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There's a lot coming to Netflix in April – but perhaps the biggest arrival isn't an actual new TV show or movie. And it's not even new.
After seeing shows like "Succession" and "WandaVision" build buzz and viewers week after week instead of peaking and disappearing from public consciousness in about three days, Netflix is trying out a bold new television release strategy: the old television release strategy. Yes, for two of its big buzzy reality shows – "The Circle," debuting in April, and "Too Hot To Handle" – instead of releasing the competitions in one big binge as is Netflix's tradition, the Big Red Streaming Monolith will release the programs across four weeks, four episodes at a time. That way, instead of owning one weekend of cultural conversation and ratings, Netflix can own a whole month of buzz and discussion, building viewers week after week instead of going big in one weekend and then becoming old news the next.
Weird, it's almost as though television figured that out decades ago ... anyways, REVOLUTIONARY!
While Netflix invents the future of entertainment by coming up with strategies from 50 years ago, the streaming service will also shower audiences with new movies and TV shows like an April rainstorm next month. As for licensed stuff, you'll have horror favorites ("Insidious," "Leprechaun," "Crimson Peak"), comedy icons ("Legally Blonde"), critical gems ("The Pianist," "The Master," "Rush") and more to keep you amused on those drizzly spring days. And as for originals, in addition to more of "The Circle" – arguably the best of Netflix's reality bunch from the past year – there's the intriguing new indie drama "Concrete Cowboy," the superhero comedy "Thunder Force," a wild new animated movie from Lord & Miller (the guys behind "The LEGO Movie"), the hotly anticipated fantasy series "Shadow and Bone," and almost certainly a whole bunch of true crime docs.
Here's the full list of movies and TV shows coming to your screens courtesy of Netflix next month:
April 1
"2012"
"Cop Out"
"Friends with Benefits"
"Insidious"
"Legally Blonde"
"Leprechaun"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Magical Andes" season 2
"The Pianist"
"The Possession"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Prank Encounters" season 2
"Secrets of Great British Castles" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Tersanjung the Movie"
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
"Madea's Big Happy Family"
"White Boy"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Worn Stories"
"Yes Man"
April 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Concrete Cowboy"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Just Say Yes"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Madame Claude"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Serpent"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sky High"
April 3
"Escape from Planet Earth"
April 4
"What Lies Below"
April 5
"Coded Bias"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Family Reunion" part 3
April 6
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You"
April 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Big Day" collection 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Snabba Cash"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "This Is A Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Wedding Coach"
April 8
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Way of the House Husband"
April 9
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Have You Ever Seen Fireflies?"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Night in Paradise"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Thunder Force"
April 10
"The Stand-In"
April 11
"Diana: The Interview That Shook the World"
April 12
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "New Gods: Nezha Reborn"
"Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" seasons 1-4
April 13
"The Baker and the Beauty" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mighty Express" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "My Love: Six Stories of True Love"
April 14
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Circle" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Law School"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Soul"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Why Did You Kill Me?"
April 15
"Dark City Beneath the Beat"
"The Master"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ride or Die"
April 16
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Arlo the Alligator Boy"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ajeeb Daastaans"
"Barbie & Chelsea The Lost Birthday"
"Crimson Peak"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Fast and Furious Spy Racers: Mexico" season 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Into the Beat"
"Rush"
"Synchronic"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Why Are You Like This"
"The Zookeeper's Wife"
April 18
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Luis Miguel: The Series" season 2
April 19
"Miss Sloane"
"PJ Masks" season 3
April 20
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Izzy's Koala World" season 2
April 21
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Zero"
April 22
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Life in Color with David Attenborough"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Stowaway"
April 23
"Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Shadow and Bone"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Tell Me When"
April 27
"August: Osage County"
"Battle of Los Angeles"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Fatma"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Go! Go! Cory Carson" season 4
April 28
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Headspace Guide to Sleep"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sexify"
April 29
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Things Heard and Seen"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Yasuke"
April 30
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Innocent"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Mitchells vs. The Machines"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pet Stars"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Unremarkable Juanquini" season 2
April TBA
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Disciple"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Searching for Sheela"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.
