Netflix looks more like a streaming network than a virtual video store all the time. In April, Netflix debuts a slew of new original movies. Adam Sandler produces and stars in the show biz mockumentary Sandy Wexler, Jake Johnson and Keegan-Michael Key are in Joe Swanberg’s comedy Win It All, Henry Cavill and Nicholas Hoult […]
The ten-part series American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, a mix of documentary and dramatic recreation (with Matt Whelan as the young Hugh Hefner), profiles the man, the brand, and the lifestyle he advocated through his magazine and his clubs, and Titus Welliver is back as LAPD Detective Harry Bosch in Bosch: Season 3, based […]
April brings the launch of Hulu’s latest original series: The Handmaid’s Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood and starring Elisabeth Moss, Alexis Bledel, Yvonne Strahovski, and Joseph Fiennes. Hulu will release the ten-episode show with weekly installments. Hulu also has the AMC series Preacher: Season 1, a supernatural drama with a dark sense […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first big screen original Star Wars adventure to play in the margins of the defining story, and the Oscar-winning contemporary musical La La Land with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone come to cable and streaming video-on-demand in April. Also coming in April are the based-on-a-true-story Oscar-nominated dramas Hidden […]
Suicide Squad, the comic book movie that let the villains be the heroes, and the big screen revival of the cult comedy series Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, make their cable debut on HBO in April. The documentary Abortion: Stories Women Tell debuts and the third and final season of the low-rated but critically acclaimed The […]
