The DTV Digest

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.

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In this episode Mike, Steve and Amanda check out three new releases! As usual, click the links below to see a trailer for each film!

We kick off with WE BURY THE DEAD (Signature Entertainment), a thoughtful zombie movie starring Daisy Ridley!

GRIZZLY NIGHT (Lightbulb Film Distribution) is a drama based on the real life incident in 1967 when a national park suffered two deadly bear attacks in the same night.

TIM TRAVERS AND THE TIME TRAVELLER'S PARADOX (GrimmVision) has the most unwieldy title and involves a mad/brilliant scientist trying to put paradox theory into practice!

Our Short Shot is RESIDENCE, about a bunch of real estate agents being invited to view a new house on the market - with a deadly twist! Click the link to see the whole short film.

Our DTV Throwback is MONOLITH (1993), starring Bill Paxton, John Hurt and Louis Gossett Jr. We watched a copy on You Tube, which you can find HERE.

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Happy New Year, everyone! For our first episode of 2026, we are joined by special guest Ryan Verrill from Disc-Connected (all socials), who joins Mike and Steve to check out some new releases! As usual, click the link to see a trailer for each film. 

We start with STAND YOUR GROUND (High Fliers Films), in which Daniel Stisen takes on a gang of white supremacists in order to defend his home!

THE KNIFE (Signature Entertainment) finds a black family under the scrutiny of the police after a stranger is hurt during an invasive attack in their home.

REVERENCE (High Fliers Films) finds an ex soldier at odds dogged detective while investigating the disappearance of his daughter.

A GANGSTER'S LIFE (Miracle Media) involves two small time scammers in over their heads when they rip off a notorious and violent London mob boss.

Our Short Shot is HERMANITA - click the link to see the whole short film!

Our DTV Throwback is ARCTIC VOID, a Norwegian mystery film in which nearly all the passengers and crew of an arctic tourist vessel suddenly disappear, leaving a trio of film-makers marooned. We watched this on Amazon Prime; it may be available on other platforms as CIVIL TWILIGHT.

You can check out our guest Ryan's other endeavours below:

Someone's Favorite Productions

Antenna Releasing | Expand Your Audience Today

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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 see a trailer for each film!

We kick off with WAKE UP DEAD MAN (Netflix), the third "Knives Out" film and probably one of THE most anticipated films of the year, in which Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc to solve a locked room murder mystery!

Next is TROLL 2 (Netflix), Roar Uthaug's sequel to the well-received Norse Kaiju movie!

Our Short Shot is NIGHTFALL - click the link to see the whole short film, and you may wish to check out their previous dino-flick, THE HATCHLING!

Instead of a Throwback this week, we end the show with a round-table looking at our favourite Top Five DTV titles of the year - take a listen and see if you agree!

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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 during a pandemic.

THE FINAL PARTY (Trinity Content Partners) is a nasty, nihilistic film about rich kids gatecrashing a party...

HE KILLS AT NIGHT (4Digital Media) finds a woman fighting for survival when she is abducted by a serial killer on Christmas Eve!

MANOR OF DARKNESS (Indie Rights) is an extended version of one of director Blake Ridder's many short films, about a group of pretend filmmakers stuck in a creepy manor house!

PERFECT GAMBLE (High Fliers Films) finds David Arquette running an underground casino and trying to keep the Russian mafia from taking over!

CAN YOU HEAR ME? (High Fliers Films) is a WW1 set love story with supernatural overtones!

HOSTAGES (Signature Entertainment) finds a group of social media addicts caught up in a possible terrorist attack.

LONG SHADOWS (4Digital Media) is a western in which a young man searches for those who murdered his mother and left him for dead as a child.

COYOTES (Signature Entertainment) finds yuppies Justin Long and Kate Bosworth trapped with their teen daughter when a pack of ferocious coyotes lays siege to their home. 

Our Short Shot is MISFIRE, directed by Jean-Paul Ly! Click the link to see the whole 15 min film!

Our DTV Throwback is RIOT, in which cop Matthew Reese gets himself thrown into the same prison where the man who killed his wife is hiding. You can find this on Amazon Prime as well as other streaming 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