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MikeOutWest
@mikeoutwestuk.bsky.social
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.
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#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1994. DEATH MACHINE was Stephen Norrington's first time in the director's chair & while there are some decent moments, they are eclipsed by very shouty & annoying performances. Good model work & fx, horrible computer graphics, even for the time!
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#scifi
#horror
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1993. JUDGEMENT NIGHT has been a blindspot for a long time. This is why your gf/wife hates boys nights! 4 friends on their way to a boxing match unwittingly witness a murder & must run for their lives. Great cast, & Silvestri re-uses some of his Predator score.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1992. Insumasu o Oou Kage, aka SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH, is a Japanese tv adaptation of the Lovecraft story, only 54min, where a photo journalist travels to the titular, obscure fishing village & finds more than he bargained for.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1991. Haven't covered much Kaiju during this challenge, other than the excellent Rodan. GODZILLA Vs KING GHIDORA features time travelers from the 23rd century trying to trick Japan into destroying Godzilla, using the three headed Ghidora as a weapon.
#filmsky
#Godzilla
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1990. Somehow, I'd never gotten around to David Lynch's WILD AT HEART, a mix of Elvis, The Wizard of Oz, sex (lots of), cigarettes (even more of) & wild performances - not just Cage but Dafoe, Ladd, Dern. Definitely recommended if you've yet to discover it!
#filmsky
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Good morning all and happy #LetterboxdFriday! My #LastFourWatched were for the 300th episode of @thedtvdigest.bsky.social this week I'll be focused on films of the 90s for the #ACenturyOfCinema challenge!
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November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
today has been one of the most stressful I've EVER had at work. I even startled the electrician working upstairs by screaming FUCK!! at the top of my lungs. Calmed down by editing a MAMMOTH, 300th episode of @thedtvdigest.bsky.social & grabbed a new #skircle to remind myself there's chill out there.
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The film which has been residing rent-free in my head since I watched it is THE SADIST (1963), in which 3 school teachers (2guys, 1 woman) are waylaid on their way to a baseball game by a psycho killer & his gf. Even with its Deus Ex Machina style ending its a raw & tense thriller.
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1989: Ringo Lam's WILD SEARCH has been likened to Witness; yeah if you squint hard enough, although there's no barn building here. Chow Yun Fat stars as a cop on the edge, protecting a young child & her aunt from a gang of arms smugglers. Gritty, realistic action.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My little dude off to his prom!
#prouddad
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Finished S3 of ALICE IN BORDERLAND
Enjoyed it but it sorely missed the visceral action setpieces of S2.
#Netflix
#Japaneseseries
#mangaadaptation
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1988. HER VENGEANCE is a nasty grape/revenge flick about a young woman (Siu-Fung Wong) goes after the 5 rapists who attacked her. Lam Ching Ying proves even when in a wheelchair he's a badass. The bloody, A-TEAM style ending is awesome.
#HKFilm
#Actionsky
#horrorsky
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday everyone! Here's my #LastFourWatched... "Desperado" is available on Amazon Prime as THUG IN A SUIT.
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#WW2movie
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#martialarts
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1987. I'd often spied CHERRY 2000 in the video rental shelves but never got round to seeing it. Wow. This is one for all those incels demanding their sexbots. Speaking of: our "hero" is an idiot who ignored the "Do Not Get Wet!" warning sticker. Great crane stunt though.
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
October 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Coming soon from James Nunn (One Shot/One More Shot) is WILDCAT (aka Lioness) starring Kate Beckinsale and Alice Krige.
"A former special ops squad comes together for one last mission - a high-stakes robbery to rescue their commander's young daughter."
Due Nov 25th!
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October 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1986. Seriously, Jeff Bridges was a GOD in the 80's. In 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE he's a alcoholic ex-cop who finds himself on the hunt for murderers of a girl he failed to protect. Rosanna Arquette is the femme fatale while Andy Garcia goes all James Woods.
#filmsky
#80's
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's #LetterboxdFriday peeps! Didn't manage to post my #LastFourWatched last week as I was at the @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social. So this week I'm posting my fave films of the fest and recommencement of #ACenturyOfCinema challenge.
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#80sthriller
#scifi
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#ACenturyOfCinema continues, 1985:JAGGED EDGE is a fun courtroom thriller. Jeff Bridges, editor of a San Fran newspaper is accused of brutally murdering his wife by DA Peter Coyote, & hires ex prosecutor Glenn Close. The courtroom scenes are v compelling & the film keeps you guessing up to the end.
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Finally post for this year's @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social. it's been great; some awesome films in this year's lineup & looking forward to talking about them in more depth soon. We even made dome friends along the way! Cheers all, now let's see if I can finish off that CenturyOfCinema!
October 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Last film of @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social 2025: DEAD BY DAWN a Polish Slasher in which a group of actors are stalked by a mask-wearing killer. Shades of Stagefright & Evil Dead Trap.
October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Day 4 film 5 @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social; PORTAL TO HELL mixes laughs with heavy pathos as a guy discovers a portal to hell in his local laundromat. Great creature design in Chip.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
2nd #shortfilm program for @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social was more of a mixed bag but the heartfelt ZOE & the suburban nightmare of WHITCH really shone through!
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October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Day 4 film 3 @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social: THE OCCUPANT IN THE ROOM an adaptation of a Christmas Ghost story. A confined room short mixing eerie visuals, jolting soundtrack & a heck of a finish.
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#horrorfilm
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Day 4 film 2 @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social: HERESY (Witte Wieven). Set in a middle ages village, Frieda toils against misogyny, religious oppression & deadly superstitions. Very atmospheric & great score.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM