Exploding Helicopter

“Cinematographer Bing Sokolsky crafts a stylised and imposing world with aplomb… [and] VFX legend William Mesa manages to do a lot with what’s clearly very little.”

Some words on made-for-TV sci-fi flick, THE TOWER (1993):

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#DTVDigest‌ 299: Reviews of BEAST OF WAR (Signature Entertainment), HELLOWEEN (101 Films), DELIVERY RUN (Plaion Pictures), RED PLAGUE (4Digital Media), THE SEVERED SUN (Blue Finch Film Releasing) and more. The #DTVthrowback is DOWNTIME (1995) and the #ShortShot is NIGHT SHIFT. bit.ly/DTVDigest299

I warn you, it's a terrible film. Not technically terrible, but totally bland and creatively redundant.

The Exploding Helicopter podcast returns next week when we'll be reviewing the film with the MOST exploding helicopters in film history, 2024's ALIEN RUBICON

Glad you posted about this as I'd totally missed this series. Sollima and Fasoli have worked together on a couple of series I love, Gomorrah & ZeroZeroZero, so I'm definitely going to check this out.

Die Hard in a Skyscraper? That'll never work!

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You want to get on my list? Then explode your helicopter properly sir!

We... don't have one! SKYSCRAPER ESCAPE (2017) will NOT become the 9️⃣3️⃣1️⃣st film we've found with an exploding helicopter.
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The sound effects work is a total red herring. This is a crash with a lot of smoke. You can't fool us with your sound effects!

New DTVC Podcast, episode 233, "Today You Die" with @scottmurphy.bsky.social from All '90s Action, All The Time

This is the lucky number 13th DTV Seagal film for Scott and me. Plus, Sarah Buxton's inclusion has us discussing "Sunset Beach" and Channel 5 in the UK.

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Murder Weapon (1989): Bleed For the Artist Hunks, trunks, blood n’ guts – Matty dissects David DeCoteau’s succulently splattery carve-’em-up.

New Schlock Pit! 🚨

My look at David DeCoteau’s gory auteur-driven slasher flick, MURDER WEAPON (1989).

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Watched OBSESSION (1949) deliciously dark thriller about a man plotting revenge against his wife's lover. Robert Newton is fantastic as the cuckolded husband, but the MVP is Naunton Wayne as a deceptively casual detective. There's more than a hint of Columbo to his cat and mouse with Newton.

I was shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that you’re not a Sean Penn fan.

@dtvconnoisseur.bsky.social I’ve found a George Washington in Alien: Rubicon

Just a reminder that in Enemy of the State (1998) the cars in the tunnel chase scene had to be chopped into several sections, taken three levels below in a lift, reassembled and painted.

Once filming was complete they were disassembled once again and removed from the duct.

You’re welcome.

How much would you have liked that job?

#DTVDigest‌ 298: Reviews of 7 new films, including two starring Scott Adkins: DIABLO and PRISONER OF WAR. Our #DTVthrowback is DOLLMAN VS. THE DEMONIC TOYS (1993) and the #ShortShot is FIRST SIGHT. bit.ly/DTVDigest298

That was a great discussion.

Episode 296 – Cinema Smorgasbord Sells Out – One Battle After Another (2025) (/w Luke Higginson) » Cinema Smorgasbord When Paul Thomas Anderson drops one of the year's most anticipated movies you know THE BOYS gotta get their opinions down on.. uh.. tape, so on this episode of CINEMA SMORGASBORD SELLS OUT we're watch...

WHAT TIME IS IT? It's time to SELL OUT with Cinema Smorgasbord, and this week we're joined by RELAX, I'M FROM THE FUTURE director @lukehigginson.bsky.social to pop off about PTA and his latest film ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER!

So true!

New Schlock Pit! 🚨

A whole bunch of words on one of the very best:

Katt Shea’s trendsetting murder mystery STRIPPED TO KILL (1987).

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A beauty!
From MAGADHEERA (2009)

First actor to have a MAC-10? John Wayne in McQ. Even made the movie posters.

Thanks to @trashmenace.bsky.social we've established 1985 as 'peak Uzi'.

And a remarkable Cassavetes factoid!

You may well be right.

Definitely a high point in Uzi cinema.

Very interesting.

When was 'peak Uzi'? And when did their decline in films begin?

what‘s the time code on it? Just watched it and didn’t see one.

From AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER (2002)