Episode 102: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Old People, The Good Nurse
Release Date: 11/23/2022
Episode 121: Spaceman, Damsel, Irish Wish
What's New to Netflix
On this episode of What’s New to Netflix, we are joined by a previous guest of the show, Savannah, when we talk about all the new stuff coming to Netflix in April 2024. Then we witness Adam Sandler befriending a giant alien spider, voiced by Paul Dano, as he explores the mysteries of the universe and his life in Spaceman from 2024. Next, Millie Bobby Brown is betrayed by her new in-laws and sacrificed to a monster in Damsel, also from 2024. And finally, Lindsay Lohan wants to marry this one guy, but then this other guy shows up, and she wants to be with him, but she’s going to marry the...
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Episode 120: Everything Everywhere All at Once (Audio Commentary)
What's New to Netflix
We’ve been doing What’s New to Netflix for nine whole years, as we mentioned in our last show, so we do what we do every year! That’s right, we are doing a full-length commentary for a movie that’s on Netflix right now! This time it’s the wacky yet heartfelt multiverse of madness, also known as Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and James Hong, from 2022, directed by Daniels. So, fire up Netflix and watch all of that silly sci-fi mayhem unfold while we also join in the fun! WARNING: This is not a typical...
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Episode 119: X, The Catcher Was a Spy, Mea Culpa
What's New to Netflix
What’s New to Netflix has been a podcast for nine years now! We talk on all of the new stuff coming to Netflix in March 2024, review three movies, and even talk a bit about Dune 2 in celebration! For the reviews, Ti West brings us a movie where a group of aspiring filmmakers shoot an adult film in rural Texas, but not before risking life and limb in X from 2022. Next, it’s the true story of baseball player turned government spy Mo Berg, played by Paul Rudd, in The Catcher Was a Spy from 2018. And then we watch Kelly Rowland uncover the truth about an infamous painter and her duplicitous...
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Episode 118: Those Who Wish Me Dead, The Florida Project, Freaks (2018)
What's New to Netflix
The short month of February brings some interesting titles to Netflix in 2024, and you can always count on What’s New to Netflix to inform you of all the latest and lamest stuff heading your way. Later, we watch some hitmen struggle to take out some survivalists and fire jumpers after starting a deadly forest fire in Taylor Sheridan’s Those Who Wish Me Dead from 2021. Then we glimpse a hyperrealistic look at life at a rundown motel in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project from 2017. And last, a father and daughter have to hide their special mutant powers from the world in Freaks from 2018....
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Episode 117: May December, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire
What's New to Netflix
It’s the first episode of 2024, and What’s New to Netflix celebrates the new year when we talk about our favorite and least-favorite titles that we reviewed last year! We also go over everything hitting Netflix in January, and *spoiler alert* it’s not too awesome. Later, we analyze the new Todd Haynes film, May December, from last month. Also, we give The Super Mario Bros. Movie a chance, but does it lean too heavily on nostalgia, or do we, when we spend most of the time speaking about the previous Mario Bros. film from 1993. And also from last year, Zack Snyder turned his would-be Star...
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Episode 116: Whiplash, Sly, The Killer (2023)
What's New to Netflix
Here’s the last episode of What’s New to Netflix for 2023, and we make it a good one as we discuss all of the new stuff coming out for the holiday season this December. Then, Miles Teller is a drummer at a prestigious music school. But will his abusive teacher, played by J. K. Simmons, take things too far and cost him his sanity? We find out in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash from 2014. Next, Sylvester Stallone talks about his upbringing, his career, and his comebacks in the documentary Sly from 2023. And last, David Fincher brings us the story of a hitman who gets revenge when things get too...
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Episode 115: The Golden Child, Meg 2: The Trench, Small Soldiers
What's New to Netflix
Forget What’s New to Netflix; it’s time for What’s New to Max! We are continuing on from last month’s accidental crossover episode, reviewing three films that are new to the streaming service, Max. However, we do go over all of the new titles coming to Netflix in November 2023 at the top of the episode. We start our review portion of the show by checking out the underrated Eddie Murphy adventure film, The Golden Child, from 1986. Then we join up with Jason Statham and his crew as they battle megalodons and a giant octopus in Meg 2: The Trench from 2023. And afterwards, we revisit the...
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Episode 114: Arrival, Public Enemies, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
What's New to Netflix
We’re back with a new name, What’s New to Netflix, and an accidental crossover episode this time around, where we go through all of the new titles coming to Max in October 2023 instead of Netflix. Feeling confused? Don’t worry, so were we, but we’re seeing this through, as this will be part one of a two-episode special that will be all about stuff coming to Max. Then we review some stuff that’s actually on Netflix when we take a look at the philosophical sci-fi alien film Arrival from 2016, starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, directed by Denis Villeneuve. Afterwards, Johnny Depp...
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Episode 113: Painkiller, Heart of Stone, The Big Short
What's New to Netflix
It’s the last episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? ever! But don’t worry, we’ll be back next month with a new name for our podcast (hint: it’s more or less the same name), and in the meantime, we got this fresh episode for you detailing all of the new titles coming to Netflix in September 2023. Then we watch Matthew Broderick invent a highly addictive new pharmaceutical that destroys lives and makes his business billions of dollars in the miniseries, Painkiller from 2023. Next, Gal Gadot is a double agent who gets double-crossed while trying to locate an AI software called The...
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Episode 112: The Out-Laws, They Cloned Tyrone, Hidden Strike
What's New to Netflix
Well, it’s time for a new episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? because it’s too damn hot outside and we could all use a fresh podcast to tell us all the new movies and shows to check out while we try to stay cool in June 2023. Also, Tom Hanks is a total curmudgeon who just can’t wait to kill himself, but will he go through with it or have a change of heart? We find out when we take a look at A Man Called Otto from 2022. Then, J. Lo is a C.I.A. agent with a teenage daughter who she has to keep safe from some bad guys in The Mother from 2023. And speaking of C.I.A. agents, Arnold...
info_outlineThis month on What’s New to Netflix Instant!? we talk about all of the new Netflix titles coming in November 2022, but you already knew that didn’t you?
Then we discuss the film responsible for bringing ‘Brangelina’ into the world when we get into Mr. & Mrs. Smith from 2005, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, obviously! Duh! Next, old people start turning violent and wreaking havoc on a small town in Old People from 2022. And finally, the unnerving true story of a struggling nurse and the sociopathic killer that befriends her in The Good Nurse, starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, from 2022.
All of this plus the unreleased Key & Peele seasons Netflix doesn’t want you to see, shows ripping off Lost, video games, warrior nuns, teletubbies, good manners, Pepsi lies to everyone, tacos, Kim Kardashian tries to act, and the worst candy ever made.
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