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New Release
by Ashley & Drew
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
Episodes
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Finally, a post mortem on EUPHORIA and OBSESSION 💔
This time on episode #266 of NEW RELEASE … well wishers Ashley and Drew bring you a super timely discussion of two of the biggest things to happen (a month ago) in TV and movies. EUPHORIA (mercifully?) ends its chaotic three-season run, while OBSESSION continues to dominate the BO and convos of...
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They're back! Beef season 2 / Euphoria season 3
This time on episode # 264 of NEW RELEASE … dingbats Ashley and Drew discuss the uneven returns of two marquee shows. But first, we process the end of SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN. Does Ashley believe in soulmates??? Find out! Then, let us Rue the day Cassie and Nate tie the knot on...
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🩸👰🏻🩸 SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN ... and more
This time on episode #263 of NEW RELEASE … gorehounds Ashley and Drew devour a disturbing new horror show that dropped recently on Netflix. We dig into why SOMETHING VERY BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN succeeds where other horror TV has failed, starting at (25:30). Before that, though, we catch up on a...
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Casting our (very real) votes for the 2026 Oscars 🥂
This time on NEW RELEASE #262 … James and Drew swap places—not with each other, that would be weird—but with of a couple average Academy Awards voters. How would we approach this special privilege and honor? With so much respect. Also, it’s that time again where we explain the very simple rules…
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Send Help 🤮 and some Super Bowl stuff
This time on NEW RELEASE #261 … survivalists Ashley and Drew go back to the movies. We each saw SEND HELP on the big screen with revved up crowds and can’t wait to share the journey it took us on. FF » to (20:38) for that portion of the show. First, though, we have to digest a lackluster Super…
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2025 shows ranked 📈 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 🐴 and Companion 🤖
On episode 260 of NEW RELEASE … Ashley and Drew reflect one more one last time on Stranger Things. “Conformity Gate” explained! Also, I hope you’re ready for some football because that’s all Ashley is watching, apparently. Drew, on the other hand, shares his reaction to episode one of A Knight of...
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Stranger Things - THE END 🥲
Episode #259 of NEW RELEASE marks the end of an epic 9-year campaign. Ashley and Drew started watching STRANGER THINGS as adults, sure … but now … we’re like OLD. Are these weary hearts still open to the magic and wonder of childhood? Are we happy with the answers and emotional payoffs the finale...
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📡 Stranger Things 5 vol. 1
The time has finally come for episode 258 of NEW RELEASE … so of course Ashley and Drew are talking Stranger Things. We’re back, baby. » Fast Forward » to (26:30) if you don’t care about Plur1bus or Chairs or LA or Jay/George or Austin Butler. We had a lot to catch up on before the main event....
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🎃 The end of Alien: Earth marks the beginning of SHOCKTOBER and One Battle After Another
This time on episode #257 of New Release … skeleton siblings Ashley and Drew, as you can tell from the title of this episode, have SO freaking MUCH to talk about. (3:35) Drew ponders how one amazing movie make up for a month of mediocre xenomorphin’ action … while Ashley celebrates the fine wine...
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🙀 Summer Scares: Alien Earth / Together / Weapons
We’re back! This week on episode #256 of New Release … xenodorks Ashley and Drew make up for lost time by discussing THREE New(ish) Releases!!! (6:41) ALIEN EARTH kicks off the action. Chase that with (32:24) TOGETHER, for some twisted body horror romance. And lastly, did (50:00) WEAPONS live up…
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🍽️ The Bear season 4 finale
This week on episode #255 of New Release … Ashley and Drew lick clean their plates and regurgitate the bones of another heavy season of gourmet TV. Does The Bear season 4 course correct on last year’s anemic pacing OR deliver more of the same? Shockingly, we have mixed feelings. FF >> Main...
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🧑🍳 The Bear season 4 on FX on Hulu
This time on episode #254 of New Release … flavor savors Ashley and Drew reopen their discussion of The Bear. Did season 3 crawl—oh so slowly—so season 4 could run?! Seems like it. Spoilers within for episodes 1 and 2 only, today. Then, join us again in a couple weeks as we discuss the whole...
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🎞️ The Studio on Apple TV+
This week on episode #253 of New Release … hot shot execs Ashley and Drew record an entire podcast episode in one continuous take! Try and keep up as we run through all of season 1 of Apple and Seth Rogan’s light Hollywood satire. Cringe or endearing? Listen to find out. FF >> Main discussion...
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🎸 Sinners only in Theaters
This time on episode #252 of New Release … tramp vamps Ashley and Drew sink their teeth into the most hyped theatrical release of the year—thus far. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is an action/horror film featuring our favorite soulless bloodsuckers vs the blues. Does it deliver the good stuff? Listen to...
