The DTV Digest

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

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

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

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

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