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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

tv & film film reviews

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38:19

Spring 2002 is full bloom for Vamps, Zombs, and rooms...

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2022/02/15

This week on New Release … spring chickens Ashley, Derrick, and Drew say goodbye to 1999 and howdy-doody to 2002. What a time to be alive. Our high school experience kicks into overdrive as we choose a NR Teen Movie Award winner and reveal the next five movies we’ll be slaying on the podcast. I hope you like early aughts special effects, alt rock soundtracks, and lots of people in leather. Giddy up. Things are about to get real personal up in here as we relive the most awkward time in our lives and

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55:14

Cruel Intentions (1999) 💋 "Everyone does it ... but...

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2022/02/08

This week on New Release … schemers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew follow the exploits of a few bad kids in the big apple with too much hormone on their hands. Cruel Intentions answers the question of what happens when you take the hottest teen ‘throbs of the late 90s and have them engage in hard drugs and light incest. Gellar, Phillippe, Witherspoon, and more find themselves entangled in a twisted game of who can screw who in how many different ways, metaphorically speaking … or not. What’s it’s like to

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74:29

Jawbreaker (1999) 🍬 "Death totally bites"

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2022/02/01

*w/ Special Guest Jamie!* This week on New Release … candy queens Ashley, Derrick, Drew, and James find themselves one hell of a sticky situation. Jawbreaker is a wolf with sharp fangs dressed in Cher’s wardrobe from Clueless. Because it’s R-rated, this teen comedy gets to go places its peers can’t, like getting away with murder. Rose McGowan, Judy Greer, and lots of other fresh faces turn up in this sick and twisted depiction of what high school surely felt like in the late 90s. “Peachy fucking

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62:43

Blast from the Past (1990) ⚛️ starring Brendan Fraser...

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2022/01/25

This week on New Release … atomic babes Ashley, Derrick, and Drew emerge from a long period of self-isolation to see what’s changed over the years. For starters, how did Brendan Fraser go from 90s phenom to fish out of work? Blast from the Past pairs Miss Clueless with knock-off Tarzan for a rom-com unlike any you’ve ever seen. That is, of course, assuming you’ve been living in a bomb shelter your whole life and haven’t actually seen a movie before. Regardless of how indifferent you may feel about

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81:10

She's All That (1999) 👩‍❤️‍👨 "These two opposites...

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2022/01/18

*w/ Special Guest Jamie!* This week on New Release … heartthrobs Ashley, Derrick, Drew, and James ditch the glasses and let their hair down. God, it’s important to look hot when analyzing a stone-cold classic like She’s All That. We got all your favorite 20-something teen icons—Freddie P, P-Dub, Matty Lillard, and RLC—coming together to turn an ugly duckling into a beautiful Laney swan. Will the shy girl in overalls land the prom Prinze or will false pretenses spoil an otherwise flawless love story

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66:54

Varsity Blues (1999) 🏈 "I don't want your life!"

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2022/01/11

This week on New Release … second stringers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew get called up to play with the A-squad. Varsity Blues, starring James Van Der Beek, among others, is god’s gift to sports and teen movies all in one tight package. We go deep into what football means to small towns in Texas and why parents have nothing better to do than drink Lone Star and watch their boys run Oop-de-Oops at practice. Come for the whipped cream bikinis but stay for a harsh dose of lessons learned under those

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40:48

The start of 1999 is a teen movie dream team 👩‍🎓

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2022/01/04

*Season 3 Premiere* This week on New Release … old timers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go back to school for six weeks of the most memorable teen movies ever. In this very special episode, we reveal our first new time period of the year and preview which movies we’ll be hitting the multiplex to see. If you like high school drama half as much as us, you’ll love what we have in store for you this semester. Enroll by searching ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple and then hitting subscribe. This ride is just

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62:13

The Matrix Resurrections (2021) 💊 "The choice is yours"

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2021/12/28

This week on New Release … bad glitches Ashley, Derrick, and Drew are back in 2021 partying like it’s 1999. A lot has changed since the first Matrix came out and blew everyone away with its stylized action and philosophical bent. However, The Matrix Resurrections ain’t about to forget for a second where it came from. It’s a commentary on itself and the dorm room discussions that followed and the complicated legacy it eventually gained through no fault of its own. If that sounds exhausting, well,

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58:24

Kindergarten Cop (1990) 👨🏻‍🏫 "An undercover cop in a...

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2021/12/21

This week on New Release … undercover Arnold lovers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew re-enroll in a classroom classic. Our podcast has chronicled Schwarzenegger’s epic journey from Conan to Terminator to Mars to playing Mr. Kimble in … Kindergarten Cop. A perfect way for us to say goodbye to 1990 and hello to whatever timeline we end up in next. Let’s find out if this lovable childhood flick still tickles our adult funny bones AND whether Arnold has a the heart of a giant to go along with his god-level

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66:52

Edward Scissorhands (1990) ✂️ "The story of an...

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2021/12/14

This week on New Release … Ashley, Derrick, and Drew don’t want no shrubs. Nope, they want to reconnect with the strange humanity of a boy given scissors for hands. Edward Scissorhands aches with sadness and beauty and the specific brand of weirdness only Tim Burton brings to the screen. A potent cocktail. And a Christmas movie. What more could you want? Get with the program by searching ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe. Get full access to New Release at

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30:06

The Winter of 1990 is full of weirdness and wonder ❄️

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2021/12/07

This week on New Release … mall Santas Ashley, Derrick, and Drew preview the home stretch of 1990. There are only THREE films left before we ring in a new year but boy are we excited to unwrap them with you. Here’s a hint: one features a character who could moonlight as a Christmas tree shaper and another stars somebody in really, really good shape. We’ll also fill you in the latest mall shenanigans and talk about our favorite holiday rituals. If you’re feeling festive, search ‘New Release’ on

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71:15

Misery (1990) 🔨 "SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!"

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2021/11/30

This week on New Release … dirty birdies Ashley, Derrick, and Drew enjoy an all-expense paid winter getaway hosted by Annie Wilkes, our #1 podcast fan. Only catch? Our legs are shattered six different ways to Sunday and nobody knows we’re here. But that free soup! Anyway, if it’s been a while since you last saw Kathy Bates’ iconic turn in Misery, then consider this your reminder to revisit one of the best King adaptations of all time. Also, I promise you’ll enjoy hearing us squirm as we try to

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59:37

Predator 2 (1990) 💀 "The ultimate hunter"

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2021/11/23

This week on New Release … hunters from the future Ashley, Derrick, and Drew stalk another sequel to a past classic. What Predator 2 lacks in Arnold-ness, it makes up for in blood, guts, and gunfire. Sort of. There are some badass elements here, for sure, even if the setting and story are convoluted as all hell. Danny Glover does what he can to fill the massive shadow left by Arnie’s absence, but ultimately the Predator itself steals the show. If you like your action sloppy and hard on the R, then

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62:38

Home Alone (1990) 😱 "Kevin!!"

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2021/11/16

This week on New Release … filthy animals Ashley, Derrick, and Drew stay up way past their bedtimes to watch a movie that audiences are going gaga over. Home Alone is a kid’s dream come true with a survivalist twist. Will Kevin successfully fend off two bumbling home invaders using his wits … or will the Wet Bandits rain on his pizza parade? This showdown for all ages packs more punch than its pint-sized PG-package may suggest, so do what you gotta do to fortify your funny bones from being TOO

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63:16

Child's Play 2 (1990) 🧑‍🦰 "Sorry Jack ... Chucky's...

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2021/11/09

This week on New Release … good guys Ashley, Derrick, and Drew ring in November of 1990 by digging up old childhood trauma. Child’s Play 2 follows in the tiny footsteps of the original, iconic killer doll movie and cements what will be another two-plus decades (and counting) of Chucky stuff. Will Derrick ever escape the red-haired skeleton in his closet or is the thought of an innocent toy coming to life to scary to shake? We do our best to dissect what makes this particular animatronic baddie more

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61:18

Jacob's Ladder (1990) 🪜 "Get me out of here"

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2021/11/02

This week on New Release … chiropractors Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go on the trip of a lifetime with Tim Robbins. Full of haunting imagery, psycho dread, and tension of flesh and mind, Jacob’s Ladder is the perfect capstone on our monthlong odyssey into horror hell. We try our best to parse what’s real versus imagined and what difference it makes anyway. This movie won’t give you nightmares, it IS a nightmare. Take that! Then search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe. Tune in Friday 📺

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64:52

Graveyard Shift (1990) 🐀 "Good benefits. Early...

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2021/10/26

This week on New Release … cellar dwellers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go rootin’ around in the recesses of the SKU (Stephen King Universe) to earn an honest night’s wage. Graveyard Shift is a monster movie with horrifying acting and darn good creature effects, I must say. If you can stomach the cartoonish characters long enough to get to good gory bits, you might have a surprising fun time. If not, listen to us do it and live to tell about it. Search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe

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64:28

Night of the Living Dead (1990) 🧟‍♂️ "There IS a fate...

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2021/10/19

This week on New Release … undead Ashley, Derrick, and Drew resuscitate a remake of the zombie movie that started it all. This Night of the Living Dead stays quite faithful to Romero’s original, but with more gore, sick makeup, and a slightly faster action than before. Whether or not this new version *needs* to exists is up for debate, as is what in the hell is wrong Mr. Cooper. If you like your zombies slow, dumb, and full in the tum-tum, then join us by searching ‘New Release’

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65:44

Troll 2 (1990) 👹 "Eat before we eat you"

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2021/10/12

This week on New Release … hot corn eaters Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go on a little vacation to Nilbog, where you are what you’re eaten by … or eaten as … or something like that. Troll 2 might not make a lick of sense or have acting or be scary at all, but what it lacks in traditional quality, it makes up for in unintentional edible value. Is this THE definitive GOOD-BAD-BAD-GOOD movie of all time … or a bust better left collecting dust? If you like so bad their green sandwiches, then search ‘New

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39:01

The Fall of 1990 ain't for faint of heart 🎃

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2021/10/05

This week on New Release … frighteners Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go Fall-out previewing the upcoming crop of new films. Brace yourself for trolls, zombies, demonic dolls, AND one of the most beloved Holiday movies of all time. Would you rather be home alone or spend a few weeks at casa de Kathy Bates? So many important topics to cover, including sharing our favorite Thanksgiving meals. Say your prayers, then search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe. Tune in Friday 📺 Get full access to

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