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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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🤵🏾🤵🏻‍♀️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

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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*

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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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Most Anticipated Movies and Shows of 2024 with...

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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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77:14

Most Memorable Viewing Experiences of 2023 with...

New Release ·

2024/01/08

This week on episode #197 of New Release … moviemongers Drew and James say goodbye to 2023 in style. We each select 5—count ‘em—5—each—so 10—viewing experiences we can’t shake. Is that a good thing? Usually, but not always. Drew gets scared, Jamie moves to her own beat, and both of us are blown away by the movie event of the summer. Whatever could it be?! This is our last chance to look back before we barrel with reckless abandon into the 2024 release calendar. Flip it and reverse it by searching

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11:44

🎄🩸 A Very Killer Christmas with Many Guests 🎄🩸

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2023/12/27

Twas the day after Christmas and a podcast now must come out … so I gather with 6 to 7 friends for an unwitting recording sesh at my house. Now Jamie, now Megan, now Jenn … on Copus, on Lindsey, on Merrill … offer us your favorite holiday movie or at least describe your apparel. Down the chimney this episode will do its best to make sound … but if like Phoebe Cate’s dad in Gremlins it gets stuck and expires and scars you for life, we can’t be held responsible for the sick gifts you have found. Merry

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25:40

A Murder at the End of the World finale *Bonus Episode*

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2023/12/21

Cyberpunks Ashley and Drew are finally free to discuss the end of A Murder at the End of the World. We put a bow on this half-baked whodunit and decide what—if anything—is satisfying about the show’s final 42 minutes. All I can say for now is we’ve been working really hard to develop our own ‘Alternative Intelligence’ and soon this podcast will be powered completely by ‘Drash’—a perfect synthesis of our soothing voices that will absolutely never encourage you to kill other podcasts on our behalf

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55:20

🎄🩸 The Sacrifice Game on Shudder 🎄🩸

New Release ·

2023/12/20

New Release presents Episode #3 in our second annual KILLER CHRISTMAS miniseries. The Sacrifice Game wastes no time giving us the gift of gore sorely lacking from our Killer Christmas season so far … and we welcome it with open arms. I don’t know about you, but I need satanic panic, demonic possession, and sweet 70’s stylings in all my Feliz Navidad fare going forward. Find out what else goes down in this boarding-school-with-a-secret movie by listening along. Then, spread holiday fear by searching

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45:27

🎄🩸 There's Something in the Barn available to rent...

New Release ·

2023/12/13

New Release presents Episode #2 in our second annual KILLER CHRISTMAS miniseries. There’s Something in the Barn might be Gremlins-lite, according to Ashley, but that’s more than enough reason for us to give it a whirl. We examine the delicate balance between Man and Barn Elf and decide which rules are made to be broken. Who says Santa’s little helpers can’t rave like the rest of us? Furthermore, we uncover a crazy cosmic coincidence that has underpinned the last several New Release programs. What

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63:01

🎄🩸 It's a Wonderful Knife on Shudder 🎄🩸

New Release ·

2023/12/06

New Release presents Episode #1 in our second annual KILLER CHRISTMAS miniseries. It’s a Wonderful Knife is the slasher version of an all-time holiday classic—at least that’s the pitch. Lessons must be learned the hard way, angels fall, and Justin Long’s teeth shine bright. Regardless of whether this shameless mashup succeeds or fails, Ashley and I have one hell of a time kicking off KILLER CHRISTMAS 2. Let the paindeer games begin! Next week: The Sacrifice Game, also on Shudder. Get full access

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Dr. Who 60th Anniversary Special on Disney+ ▶️

New Release ·

2023/11/29

This week on New Release (episode #191) … timelords Jamie, Jenn, and Meg are joined by their companion Drew for a TV event 60 years in the making. Dr. Who has featured so many wonderful D&C pairings over the decades—I gather—but the return of David Tennant’s Doctor (Who) and Catherine Tate’s Companion (Donna) is a BIG DEAL. That’s why we’ve tapped some of the biggest Who-heads in the game—along with Meg—to explain why the flurfy E.T. must be bagged and which buttons to press to save London. There’s

