Episode 115: The Golden Child, Meg 2: The Trench, Small Soldiers
Release Date: 11/08/2023
Episode 140: Good Advice, The Rookie, aka Charlie Sheen
What's New to Netflix
It's Sheen-tober down in What's New to Netflix town, as we look at two Charlie Sheen movies from different points in his career as well as discuss the new Netflix docuseries, aka Charlie Sheen. We go through a zillion new titles as well. Up first, it's the movie where Charlie Sheen impersonates his girlfriend to write inspiring advice and bang his boss in Good Advice from 2001. Next, Clint Eastwood stars in and directs The Rookie from 1990. Charlie Sheen plays a young cop who gets in over his head and kicks a lot of ass. And finally, it's the Netflix two-part miniseries, aka Charlie Sheen from...
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Episode 139: Wyatt Earp, Fixed, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
What's New to Netflix
What's New to Netflix is here to tell you about all of the new stuff coming to Netflix in September 2025! Then we get into the three-hour '90s western epic Wyatt Earp, starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, and Gene Hackman, from 1994. Following that, it's an animated film from Genndy Tartakovsky about a horndog pooch, voiced by Adam DeVine, that's about to be neutered in Fixed from 2025. And then we watch Lucas Black's journey from street-racing misfit to Drift King in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift from 2006. All of this plus escape rooms, inside men, more Wednesday chat, a resort for...
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Episode 138: Here Comes the Boom, Horrible Bosses, Happy Gilmore 2
What's New to Netflix
What are you doing? You don't want to miss the new episode of What's New to Netflix, where we go through all of the new titles coming to Netflix in August 2025, do you? We also watch Kevin James go from unmotivated schoolteacher to fearsome MMA fighter in Here Comes the Boom from 2012. Then, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis want to kill their bosses, played by Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, and Colin Farrell, in Horrible Bosses from 2011. And finally, it's the movie no one really expected, the long-awaited sequel to Happy Gilmore, Happy Gilmore 2, starring Adam Sandler as the...
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Episode 137: Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem, Trainwreck: Poop Cruise
What's New to Netflix
Get ready for music, mayhem, and poop, because it's the What's New to Netflix: Trainwreck Special, where we review three new Trainwreck docs streaming on Netflix! And we also talk about the titles coming to Netflix in July 2025. First up, Travis Scott's 2021 Astroworld concert goes from dangerous to deadly in Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, directed by Yemi Bamiro & Hannah Poulter, from 2025. Next, the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, gets caught smoking crack on video in Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem, directed by Shianne Brown, also from 2025. And finally, the Carnival Triumph is stranded at...
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Episode 136: Ali, Heart Eyes, Fear Street: Prom Queen
What's New to Netflix
You know what time it is? That's right! It's time for What's New to Netflix to tell you about the content that's on Netflix in June 2025! It's also time to see a Muhammad Ali biopic starring Will Smith and directed by Michael Mann from 2001. And also Heart Eyes, the movie where a killer wearing a mask with heart-shaped eyes goes on a killing spree on Valentine's Day, starring Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding, directed by Josh Ruben, from 2025. And then we get dressed up in our tuxes for the latest entry in the Fear Street series, Fear Street: Prom Queen, directed by Matt Palmer from 2025. All of...
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Episode 135: Lucy, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Havoc
What's New to Netflix
What's New to Netflix gets into all of the titles for Netflix in May 2025, and it's a lot to cover, so be sure to listen, because you don't want to miss out! Then Scarlett Johansson uses 100% of her brain, leading to all sorts of action mayhem in Luc Besson's Lucy from 2014. Next, we did the first Sicario last month, so now we tackle Sicario: Day of the Soldado from 2018. And finally, Tom Hardy kicks all kinds of ass while also getting his ass kicked in the ass-kicking, Havoc, directed by Gareth Evans from 2025. All of this plus all of the Airport movies, all of the Twilight movies, Vince...
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Episode 134: High-Rise, Sicario, The Electric State
What's New to Netflix
We are back again, proving once and for all that What's New to Netflix is the ultimate Netflix podcast, especially when it comes to telling you all of the new titles coming to Netflix in April 2025! Then it's Tom Hiddleston in a J. G. Ballard adaptation of madness, destruction, and paint in High-Rise, directed by Ben Wheatley from 2015. Next, Emily Blunt has to do some very unethical things in order to bring a drug cartel down, with the help of Benecio del Toro and Josh Brolin in Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve, from 2015. And then we get into The Russo Brothers' The Electric State from...
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Episode 133: The Nice Guys (Audio Commentary)
What's New to Netflix
After ten long years of podcasting, it's come to this: another What's New to Netflix commentary episode. We give a full-length commentary to a movie streaming now on Netflix, though in the case of this title, you might have to watch it somewhere else, unfortunately. If you do end up getting the chance to view this flick from the comfort of your couch, you'll be joining us as we watch The Nice Guys, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, who, as the poster suggests, are "not that nice." Shane Black directs this goofy period neo-noir from 2016 featuring lots of heavy drinking and limbs getting...
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Episode 132: House of Cards, Stranger Things, Squid Game
What's New to Netflix
Welcome to the extra special What’s New to Netflix: Ten-Year Anniversary Extravaganza! We did it, everyone! We made it ten whole years! We talk about our favorite and least-favorite Netflix titles of all time that we reviewed on the show and talk about what’s new for March 2025 as well. Then, we cover three of the most popular Netflix series ever (really just the pilot episodes) when we go over House of Cards from 2013, Stranger Things from 2016, and Squid Game from 2021. All of this plus a champagne toast, lots of reminiscing, shows with secrets, how Netflix has changed over the years,...
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Episode 131: Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever, Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, Back in Action
What's New to Netflix
What’s New to Netflix is here to tell you about all of the new stuff coming to Netflix in February 2025, just like you’d expect from such a dedicated and consistent podcast like this one! We also discuss the tech entrepreneur who’s spending millions of dollars to cheat death in Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever from 2025. Then we look back at the man, the myth, the legend, and his hugely influential talk show, with Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action from 2025. And it’s Jamie Foxx’s and Cameron Diaz’s turn to do some spy stuff, hide it from their kids, and hope it...
info_outlineForget 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 Joe Dante action comedy Small Soldiers from 1998.
All of this plus movies you could buy at McDonalds, Netflix puts a spin on golf, the return of The Crown, Adam Sandler is a lizard, Squid Game is now a reality, and Christmas movies where they have to save Christmas from something or there will never be a Christmas ever again!
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