New Release

This week on episode #240 of New Release … hell’s elves Jamie and Drew endure one of 2024’s most meh Christmas movies. You know, I usually don’t give away our reaction to the thing we’re talking about in the description … but unfortunately all the Jack Black in the world can’t turn this lump of coal into something cool. Still, we hope you enjoy listening to us discuss this and other mediocre holid...

This Thanksgiving week on episode #239 of New Release … Podcast Investigators Ashley and Drew gobble up the latest Mike Schur show. From the creator of The Office , Parks & Rec , The Good Place , Brooklyn Nine-Nine , and more ( sheeesh !) comes A Man on the Inside with Ted Danson. Look, you know it’ll be charming/winning, but is it actually funny. Listen to find out. ⏩ Feature presentation starts...

This week on episode #238 of New Release … genuine cowpolk Ashley and Drew drill into a new Billy Bob Thorton show about the oil biz. Landman is a Texas-sized drama about the crude men and hard truths that power this here world while we got it. Grab a Michelob Ultra and enjoy the burn. ⏩ Feature presentation starts at (4:04). Want MORE? Search ‘ New Release ’ on  Spotify  or  Apple  and hit subsc...

This week on episode #237 of New Release … geezers Ashley and Drew back their old asses in time for one more movie adventure. In My Old Ass , Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella star as the same person separated in time by 20-ish years. No zany tech required, simply through the temporally transportive magic of psilocybin. Basically, what would say to your younger self? Feature Presentation starts at (8:...

This week on episode #236 of New Release … cat & mouse duo Ashley & Drew toy with Netflix’s latest killer thriller with a gimmick. Don’t Move puts viewers in the leaden shoes of its heroine, as she does her best to outwit a psycho that doesn’t fight fair. How would you escape certain death when you can barely lift a finger?! * (3:40) Previously on: Hysteria! * (9:56) Feature Presentation: Don’t Mo...

This week on episode #235 of New Release … contestants Ashley and Drew approach Netflix’s latest true crime adaptation with a healthy does of trepidation. Does this 70s set thriller separate itself from the serial killer pack … or are we in for more of the same? Anna Kendrick stars in and directs Woman of the Hour . * (4:32) Previously On: Hysteria! and Teacup * (14:40) Feature Presentation: Woman...

This week on episode #234 of New Release … satan stans Ashley and Drew get swept up in the horrors of Happy Hollow. Hysteria! —set in 1989—is definitely a Stranger Things rip-off but is it one of the good ones?! Listen to find out. * (3:00) Previously On: Teacup * (7:21) Previously On: In a Violent Nature * (12:53) Feature Presentation: Hysteria! Want MORE? Search ‘ New Release ’ on  Spotify  or ...

This week on episode #233 of New Release … tempests Ashley and Drew try to decipher what the hell is happening on one family’s remote farmstead. A bloody women in the woods, some guy in a gas mask, and many animals freaking out. Do all these Stephen King-like ingredients add up to a mystery worth solving … or should we cross the blue spray-painted line and hope for the best? Listen to find out! Wa...

This week on episode #232 of New Release … Ashew and Drewly get into character(s) for the most swappy of all body swap movies. It’s What’s Inside octoples down on this tried and true film gimmick to explore identity and sexuality and all the big stuff. Or does it? * (3:53) Previously On: Did we like the end of Nobody Wants This ? * (17:01) Previously On: Ashley FINALLY saw The Substance ! * (27:33...

This week on episode #231 of New Release … shrimps Derrick and Drew get shocked and appalled in the best possible way by a new body horror masterpiece. The Substance starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley takes on agism in Hollywood in the most gloriously grotesque fashion. Is this the most shocking movie we’ve ever seen? Let’s get right on into it. * (2:22) - Previously On - Nobody Wants This -...

This week on episode #230 of New Release … gentiles Ashley and Drew open their hearts to a new rom-com series on Netflix. Did you say Seth from the O.C. was in a show with Veronica formerly of Mars?!? That’s enough for us. Do we want this? Does anybody want this? Does Nobody, in fact, want this? Listen to find out. * (3:10) - Previously On - The Penguin on Max (sort of) / I Saw the TV Glow on Max...

