Episode 115: The Golden Child, Meg 2: The Trench, Small Soldiers
Release Date: 11/08/2023
Episode 147: Casino, The Green Knight, War Machine (2026)
What's New to Netflix
Get ready! In this episode of What's New to Netflix, we talk about all of the titles coming to Netflix in April 2026. Soon after, it's the Martin Scorsese three-hour crime epic where Robert De Niro owns a casino, Sharon Stone is his unpredictable girl, and Joe Pesci is his even more unpredictable friend in Casino from 1995. Then, a knight goes on a quest to defeat a green knight in The Green Knight from 2021. And finally, a killer alien robot takes on a group of Army Rangers-in-training, including Alan Ritchson, in War Machine from 2026. All of this plus Madagascar movies, Mission: Impossible...
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Episode 146: The Expendables (Audio Commentary)
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Here we go with another special full-length commentary episode, because we've been at it again for another year, and we like to celebrate by watching a film on Netflix with you, the listener! This time it's the movie that kicked off an action-heavy franchise featuring all your action hero favorites, including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger for a brief couple of minutes, in The Expendables from 2010. It's guaranteed to kick your ass! WARNING: This is not a typical episode of What’s New to Netflix. This is an audio...
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Episode 145: Vertical Limit, Being Gordon Ramsay, The Iron Claw
What's New to Netflix
On this episode of What's New to Netflix, we take a peek at the new stuff coming to Netflix in March 2026, because we want to, and you might even appreciate it! Then we climb the second-highest mountain in the world while carrying canisters of nitroglycerine in Vertical Limit, starring Chris O'Donnell and Bill Paxton, from the year 2000! Next, we get a good look at famous celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay as he tries his hand at his most ambitious project yet in the new docuseries, Being Gordon Ramsay. And last, it's the tragic story of the Von Erich wrestling family as they deal with huge...
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Episode 144: Man on Fire, Priscilla, The Rip
What's New to Netflix
The shortest month of the year brings a ton of new titles, and we here at What's New to Netflix get busy going through each and every one of them! We also talk about the Denzel Washington action thriller, Man on Fire, from 2004, directed by Tony Scott. Next, it's all about Priscilla Presley and her tumultuous relationship with the King of Rock and Roll in Priscilla from 2023, directed by Sofia Coppola. And finally, we watch Matt Damon and Ben Affleck figure out what to do with a bunch of cash in The Rip from 2026, directed by Joe Carnahan. All of this plus the Winter Olympics, training your...
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Episode 143: Jay Kelly, Wake Up Dead Man, Eden
What's New to Netflix
It's 2026, and the first episode of What's New to Netflix is upon us! We go through our annual top three favorite and bottom three least favorite titles from the past year, and the results will surprise you! Afterwards, it's Noah Baumbach's latest film, starring George Clooney as a famous actor looking back on his career while his manager, played by Adam Sandler, tries to help him get his life back on track in Jay Kelly from 2025. Then, Benoit Blanc has to solve a perfectly impossible crime when the head priest of a church is murdered in cold blood, leaving his entire congregation suspects in...
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Episode 142: Frankenstein, Nouvelle Vague, Train Dreams
What's New to Netflix
Hey Flixers, What's New to Netflix is closing down 2025 with all of the new titles coming in December, and you won't want to miss it! Then we take a peek at a troubled doctor's super secret creation, which just so happens to be a misunderstood scientific abomination in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein from 2025. Next, Richard Linklater gives us a look into the filming of the iconic French classic Breathless in Nouvelle Vague from 2025. And also from 2025, Joel Edgerton is a logger dealing with the loss of his family in Train Dreams. All of this plus the other Troll 2, Robert Zemeckis movies,...
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Episode 141: Sinister 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Ballad of a Small Player
What's New to Netflix
Well, well, well... What's New to Netflix is back to tell you about the new content on Netflix in November 2025 because that's what we do best! Then we check out the sequel to Sinister, with, you guessed it, Sinister 2 from 2015. Next, it's those turtles who are also teenage mutant ninjas, giving it another go in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem from 2023. And finally, Colin Farrell tackles a severe gambling addiction with the help of a mysterious stranger in The Ballad of a Small Player from 2025. All of this plus a mini-review of Edgar Wright's The Running Man, keyword rankings,...
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Episode 140: Good Advice, The Rookie, aka Charlie Sheen
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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
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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
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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...
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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