The DTV Digest

Mike Parkin

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

  1. 4h ago

    Episode 319: Son of the Soil, The Curse, The Gentle Sex, Hail Caesar

    In this episode, Mike and Amanda take a look at two new releases; as usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film! We kick off with SON OF THE SOIL (Trinity Content Partners), an independent action movie from Nigeria, directed by Chee Keong Cheung (REDCON-1, Bodyguard: A New Beginning). Next is THE CURSE (Blue Finch Film Releasing), a Japanese horror centred around a traditional curse ritual brought to life for the digital age. Our Short Shot is THE GENTLE SEX (Evolutionary Films), starring Dame Joan Collins as a resident at a care facility who is more than she at first seems. Click the link to see the whole short film. (NB: I called this The Weaker Sex, on the podcast! Apologies!) Our DTV Throwback is HAIL CEASAR, a vanity project from actor/director Anthony Michael Hall, and

  2. Jul 8

    Episode 318: Black Box: Flight 298, The Last Assassins, Executioner, The Fetus, Magical Meat, Cold Prey Trilogy

    In this episode Mike, Rich and Amanda tackle 4 new titles; click the links to see a trailer for each film! We start with BLACK BOX: FLIGHT 298 (Signature Entertainment) in which the passengers on an overnight flight encounter strange goings on both inside and outside their plane! THE LAST ASSASSINS (Seven Tales) is set in a dystopian future and follows a young woman and her bodyguard crossing the wastelands... EXECUTIONER (Reel2ReelFilms): A politician facing a blackmail plot schemes to turn the tables on his antagonist. THE FETUS (Miracle Media) finds a young woman pregnant with a half demon fetus...   Our Short Shot is MAGICAL MEAT, about an elderly Japanese man seeking to find courage from Danny Trejo. Click the link to see the whole short film!   Our DTV Throwback this week is the excellent COLD PREY (aka FRITT VILT), trilogy. which has just been released as a boxset from Second Sight.  Trailers for Cold Prey                   Cold Prey 2                   Cold Prey 3 Don't forget to also check out our pages on FACEBOOK and BlueSky! Find us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social

  3. Jul 2

    Episode 317: Are You There? Buffalo Daze, Dead Lover, Hold The Fort, Rememory, Round the Decay, Shadows of Willow Cabin, The Killgrin, Dave the Diver, Replikator

    In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda take a look at eight new releases - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film!   We kick off with ARE YOU THERE? (High Fliers), a supernatural tale in which a young woman looking to debunk spiritualism, messes with a candle linked to the Other Side.... BUFFALO DAZE (High Fliers) is a historical dramatisation of the life of native outlaw, Jim Grinder. DEAD LOVER (Lightbulb Film  Distribution) is an avant-garde take on the Frankenstein storyline... HOLD THE FORT (Signature Entertainment is where a young couple who find out that owning their own home comes with supernatural small print! REMEMORY (Miracle Media) finds two cops having to protect a child who professes to have been a gangster in a previous life. ROUND THE DECAY (Seven Tales) is about a small tourist town under seige from cave-dwelling creatures... SHADOWS OF WILLOW CABIN (Grimm Vision) finds two men wrestling with their sexuality as well as a resident ghost in their getaway cabin.... THE KILLGRIN (High Fliers) sees a woman wrestling with a tragedy, only to be told she's being haunted by a demon...   Our Short Shot is DAVE THE DIVER, a short produced by The Asylum as a tie-in to a video game. Click the link to see the whole short film!   Our DTV Throwback is REPLIKATOR, set in the far-flung future of 2014, where a scientist accidentally produces an evil clone of himself! This is available to watch on Youtube but beware the amount of ad breaks!   Follow the Short Shots  on X and BlueSky, where you will find hundreds of links to awesome short films! Don't forget to also check out our pages on FACEBOOK and Bluesky! Find us here: @thedtvdigest.bsky.social and @dtvshortshots.bsky.social

  4. Jun 19

    Episode 316: The Sheriff, Signal One, A Memory Owed, The Gathering

    In this episode, Mike and Steve tackle two new releases; as usual, click the link if you want to see a trailer... THE SHERIFF (High Fliers) finds out titular lawman scratching at the dark underbelly of a rural farm town, looking for answers about the murder of his own son five years previously.... SIGNAL ONE (Signature Entertainment) sees two young brilliant scientists recruited to a secluded tropical island, where a current experiment is likely to change the course of human existence. The Short Shot is A MEMORY OWED, starring James Bolem as a pensioner on a special visit to a WW2 RAF airfield. Click the link to see the whole short. The DTV Throwback is THE GATHERING, starring Christina Ricci, Ioan Gruffud and Stephen Dillane. This is rather worth checking out; we watched it on YouTube, which you can find HERE. - be warned though, there are a tonne of ad breaks! Follow the Short Shots  on X and BlueSky, 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

  5. May 30

    Episode 315: Kraken, 13 Souls, Affection, Crybaby Bridge, Diabolic, Tribe, Woken, Beast, No Trouble, Bloodsport 2