This week on episode #229 of New Release … dropheads Ashley and Drew get nasty with Colin Farrell. Not like that. We’re watching the first episode of The Penguin and deciding if we want MORE?! Is it Sopranos light? Batman dark? Whacking off Marvel? Listen to find out. * (8:04) - Previously On - KAOS on Netflix * (14:49) - Feature Presentation - The Penguin on Max * (46:13) - Coming Soon - Nobody W...

This week on episode #228 of New Release … mere mortals Ashley and Drew try not to anger the immortal, almighty Jeff Goldblum. Does KAOS make good use of its high concept or crash down to Earth like a giant pile of 💩? Listen to find out. But first, we spoil the entirety of The Perfect Couple . Feel free to skip right to the spot you want using these handy new timestamps … SCENES: Previously on: T...

📣 BIG NEWS 📣 New Release is now on the Tube. YOU know the one. Watch those sweet words come out of our weird faces for the very first time on YOUTUBE . And subscribe! This week on episode #227 of New Release … snobs Ashley and Drew clink glasses to welcome yet another murder show to the mix. Does The Perfect Couple on Netflix bring anything new to the party, pals … or is it a lazy washed up piec...

🚨 Announcement: For the first time in over 3 years, New Release is taking a short break. Zero episodes for the month of August, but don’t worry, we’ll be back (and better than ever) this September. Till then … enjoy Summer Break, and stay cool 😎 This week on episode #226 of New Release … legal Sméagols Ashley and Drew examine the whole truth and nothing but the truth of this summer’s biggest TV...

This week on episode #225 of New Release … whine diners Derrick and Drew polish off the rest of The Bear season 3. We discuss whether the full course was Michelin Star worthy or half baked. In a season that includes rich backstory, new life, and a food funeral, why does it feel so stagnant at times? It’s not that we’re disappointed in you, Bear, we just expect absolute perfection! Why can’t you be...

This week on episode #224 of New Release … audio stars Ashley and Drew are in 1985 LA living the fuckin’ dream. Top down, radio up, denim head to toe. Just in time for the third installment of Mia Goth and Ti West’s throwback horror franchise. Of course, we compare MaXXXine to Pearl and X and decide if we’re satisfied with where our leading lady lands by the time all is dead and done. Then, we go...

This week on episode #223 of New Release … gastronaughts Ashley and Drew dine out on the beginning of The Bear season 3. We know everyone binges at their own pace, so we discuss the emotional toll this season has taken (thus far) without spoiling any big stuff. Also, has becoming the most anticipated show of the summer put undue pressure on our favorite fam of top chefs, yes? Can the post-pandemic...

This week on episode #222 of New Release … public transit defenders James and Drew look back at one of best, simplest action movies of all time. You know the drill. There’s a bomb. On the bus. If it drops. Below 50. Boom. We examine how Keanu’s stoic action hero energy pairs with Sandy’s effortless quirk and take charged-ness to max effect. Vroom vroom. Does the movie take some liberty with the la...

This week on episode #221 of New Release … podcats Ashley and Drew revisit what some might say is the best worst decade in cinema history. That’s right, it’s 1985 and a select group of twenty-somethings are the hottest thing in Hollywood. Estevez, Ringwald, Nelson, Sheedy … am I forgetting anyone? Then, thanks to one well-titled magazine article, everything changed for these cats. Or did it? Andre...

This week on episode #220 of New Release … partners in crime Jamie and Drew go undercover to suss out sus suspects attempting to have people contract killed. Cold. This is, until they discover each other’s true motives! Anyway, we debate whether Richard Linklater’s Hit Man works as a crime thriller or rom-com or both or not at all. Most importantly, does this movie raise our esteem of Glen Powell...

This week on episode #219 of New Release … RenMen Derrick and Drew chow down on a new show about succession on Max. No, not that Succession , not Game of Thrones , not HotD , not Righteous Gemstones —we’re talking about Ren Faire . This “documentary” series takes a novel approach to how it presents and stylizes the palace intrigue behind the world’s biggest Renaissance Faire. We discuss what’s rea...

This week on episode #218 of New Release … PIs (Podcast Initiators) Ashley and Drew take a TV case that contains more that meets the eye. Go figure. Sugar, starring Colin Farrell, presents like a modern day noir detective story … but what else is going on? Say, why are you juxtaposing these classic movies tropes with modern storytelling? Are you trying to hint at something, show? This neat blend o...

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...

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...