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New Release

Where we make our favorite new TV shows feel SPECIAL (and sometimes movies). Instant reactions. Deep dives. Theories. What more could you want? Featuring Drew, Ashley, Derrick, Jamie, and others! newrelease.substack.com

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63:27

Dawson's Creek *Series Finale* (2003) 🛶 "I don't want...

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2023/05/16

This week on New Release (episode #163) … former teens Ashley and Drew take one last trip to Capside. For six angst-filled seasons, Dawson’s Creek tackled the most important issues facing young adults today, back then. Hormones. False idols. Ennui. One love triangle to rule them all. Dawson-Joey-Pacey—will they/won’t they—it’s all coming to a head. What would Spielberg do if he was trapped in baggy jeans and curtain bangs? Can a sidekick really get the girl? In this epic two-hour finale, which takes

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55:59

The Matrix Reloaded (2003) 💻 "Free your mind"

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2023/05/09

This week on New Release … bad glitches Ashley, Derrick, and Drew dive back into The Matrix. Reloaded. Sequel season continues as we pick up where Neo and co left off back in 1999. Some humans are free, choice is illusory, love conquers all … these movies are either like super deep or super shallow depending on how you look at it. Still, if you’re here for kung-fu action combined with car chases and unchecked horniness, you’ve come to the right podcast. We’ll let you know how satisfying it is—or

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X2: X-Men United (2003) ⓧ "Evolution Continues"

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2023/05/02

This week on New Release (episode #161) … baby mutants Derrick and Drew go back to a special time in superhero cinema. Before we had a 30+ film MCU there was only X2. Well, there was Superman and Batman and Spider-Man and X1 but still, seeing comic book characters on the big screen in 2003 felt more exciting, somehow. Wolverine, Prof X, Rogue, Jean, Magneto, all your faves are back … along with newcomers like Nightcrawler and Lady Deathstrike. I know it sounds crazy, but were the early aughts

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67:49

Identity (2003) 👥 "The secret lies within"

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2023/04/25

This week on New Release (episode #160) … endangered strangers Ashley and Drew take shelter from the storm in a shabby roadside motel. Identity is a who’s-who of notable actors (Cusack, Liotta, Peet, to name a few) caught in a really twisted game of Clue. Who put Miss Scarlet’s head in the laundry room with a baseball bat? You’ll never guess … the real killer is … unless you see the twist coming a mile away. But wait! More secrets lie in the fertile soil of a Florida orange grove then you might

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54:19

Holes (2003) 🕳️🕳️ "Some secrets are too big to keep...

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2023/04/18

This week on New Release (episode #159) … daggum diggers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew are working their butts off to build character, s’posedly. Holes is an artifact of a time before Shia became a Transformer, a Nymphomaniac, a meme, a criminal, and a father. LaBeouf baggage aside, this Disney book adaptation is wholesome fun for the whole fam. Does its plot make a lick of sense? Are these characters believable? Can a sweet onion cure foot fungus? These are a few of the questions we wouldn’t touch with

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49:49

House of 1000 Corpses (2003) 🤡 "True horror is back!"

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2023/04/11

This week on New Release (episode #158) … bonebags Ashley and Drew hop aboard Captain Spaulding’s fried chicken and murder ride. House of 1000 Corpses is pretty much what you’d expect—in the best way—from Rob Zombie’s moving making debut. His hardcore rock and horror sensibilities and sick sense of humor all shine through in this Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Music Video production. We talk about whether our appetites for blood and fish guts were satisfied by this freak show or if there’s still meat

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67:03

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) 🤜🔫 starring Keanu Reeves

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2023/04/04

This week on New Release (episode #157) … Wickotine addicts Ashley, Derrick, and Drew are back in 2023 for the biggest action event of the year! JW4 goes harder than ever on that martial arts meets gun-fu fighting style the series has perfected over the course of nine years now. What a beautiful and engrossing world the creators have given us. But with all that eye candy to digest, we’re left wondering what—if anything—is left under the surface. How much does Keanu’s cool, disaffected portrayal of a

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69:58

Miyazaki's Spirited Away 🫥

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2023/03/28

This week on New Release (episode #156) … soot balls Ashley, Derrick, and Drew plunge into the beautiful and frightening spirit world. Splish-splash. Spirited Away might be the most well known of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s incredibly deep film catalog, and deservingly so. The level of emotional and visual immersion you feel following young Chihiro on her journey to find herself and save her parents is everything you could ask for in a movie. Really. Sometimes animation does a better job than

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58:33

Scream 6 (2023) 🔪 "New York. New Rules."

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2023/03/21

This week on New Release (episode #155) … hostfaces Ashley and Drew take a stab at the plucky franchise that’s been schooling us in horror for over 25 years. Scream VI—The New Class or The College Years—is a direct sequel to last year’s requel that introduced Jenna Ortega and company to the legacy franchise. We share our thoughts on the new ‘Core 4’ dynamic, run through the kills, and play Guess that Ghostface! Yes, we are going to spoil all the twists and turns and goofy plot machinations you

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59:43

Bend It Like Beckham (2003) ⚽️ "Juicy, juicy mangos!"