    In this episode Mike, Steve, Amanda and Rich tackle a bumper eight films! As usual, click the links to see a trailer for each film: We kick off with the Nordic creature feature, KRAKEN (Signature Entertainment), in which an aquatic behemoth is disturbed by new technology used at a salmon farm.... 13 SOULS (Seven Tales) is about a teen girl being reunited with her father and sister, and attacked by the ghosts of unnamed dead in the cemetery next door... AFFECTION (Blue Finch Film Releasing) is the first of three films this episode in which a woman suffers memory loss - this time waking in a farm w her husband & daughter...or is she?? CRYBABY BRIDGE (High Fliers) finds a pregnant teen revisiting her childhood and discovering her past and ghosts.... DIABOLIC (Lightbulb Film Distribution): a young woman suffering memory loss (!) turns to the Mormon sect she was once part of.... TRIBE (GrimmVision) - a Found Footage film in which a former professor heads to the mountains and gets entangled in strange occurrences... WOKEN (101 Films) - A woman with memory loss (!!!) finds herself secluded on an island with her husband and mother... or is she? BEAST (Vertigo Releasing) finds a former MMA champion forced to get back into the ring to help his family, reuniting with his former coach and facing his past. Our Short Shot is NO TROUBLE, in which a parolee working in a Chinese Restaurant has a crushing dilemma to solve. Click the link to see the whole, excellent, short film.  Our DTV Throwback is BLOODSPORT 2, in which Daniel Bernhardt takes over from JCVD and entering the Kumite! We watched this on Youtube, here. Follow the Short Shots  on X and BlueSky, 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

  6. May 20

    Episode 314: Killer Whale, KRISPR, Finding Daddy, The Order

    In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda review two new releases: click the links to see a trailer for each film!   We kick off with KILLER WHALE (Plaion Pictures), in which two young women are trapped in a lagoon with an orca recently released from captivity! In our review I mention a feature by Last Podcast On the Left (which I refer to as "Last House" D'oh!) - you can find their story on SeaWorld HERE KRISPR (Miracle Media) is about a scientist bringing his female clone creation home for the holidays! Our Short Shot is FINDING DADDY, in which two broke sisters discover their estranged father is on a Sugar Daddy dating site! Click the link to see the whole film! Our DTV Throwback is THE ORDER, starring Jean Claud Van Damme in an Indiana Jones-esque adventure! We watched this on Tubi, but its probably available on other platforms as well.  Follow the Short Shots  on X and BlueSky, 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

  7. May 17

    SHORT SHOTS Episode 25: Action roundup!

    In this episode of The Short Shots, Mike and Rich take a look at some recent action shorts. Click the links to see each of the films in full... Having said that, we kick off with a preview of a film currently in various competitions and scheduled for film festivals. If you see THE MIME listed on a festival programme, we highly recommend you check it out! AGENT CHING ATTACKS is a Bollywood action movie condensed into 9min and all in the service of promoting a line of cooking sauces! BAGARRE LAND (FIGHT LAND) is a French musical short about two guys trying to get served at closing time!  LIYABUYA sees two mercenaries stuck with a flat tyre and a dangerous captive... LOVE & WAR is about 2 assassins who discover they are both their next target, while on a date! PACONTENTITE AIGUE (ACUTE GRUMPITIS) is a condition suffered by a man admitted to hospital but just can't relax! PROJECT HOURGLASS mixes espionage, time travel and fights, all in 7 minutes! RED finds two mercenary bodyguards trying to protect a client who might not be what he seems. THE SAVIOR is a throwback to 90s HK action, as a man fights his way through a restaurant looking for a missing girl... Our Long Shot is NINJA KILLFACE  in which an expert assassin starts to have second thoughts about his boss when he rescues the man's daughter... Our Short Throwback is TEN MINUTES FOR A POUND, in which two friends end up fighting in a laundrette. You will need to sign up to ShortsTV for this one, but you can get a 7 day free trial... Follow the Short Shots  on X and BlueSky, 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

  8. May 15

    Episode 313: Self Driver, Hunting Party, SJOR: Rise of the North, Wargames: The Dead Code

    In this episode Mike and Steve tackle two new films - as usual, click the link to see a trailer for each! SELF DRIVER (GrimmVision) is the latest in the subgenre of thrillers set mostly within a taxi/rideshare vehicle. In this one we follow the driver as he gets lost in the rabbit hole that is a new money-making app. HUNTING PARTY (Miracle Media) finds a group of judges abducting criminals and hunting them - at least that's the official synopsis! Check out the film and see if you can work out what is happening! Our Short Shot is SJOR: Rise of the North. This is a wholly CGI animated film with some very photoreal moments. Click the link to see the whole short film.  Our DTV Throwback is WARGAMES: THE DEAD CODE. A couple of genius teens must outwit a military supercomputer which believes they are terrorists. This is currentrly available on Amazon Prime.  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

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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