we cover LIFT (Netflix)- the latest big budget heist movie, spearheaded by Kevin Hart...

SHEROES (Paramount+)- this film about four ...

Happy New Year!

For our first ep of 2024, we kick off with a bang - Scott adkins returns with ONE MORE SHOT (Signature Entertainment), directed by James Nunn and co-starring Tom Berenger and Michael Jai White!

We follow this with LOST PHOENIX, (Gunsaviour Pictures) an indie thriller in which an amnesiac crosses paths with his old comrades from a covert team looking to disrupt society...

Our Short Shot is FRIENDS FOREVER, wh...

In our final recording of 2023, Mike and Rich take a look at five recent releases...

The anticipation for John Woo's much delayed SILENT NIGHT (Sky Cinema) has been pretty high, is the film able to live up to its hype?

John Cena and Alison Brie join forces in the action comedy, FREELANCE (Amazon Prime)...

ALICE IN TERRORLAND (High Fliers) is a modern take on the classic Lewis Carrol story...

BLACKOUT (R4 Films LLC) is a 42min fil...

In this episode Mike and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to check out the trailers for each...

Emile Hirsch turns up in DTV land for the third time this year in INSIDE MAN (101 Films)

The Australian thriller THE COST OF VENGEANCE (High fliers Films) sees two men taking justice into their own hands to get revenge on a murder-rapist...

Victoria U Bell stars, writes and directs the horror film HEIR OF THE WITCH (Mi...

This week Mike, Rich and Steve tackle two new releases - click the links to see the trailers!

First up is DESPERATION ROAD (Signature Entertainment), in which a young woman and her daughter get caught up in small town crime...

...and in WICKEDLY EVIL (101 Films), some desperate criminals pick the wrong house to hide out in!

Our Short Shot is THE HATCHLING, where some children try to keep a baby dinosaur from falling into the wr...

In this episode Mike and Rich take a look at five new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each! We kick off with SHOWDOWN AT THE GRAND (Signature Entertainment), in which theatre owner Terence Howard battles with property developers and gets a little help from a genuine action hero!

MERCY FALLS (101 Films) finds five friends at the mercy of a deranged killer in the Scottish highlands....

EVIE  (High Flier Films) i...

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle three new releases - click the links to see the trailers for each!

First up is the latest film from Jesse V. Johnson, BOUDICA (Signature Entertainment) starring Olga Kurylenko as the titular warrior queen!

Next is BITE (Bulldog Film Distribution), a British horror in which two young con-artists get mixed up with the wrong elderly couple!

Finally in THE RED TIDE MASSACRE (High Fliers Films...

In our 250th episode Mike, Rich and Steve wax lyrical about some of the stand-outs we've covered to date, before kicking off with four main reviews. As usual, click the link to see the trailer for each of the main films:

We kick off with DANGEROUS WATERS (Signature Entertainment), in which a teen girl goes head-to-head with her mother's boyfriend on a sailing trip gone wrong!

Next is THE PRICE WE PAY (101 Films), directed by Ryuh...

As a tribute to the Fighting Spirit Film Festival (@FSFilmFestival) Mike and Rich take a look at no less than 30 short films centering around Martial Arts. We've grouped them around some basic themes, but the first one seemed not to fit in with any of the groups (in retrospect I'd have put it with "shot in the woods"). 

Clicking the links below will take you to each film:

So the "anomaly" we kick off with is: