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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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64:28

Class of 1999 (1990) 🙅 "The ultimate teaching machine"

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2021/05/11

This week on New Release … A+ students Ashley, Derrick, and Drew are given one of their most dangerous assignments yet. To really understand Class of 1999 we must compare our high school experiences to the hellscape that is Kennedy High. What would you do if your teachers were robots that got off on punishing and/or killing students? Would you … drop out, get addicted to Edge, or fight back? If you or anyone you know is struggling in school, we can help. For all the answers, search ‘New Release’

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59:53

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) 💀 "Four...

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2021/05/04

This week on New Release … gravediggers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew enjoy three or four scary stories for the price of one. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a horror anthology, like many others, that relies more on special effects and cheap thrills than character development but we’re cool with that. Give me a killer cat and gargoyle queen in the same sitting any day of the week. Mummies and witches and Steve Buscemi say bye! Join us around the campfire by searching ‘New Release’

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66:15

Mortal Kombat (2021) 🥶 "Get over here!"

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2021/04/27

This week on New Release … combatants Ashley, Derrick, and Drew make their triumphant return to 2021—for one week only—to engage in (or with) Mortal Kombat. Considering how much we love this game franchise and the first movie, we have sky-high expectations for this one. Is that a recipe for disappointment … or will the new hard-R version deliver all the gore and fatalities the PG-13 original never could? What happens when you pit a childhood favorite against an adult newcomer in a match to the

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56:34

Side Out (1990) 🏐 "Summer just got a lot hotter"

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2021/04/20

This week on New Release … beach bums Ashley, Derrick, and Drew celebrate a certain someone’s b-day with a movie about their favorite sport. Side Out is THE definitive beach volleyball movie (sorry, Top Gun) but is it … good? We grill Ashley on the accuracy and attitude on display in this overlooked sports movie to find out how well it matches her experience. On a scale of bump-set-kill, this movies scores huge in the beach wardrobe department, but what else? Find out who comes out on top by

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58:20

Cry-Baby (1990) 😢 "Good girls want him bad"

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2021/04/13

This week on New Release … wannabe drapes Ashley, Derrick, and Drew have their square moviegoing tastes challenged by cult filmmaker John Waters. Cry-Baby stars Johnny Depp as the sensitive bad boy who sings like the lovechild of Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley. It’s your classic orphan-meets-orphan romance where the only thing keeping Cry-Baby and Allison apart is being basic. Find out if two kids from opposite sides of the tracks can shed society’s labels and form a dynamic duo with staying power

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73:32

Twin Peaks (1990) 🌲🌲 "Who killed Laura Palmer?"

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2021/04/06

This week on New Release … locals Ashley, Derrick, and Drew stay home to watch a TV-movie event that will surely have everyone talking tomorrow. After Twin Peaks aired on ABC in primetime—on a calm Sunday night—TV was never the same. Seriously. Only David Lynch could make something this weird and disturbing in a way that’s also entertaining enough to become an instant hit. We love Lynch like crazy and this was our first real opportunity to get into what makes him so special as an artist. The music,

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80:13

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) 🐢 “Cowabunga!”

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2021/03/30

This week on New Release … teenage mutant ninja talkers Ashley, Derrick, Drew, and special guest Brian! (from VCRWORLD) mainline a childhood standard. You can’t have the 90s and you can’t pizza without paying respect to our heroes in a half shell, our boys in green, our beloved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We’ll share our earliest ooze-filled memories, then get real with each other by answering the most important question facing any friend group: Which turtle are you? Relive the radical days of

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60:45

Pretty Woman (1990) 💃 starring Julia Roberts &...

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2021/03/23

This week on New Release … callpeople Ashley, Derrick, and Drew ring in the 50th episode of New Release by watching one of the most iconic rom-coms of all time! Join along as we look back on how Pretty Woman turned Julia Roberts into an American sweetheart and help us renegotiate the terms of her week-long liaison with Richard Gere. Would you pay $3000/week for chemistry like theirs? Before you decide, stroll down to the mall and get yourself a makeover that will have everyone on Rodeo Drive doing a

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63:57

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) 🌋 starring Tom Hanks &...

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2021/03/16

This week on New Release … volcanologists Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go back to where it all started for the definitive 90s movie couple. Joe Versus the Volcano is the first of three hit rom-coms to star Hanks & Ryan, and it is by far the weirdest. In short, Tom Hanks’ Joe, after being diagnosed with a terminal “Brain Cloud”, gets offered an Amex card and free vacay … so long as he agrees to sacrifice himself by jumping into a volcano. Man, if I had a dime for every— Along the way he meets three

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62:49

House Party (1990) 🔊 starring Kid 'n Play

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2021/03/09

This week on New Release … party animals Ashley, Derrick, and Drew crash the biggest bash of the school year. Watching House Party is the next best thing to actually going to a shindig these days, so we’re extending a virtual invite your way. Lace your kicks, air out your Hammer pants, and get ready to boogie with Kid ‘n Play like it’s 1990! Forget curfew because this thing runs from now to question mark. We trace how House Party laid the foundation for party movies like Superbad and Can’t Hardly

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65:50

The Hunt for Red October (1990) ⚓️ "The hunt is on"

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2021/03/02

This week on New Release … sea captains Ashley, Derrick, and Drew hop aboard a Russian sub in hopes of preventing all-out nuclear war. Aside from that, The Hunt for Red October is our chance to finally meet this Jack Ryan character we’ve heard so much about. Alec Baldwin goes (under) toe-to-toe with Sean Connery but all they really wanna do is go fishing together. This tense thriller had us pulling Crazy Ivans left and right, starboard and port side, firing our magnetohydrodynamic drives on all

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58:15

The Blood of Heroes (1990) ☠️ "winning is everything"

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2021/02/23

This week on New Release … champions Ashley, Derrick, and Drew kick the dust off a sadistic sports/dystopian movie you may not have heard of. The Blood of Heroes follows a bruising team of Juggers as they roam the desolate Outback hoping to improve their lowly stations in life—one game of dunk the dog skull at a time. We evaluate the entertainment value of this brutal fake movie sport versus favorites such as Quidditch, BASEketball, and more. Will our heroes prove worthy of whatever spoils remain …

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61:09

Nightbreed (1990) 👹 "a new reason to fear the night"

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2021/02/16

This week on New Release … monstrosities Ashley, Derrick, and Drew take a trip to Midian, where all night dwellers live in relative harmony—until humans arrive. Nightbreed is an unrestrained horror-fantasy hybrid ripped from the wicked imagination of Clive Barker—the man responsible for Pinhead and some of the sickest monsters ever brought to life on screen. We choose our favorite fiends from an all-star lineup, then struggle over whether we’re mortals destined to live in the light … or creatures

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67:19

Hard to Kill (1990) 😴 starring Steven Seagal

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2021/02/09

This week on New Release … ponytail historians Ashley, Derrick, and Drew wake up from a long slumber to kick some serious B-movie butt. Hot off Hard to Kill, we try our damndest to figure out how Steven Seagal became an overnight action sensation back in the day. Hunky or clunky, we have to know? All that plus a tag-team deathmatch among your favorite action and martial arts stars from the 90s. Who prevails when Chuck Norris meets Lucy Lawless and Van Damme in a dark alley? If you like them apples,

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77:39

Cinema Paradiso (1990) 📽 “the magic of the movies”

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2021/02/02

This week on New Release - Best Year Ever! … cinephiles Ashley, Derrick, and Drew reminisce about the wonders of moviegoing. Sure, we do that every week but this one is special because we’re watching Cinema Paradiso, a movie about movies and the warm bath of nostalgia they evoke. We look back on our earliest and fondest trips to the cinema and pine for a time when it’s safe to return. Whether you desperately miss the Big Screen or have gotten used to watching from home, you’ll enjoy our latest trip

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59:46

Brain Dead (1990) 🧠 "You have nothing to lose ......

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2021/01/26

This week on New Release - Best Year Ever! … brainiacs Ashley, Derrick, and Drew wake up from one of most twisted, confusing dreams they’ve ever had. Or was it all a movie? Brain Dead is one part Eternal Sunshine two scoops Shudder Island covered in Twilight Zone hot mess fudge. Is it palatable? Yes. Does it come highly recommended? Probably not. Nevertheless, the star power of Bill, Bill, and Bud is enough to elevate this from trifling to mindless curiosity, at the very least. Whether you’ve heard

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73:38

Tremors (1990) "The monster movie that breaks new...

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2021/01/19

This week on New Release - Best Year Ever! … seismologists Ashley, Derrick, and Drew plan a relaxing getaway to Perfection only to be interrupted some gross-ass uninvited guests. Tremors … they’re creepy, they’re crawly, they’re smelly, and nobody’s safe until every last one of them is blown to smithereens. Of course, all the ammo in the world ain’t enough unless you can outsmart these giant motherhumpers. Will best buds Val & Earl (Kevin Bacon & Fred Ward) be able to exterminate these exotic pests

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73:49

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)...

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2021/01/12

This week on New Release - Best Year Ever! … survivalists Ashley, Derrick, and Drew find themselves smack dab in 1990 for the first time—only to be stalked by an old foe from slashers past. Leatherface, the chainsaw-wielding monster that will cut you up and try on your face, is back and buzZZzier than ever in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Will we band together to escape the clutches of a cannibalistic family or will in-fighting lead to our ultimate demise? Find out which horror villain (not named

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59:12

Why 1984 was the Best Year Ever! 🛴

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2021/01/04

This week on New Release - Best Year Ever! … time travelers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew put a bow on 1984 and get hyped for a brand new Best Year Ever of movies. We’ll be trading in our worn out scooters for a slick new method of transport and looking back on an unforgettable year in film. Find out who we crown King or Queen of ‘84 and so much more. Be sure to listen to the end when we’ll reveal which year’s up next and subscribe now by searching ‘New Release Best Year Ever’ in Spotify or Apple. New

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66:27

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) “A new era of wonder begins”...

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2020/12/28

This week on New Release - Best Year Ever! ... supermofos Ashley, Derrick, and Drew look back at 1984 through the lens of 2020. If that sounds like huh, don’t worry, Wonder Woman 1984 will answer ALL your questions about what to wish for when you grow up and how to bring a little love back into your life. C’mon, would I mislead to you after learning that the secret to flying is not lying? Or was it be careful how many nukes you get because Russia will always end with more? Wait, it was that when

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