The DTV Digest

Mike Parkin

News and Reviews of films that didn't make it to the cinema

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Episode 312: Content, Rise of the Conqueror, Runaway Revenge, Surrender, The Vord, Obey, Hell Comes to Frogtown

    In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle five new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with CONTENT (GrimmVision), a story presented entirely via laptop and smartphone screens, and concerns a film director who blackmails his would-be actors. Next is RISE OF THE CONQUEROR (Signature Entertainment) - a glorious historical epic set 100 years after the demise of Genghis Khan. RUNAWAY REVENGE (4DigitalMedia) is a thriller set in Buenos Aires, where a young woman acting as a drug mule must evade corrupt cops and deal with what is sitting in her stomach. Josh Duhamel stars as an about to retire cop in SURRENDER (Signature Entertainment), until a stranger surrenders and confesses to three murders... THE VORD (Miracle Media) is about a woman at the centre or a metaphysical battler for the soul of her daughter. Out Short Shot is OBEY, about a woman mourning the loss of her talented dog - but should be careful what she wishes for! Click the link to see the whole short film! Our DTV Throwback is HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, starring Roddy Piper as Sam Hell, one of the last virile men in a post-apocalypse wasteland. We watched this on Amazon Prime, but you can also find it on other streaming services such as Tubi... (NB: I said that this hailed from New Line Pictures - of course, Roger Corman's film studio was NEW WORLD PICTURES!) Follow the Short Shots  on X where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    45 min

  2. 24 APR

    Episode 311: Adopted, Itch!, Only Fangs, Scarborn, Touch Me, Last Stand on Hoth, The Marksman

    In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out five new releases - click the links to see trailers for each film! We kick off with ADOPTED (High Fliers), about a young couple unwittingly adopting a murderous child! Next is ITCH! (Seven Tales), in which the occupants of a hardware store barricade themselves against a horrific infectious disease! ONLY FANGS (FilmHub) sees a wannabe monster hunter hooking up with a gang of vampire chicks! SCARBORN (ViaPlay) is a Polish historical drama showing events leading to war with Russia. TOUCH ME (Lightbulb Film Distribution) finds a codependent couple of friends seduced by a shape shifting alien. Our Short shot is LAST STAND ON HOTH, a Star Wars fan film which utilises AI to convey the story visuals - click the link to see the whole short film! Our DTV Throwback is THE MARKSMAN, starring Wesley Snipes, sent to Chechnya to stop rebels from bringing a nuclear reactor back online. This is currently available on Netflix, and presumably other streaming platforms.  Follow the Short Shots  on X where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    44 min

  3. 10 APR

    Episode 310: Bone Keeper, Drive Back, Ghost Killer, Past Life, Surrender to It, Scream Therapy, The Cure, The Lost Fortune of Oliver Brody, Hollow Man 2

    In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda tackle seven new releases - as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film! We start off with BONE KEEPER (Plaion Pictures), a familiar tale but with an exceptional monster! DRIVE BACK (High Fliers) finds an engaged couple stuck on a seemingly endless road... GHOST KILLER (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is about a young woman possessed by the ghost of a hitman! PAST LIFE (Miracle Media) sees a former journalist plagued by murderous visions after being hypnotised... SURRENDER TO IT (Miracle Media) concerns a group of actors on a retreat in the North's wilderness... SCREAM THERAPY (Miracle Media) similarly is about a group of women on a retreat, but in the desert! and THE CURE (Signature Entertainment)is about an adopted teenage girl with a strange illness discovering some harsh truths about her billionaire parents! Our Short Shot is THE LOST FORTUNE OF OLIVER BRODY, in which a prospector is visited by a supernatural figure - click the link to watch the whole short film! Out DTV Throwback is HOLLOW MAN 2, in which a detective hunts for an invisible assassin! This film has recently been added to Netflix. Follow the Short Shots  on X where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    53 min

  4. 25 MAR

    Episode 309: Hard Redemption, Bad Voodoo, Jitters, Daggers Inn, The Deep Dark, The Hat Man, Freakd

    This week Mike and Amanda take a look at five new releases; click the links to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with HARD REDEMPTION (Fairway Film Alliance), in which Jino Kang and Lou Ferrigno battle a street gang in a high school. BAD VOODOO (Miracle Media) sees a woman kidnapped by three escaped convicts! JITTERS (Miracle Media) sees a detective battling a sinister AI app. DAGGERS INN (Seven Tales), in which an enigmatic young woman enters a quaint village and stirs things up! THE DEEP DARK (4Digital Media) is a French creature feature set in a coal mine! Our Short Shot is THE HAT MAN, in which a man's dreams turn to nightmares. Click the link to watch the whole short film! And the DTV Throwback is the cruelly overlooked FREAKED, in which Bill and Ted's Alex Winter co-directs and stars as a pompous star who is subjected to terrible experiments. Unfortunately the YouTube copy we viewed seems to have now been taken down! Follow the Short Shots  on X where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    45 min

  5. 24 MAR

    Short Shots Episode 24: Martial Arts roundup!

