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Editor and presenter of movie podcast THE DTV DIGEST - reviewing the films which went straight to home media. Lover of action and horror films. Based in Nottingham, England. https://boxd.it/b583 #DTV #ActionMovies #HorrorMovies #MartialArtsMovies

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · Aug 12

So, @thedtvdigest.bsky.social is seeking guests to join us on our podcast, where we review genre films which didn't reach theatres. If you're interested in having a go, feel free to DM me!
#podcast
#filmreview
#DTV
#horror
#scifi

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 6h

saw this as CUB. Really good dark comedy with a nasty stinging ending.

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 7h

This will mean nothing to my non-UK friends, but FUCKING, FINALLY! Den Of Thieves: Pantera hits blur ray on 3rd Nov!
#PhysicalMedia
#bluray
#Actionsky
#Filmsky

blu ray cover for the film DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 13h

Love this. The bait-and-switch narration, the desert setting, the gooey fx and best of all, Shatner in a puritan wig.

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 19h

Loved this - stayed true to both Scoob AND Blair Witch.

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 20h

wow you hooked two mansplainers with one post.

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 2d

For anyone interested, here's the interview:
#podcast
#interview
#shortfilm
#crowdfund

Short Shots Episode 15: Interview with independent filmmaker Karlee Boon | The DTV Digest

As a change of pace - and hopefully the start of an ongoing feature for this podcast, Mike speaks with KARLEE BOON, a young filmmaker looking to direct her first short film, NIGHT SHIFT. Please check ...

theDTVDigest.podbean.com

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 2d

A couple of years back I interviewed film-maker Karlee Boon, while she was crowdfunding her #shortfilm, NIGHT SHIFT. Not only did she manage to raise the funds to make it, she smashed it.
#shortfilm
#platonicromance
#werewolf
#fullmoon
#horror
#filmsky

Horror Short Film "Night Shift" | ALTER | Online Premiere

YouTube video by ALTER

youtu.be

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 4d

HE asked? Not her daughter, HE ASKED? Makes me wonder if he'd actually talked it over with his gf first, because if he had, wouldn't it have sounded better coming from her, rather than him??

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 4d

#w PLAY DIRTY - Shane Black makes a decent Parker movie, delivering brutality, quips & cool lines ("Nobody tells me where I can walk") and a twisted sense of honour & ethics. A pity some of the large set-pieces have dodgy (and dark) CGI but they are just a small distraction.
#filmsky
#AmazonPrime

poster for the film PLAY DIRTY, showing a white man in a brown leather jacket and blue sweater, and a black, bearded man wearing a red coat and denim shirt and a hat, standing in front of an apartment building bathed in red.

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 5d

I remember drinking w a close friend & we were witnessing a workmate being a shitty boyfriend; my bud turning to me with:

"If I tried this shit with (gf), I'd get stabbed!"

and it amazes me that there aren't more dudes out there with knife wounds.

(his now ex was lovely but yeah, she would)

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 5d

This whole thing with scorings (You're a two, I'm a 7) - I have questions:
a. Do women use this when describing men?
b. Do the guys realise its origins in pop culture are in the film "10", starring Dudley Moore (not a 10) lusting after Bo Derek?

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations and Cheers!

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 5d

#nw for review: A BREED APART. Five "influencers" find themselves trapped on a tropical island w feral/rabid dogs. It's hilarious; perfect after pub nonsense!
#horror
#creaturefeature
#filmsky
#moviesky

Poster for the film BREED APART showing two women surrounded by feral German shepherds

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 5d

I enjoy this one. The cast is great, for a start and it has a really good backstory which they are have stumbled into. A pity we didn't get more of the epilogue.

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 5d

As mentioned in my #LetterboxdFriday post, I'm currently updating my film review website and moving most of the older reviews to my Letterboxd account. You can follow here:
boxd.it/b583

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 5d

A very wet #LetterboxdFriday. Now, my #LastFourWatched looks bad but I've been transferring reviews over from my website which is getting a makeover soon. So I haven't actually binged on grape-revenge movies this week! And I stand bu my reviews.
#filmsky
#horrorfilms

Collage of my last four watched films as recorded on Letterboxd; I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE VENGEANCE IS MINE
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE DEJA VU

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 7d

Even the last time the film was released in the UK, the scene with the detective's (hooker) girlfriend being tortured was cut, but the gnarly bits replaced with other restored scenes, to keep the running time.

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 7d

Hey...did you know there was a Korean remake of TUCKER AND DALE vs EVIL, called Handsome Guys? It's a lot of fun, and adds a little more to the evil threat. Most of what happens to the clueless group remains the same (wasps/chainsaw, woodchipper etc).
#horrorcomedy
#horrorfilm
#koreanfilm
#Khorror

poster for the Korean film, Handsome Guys, showing two Korean men, back to back. One is holding a chainsaw, the other a sledge hammer. their image is above an old bungalow covered in ivy.

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 7d

The fact that he HAS the money astounds me. Astounds? no....what's that word...
Disgusts! thats the one.
I thought he was just a lazy bum mooching off his gf's hard work but he's infinitely worse than that - abusive & stupid. He's going to soon come home to an empty apartment & owing the full rent.

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ElRat Designs @elratdesigns.co.uk · 8d

Shipped this week

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personally approved by the One Hersh

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 8d

I wonder whether he's shown the same level of care and attention to his current/soon-to-be-ex gf... and what, exactly, does he expect her to believe he could help with by being there?

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 8d

loved it. The scene with the ether had us in hysterics.

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 8d

From the son of Brian Clemens! THE DROWNED is a solid post-heist supernatural shenanigans film with some nice, crisp photography and tracking drone shots.

#filmsky
#horrorfilm
#supernatural
#filmreview

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poster for the film THE DROWNED, showing a hand reaching for the surface of the sea, surrounded by blood, while a house can be seen close to the shore.

MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 8d

A decent dark farce, and Britt Lower is amazing. My review of PSYCHO THERAPY: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer!
#filmsky
#filmreview
#darkhumour
#farce

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poster for the film, PSYCHO THERAPY, showing a beaded man tied up with rope, a woman on her phone and between them, like a page has been torn to reveal what's underneath, is a bearded man wearing glasses

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MikeOutWest @mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine trying to make Halloween, but instead of Michael Myers it's a white van, and you get the flavour of this 70's set "slasher". My review of THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN...
#filmreview
#filmsky
#horrorfilm

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poster for the film, THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN, showing a young teen wearing a plaid shirt, long blonde hair, turning to the camera while a white van with its headlights on is seen in the distance.