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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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41:28

🌴 Palm Royale on Apple TV+

New Release ·

2024/05/24

This week on episode #217 of New Release … strive-hards Ashley and Drew break into the most exclusive club in town. Streaming now on Apple TV, Palm Royale is a light … thriller? Dark … comedy? Period … drama? We sort through this tangled web of madamening tonal shifts that could only take place in a late 60s Florida-set … satire? Seriously, what is this show going for? One thing is clear … Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, and the rest of the gang are having fun with the juicy plot and lavish

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37:52

📚 Pretty Little Liars: Summer School on Max

New Release ·

2024/05/18

This week on episode #216 of New Release … pasta prima donnas Ashley and Drew gear up for summer school. Booooo. Lame. We did zero homework and decided to jump into season 2 of a spinoff of a show neither of us really watched in the first place. So smart. Is Pretty Little Liars: Summer School a fun mashup of horror tropes OR a cheap excuse to remix the same notes of nostalgia you get from Stranger Things and every other 80s-inspired piece of media? Or maybe we’re just too old for this shit? Stay out

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45:17

🧬 Dark Matter on Apple TV+

New Release ·

2024/05/10

This week on episode #215 of New Release … Edgerton lords Ashley and Drew unpack another sci-fi book adaptation. What’s in the box?! Is this new Dark Matter show dead or alive or somehow in both states at the same time? We go deep on Schrödinger and Pavlov and Pellegrino and all the best minds in science from decades past. What if someone was out there living an alternate version of your life? A you too. Or two? U2. Far out. Come back for plenty more hardcore philosophizing by ‘New Release’ on

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53:43

👹 Late Night with the Devil on Shudder (plus more...

New Release ·

2024/05/03

This week on episode #214 of New Release … medium-sized hosts Ashley and Drew invite you to a special Demonic Spring edition of the podcast. Abraxas aka “Mr. Wriggles” joins us—in spirit—as we discuss Late Night with the Devil on Shudder. What did we think of the talk show gimmick, the 70s vibes, and all the chaos and violence that unfolds LIVE on TV? Tune in to find out. And, as if that wasn’t enough, we couldn’t help ourselves from revisiting Baby Reindeer, the breakout hit of the year. How far

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36:13

👩‍🍼 Baby Reindeer on Netflix

New Release ·

2024/04/25

This week on episode #213 of New Release … doeboys Ashley and Drew instantly develop a love/hate relationship with some new Netflix stalker show. Baby Reindeer dramatizes the true story of a struggling comedian getting stalked, and the complicated feelings he has toward this newfound hyper-focused fame. Is an onslaught of attention from a convicted felon and compulsive liar disturbing? Yeah, sure. But it is flattering? Big time. How long would you ‘put up with’ a stalker if it were good for your

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65:04

🦄 The 38th anniversary of LEGEND (1986) for Ashley's...

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2024/04/17

This week on episode #212 of New Release … horn unadorned Ashley and Drew confront Darkness in its truest form. And happy birthday, by the way! Legend (1986) is one of those twisted fantasy movies that was supposedly aimed at kids but somehow gets more and more disturbing with age. Ashley takes us back to her first impressions of this childhood favorite and shares how it feels to return to where she saw her first unicorn. Awwwww. Followed immediately, of course, by her first time seeing a unicorn

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83:15

🐵 Monkey Man only in Theaters

New Release ·

2024/04/12

This week on episode #211 of New Release … action junkies Jamie and Drew go to the movies to see Dev Patel’s directorial debut. Monkey Man is a classic revenge tale that goes hard and leaves you feeling bloodied and battered in the best possible ways. We discuss how this compares to other modern action flicks—or Wicks—and why simplicity is a virtue. Plus, anytime we have the host of Movie Shots Club in our midst, we have to run through drinking rules for this fine feature. So pour yourself a glass

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86:59

👽 3 Body Problem on Netflix *full season BINGE*

New Release ·

2024/04/06

This week on episode #210 of New Release … bugs Drew and Jenn try to wrap their tiny earth-sized brains around the biggest questions in the universe. 3 Body Problem on Netflix is probably the most ambitious book adaptation since Game of Thrones, and that’s no coincidence. Benioff & Weiss + Alexander Woo attempt to squeeze many pages, many years, many characters, and many sciences into eight hours of TV (for now). We discuss how it all comes together and where (and when) we expect it to go from here

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76:13

🩸🍯Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 with Jenn and Mo

New Release ·

2024/03/31

This week on episode #209 of New Release … Pooh-heads Jenn, Mo, and Drew dive back into the Poohniverse of badness. But is Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 actually bad in a good way this time … maybe even so good-bad it’s great?! Find out, as we have fun fun fun dissecting this perverted take on a beloved figure from one year past. Reanimated, murderous, chainsaw wielding Blood and Honey Pooh is now officially the only Pooh that exists for this thirsty crew. Come play with us in the twisted

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55:50

🙅‍♀️ X-Men '97 on Disney+

New Release ·

2024/03/24

This week on episode #208 of New Release … beta mutants Derrick and Drew go back to a time when superheroes were cool 😎 X-Men ‘97 picks up right where X-Men: The Animated Series left off in the late 90s, and doesn’t miss a beat. That theme song still hits hard and so does its vibrant 2D art style. We discuss what updates were made to bring our favorite mutants back for a modern audience and whether this reboot/revive/reskin succeeds where other nostalgia attempts have failed. The first two episodes

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56:18

🌺 More Shōgun + what's streaming this Spring?