    The Short Shots have been on a two year hiatus but its finally back in action! To celebrate, Mike and Rich take a look at ten short films, all with a martial arts theme. We've also updated the format for this podcast so it mirrors our main show, with a "Long Shot" and Throwback! You can check out each by clicking the links below: We kick off with TEMPORAL TAKEDOWN  [8 minutes] (Martin Sofiedal, 2025), a scifi infused fight movie; Next is LUCKY NIGHT: A JUNKERS TALE [12 minutes] (Nickolas Nielsen, 2021), which also has some impressive sci-fi trappings THE COUP [9 minutes] (Bel Uysal, 2026) finds 3 crooks all trying to steal an energy drink from a museum; BULLET STORM [13 minutes] (Tim Pek / Peter Phan, 2025) is about a hitman being forced to target a man who'd saved his life; PREVAIL [11 minutes] (Ryan Dalan, 2025) is a Filipino saga about 2 brothers; DAKOTA STONE [9 minutes] (Sherice Griffiths, 2025) is a noirish tale about a muscle for hire; THE PROTECTOR [7 minutes] (Bruce Chong, 2025) sees a young couple intimidated by a local gang; THE PROPOSAL [6 minutes] (Dan Liu, 2024) finds an agent in love with his partner, trying to find the right time to propose! Our Long Shot is the 35min NIGHT OF THE RONIN  [35 minutes] (Nathan Bender, 2024), in which an assassin tries to protect a woman from wave after wave of attackers. Our Short Throwback is HARDWAY: THE ACTION MUSICAL. [34 minutes] (Daniel Vogelmann, 2017). This particular short is available on Disney+ and will require a subscription to watch, or you can order it from https://vimeo.com/ondemand/hardway Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    1hr 14min

  6. 13 MAR

    Episode 308: Outgunned, OBEX, Bosco, Play Dead, Jeffery Epstein: Bad Pedophile, Time Runner

    In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review four new releases - click the links to see a trailer for each film!    We kick off big style with OUTGUNNED (Signature Entertainment), a "Most Dangerous Game" style movie in which a young woman is hunted by an enemy from her past! OBEX (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a "low fi" science fiction movie about a man sucked into a retro adventure video game. BOSCO (High Fliers) is a prison drama centering on a man trying to escape. PLAY DEAD (Seven Tales) finds a young woman waking in a basement full of dead women, and a strange ritual being set up upstairs!   Our Short Shot is the mockumentary, JEFFERY EPSTEIN: BAD PEDOPHILE - click the link to see the whole short film! Our DTV Throwback is TIME RUNNER, starring Mark Hamill and Rae Dawn Chong. We found this on Tubi and recommend you go check it out! Follow the Short Shots  on X where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    39 min

  7. 5 MAR

    Episode 307: Worldbreaker, Blood Barn, Else, The Monster Within, Silent Night Deadly Night, POV, Diamond Cut Diamond

    This week Mike, Rich and Steve are joined by CHRISTOPHER PAGE, of The Time Shifters  and Orphaned Entertainment! Check out the intro to learn more about who he is and what he does! We kick off with WORLDBREAKER (Signature Entertainment), a new Young Adult, post apocalypse movie with Luke Evans and Mila Jovovich. BLOOD BARN (Screambox) is a low budget indie horror which boldly wears its influences on its sleeve.... ELSE (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is  a French sci-fi movie in which people start merging with their environment... THE MONSTER WITHIN (Seven Tales)finds a young farmer stuck with a monster he must continue to feed.... SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT (Studio Canal) is the remake of the 1984 classic, from the director of The Domestics... Our Short Shot is POV, in which a camera-laden masked vigilante tries to stop crimes on Halloween... click the link to watch the whole short film! Our DTV Throwback is DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND, aka Witness to a Kill. This starts Gary Daniels as the Bond-esque Queen's Messenger and the whole film plays like a PM Entertainment entry. We found this one on TUBI. Follow the Short Shots  on X where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    1hr 15min

  8. 19 FEB

    Episode 306: REDUX REDUX, The Huntsman, Bury Em Deep, Jimmy and Stiggs, Dr Bees Beyond, The Rip, Battle Drone

    In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle four new releases, while Will joins us for a new segment! We kick off with the awesome REDUX REDUX (Blue Finch Releasing) in which a mother avenges the murder of her daughter, across the multiverse! THE HUNTSMAN (High Fliers Films) sees Shawn Ashmore as an ICU nurse caring for a coma patient who may be a serial killer! BURY 'EM DEEP (High Fliers Films) is a western starring Robert Bronzi, on the trail of outlaws who robbed him! JIMMY AND STIGGS (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is a labour of love by director Joe Begos (VFW), who spent four years making it. But is it worth the effort? Take a listen for our take! Our Short Shot is DR BEES FOREVER - the latest animated short from Harry Partridge - click the link to see the whole short, and check out Harry's other films! Next up is a new segment under the working title of Mike and Will Go Streaming! In this episode we take a long look at the Matt Damon/Ben Afleck movie, THE RIP (Netflix). We close with the DTV Throwback, which this week is BATTLEDRONE, ini which Louis Mandylore lead a mercenary team against killer robots. We watched this on Amazon Prime but it is available on other services. Follow the Short Shots  on X where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on X and FACEBOOK! We are also now on Bluesky! Follow us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

    1hr 7min
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News and Reviews of films that didn't make it to the cinema

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  • Creator
    Mike Parkin
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    The DTV Digest