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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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66:54

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) “For everyone...

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2020/12/21

This week on New Release - Best Year Ever! … breakers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew shake their groove things up beat street and back down funk ave. Breakin’ 2’s cult status was pretty much preordained when people heard the full title was Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. More than fun and names, though, this 90-minute dance party is like playing trampoline in a lightning storm. Feel the rush! Follow Kelly, Turbo, Ozone, and crew as they do everything they can to defeat gentrification through sheer force

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61:11

Starman (1984) "Look up, company's coming" 💫

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2020/12/14

This week on New Release 1984 … lovable aliens Ashley, Derrick, and Drew get swept off their feet by The Dude from another planet. Jeff Bridges is Starman! With this intimate tale, John Carpenter proves he’s not only a master of horror and sci-fi, but a romantic at heart. We ride shotgun while Bridges slowly discovers his humanity and burning desire for … apple pie. That’s right, he crashed landed on Earth to eat diner food and give Karen Allen a star baby … and he’s all out of diner food. Anyway,

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71:11

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) "The heat is on" 👮🏾‍♀️

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2020/12/07

This week on New Release 1984 … lawbreakers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew get pulled onto the shoulder by a comedic icon. Eddie Murphy. Holy shit, Beverly Hills Cop is your basic police story that takes off when you realize this dude doesn’t play by the rules. He’s a renegade. Who cares about jurisdiction when you’re on “vacay” trolling in Beverly Hills? Modern art, convertibles, room service, what else you want? Bananas! Anyway, if you need a refresher on why Eddie Murphy is an icon, like we did, this

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65:20

Razorback (1984) "A new breed of terror" 🐗

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2020/12/01

This week on New Release 1984 … wild hogs Ashley, Derrick, and Drew contend with a baby-eating beast terrorizing the Outback. Bad boar, bad boar … what you gonna do when we come for you. Razorback is pretty much Jaws with a pig, and we’re cool with that. We discuss our love for all things large-killer-animal and decide where this big boy ranks amongst your jumbo Crocs and ‘Condas and Eight-Legged Freaks. Prepare yourself for a no-holds-boared showdown by searching ‘New Release 1984’ in Spotify or

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60:22

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) "Santa's Here" 🎅

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2020/11/23

This week on New Release 1984 … santa’s little helpers Derrick and Drew unwrap the naughty and nice bits of another killer Christmas movie. Silent Night, Deadly Night may have been pulled from theaters because it made kids super scared of Old St. Nick, but surely we’re old enough to handle it, right? We make a list of the most memorable slashes and slays—one of which involves, you guessed it, a deadly sleigh ride. Another gives new meaning to decking the halls with bowels of holly. Get in the

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76:05

Night of the Comet (1984) "the last thing on Earth...

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2020/11/16

This week on New Release 1984 … comet zombies Ashley, Derrick, Drew, AND beloved guest Jamie just wanna have fun despite a little bit of apocalypse. If Night of the Comet is meant to tell us anything, it’s that the malls are open and the living is free … until you meet a flesh-eating zombie. We follow two sisters from the valley with badass survival skills and killer clothes to boot. Get ready for Christmas in LA except everything is glowing red and the streets are, like, totally empty. As serene as

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86:56

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) "1, 2 Freddy's...

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2020/11/09

This week on New Release 1984 … dream warriors Ashley, Derrick, and Drew dig their claws into a horror classic. A Nightmare on Elm Street directed by Wes Craven proves that slashers can be more than empty vessels. They can also have jokes. Whether you’re a Freddy-dude, Jason-stan, or Micheal-man, you gotta respect what the guy with the finger knives brings to the table. Dinner is severed. At the end of the day, this movie never gets old. Was is all a dream 🤷‍♀️ Find out by searching “New Release

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74:18

The Terminator (1984) "I'll be back" 💪

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2020/11/02

This week on New Release 1984 … cyborgs Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go balls to the wall for an action movie that never gets old. Or is it a slasher? No wait, there’s time travel and post apocalyptic vibes and of course, Arnold blowing up on and off screen. It’s the best of all worlds. If you haven’t seen this sucker for awhile, like us, you’ll be amazed by how well it holds up. We get into that and share our favorite catchphrases, in character. Are you dying to hear one of us do a sick impersonation

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62:49

Body Double (1984) "You can't believe everything you...

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2020/10/26

This week on New Release 1984 … one-off voyeurs Derrick and Drew (where’s Ashley?) take an up close and personal look at a twisted adult thriller. Brian De Palma’s Body Double will dazzle you with its style, confound you with its plot, and leave you questioning everything you’ve seen. Do we have answers? Probably not. Is that the point? Hmmm. Did we thoroughly enjoy ourselves? That’s a yet. If you like movies about movies about making hardcore movies, you’ll love hearing us work through our

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63:53

Stop Making Sense (1984) "Talking Heads" 🧍🏻

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2020/10/19

The week on New Release 1984 … psycho killers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew get jiggy with “the finest concert film” of all time. Perhaps. We discuss whether Stop Making Sense featuring the Talking Heads blew us away or rocked us back and forth, gentle like? Either way, it’s the journey that counts when you’re on the road to nowhere … or something like that. Come, join us for a sonic experience like none other by searching ‘New Release 1984’ on Spotify or Apple or other and subscribe. Tune in Friday 📺

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56:58

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) "Orwell's terrifying...

