Coming to Netflix April 2018
(KUTV) Spring is upon us and while that might mean more time spent outdoors enjoying the warmer weather, there will still be rainy days and late nights spent in front of the television. Here's a look at the titles coming to Netflix in April. From the schlock that is “Battlefield Earth” to the classic psychological frights of “Seven” there’s a little bit of everything for a little bit of everyone.
Here are six titles that caught my eye.
Cold Mountain
Released in 2003, "Cold Mountain" tells the story of a wounded Civil War soldier who attempts to make his way back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina. It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman and Renée Zellweger.Zellweger won numerous awards including a Golden Globe and an Oscar for her performance in a supporting role.
The Duchess
"The Duchess" stars Kiera Knightley as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire in this costume drama that co-stars Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Haykey Atwell and Dominic Cooper. Like many of these stories, we find a young woman, Georgina, married to an older man who isn't nearly as concern with her happiness as he is with her ability to give him an heir. Unfulfilled, Georgiana is forced to look elsewhere for happiness.
The Iron Giant
One of the greatest travesties in cinematic history is the cold shoulder that audiences gave "The Iron Giant" when it was released in 1999. The film, which tells the story of Hogarth, a young boy with a active imagination, who discovers a giant robot from outer space. Hounded by a government agent, Hogarth hides the robot in a junkyard. Unfortunately, something as big as this mechanical creature, is impossible to keep hidden for long.
. Directed by Brad Bird, who later found success with Pixar's "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille," "The Iron Giant" is simply one of my favorite films.
Life is Beautiful
In 1997 Roberto Benignidid something remarkable with "Life is Beautiful," a film about the Holocaust that was funny without being the least bit disrespectful. Benigni stars as a Jewish librarian who tries to hide the horrors of the German occupation of Italy from his son by reimagining their situation as a game. Remarkable filmmaking.
Lost in Space: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Digging deeper into the month we have Netflix's remake of the "Lost in Pace" television program from the 1960s. When the series was announced I was rather ambivalent about the idea of rejoining the Robinson family as they, as the title suggests, get lost in space. The trailer, however, has convinced me to give this series a chance. (Available 4/13/18)
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
I was in college when “The Magic School Bus,” an educational cartoon that found Ms. Frizzle, a school teacher, taking her students on some fairly wild and often bizarre adventures, came to television. I wasn’t exactly the target demographic. So, I don’t remember when or where I first came across the series. It might have not been until 2012 when all four seasons were released in a collector’s box set. Nonetheless, I love the creative insanity of the original episodes. Despite its popularity, the series ended after 52 episodes.
Netflix relaunched the series in 2017, twenty years after the original series ended its run, under the banner of “The Magic School Bus Rides Again.” They brought back many of the original characters, Ms Frizzle is now a professor so her younger sister has taken over most the day-to-day bus duties. Thankfully the show is still bonkers and completely unpredictable while also being educational. I look forward to where the bus will take us next. Apparently, the middle of the sun is on the agenda. (Available 4/13/18)
Complete list of titles coming to Netflix in April 2018
Descriptions for Netflix Originals provided by Netflix.
Avail. 4/1/18
A Sort of Family
Along Came Polly
Bad Boys
Battlefield Earth
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
Big Time
Body of Lies
Cabin Fever
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Cats & Dogs
Cold Mountain
Dare to Be Wild
Deep Blue Sea
Fish People
Friday Night Lights
Jackass 2.5
Life Is Beautiful
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Mortal Kombat
Nancy Drew
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Scarface
Seven
Sin City
Speed Racer
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Duchess
The Family Man
The Flintstones
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Iron Giant
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (Streaming every Sunday) -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Trending news, pop culture, social media, original videos and more come together in host Joel McHale's new weekly comedy commentary show.
The Lost Boys
The Queen of the Damned
The Spy Next Door
Wakfu: Season 3 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
When a secretive guild comes after Percedal's children, Yugo and friends embark on a daunting rescue mission.
Avail. 4/2/18
La Piloto: Season 1
Avail. 4/3/18
Fary Is the New Black -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Armed with wit and his trademark style, French comedy phenom Fary veers from pickup lines to racism and beyond in a dynamic, anything-goes special.
Avail. 4/5/18
Behind The Curtain: Todrick Hall
Despicable Me 3
Avail. 4/6/18
6 Balloons -- NETFLIX FILM
Over the course of one night, a woman drives her heroin addict brother across LA in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.
Amateur -- NETFLIX FILM
A 14-year-old basketball phenom struggles to fit in with his new team after a video of him goes viral. Directed by Ryan Koo.
Fastest Car: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
In each episode, three souped-up "sleeper" cars go head-to-head with one of the world's most sought-after supercars.
Money Heist: Part 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
As the police close in on the Professor's identity, his lack of communication with the Mint team leads to mutiny and the arrest of one of the robbers.
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: JAY-Z -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Dave gets a lesson in flow, hip-hop culture and the criminal justice system from Jay-Z and drops in on producer Rick Rubin in his Malibu studio.
Orbiter 9 -- NETFLIX FILM
A woman who's been alone on a spaceship her whole life becomes enamored with an engineer who suddenly enters her life and upends her universe.