New Release ·

2024/03/15

This week on episode #207 of New Release … cannon fodder Derrick and Drew don’t watching anything new. But that’s because we’re so enthralled with Shōgun we figured we’d talk about it twice! We discuss our favorite bits from the first 4 episodes of this historical samurai drama before diving, angelically, into the great expanse of steaming TV coming out in the next month or two. What will we do next!? High brow sci-fi … cartoon superheroes … or Roadhouse? We’re putting all our cards on the table and

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52:01

🏯 Shōgun on FX

New Release ·

2024/03/07

This week on episode #206 of New Release … barbarians Ashley, Derrick!, and Drew find themselves at the center of a power struggle that will define global politics for centuries to come. Set in Japan in the year 1600, Shōgun begins with families of Japan on the brink of civil war. Meanwhile, outside forces from the west encroach on their territory, posing an existential threat. Tensions run high. We discuss the rich world building and patience of this new historical drama. Will Shōgun fill the void

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61:52

💨 Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix *full season...

New Release ·

2024/03/01

This week on episode #205 of New Release … earbenders Drew and special guest Jamie BINGE all of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender live action adaptation and … we have thoughts. James brings here OG fan perspective to the chat, while Drew keeps wanting to compare it to grownup fantasy, like Game of Thrones. What is this big-budget production trying to be—and for whom, we ask?! It’s been a wild ride, and we’re here to share all the ups and downs of what I’m sure Netflix hopes will be a long running

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57:04

🥶 True Detective: Night Country FINALE on Max

New Release ·

2024/02/22

This week on episode #204 of New Release … polar bears Ashley and Drew plunge into the dark crevices of Ennis in search of hard truths. Another case on True Detective: Night Country may be closed, but did we get the right answers to the wrong questions? Were the who-and-what-donnits of the season five four finale satisfying or half-baked? Listen closely to find out. Then search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe. Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix is up next. Get full access to New

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61:17

🤵🏾🤵🏻‍♀️Mr. & Mrs. Smith on Prime

New Release ·

2024/02/14

This week on episode #203 of New Release … newlysaids Ashley and Drew sign up for a high-risk podcast assignment. Our mission, should you choose to listen, is to review the remake of the spy romance that spawned the sexiest, most scorching supercouple of the early aughts. In 2005, Brangelina was born. In present day, Donald Glover & Maya Erskine take over as the titular Mr. and Mrs. Smith. We discuss how this pairing compares and contrasts with the original and whether their chemistry even matters

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45:11

😤 Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Final Season on Max

New Release ·

2024/02/09

This week on episode #202 of New Release … curmudgeons Ashley and Drew join Larry David as he screams his futile screams into the dying light of Hollywood. Farewell, fuckers. Curb Your Enthusiasm is back for one final round of your petty everyday frustrations taken to the extreme. And then some. We discuss whether we find Larry’s misanthropy cathartic, annoying, or a big fat dose of BOTH. Whether you like it or not, this dude’s acerbic world view has permeated pop culture for over 30 years and this

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58:17

🔥 Saltburn 🔥 on Prime

New Release ·

2024/02/03

This week on episode #201 of New Release … thirst traps Ashley and Drew drink the Elordi milkshake—THEY DRINK IT UP! Saltburn isn’t exactly a new release, but it is by far the movie I’ve had the most conversations about since it arrived on Prime last Christmas. Like how could we let one more week go by without paying our respects to this groundbreaking piece of cinema. Let us bathe in the afterglow of a story about a family watching helplessly as everything they care about goes slowly down the

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81:01

🍕 TV Tombstones for our *200th Episode*

New Release ·

2024/01/25

OH MY GOD we made it to 200 episodes (!!) and what better way to celebrate than a convoluted metaphor involving pizza, TV, and death—the three things New Release is known for. Join chefs Ashley, Derrick, Drew, and James on a culinary odyssey that spans a lifetime of NR lore and concludes in our final destination—TV Tombstones. What is a TV Tombstone, you ask? Well it’s definitely not just a top 4 list with a cheesy twist—no, no, I promise you that. But really, thank you so much for listening all

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56:13

True Detective: Night Country on Max ▶️

New Release ·

2024/01/18

This week on episode #199 of New Release … Ashley is back, baby, and we’re venturing deep into the darkness of the Alaskan winter landscape. The mystery of True Detective: Night Country appears vast and open-ended thus far, which makes it all the more fun to puzzle out what’s coming next. We have our theories, but mostly, we’re prepared to go down any icy road that Jodie Foster wants to take us on. Even if the three-light town of Ennis dead ends in a one-eyed polar bear. Howdy. Is that ominous or

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39:11

Most Anticipated Movies and Shows of 2024 with...

New Release ·

2024/01/09

This week on episode #198 of New Release … portends Drew and James meander their way through the 2024 release schedule to the best of their abilities—with incomplete information. The format: We go head-to-head in a no-holds-barred fight to pick the things we’re most looking forward to before the other can steal them away. Fortunately (or unfortunately, if you like drama), we have completely different tastes and thus each pretty much get exactly what we want. Still, there’s only one way to find out

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