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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

tv & film film reviews

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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! 🎉

New Release ·

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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74:06

🎅🔪 Killer Christmas #4: Die Hard (1988) *with Jamie &...

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2022/12/26

New Release presents Episode #4—the final one—of our first annual KILLER CHRISTMAS miniseries … nogged-up Drew welcomes Jamie and Meg to the party to ring in Christmas with a POW, pal! Join us for our yearly tradition of marveling over Bruce Willis’ greased up tank and totally bare feet in Die Hard. Nakatomi Plaza is the only place to be this holiday season … come on up to the 30th floor and don’t mind the male shampoo models with machine guns, they’re probably just lost. Anywho, I bet you’re dying

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72:25

🎅🔪 Killer Christmas #3: Black Christmas (1974) +...

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2022/12/20

New Release presents Episode #3 of our first annual KILLER CHRISTMAS miniseries … attic addicts Ashley, Derrick, and Drew watch in horror as a groundbreaking slasher movie gets remade and butchered time and time again. Four years before Halloween, Black Christmas laid the groundwork that so many future psycho killers would follow. Obscene phone calls (coming from where???). Memorable deaths. Female leads. And, most remarkably, a final girl with real ambition and agency. I mean, what could go wrong

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77:06

🎅🔪 Killer Christmas #2: Violent Night (2022) +...

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2022/12/13

New Release presents Episode #2 of our first annual KILLER CHRISTMAS miniseries … animatronic Ashley, Derrick, and Drew, with a special call-in by Jamie, bite off two giant patties of holiday beef to gnaw on this week. Hopper from Stranger Things dons a Santa suit in the action-packed Violent Night (in theaters now). Meanwhile, a robot terminator Santa axe murders hipsters in Christmas Bloody Christmas (on Shudder). The holiday fear meter is off the charts with this combo of Die Hard + Home Alone +

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60:14

🎅🔪 Killer Christmas #1: 3615 code Père Noël (1989) ❄️...

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2022/12/06

New Release presents Episode #1 of our first annual KILLER CHRISTMAS miniseries … all month long we’re wrecking your halls with HOWWLS and OWWWies. This week, naughty little helpers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go abroad to ring in Christmas in Paris. Joyeux Noël, witches. A year before the release of Home Alone —aka ‘Mommy I Missed the Plane’—something called Dial Code Santa Claus (among other names) premiered at the Laon Film Festival. Whether John Hughes was aware of this home invasion movie

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55:45

Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992) 🎄 "Yikes! I did...

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2022/11/29

This week on New Release … trout sniffers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew galavant around NYC playing a deadly game of cat and mouse. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is exactly the same as Home Alone except the Wet Bandits be Sticky and that misunderstood Old Man is now a Pigeon Gal. New city, same old Kev. Armed with a Talkboy and wads of cash, it’s time for this plucky kid to kick ice cream and eat butt—WAIT—that’s backwards. Anyway, if you’ve been dying to see what a G-rated Saw movie would be like,

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59:47

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 🧛‍♂️ "Love never dies"

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2022/11/22

This week on New Release … count Derrick and coo-coo Drew explore the tragic origins of an OG vampire. Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by The Godfather himself, is a gothic romance spanning oceans of time. Costumes, hair, blood, boobs … Coppola dials everything up to the absolute max in this beautiful movie—except for maybe Keanu’s energy. Dude is chill AF considering the circumstances. Regardless, every frame is a visual feast and Gary Oldman never met line of dialogue he wouldn’t make sweet love

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