Spring Break is over, the kids are back in school for the last two months (or so) of school, and the busy schedule between sports practices and games and dance recitals is just ramping up to an even more fun filled weekly carpool juggling task! However you spend your April, be sure to schedule in some much needed downtime. Before I share with you the full list of what is coming and going on Netflix this April, let me present you with a few options to fill that downtime. If you’d like to keep to something educational for the kiddos, I’ve got you covered. If all you can do is two hours near midnight on Saturday night, I’ll provide the entertainment if you provide the wine.
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Season 2
Starting off with the kids, a little educational animation is always a good and safe choice. The Magic School Bus Rides Again is back with a second season! Ms. Valerie Frizzle’s younger sister, Ms. Fiona Felicity Frizzle (Kate McKinnon) now teaches at Walkerville Elementary and it is her job to take the children on their fantastical field trips. The second season is sure to be just as exciting as the first. Watch a clip above from Season 1, Episode 9, “Space Mission: Selfie”, and catch the new season on Netflix starting Friday, April 13th.
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Bill Nye: Science Guy
Continuing the educational theme, why not sit the kids down with Bill Nye, the Science Guy? Or just relive your own childhood with Bill Nye and his science lessons! Yes, everyone’s favorite classroom video time is returning to Netflix! Nye breaks down the big science lessons for younger viewers and makes learning about volcanoes and earthquakes and the basics of flight fun. There are five seasons of science and no tests – what more could one ask for? Bill Nye, the Science Guy drops on Friday, April 27th.
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The Iron Giant
Skipping the educational, but keeping in with the kids (and those still kids at heart), we can’t recommend The Iron Giant enough. Set in the 1950s, at the start of the Cold War, a robot from space crash lands on earth and a young boy (voiced by Eli Marienthal) discovers him and befriends him (as happens). The robot, voiced by Vin Diesel (one of his very first roles), becomes the target of the US government, which seeks to destroy it just because it has the potential for destruction. Be warned, the movie, Brad Bird‘s directorial debut, is a bit of a tear jerker, though. The story of a boy and his friend comes to Netflix on Sunday, April 1st.
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Aggretsuko: Season 1
Aggretsuko isn’t really for the children. This Japanese animated series follows Aggretsuko (a shortened form of Aggressive Retsuko), a red panda in her mid-twenties just trying to survive the corporate world. Her coping mechanism for the stress? Death metal karaoke. That is hard core. Brought to life by Yeti for Sanrio, Aggretsuko is a short-form anime series that is sure to resonate with at least some part of you. Watch the trailer above* and find Aggretsuko on Netflix on Friday, April 20th.
* NOTE: The above trailer is in Japanese with English subtitles, but the series on Netflix will be English dubbed.
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Lost in Space: Season 1
The surprise series reboot of Lost in Space lands on Netflix on Friday, April 13th. The original television show aired in the 60s, then was jump-started in comic book form and became a film in the 90s. Did you know that the original series was based on the novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss? The new series on Netflix stars Mina Sundwall, Molly Parker, Toby Stephens, Parker Posey, Max Jenkins, Taylor Russell, and Ignacio Serricchio. The teaser is above and the description is below. The entire first season drops on Friday, April 13th.
Set 30 years in the future, colonization in space is now a reality, and the Robinson family is among those tested and selected to make a new life for themselves in a better world. But when the new colonists find themselves abruptly torn off course en route to their new home they must forge new alliances and work together to survive in a dangerous alien environment, light-years from their original destination. Stranded along with the Robinsons are two outsiders who find themselves thrown together by circumstance and a mutual knack for deception. The charismatic Dr. Smith (Parker Posey) is a master manipulator with an inscrutable end game. And the roguish, but charming Don West (Ignacio Serricchio) is a highly-skilled, blue collar contractor, who had no intention of joining the colony, let alone crash landing on a lost planet.
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And now for the new April offerings from Netflix
Note:
Items listed with the Netflix icon (
) are Netflix Originals.
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) are Available for Download per Netflix. This list is not all inclusive and may vary by region.
Soon Available for Binging
Arriving April 1
- 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
- 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 (New Episode Every Sunday)
- The Lost Boys
- The Queen of the Damned
- The Spy Next Door
- Wakfu: Season 3
Arriving April 2
- La Piloto: Season 1
Arriving April 3
- Fary Is the New Black
Arriving April 5
- Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall
- Despicable Me 3
Arriving April 6
- 6 Balloons
- Amateur
- Fastest Car: Season 1
- La Casa de Papel: Part 2
- Money Heist: Part 2
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: JAY-Z
- Orbiter 9
- Ram Dass, Going Home
- Sun Dogs
- The 4th Company
- The Boss Baby: Back in Business: Season 1
- Todo lo que sería de Lucas Lauriente
- Troy: Fall of a City: Season 1
Arriving April 7
- 24 Hours to Live
Arriving April 9
- AMO: Season 1
Arriving April 10
- Greg Davies: You Magnificent Beast
Arriving April 12
- Pickpockets
Arriving April 13
- Chef’s Table: Pastry
- Come Sunday
- I Am Not An Easy Man
- Lost in Space: Season 1
- The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Season 2
Arriving April 15
- Lakeview Terrace
- Seven Pounds
Arriving April 17
- The Chalet: Season 1
- The Honeymoon Stand Up Special: Collection
Arriving April 18
- Friend Request
- Pelé
Arriving April 19
- Charité: Season 1
- Chasing the Dragon
Arriving April 20
- Aggretsuko: Season 1
- Dope: Season 2
- Dude
- Kodachrome
- Mercury 13
- Spy Kids: Mission Critical: Season 1
Arriving April 21
- The Letdown: Season 1
Arriving April 24
- Call the Midwife: Series 6: “Christmas Special 2017”
- Kevin James: Never Don’t Give Up
Arriving April 25
- Bill Nye: Science Guy
- Psychokinesis
Arriving April 27
- 3%: Season 2
- Bobby Kennedy for President
- Candy Jar
- Holy Goalie
- The Man Who Knew Infinity
- The New Legends of Monkey: Season 1
- The Week Of
Arriving April ??
- Jane the Virgin: Season 4
- Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity
Last Chance Binging
Leaving March 31
- The Awakening
- The Good Son
- In Like Flint
Leaving April 1
- 30 Days of Night
- 88 Minutes
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- American Pie
- American Pie 2
- Apollo 13
- Batman
- Batman & Robin
- Batman Forever
- Batman Returns
- Caddyshack
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Cool Runnings
- Death Sentence
- Dolphin Tale
- Eagle vs. Shark
- John Mulaney: New in Town
- Never Let Me Go
- Set Up
- Small Soldiers
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- The Men Who Stare at Goats
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Whole Nine Yards
- Wild Wild West
Leaving April 3
- Starry Eyes
- Leaving April 5
- The Hallow
- The Nightingale
Leaving April 12
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
Leaving April 15
- Happy Tree Friends
- Leap Year
Leaving April 16
- Son of God
Leaving April 17
- Z Storm
Leaving April 20
- The Exorcism of Molly Hartley
Leaving April 21
- The Prestige
Leaving April 22
- Exit through the Gift Shop
Leaving April 26
- Kung Fu Panda 3
Leaving April 27
- Begin Again
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