Synopsis
We bring you the latest info on what is coming to your Netflix Instant Watch queue and in addition we also review three new titles that are new to Netflix Instant Watch every month.
Episodes
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Episode 115: The Golden Child, Meg 2: The Trench, Small Soldiers
08/11/2023 Duration: 02h25minForget 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! got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflix@gmail.com
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Episode 114: Arrival, Public Enemies, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
26/10/2023 Duration: 02h58minWe’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 plays John Dillinger in the gritty historical crime drama Public Enemies from 2009, directed by Michael Mann. And finally, we talk about Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues from 2013, with Will Ferrel reprising his role as Ron Burgundy, directed by Adam McKay. All of this plus, like we mentioned, we totally goofed up and went over everything coming to Max instead of Netflix! What a way to start our new rebranded podcast! Hopefully, if
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Episode 113: Painkiller, Heart of Stone, The Big Short
27/09/2023 Duration: 02h08minIt’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 Heart before it falls into the wrong hands in Heart of Stone from 2023. And finally, a disparate group of people decide to capitalize on the inevitable collapse of the housing market in The Big Short from 2015. All of this plus teenage party movies, dating shows that don’t feature werewolves, the growing number of small towns with secrets, Spy Ops, Spy Kids, Power Rangers, and Netflix acquires numerous shows that you can throw on
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Episode 112: The Out-Laws, They Cloned Tyrone, Hidden Strike
22/08/2023 Duration: 01h31minWell, 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 Schwarzenegger is about to put that life behind him, but when he finds out his daughter is one too, he has to pull one last job and join forces with her in the Netflix series, FUBAR, from 2023. All of this plus romcoms without the com, movies with lazy titles, that time Mini Coopers were cool, Arnold movies, Extraction 2 spoilers, Suits, Shatner, Skull Island, and shows where actors break their ankle and then have to stand still
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Episode 111: We're the Millers, Arnold, The Imitation Game
18/07/2023 Duration: 01h55minWe’ve gone from ‘Denzel Spring’ right into 'Arnold Summer’ on What’s New to Netflix Instant!? so join us as we also cover all of the new titles that are heading to Netflix this July 2023. Then, we see how Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter, and Emma Roberts smuggle drugs in an RV while pretending to be a family in We’re the Millers from 2013. Next, it’s all about Arnold Schwarzenegger and his life as a bodybuilder, actor, and politician in the comprehensive mini-series, Arnold from 2023. And wrapping it up, Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing who is hired by the government to crack an unbreakable code, which he sets out to accomplish with Kiera Knightley in The Imitation Game from 2014. All of this plus how Star Trek became Star Wars, the story of WHAM!, a deep fake reality dating show, artificial intelligence is back at it, the unlikely movie that beat out Avatar at the box office, the return of Bird Box, movies we’ve reviewed on past shows, and some crazy-ass anime. got a suggestion for the s
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Episode 110: A Man Called Otto, The Mother, FUBAR
27/06/2023 Duration: 01h52minWell, 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 Schwarzenegger is about to put that life behind him, but when he finds out his daughter is one too, he has to pull one last job and join forces with her in the Netflix series, FUBAR, from 2023. All of this plus romcoms without the com, movies with lazy titles, that time Mini Coopers were cool, Arnold movies, Extraction 2 spoilers, Suits, Shatner, Skull Island, and shows where actors break their ankle and then have to stand s
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Episode 109: Inside Man, The Negotiator, AKA
24/05/2023 Duration: 02h26minHere we are with an accidental hostage-themed episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? this month, where we look at three intense action thrillers in addition to running down all of the new stuff hitting Netflix in May 2023. We got even more Denzel Washington, who has been featured a ton on our podcast lately, as Clive Owen holds up a bank and no one knows who is who in the Spike Lee directed, Inside Man from 2006. Next, Samuel L. Jackson is a hostage negotiator who becomes the target of a conspiracy that can only go from bad to worse if Kevin Spacey is the guy who has to save you, in The Negotiator from 1998. And finally, Alban Lenoir might be the best new rising action star in our opinion, when we take a look at the gritty and intense, AKA from 2023. All of this plus reality dating shows are back in a big way, Netflix’s recent bout of controversies, St. Vincent the movie not the musician, E! True Hollywood stories, plastic animation, MerPeople, and the looming mystery of what Heartland is and how it
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Episode 108: MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, Waco: American Apocalypse
26/04/2023 Duration: 02h10minWe’ve got a special theme show on this episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? as we explore three new Netflix original documentaries in addition to giving you all the info on what’s coming in April 2023 to Netflix! We uncover some of the conspiracy theories that center around the missing Malaysian Airlines flight that made headlines ten years ago when we discuss, MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, from 2023. Then we look at the controversy surrounding the ever popular sex site, Pornhub, when we get into Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, also from 2023. And we look at the footage surrounding the 51-day siege that took place in Waco, Texas in the early ‘90s, when we talk about Waco: American Apocalypse, from 2023, as well. All of this plus “April Hitchcock”, emo dance moves, road rage, bad mentors, Florida Man, the return of The Power Rangers, the return of John Mulaney, and an update on the future of the podcast! got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 107: World War Z (Audio Commentary)
