New Release

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 specula...

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 c...

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’...

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 exi...

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 t...

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 th...

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 fin...

This week on New Release (episode #183) … half-shell heroes Ashley, Derrick, and Drew—with special guest James!!—are teaming up to fight one big-ass fly. A Super Fly, if you will. TMNT: Mutant Mayhem puts a fresh spin on our favorite anthropomorphized, adolescent turtle peeps—except this time, they actually come off like teens. We discuss whether their big Gen-Z enErGy hits home with these here an...

This week on New Release (episode #182) … spider-babies Ashley, Derrick, and Drew discuss the 12th!! installment of American Horror Story . Yes, it’s still going. AHS: Delicate seems to be Rosemary’s Baby but hyper stylized for fans of the Kardashians, maybe. I don’t know. Anyway, as OG appreciators of Ryan Murphy’s special brand of shock/schlock TV, we were all curious to check back in with his h...

This week on New Release (episode #181) … Red Dragons Ashley, Derrick, and Drew suit up for a get-promoted-or-die season of English football. The stakes are sky high in Season 2 of Welcome to Wrexham and we’re riding the pine until our numbers get called. Put us in, Coach! For some members of this podcast team, today’s episode will be our first foray into the exciting world of Wales’ oldest footba...

This week on New Release (episode #180) … sagelings Ashley and Drew order a side of fantasy horror with their romance stories. The Changeling is adapted from a 2017 book we hadn’t heard but that didn’t stop us from immediately falling for the chemistry between Apollo and Emmy. We talk about the multi-generational storytelling and how the show seamlessly (so far) blends different tones. How far int...

This week on New Release (episode #179) … sickos Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go back to the golden age of cinema. The Fall of 2003 really captures that manic early aughts energy. Cabin Fever tries so hard to be funny and shocking at the same time. Thirteen is full of real and raw emotions wrapped in aggressive color filters and imitation Linkin Park. Lost in Translation takes a quiet indie approach....

This week on New Release (episode #178) … ring-ring-ringers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew discuss an investigative docuseries 20 years in the making. Telemarketers on Max follows two phone operators turned ‘freelance journalists’ who dig deeper and deeper into the twisted world of solicitation by tele. How far will things unravel as they move up the food chain from police unions to the FTC to Congress...

This week on New Release (episode #177) … young stargazers Ashley and Drew look up to the sky and across the vast career of a beloved filmmaker. Where does Wes Anderson’s latest movie— Asteroid City —track in his illustrious career and what could we see him exploring next? Then we each pick which movie of his sums us up as a person. It won’t be easy. Friendships are tested, tough choices made, and...

This week on New Release (episode #176) … Ashley and Drew—with special guest Jenn, back again—talk to the hand cause the face ain’t listening. Talk to Me is a possession story that springs out a creepy as-all-get-out party gag. Would you let a random spirit take over your mind and body for 60 seconds? Come on, it’ll be fun, at least for us watching. Who cares if you smooch a pooch. We discuss whet...

This week on New Release (episode #175!) … milk movers Derrick and Drew—with special guest Sweet Jenn!—take the wheel of a new post-apocalyptic Playstation throwback. Twisted Metal is a video game adaptation that stays faithful to the dark humor and over-the-top violence of its source material. Do you like sadistic characters committing heinous crimes and blowing each other’s balls off? Then TM mi...

This week on New Release (episode #174) … big pinkers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew go back to the movies to see the brightest, most ballyhooed, box office event since—I don’t know when. Turns out Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is exactly what audiences were dying for to break up the monotony of superhero movies and old man sequels. Pair that with the simultaneous release of Nolan’s Oppenheimer and you get a t...

This week on New Release (episode #173) … snow bunnies Ashley, Derrick, and Drew drop in on the superpipe for one last shred. Shaun White: The Last Run is a 4-part docuseries that chronicles the snowboarding career of an absolute legend. Much like The Last Dance did for Jordan or Till the Wheels Fall Off for Hawk, The Last Run puts in perspective the singular impact one person can have on a sport....

This week on New Release (episode #172) … boring-sized Derrick and Drew discuss the wacky new Boots Riley show about a young black man in Oakland … who also happens to be 13 feet tall. I’m a Virgo is a mix of inventive visual storytelling with lots of opportunity for biting social commentary. And damn funny too. Can you even imagine going 19 years without experiencing a subwoofer or having Bing Ba...

This week on New Release (episode #171) … magic mouths Derrick and Drew ingest a made for TV adaptation of a narrative podcast. That’s right, this podcast is about a show about a podcast. Sort of. The Horror of Dolores Roach picks up on the titular character’s first day on the outside after spending some 16 years inside—prison. We discuss Justina Machado’s performance as Dolores, the Sweeney Todd...

This week on New Release (episode #170) … forkers Ashley and Drew savor every stressful moment of The Bear ’s big return. Season 2 follows our favorite found family as they transform the building formerly known as the Beef into a Michelin-level fine dining experience. Oh, and they have like 8 weeks or whatever to do it. Yes, chef. We make it our challenge to talk about the new season without reall...

This week on New Release (episode #169) … necro-gnomes Ashley and Drew check in on the TV scene—with Black Mirror, The Idol , and even a little Platonic action—before watching a new movie release. Isn’t Summer just like the perfect time to shack up with the latest and GORIEST installment of Evil Dead ? Gone is the cabin, gone is Ash, but Evil Dead Rise does not hold back on the bloodshed. We discu...

This week on New Release (episode #168) … deep fakes Ashley and Drew re-enter the Mirror-zone. Hey-yo Black Mirror returns to Netflix/Streamberry with more technophobic commentary and reflections on the modern human condition. The future is dark—it seems—and we’re already living it. What is it about true crime, wasting time, and focusing on our basest interests that we find so intoxicating? Today...

This week on New Release (episode #167) … bosom buddies Ashley and Drew take Rose Byne and Seth Rogan’s new TV show out on a bro date. Platonic asks the fairly tired question of whether boys and girls can be “just friends”—and if so, how that might affect other important people in their lives. Ultimately, it’s an excuse for us to spend lots more time with performers we know have great chemistry to...

This week on New Release (episode #166) … podstars Ashley and Drew strut their stuff all over the hot new (HBO) Max summer release. Does The Idol live up to the hype you get with a “From the creator of Euphoria” tag … or burnout before it has any chance of achieving infamy? We dish on how relative newcomers like Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd fair in this stylized universe and speculate about what...