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This week on New Release … repliCANs Ashley and Drew go looking for deadly machines posing as humans (where’s Derrick, by the way?). Blade Runner is Ridley Scott’s follow-up to Alien and Harrison Ford’s first movie post Indy … so … fair to say expectations are high. Combine that pedigree with techno-future sets, an epic jazz-synth score by Vangelis, and the philosophical heft of a Phillip K. Dick story at its core and surely this movie has all the makings of summer’s next big blockbuster. Well … time will tell. Does BR deserve its cult classic status or will it be lost in time like tears in the rain? We shall see. Ride along in our flying cop cars on a neon dream wave if you like by searching ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple. THEN, hit subscribe!

This week on New Release … regular terrestrials Ashley, Derrick, and Drew make a special new friend that teaches them how to love again. He’s a little quirky, but boy does this guy have heart. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial might just be the most influential movie of the 80s, and we’re here to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Full stop. Where the heck would we be without Elliot and co biking through the woods and over the moon and reminding us that the sky should evoke wonder, not fear. Open your mind and phone home with us by dialing ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple THEN, hit subscribe! Till next week.

This week on New Release … macho macho mediums Ashley, Derrick, and Drew cross over from the audio realm to the spiritual plane. Oooooo. Do not adjust your tracking. Follow us into the light. It’s safe here, we promise. All we ask is that you to listen to us review one the freakiest ghost movies of the 80s and beyond. Poltergeist unfolds in thrilling fashion with cutting edge special effects and strobing mise en scène that’ll knock your tube TV socks off. It’s all on display. Lightning, evil trees, creepy clowns, and houses built on ill-fated foundations of burial grounds. Does this all-ages thriller hold its own against more gruesome horror fare? Bust out your rabbit ears and tune your dials to ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to find out.

This week on New Release … timeHoppers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew are running up that hill to 2022 only to find themselves spit back out in 1986. Finally, we return to Hawkins (and beyond) for Volume 1 of Stranger Things Season 4. Was it worth the wait … or has our 80s nostalgia well run dry? Spoiler alert: It overfloweth! More blood, more perms, more demented twists and turns than most dare conjure to their weak minds. Who knew these sweet kids who grew up over a gate to hell would find themselves in dire-r straits yet still. Will this extra demented visit to the upside down be our swan song or can we escape this final nightmare one last time? Wake up, please, wake up! And then subscribe by searching ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple.

This week on New Release … southpaws Ashley, Derrick, and Drew enter the ring to trade blows with the Italian Stallion Rocky Balboa. This is our 111th episode of the podcast and somehow our FIRST Sylvester Stallone movie! What the hell, man. Is Rocky III a worthy entry in the most influential sports movie franchise of all time OR a bloated song & dance affair that signals the beginning of the end of our beloved underdog’s journey? Leave it to us to decide where Hulk Hogan’s Thunderlips and Mr. T’s Clubber Lang baddies rank against foes of fictional fighting past. We trained night and day by running in slo-mo to power ballads on the beach to prepare for this super sweaty episode, so you’re welcome. If you like raw eggs for brekky and milquetoast podcast hosts, subscribe yo’ ass by searching ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple.

This week on New Release … real steelers Ashley, Derrick, and Drew plop headfirst back into the 80s with Arnold’s epic breakout performance. Conan the Barbarian remains a larger than life figure in our imaginations some four decades later because of the immense presence of the one-and-only Schwarzenegger. Bodybuilder. Movie Star. Governator. God. At this point what milestones are left for Arnie to achieve? In addition to our titular, pec-tacular star, we put ourselves in the shoes of the supporting cast and make our way through this pod-quest with all the zeal, zaniness, and bloodshed you’d expect from a fantasy adventure story. Search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe.

This week on New Release … 80s babies Ashley, Derrick, and Drew phone home to where it all began. Hop on your Schwinns and join us as we preview an unprecedented fun-run of sci-fi and action movies that hit theaters in the Summer of 1982. More rippling muscles, bumps in the night, and synthesized cityscapes than you can count on ten glowing fingertips. Has it really been 40 years since Kurt Russel first wielded a flamethrower in the snow and Sean Penn finally gave stoner beach bums the role model they deserved? Boy time flies when you’re sprinting through sand in a training montage to take on Mr. T in the biggest boxing match of the decade. Like we always say … if you want to preserve these precious moments from the past—instead of having them wash away like tears in the rain—then search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe.

This week on New Release … scum bums Ashley, Derrick, and Drew take a road trip East bound and down South. Honk-honk. Burt Reynolds and Sally Field star in Smokey and the Bandit—the second-biggest movie of 1977. Move over Star Wars, there’s a new mustache rodeo rolling through town. We bring our deep personal history with hot cars and diablo sandwiches to the table for this extra saucy discourse. You’ll find out which one of us goes pedal to the metal for Burt’s big dad energy and who prefers a little more bologna on the bone. Now’s your last chance to jump on the ‘77 expressway before we switch to a bitchin’ new time period. Search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe.

This week on New Release … padawans Ashley, Derrick, and Drew react to one of the most influential films of all time as if they’ve never seen it before. The Force is NOT strong with these ones. However, we do our damndest to capture how exciting it must’ve been to see George Lucas’ space opus in theaters 45 years ago. The immense world building and cutting edge special effects combined with so many zany characters makes for a once-in-a-generation moviegoing experience. To be honest, we have no idea what else there is to say about a movie and franchise that has been discussed and debated—to death. Nonetheless, if you want to hear us come off like total n00bs, search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe.

*Special new New Release* This week thrashers Derrick and Drew talk skate while Ashley vacays at an undisclosed tropical paradise. Happy Birthday! Left on our own, the D-boys figure it’s high time to pop back to the present for a new doc chronicling the legendary rise of Tony Hawk. Until the Wheels Fall Off starts in the late 70s, with some scrawny kid attempting goofy tricks, and then keeps going and going up until skateboarding is an Olympic sport. Like The Last Dance did for MJ, this movie captures the maniacal obsession required to reach GOAT status in any field. Derrick brings a deep love and knowledge of skating to the discussion, while Drew tries his best not to spin 900 degrees out of control. Whether you care about this subject or not, you should search ‘New Release’ on Spotify or Apple to subscribe. It’s about more than skating.