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2023/03/14

This week on New Release (episode #154) … poshcasters Ashley, Derrick, and Drew are joined by superstar guests Jamie and Jenn to kick around an old favorite. Bend It Like Beckham is multi-cultural celebration of women pursuing their dreams. What a joy to watch something from the early aughts that hasn’t turned cringe over the years. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, the strong Indian influence gives the production an energy you rarely get from cynical American filmmakers. Warning: this whole episode is

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66:22

Cocaine Bear (2023) 🐻‍❄️ "Get in line"

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2023/03/07

This week on New Release (episode #153 overall and #2—of 2—in our BAD NEWS BEARS miniseries) … apex podcasters James, Jenn, and Drew form a line for the latest, greatest movie about a big animal doing massive amounts of cocaine. Cocaine Bear is what it says it is. Based on approximately 1% of a real news story from the 80s—where a bear died after ingesting drugs that fell from the sky—this piece of historical fiction sacrifices accuracy for thrills and brutal kills. We discuss our favorite maulings,

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61:55

Old School (2003) 🍺 "We're going streaking!"

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2023/02/28

This week on New Release (episode #152) … old ass pledges Derrick and Drew join a brotherhood of misfits. Old School takes one dumb idea—what if middle-aged men started a frat—and expands that into a feature length adult comedy. The performances by Ferrell, Wilson, and Vaughn are on point, as always, but how does everything else hold up? Boys will be boys, I guess, no matter what age they reach. Turns out, revisiting broad comedies at the 20-year mark is a risky proposition. Nonetheless, you can’t

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62:58

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 🐻 (2023) "This ain't...

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2023/02/21

This week on New Release (episode #151 overall and #1—of 2—in our BAD NEWS BEARS miniseries) … Pooh aficionados Jenn, Mo, and Drew go knee-deep in a new honey pot of horror. W-t-P: Blood and Honey shamelessly exploits our history with a boy and his beloved bestie bear to mixed success. Sure, we’ve always wondered if Pooh had abandonment issues and now we have our answer. Hell yes. And Piglet, too. We discuss whether this low budget slasher lives up to our modest expectations or falls flat on its

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39:50

Infinity Pool (2023) 🫠 "Show them your dominance"

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2023/02/14

This week on New Release (episode #150) … convicts Ashley and Drew double down with their bad selves. Infinity Pool puts viewers in the uncomfortable position of watching what happens to your humanity when you see a perfect duplicate of yourself—being executed—in your place. Is that the ultimate thrill, the vacation of a lifetime, or the beginning your inevitable decent into nothingness? We’re so excited to be able to share this special look at a couple’s trip gone wrong with you on the most

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66:42

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) 👩‍❤️‍👨 "One of...

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2023/02/07

This week on New Release (episode #149) … love gurus Ashley, Derrick, and Drew dispense with all the dating DON’Ts you can handle. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days started as a joke of a picture book, but then quickly inspired one of the biggest romcom pictures of the early aughts. The pairing of Hudson & McConaughey delighted audiences to the tune of mega millions and cranked their collective star power to 11. However, as time and fashion fades, how does this movie hold up to modern tastes? I don’t

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64:27

Final Destination 2 (2003) 🪵 "You can't cheat death...

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2023/01/31

This week on New Release … numskulls Ashley, Derrick, and Drew face their worst fears. Logs. Final Destination 2 is a tragic tale about having your spring break ruined by a stupid highway disaster. Not fair, man. Cheating death is what we’ve been training our whole lives for. All you have to do is break the order or save a baby or drive into a lake. If that fails, then fast forward to the next movie and repeat. All the FDs follow the same ridiculous formula, but if you enjoy extravagant kills and

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40:43

🌄 Sundance '03: All the Real Girls *Dir. by David...

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2023/01/24

This week on New Release (episode #147 overall and #2—of 2—in our SUNDANCE ‘03 miniseries) … local yokels Ashley and Drew go all-in on the indie experience. All the Real Girls is a sweet slice of Southern life starring Paul Schneider (who you may know from Parks & Rec), Zooey Deschanel, and Danny ‘Bust-Ass’ McBride. There’s a naturalism and beauty to the way writer-director David Gordon Green captures his subjects in their natural habitat. Is it slow? Sure. Quirky? Check. Does the dialogue feel

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40:03

🌄 Sundance '03: American Splendor *Winner of the...

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2023/01/17

This week on New Release (episode #146 overall and #1—of 2—in our SUNDANCE ‘03 miniseries) … festies Ashley, Derrick, and Drew hit the road to Park City, Utah for the annual Sunny-D indie film festival. Let’s start with American Splendor, the bold and authentic biopic/documentary film that won over audiences and jury members alike. We get into what makes this unusual mix of storytelling styles so invigorating for first-time viewers. Impressive performances. Smooth jazz. Sadness. Blur the lines

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79:16

City of God (2003) 🔫 "Drugs, guns, music, love"

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2023/01/10

This week on New Release … lil’ runts Derrick and Drew traverse the violent underbelly of Rio de Janeiro. City of God captures the extreme highs and extreme lows of life in the favela. We follow The Tender Trio, Rocket, Carrot, Benny, Li’l Dice, Knockout Ned, and dozens more characters playing the shitty hands they were dealt as best they can. Their stories are told with so much energy and verve and life that it hurts even more when tragedy inevitably brings things to a standstill. How did this low

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39:39

Welcome to The '03, bitch! 🎉

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2023/01/03

*Season 4 Premiere* This week on New Release … old fools Ashley, Derrick, and Drew look ahead to looking back at a life changing year for movies. 2003 perfectly encapsulates the beautiful mess that is early aughts cinema. We get to bounce between formative indies like Thirteen and Lost in Translation to the dramatic conclusions of both the Lord of the Rings and Matrix franchises. And who could forget that leg scene from Cabin Fever—or—“You’re my boy, Blue!”. Hold on, The Terminator is governor of

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