Ram Dass, Going Home -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Spiritual teacher and '60s icon Ram Dass meditates on life and death at his home on Maui 20 years after suffering a life-altering stroke.
Sun Dogs
The 4th Company -- NETFLIX FILM
In a violent prison in 1970s Mexico, a young inmate lands a spot on a football team that doubles as an enforcer squad for a corrupt administration.
The Boss Baby: Back in Business: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
With a little help from his brother and accomplice, Tim, Boss Baby tries to balance family life with his job at Baby Corp headquarters.
Todo lo que sería de Lucas Lauriente -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
In his stand-up set, Argentine comic Lucas Lauriente animatedly rattles off reflections on different generations and begs kids to stop saying "goals."
Troy: Fall of a City: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Searching for the woman promised to him by Aphrodite, herdsman Paris learns his true identity and falls for Helen of Sparta, igniting the Trojan War.
Avail. 4/7/18
24 Hours to Live
Avail. 4/9/18
AMO: Season 1-- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
As the Philippine government wages its war on drugs, high schooler Joseph expands the market of his meth-dealing from his local gang to metro Manila.
Avail. 4/10/18
Greg Davies: You Magnificent Beast -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
British comedian Greg Davies revisits terrifying dates, manscaping disasters, his father's pranks and more in a savagely funny stand-up special.
Avail. 4/12/18
Pickpockets -- NETFLIX FILM
A trio of young, aspiring thieves learns what it takes to be successful pickpockets from a master in the arts of trickery and deception.
Avail. 4/13/18
Chef's Table: Pastry -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Dessert comes first this season as four renowned pastry chefs serve up decadent treats, daring new flavors, and stories of struggle and triumph.
Come Sunday -- NETFLIX FILM
Based on true events, globally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson risks everything when he questions church doctrine and is branded a modern-day heretic.
I Am Not An Easy Man -- NETFLIX FILM
A shameless chauvinist gets a taste of his own medicine when he wakes up in a world dominated by women and locks horns with a powerful female author.
Lost in Space: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
With Earth in crisis, the Robinson family heads to space to write a new chapter in human history in this revival of the iconic '60s sci-fi series.
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Magic School Bus pulls out all the stops, taking Ms. Frizzle and the class to the top of a noodle mountain -- and the center of the sun itself.
Avail. 4/15/18
Lakeview Terrace
Seven Pounds
Avail. 4/17/18
The Chalet: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.
The Honeymoon Stand Up Special: Collection -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Impending parenthood does funny things to Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, who dissect family, relationships and more in a trio of stand-up specials.
Avail. 4/18/18
Friend Request
Pelé
Avail. 4/19/18
Charité: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
In Berlin at the end of the 19th Century, a young woman works off her debts at the world-famous Charité hospital, encountering billiant physicians and discovering her passion for medicine.
Chasing The Dragon
Avail. 4/20/18
Aggretsuko: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Retsuko is a 25-year-old red panda who is an office associate in the accounting department of a trading company in Tokyo. All she wants is to do her job and get through the day, but when frustrations reach a boiling point, she vents through death metal.
Dope: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The drug war never ends. Camera crews follow smugglers, users and law enforcement agencies across Indiana, the Caribbean, Detroit and Atlanta.
Dude -- NETFLIX FILM
Four best girlfriends negotiate loss and major life changes during the last two weeks of high school in this coming-of-age comedy.
Kodachrome -- NETFLIX FILM
A dying photographer and his estranged record company executive son reunite for a road trip to the last photo lab still developing Kodachrome film.
Mercury 13 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
This documentary profiles women who were tested in 1961 for spaceflight, but had their dreams dashed when only men were chosen to become astronauts.
Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
What if grown-up spies can't do the job? It's up to junior spies Juni and Carmen Cortez to defeat S.W.A.M.P. in an animated series based on the films.
Avail. 4/21/18
The Letdown: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Audrey, mother of a 2-month-old, joins a new-parents support group, where she makes some quirky friends facing various challenges and life changes.
Avail. 4/24/18
Call the Midwife: Series 6: "Christmas Special 2017"
Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Comedy star Kevin James dishes on fatherhood, fan interactions, ice cream and much more as he returns to the stand-up stage after a long absence.
Avail. 4/25/18
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Psychokinesis -- NETFLIX FILM
Suddenly possessed with supernatural powers, a father sets out to help his estranged daughter, who's at risk of losing everything she's lived for.
Avail. 4/27/18
3%: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
As the next Process nears, the Cause plots to wipe out the system once and for all, and Michele finds herself in a precarious position.
Bobby Kennedy for President -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
This docuseries examines the "Bobby Phenomenon" of the 1960s and the continuing influence of the man many see as the greatest loss of a turbulent era.
Candy Jar -- NETFLIX FILM
An introverted high school girl from a working-class background falls in love with her wealthy debate team nemesis and realizes they share more in common than they thought.
Holy Goalie
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The New Legends of Monkey: Season 1 -- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
A valiant girl liberates the Monkey King -- a god long trapped in stone -- in a quest to find seven sacred scrolls and save the world from evil.
The Week Of -- NETFLIX FILM
Starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, this comedy centers on the week leading up to the wedding of their characters' kids. Robert Smigel directs.
Coming in April
Jane The Virgin: Season 4
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity