Streaming Picks: April 2021

FILMS
Top Picks
Bringing Up Baby – HBO Max 4/1
My Cousin Vinny – Prime 4/1
Rush – Netflix 4/16
Baby’s Day Out – Disney+ 4/23
It seems like we could all use some laughs and some excitement. The first two films are among the greatest comedies of all time. They’re required viewing.

The latter two films are the best offerings among those streamers’ meager offerings. Baby’s Day Out might not hold up entirely, but it does have a Tex-Avery-cartoon-come-to-life quality that I will always appreciate. Rush may be Ron Howard’s best film, with some spectacular racing scenes and career-best turns from Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl.

Recent Selections
Art of Falling in Love – Prime 4/1
Love in Harmony Valley – Prime 4/1
Smiley Face Killers – Prime 4/1
Unhinged – Prime 4/2
What Lies Below – Netflix 4/4
Coded Bias – Netflix 4/5
Girl – Hulu 4/5
Out in the Open – HBO Max 4/9
The Standard – Hulu 4/9
Stars Fell on Alabama – Hulu 4/9
Knuckledust – Hulu 4/10
The New Mutants – HBO Max 4/10
The Stand-In – Netflix 4/10
Diana: The Interview That Shook the World – Netflix 4/11
Spontaneous – Hulu and Prime 4/12
Burden – Prime 4/14
Dark City: Beneath the Beat – Netflix 4/15
Fly Like a Girl – Hulu 4/16
The Kid Who Would Be King – Disney+ 4/16
Songbird – Hulu 4/16
Synchronic – Netflix 4/16
Wander – Prime 4/16
Modern Persuasion – Hulu 4/17
1, 2, 3, All Eyes on Me – HBO Max 4/22
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World – Hulu 4/22
Princess Cut – HBO Max 4/22
Rizo – HBO Max 4/22
The Heist of the Century – HBO Max 4/23
Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll – Netflix 4/23
The Place of No Words – Hulu 4/23
Wild Mountain Thyme – Hulu 4/25

Originals
Tersanjung: The Movie – Netflix 4/1
Concrete Cowboy – Netflix 4/2
Just Say Yes – Netflix 4/2
Madame Claude – Netflix 4/2
Sky High – Netflix 4/2
WeWork, or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn – Hulu 4/2
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? – Netflix 4/9
Night in Paradise – Netflix 4/9
Thunder Force – Netflix 4/9
New Gods: Nezha Reborn – Netflix 4/12
The Soul – Netflix 4/14
Ride or Die – Netflix 4/15
Ajeeb Daastaans – Netflix 4/16
Into the Beat – Netflix 4/16
Mortal Kombat – HBO Max 4/16
Stowaway – Netflix 4/22
Tell Me When – Netflix 4/23
Things Seen and Heard – Netflix 4/29
Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse – Prime 4/30
The Disciple – Netflix TBD

NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Pick
The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 4) – Hulu 4/16
For three increasingly depressing seasons, this show has produced riveting
– if not always believable – television. After its dramatic Season 3 finale, there’s seemingly nowhere and everywhere to go. They’ve already justified going further than the book so far, but can they justify going even further?

Originals
The Great Pottery Throwdown (Season 4) – HBO Max 4/1
Made for Love – HBO Max 4/1
Magical Andes (Season 2) – Netflix 4/1
Prank Encounters (Season 2) – Netflix 4/1
Worn Stories – Netflix 4/1
On the Spectrum – HBO Max 4/2
Secrets of Sulphur Springs: No Time Like the Present – Disney+ 4/2
The Serpent – Netflix 4/2
Family Reunion (Part 3) – Netflix 4/5
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You – Netflix 4/6
The Big Day (Collection 2) – Netflix 4/7
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute – Netflix 4/7
Exterminate All the Brutes – HBO Max 4/7
Snabba Cash – Netflix 4/7
This Is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist – Netflix 4/7
The Wedding Coach – Netflix 4/7
The Way of the House Husband – Netflix 4/8
Them – Prime 4/9
The Nevers – HBO Max 4/11
Our Towns – HBO Max 4/11
Infinity Train (Season 4) – HBO Max 4/11
Mighty Express (Season 3) – Netflix 4/13
My Love: Six Stories of True Love – Netflix 4/13
The Circle (Season 2) – Netflix 4/14
Dad, Stop Embarrassing Me! – Netflix 4/14
Law School – Netflix 4/14
Why Did You Kill Me? – Netflix 4/14
Arlo the Alligator Boy – Netflix 4/16
Big Shot – Disney+ 4/16
Fast and Furious: Spy Racers (Season 4) – Netflix 4/16
Why Are You Like This – Netflix 4/16
Luis Miguel: The Series (Season 2) – Netflix 4/18
Mare of Easttown – HBO Max 4/18
Izzy’s Koala World (Season 2) – Netflix 4/20
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO Max 4/20
Sasquatch – Hulu 4/20
Zero – Netflix 4/21
Life in Color with David Attenborough – Netflix 4/22
Secret of the Whales – Disney+ 4/22
A Black Lady Sketch Show (Season 2) – HBO Max 4/23
My Music Story: Sukimaswitch – Disney+ 4/23
Shadow and Bone – Netflix 4/23
Fatma – Netflix 4/27
Go! Go! Cory Carson (Season 4) – Netflix 4/27
Sexify – Netflix 4/28
Headspace Guide to Sleep – Netflix 4/28
Looney Tunes Cartoons (Season 1, Part 4) – HBO Max 4/29
Yasuke – Netflix 4/29
Assembled: The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Disney+ 4/30
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Netflix 4/30
Pet Stars – Netflix 4/30
The Unremarkable Juanquini (Season 2) – Netflix 4/30
Frank of Ireland (Season 1) – Prime TBD
Searching for Sheela – Netflix TBD

OLD SHOWS
Aber Bergen (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
The Adventures of Napkin Man (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
Anne+ (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl – HBO Max 4/1
Couples Therapy (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
Creepshow (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
Garfield & Friends (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
Happy Endings (Complete Series) – HBO Max 4/1
Higurashi: When They Cry (Season 1, Episodes 1-12) – Hulu 4/1
Jacqueline and Jilly (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
Keeping Faith (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
The Nanny (Complete Series) – HBO Max 4/1
Rectify (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
The Restaurant (Season 1) – Prime 4/1
Secrets of Great British Castles (Season 1) – Netflix 4/1
Survivor’s Remorse (Complete Series) – Prime 4/1
UniKitty (Season 3) – Hulu 4/1
Higglytown Heroes (Seasons 1-2) – Disney+ 4/2
Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volumes 1-2) – Disney+ 4/2
Star Wars: Ewoks (Complete Series) – Disney+ 4/2
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee – Disney+ 4/2
Walk the Prank (Complete Series) – Disney+ 4/2
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal (Season 1, Part 2) – HBO Max 4/6
One Last Crusade, or the Rise of a New World (Season 1, Episodes 1-12) – Hulu 4/7
South Side (Season 1) – HBO Max 4/7
Future-Worm! (Complete Series) – Disney+ 4/9
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Complete Series) – Disney+ 4/9
The Other Two (Season 1) – HBO Max 4/9
The Day I Became a God (Season 1, Episodes 1-12) – Hulu 4/10
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (Complete Series) – Netflix 4/12
The Baker and the Beauty (Season 1) – Netflix 4/13
PJ Masks (Season 3) – Netflix 4/19
First Ladies – HBO Max 4/22
Being the Queen – Disney+ 4/23
Junior Puppy Pals (Season 3) – Disney+ 4/23
Liv and Maddie (Complete Series) – Disney+ 4/23
Adventures in Wonderland (Complete Series) – Disney+ 4/30
DuckTales (Season 3) – Disney+ 4/30
Mira, Junior Detective (Season 1) – Disney+ 4/30
Loudermilk (Seasons 1-2) – Prime TBD

COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Pick
February and March were just blips. We’re back to no comedy specials for now.

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