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2020/10/12

This week on New Release 1984 … citizens Ashley, Derrick, and Drew subject themselves to the uncompromising oppression of—what must be—the definitive dystopian story. Nineteen Eighty-Four, the movie, takes the flat-out bleakness of Orwell’s imagined world and projects it onto the screen with little concern for what’s palatable. Despite the dark mood, we find value in returning to concepts of total surveillance and ‘double-think’ that, sadly, never go out of style. Come with us on a journey into the

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82:36

The Toxic Avenger (1984) "He was 98lbs of of solid...

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2020/10/05

This week on New Release 1984 … gym rats Ashley, Derrick, and Drew get all the gore and hardcore action they could possibly ask for. And then some! The Toxic Avenger might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it doesn’t give a crap. Prepare to be shocked, appalled, and if you’re lucky, tickled in ways you’ll never forget. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a bullied janitor jumped out of a window and landed in an open barrel of toxic waste? Wanna see a superzombiehero wipe out bad guys in the

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62:22

Tightrope starring Clint Eastwood (1984) "A cop on...

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2020/09/28

The week on New Release 1984 … dirtbags Ashley, Derrick, and Drew stake out a forgotten thriller led by the OG anti-hero. Did Clint make Tightrope to subvert his good guy image or was the seedier side of Eastwood obvious all along? All we know is when this dude gets busy onscreen it ain’t gonna work out well for anyone involved. Luckily, the movie takes place in New Orleans where he’s got unfettered access to sex workers to exploit. We talk about The Big Easy, the highs, the lows, and all the

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72:39

All of Me (1984) "The comedy that proves that one’s a...

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2020/09/21

This week on New Release 1984 … swappers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew get giddy with it watching Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin cohabitate one body in All of Me. Left is right, up is down, tap-tap mothersucker. If you like physical comedy, then you’re gonna love this take on the classic changing identities format. And speaking of, where does this fit on the on the Freaky Friday v Big continuum? All I know is we don’t hold back in our adoration for this comedic gem. If you want a piece of the PG action,

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74:31

Ninja 3: The Domination (1984) "He's the ultimate...

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2020/09/14

The week on New Release 1984 … stealth assassins Ashley, Derrick, and Drew slice into a crucial piece of ninja movie cannon. Ninja 3: The Domination is what you get when you mix The Exorcist with non-sensical, gratuitous, freaking awesome ninja action. In the first ten minutes alone there’s a ninja taking down a golf cart, helicopter, and damn near the entire police force of Arizona. Find out where on the dominance scale the ninja of this movie rank against legends of pop culture ninja past. Do you

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68:48

The Brother From Another Planet (1984) 🗽

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2020/09/07

This week on New Release 1984 … out-of-towners Ashley, Derrick, and Drew visit the arthouse cinema to see something that feels like a very personal story. The Brother From Another Planet is sci-fi that cares more about making an emotional connection than it does about dazzling with special effects (although look out for one moment). We do our best to unpack the themes of the movie, while acknowledging how different our American experience has been from the Black characters featured here. Lastly, as

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64:55

C.H.U.D. (1984) "They're not staying down there,...

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2020/08/31

This week on New Release 1984 … humanoids Ashley, Derrick, and Drew examine some unusual activity taking place below street level. Who made these C.H.U.D. and what do they want? It’s not every day you stare a cannibalistic yellow-eyed stretchy-necked mutant in the face and live to podcast about it. But we did! Oh yes, we gab about body horror and rank the most terrifying underground dwellers in movie history. If you’re curious what’s lurking below the surface of this creature feature, then type ‘New

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53:46

Children of the Corn (1984) “An adult nightmare” 🌽

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2020/08/24

This week on New Release 1984 … cornballs Ashley, Derrick, and Drew sink their teeth into a creepy kid classic. Do you know the difference between a scythe and a sickle? You better believe these Children of the Corn do. We also figure out where this crop of budding child psychopaths fits in amongst the Damiens and Regans and Rosemary Babies of movie history. If you’re not afraid to walk behind the rows with us, then why not subscribe to ‘New Release 1984’ on Spotify or Apple. Tune in Friday 📺 Get

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65:41

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th...

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2020/08/17

The week on New Release 1984 … jacks-of-all-trades / masters-of-some Ashley, Derrick, and Drew diagnose a shaggy, but otherwise lovable cult classic. Is Buckaroo Banzai the hero we need in 2020 or a hero only the 80s deserve? After sorting through a plot with more holes than old Swiss, we share our personal favorite cult hits and decide whose nostalgia matters more. Spoiler: always mine! … (is what everyone thinks). Anyways, if you like your alien-fighting adventures with a side of hi-jinx and a

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75:28

Red Dawn (1984) "World War III has begun" 🔴

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2020/08/10

This week on New Release 1984 … Wolverines Ashley, Derrick, and Drew look for silver linings through a haze of global annihilation. Yay! Can a group of PG-thirteens put a dent in the armor of the supposed big bad Soviet empire … and how many lives will be lost along the way? Let’s set the over/under for on screen deaths at 100. If all that sounds like a downer—well—don’t fret, for this week we’re ranking the Best Movies Ever, When You’re 13. Warning: this episode contains adult language, adult

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