28/03/2023 Duration: 01h55minAs we mentioned previously, we have been a podcast for eight years, so that can only mean one thing! That’s right, What’s New to Netflix Instant!? is doing a full-length audio commentary for a film that’s streaming on Netflix right now! This time we’re watching World War Z from 2013, the movie where Brad Pitt has to save the world from a zombie pandemic. Will he be able to stop it? Can he protect his family in the process? And what’s the deal with that scarf? All of these questions and more will be answered! WARNING: This is not a typical episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? This is an audio commentary. This episode is meant to be listened to while you watch World War Z. If you try to listen to this episode and you are not watching World War Z along with us, a lot of this will not make any sense. got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 106: 2 Guns, Viking Wolf, We Have a Ghost
21/03/2023 Duration: 01h34minWe’re celebrating two landmark events on this episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? and one of them has to do with it being our eighth year as a podcast! The other is the fact that we are not recording this one over Skype but have met up in person, for the first time since 2020, to bring you everything that is coming to Netflix in March 2023! Then Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg team up to steal some money and cause a lot of trouble in 2 Guns from 2013. Afterwards, we go to Norway and watch a teenager transform into a werewolf before wreaking havoc on her small town in Viking Wolf (aka Vikingulven) from 2023. And then we watch as Anthony Mackie’s family befriends a ghost, played by David Harbour, which turns him into a viral celebrity in We Have a Ghost, also from 2023. All of this plus karate sheep, Chris Rock is getting upset, 5-Minute Abs, Survivor-style reality shows, the wrong Sky High, and Netflix wants us to get in shape but also suggests that working out can kill you? got a suggestion for the
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Episode 105: The Taking of Pelham 123, The Pale Blue Eye, The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
22/02/2023 Duration: 02h04minIt’s time for a new episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? and while February may be the shortest month of the year, that didn’t stop Netflix from releasing a whole bevy of new movies and shows coming in February 2023. Then we watch as John Travolta takes a subway car hostage and it's all up to Denzel Washington to stop him in Tony Scott’s action thriller, The Taking of Pelham 123 from 2009. Next, we witness a grizzly murder that only Christian Bale and Harry Melling, in an excellent performance as Edgar Alan Poe, can solve in The Pale Blue Eye from 2022. And last, we see the true story of a homeless vagrant turned viral celebrity getting convicted of murder in The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker from 2023. All of this plus movies you shouldn’t take your friends to, singing crocodiles, Floribama, the new You, video games on Netflix, everything you ever wanted to know about golf, shark cages, alien astronauts, attractive teens stuck on an island, and what’s it like when all the reality dating shows co
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Episode 104: Prisoners, Glass Onion, White Noise
17/01/2023 Duration: 02h36minIt’s a new year, so that can only mean one thing for What’s New to Netflix Instant!? and that is our best-of and worst-of lists for 2022 titles that we reviewed on the show! We also go through all of the new stuff coming to Netflix in January 2023! Then we watch as Jake Gyllenhaal tries to uncover who kidnapped Hugh Jackman’s daughter in the labyrinthian crime thriller, Prisoners from 2013. Next up, Daniel Craig is back as the world’s best detective to solve a murder in an eccentric billionaire’s island mansion in Glass Onion from 2022. And last, Noah Baumbach adapts Don DeLillo’s paranoid satire on American life in the mid-eighties in White Noise, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, also from 2022. All of this plus some of Eddie Murphy’s movies, most of the Rocky movies, Rob Lowe hangs out with a dog, the secret world of Pez, whether or not That ‘90s Show is a total buzzkill, Minions-chat, Cunk-talk, and even more nineties nostalgia with Pamela Anderson. got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixin
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Episode 103: Blockbuster, Falling for Christmas, Southpaw
20/12/2022 Duration: 02h01minAs the year comes to an end, What’s New to Netflix Instant!? is more busy than ever bringing you all 112 titles that are coming to Netflix in December 2022! We also talk about Netflix’s new comedy series that features the last standing Blockbuster store trying to come up with innovative ways to stay in business in Blockbuster from 2022. Next, Lindsey Lohan can’t remember who she is after a ski accident and discovers true love and the meaning of Christmas along the way in Falling for Christmas from 2022. And finally, Jake Gyllenhaal is a heavyweight boxer that suffers a tragedy and must get his life together before he risks losing his daughter in Southpaw from 2015. All of this plus banned books, bullet trains, boss babies, scams, singles, Santas, Sonic, storms, secrets, and so so much more! got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 102: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Old People, The Good Nurse
23/11/2022 Duration: 02h21minThis 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. got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 101: The Munsters, Blonde, Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga