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🔫 White Lotus season 3 FINALE
This time on episode #251 of New Release … weary travelers Ashley and Drew check the hell out of White Lotus Thailand. Do we rate our stay ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ or did the depressing characters and heavy gun fire dampen our enthusiasm? Time to find out. Want MORE? Search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple…
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😭 Adolescence FULL SERIES talk
This week on the monumental 250th episode of New Release … sad Ashley and Drew work through their emotions post Adolescence—the show that is. Do we feel like this extremely well made, well acted, and well, extremely upsetting show is ‘important’ to watch? Other than that, we’re just here for each...
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😢 Adolescence on Netflix (episode 1 only)
This week on episode #249 of New Release … adults Ashley and Drew discuss a new Netflix show that nobody saw coming. Adolescence is an all-too realistic fictionalization of a sad reality. After only one episode, I can’t say which answers, or even which questions the show aims to answer. Maybe…
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🌊🐍 White Lotus s3 ep2/3 - tsunamis & snakes
This week on episode #248 of New Release … charmers Ashley and Drew prolong their stay at White Lotus Thailand for at least two more days of deep healing. We take time to check in with each group, so you can find out who we’re aligned with vs who rubs us sideways. Listen in for a good time.…
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🪷 White Lotus season 3 on Max
This week on episode #247 of New Release … tourists Ashley and Drew check back into the White Lotus. This time in Thailand! FF > > (7:49) Look back at season 1 & 2. FF > > (12:54) Season 3 premiere. Lovely Liner Notes are available for each episode on Instagram. Want MORE? Search ‘New Release’ on...
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🐐 Severance - S2 EP3/4 - Deep Dive
PLAY > NR #246 / FT ASHLEY & DREW - In which we go deep on the last two episodes of Severance … and BEYOND. Goats. ORTBO. Alt history theories. And more. Lovely Liner Notes are available for each episode on Instagram. Want MORE? Search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple and hit subscribe. Did I...
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🤯 Severance season 2 on Apple TV+
PLAY > NR #245 / FT ASHLEY & DREW MENU FF > > (0:33) New Release changes FF > > (6:15) David Lynch FF > > (13:58) Severance s2 One more thing … lovely Liner Notes are available for each episode on Instagram. Want MORE? Search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple and hit subscribe. Did I mention…
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❎🅾️ Squid Game season 2 finale
This week on episode #244 of New Release … squidwards Ashley and Drew endure the end(ish) of Squid Game season 2. We discuss a few new characters, new games, and what, if any, new ideas this season brings to the dance floor. And, with season 3 fast approaching later this year, we wonder whether...
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🦑 Squid Game 2 on Netflix
This week on episode #243 of New Release … squidheads Ashley and Drew try their luck at a deadly game of South Korean TV roulette. Does Squid Game Season 2 come out firing or shooting blanks? It’s been THREE YEARS, for crying out loud! Let’s play. ⏩ Feature presentation starts at (15:42). Want...
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✈️ Carry-On on Netflix
This week on episode #242 of New Release … weary travelers Ashley and Drew pack as much as they can into the last Killer Christmas episode of this holiday season. Carry-On asks a simple question … what would you do if evil Jason Bateman whispered sweet terrorism into your earbuds? Would you save...
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🏡 No Good Deed on Netflix
This week on episode #241 of New Release … house hunters Ashley and Drew try to untangle the most twisted of suburban murder plots. No Good Deed stars, uh, loads of people … and … they’re all freaking liars. What are you hiding, Ray Romano? Huh?! Linda Cardellini … more like, Linda CardeLIAR!...
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🎅 Dear Santa 👹 on Paramount+
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...
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🕵🏼♂️ A Man on the Inside on Netflix
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…
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🏗️ Landman on Paramount+
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...
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👵🏻 My Old Ass on Prime
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...
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😵 Don't Move on Netflix
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…
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💔 Woman of the Hour on Netflix
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...
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👺 Hysteria! on Peacock
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…
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🫖 Teacup on Peacock
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...
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🎛️ It's What's Inside on Netflix
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...
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🧪 The Substance only in Theaters
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...
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👩❤️👨 Nobody Wants This. on Netflix
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?...
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🐧 The Penguin 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 -...
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⚡️ KAOS on Netflix
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.…
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🌊 The Perfect Couple on Netflix
📣 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.…
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🏛️ Presumed Innocent FULL SEASON on Apple TV+
🚨 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...
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🧑🍳 The Bear season 3 FINALE
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...
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🙅♀️ MaXXXine only in Theaters
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...
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🍽️ The Bear season 3 on Hulu
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...
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💣🚌 Speed (1994) 30th Anniversary Special with Jamie of Movie Shots Club
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…
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😎 Brats on Hulu
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…
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🥸 Hit Man on Netflix
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…
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🍗 Ren Faire on Max
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…
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🥃 Sugar on Apple TV+
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…
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🌴 Palm Royale on Apple TV+
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…
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📚 Pretty Little Liars: Summer School on Max
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…
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New Release currently has 265 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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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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