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45:55

A Murder at the End of the World on FX on Hulu ▶️

New Release ·

2023/11/25

This week on New Release (episode #190) … stuffed turkeys Ashley and Drew solve a hot case in a cold place. A Murder at the End of the World drops eight strangers in Iceland for intellectual summit that quickly turns … you guessed it … deadly. Who killed FANGS and how many more secrets lie behind Clive Owen’s wood-paneled halls? We carefully dissect all the clues from the first episode and speculate about what will happen next. If you like podcasts about fictional true crime, you’ll absolutely want

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56:27

The Curse on Paramount+ and Showtime ▶️

New Release ·

2023/11/14

This week on New Release (episode #189) … mother flippers Ashley (welcome back!) and Drew discuss a highly unusual new A24 TV series. The Curse is a dark satire exposing, potentially, what might be going down behind of the scenes of your favorite home renovation / HGTV-style reality show. If you’ve seen Nathan For You, you’ll recognize the absurd humor and uncomfortable tonal shifts BUT nothing can prepare you for certain *reveals* this show whips out. We break down the most surprising moments in

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40:27

Onimusha on Netflix ▶️

New Release ·

2023/11/10

This week on New Release (episode #188) … straight up warriors Derrick and Drew slice into the latest of Netflix’s many forays into anime. Onimusha is an adaptation of a popular video game series—again—but this one (compared to Freddy’s) is a bit more accessible to us noobs. We discuss the beautiful visuals and brutal, bloody fights, as well as the plot (meh) and character development (neh). You’ll have to listen to find out if we were ultimately won over OR if we’re powering down and moving on to

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59:59

Five Nights at Freddy's on Peacock and in Theaters ▶️

New Release ·

2023/11/03

This week on New Release (episode #187) … audiotronics furballs Derrick and Drew spend upwards of 50 minutes at the scariest Chuck E. Cheese ever. Five Nights at Freddy’s is a movie adaptation of an apparently very popular experiential horror game where a security guard spends his nights fending off evil animatronic performers at an abandoned restaurant. We’ve all been there. Why does this job exist? What’s powering our murderous band of fuzzies? Will Josh Hutcherson’s character sleep through his

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36:07

Slotherhouse on Hulu ▶️

New Release ·

2023/10/25

This week on New Release (episode #186) … alphas Ashley and Drew are faced with a horrible dilemma … could a movie called Slotherhouse not be, like, totally awesome? What happens when you mashup Chucky and Gizmo and have AI-generated humans? Things we can confirm … sorority house, cute sloth, light slaughtering. And maybe that’s all we could’ve expected from this campy Hulu feature. We celebrate the good, the bad, and plenty of ugly this week, as we begin our final countdown to Halloween. I promise,

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The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix ▶️

New Release ·

2023/10/17

This week on New Release (episode #185) … mushers Ashley and Drew savor the latest Mike Flanagan horror show like a fine 100K pour of cognac. The Fall of the House of Usher shifts Poe’s forsaken family to present day with striking effect. We discuss what makes this parlor tale so special and why it stands apart from pretty much anything else on TV—at least in terms of scary. If you’ve stomached the first two episodes (or more), then you know this show doesn’t hold back, and neither will we—ever—in

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56:40

The Exorcist: Believer only in Theaters ▶️

New Release ·

2023/10/10

This week on New Release (episode #184) … pair of pazuzus Ashley and Drew go demon on David Gordon Green’s latest entrant into franchise horror filmmaking. Is The Exorcist: Believer a worthy follow-up to the most iconic scary movie of all time or a big, dumb womp-womp-womp? We debate the Sophie’s Choice of unborn child versus lover’s life and find out where Ashley stands on the desecration of fingernails in movies. Whatever we feel like expelling—on whoever—now is our time to unload. Please, the

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