25/10/2022 Duration: 02h30minWe’re diggin’ those chill autumn vibes here on What’s New to Netflix Instant!? so what could be better than checking out all of the new content on Netflix for October 2022? We also take a stab at Rob Zombie’s adaptation of an iconic ‘60s sitcom when we hip ourselves to The Munsters from 2022. Then we watch the tragic rise and fall (mostly the latter) of Marilyn Monroe as we take on the controversial biopic, Blonde, from 2022. And last, a group of Redditors cause all sorts of mayhem when they send GameStop’s stock to skyrocket in Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga from 2022. All of this plus the Ocean’s Cinematic Universe, the rise of sentient phones, killer waves bruh, multiple Netflix documentaries on recent events, easy-bake ovens, crocs, The Spotify Story, and the grand conspiracy behind Netflix producing more family-friendly content to steal subscribers away from Disney Plus! got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 100: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (Audio Commentary)
04/10/2022 Duration: 02h23minWe’re celebrating a milestone here on What’s New to Netflix Instant!? because it’s our 100th episode!! Tonight we’ve decided to give all of you a special full-length commentary for the last of the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movies when we watch Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy from 2022! WARNING: This is not a typical episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? This is an audio commentary. This episode is meant to be listened to while you watch Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy. If you try to listen to this episode and you are not watching Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy along with us, a lot of this will not make any sense. got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 99: Hardcore Henry, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar, Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee
20/09/2022 Duration: 02h23minWhat’s New to Netflix Instant!? is back! And we’re here with our 99th episode to bring you all of the news on the latest movies and shows that are coming to Netflix in September 2022! Then we strap on a GoPro and kick as much ass as we possibly can when we scope the action-packed, Hardcore Henry from 2015. Next, we talk about the sequel to the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film (that we did a special commentary for a few years back) which introduces a new enemy to the story in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar from 2022. And it’s the true story of John McAfee, anti-virus software maker and millionaire eccentric extraordinaire, as he flees from country to country to avoid being arrested for murder and tax evasion in Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee, also from 2022. All of this plus the Apatow crew and the debate over what their official name is, sibling dating shows, how to manage your finances the Netflix way, pizza stories, huffing computer duster, shitty teens, Tyler Perry gets
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Episode 98: Uncle from Another World, Resident Evil (2022), The Gray Man
23/08/2022 Duration: 02h22minHere’s an all-new episode of What’s New to Netflix Instant!? and we are more than ready to tell you all about the new stuff hitting Netflix in August 2022! Also, a young man’s uncle wakes from a coma after seventeen years only to reveal that he was in another dimension where he obtained magic powers in the comedic anime, Uncle from Another World from 2022. Then we explore the rebooted mythology of the new Resident Evil series, also from 2022, but is it as disappointing as fans have made it out to be? And finally, it’s the most expensive Netflix film to date starring Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, and Chris Evans in the action-packed, The Gray Man, yet another 2022 release. All of this plus Limp Bizkit starting riots, illegal high school gambling, Sandman speculations, James Bond chat, skepticism concerning child chefs, and what’s the deal with cats? got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 97: Vice (2018), The Man from Toronto, Blasted
26/07/2022 Duration: 02h21minWe’re back with some What’s New to Netflix Instant!? to help you beat the heatwave and inform you on all of the new titles coming to Netflix in July 2022! Then we watch Vice from 2018, the semi-comedic biopic on Dick Cheney, starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and directed by Adam McKay. Next, Kevin Hart is mistaken for a mysterious hitman who is actually Woody Harrelson when we check out, The Man from Toronto from 2022. And lastly, we got alien invasions, paintball, laser tag, and lots of slime in the Norwegian sci-fi comedy, Blasted, also from 2022. All of this plus Boo, Bitch it’s Halloween in July, building a sex room, dudes eating poop, psychedelics, lumberjacks, Shania Twain, and the unremarkable true stories that inspire possibly unremarkable movies. got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com
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Episode 96: The Gentlemen, The Pentaverate, Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror
21/06/2022 Duration: 02h23minIt’s summertime and What’s New to Netflix Instant!? has got plenty of ways for you to beat the heat and get caught up on all of the new movies and shows coming to Netflix in June 2022. Also we watch Matthew McConaughey get himself caught up in a whole bunch of criminal shenanigans in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen from 2019. Then, Mike Myers brings us a goofy look at one of the more obscure yet powerful secret societies in existence when we review the first episode of The Pentaverate from 2022. And finally, we explore the true story of an online chat room that was running rampant with sex crimes in the documentary, Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror from 2022. All of this plus stand-up specials curated by comedians showcasing their comedian friends, the return of Peaky Blinders, the return of Iron Chef, Kenan and Kel and All That, gelato, kidults, and Mr. Bean meets Mr. Bee. got a suggestion for the show?: whatsnewtonetflixinstant@gmail.com