Previously released:
Freud's Last Session (movie) (Netflix, April 20)
On the brink of World War II, Sigmund Freud invites C.S. Lewis over for a charged conversation about love, family and the existence of God. Stars Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Jeremy Northam, and Orla Brady. 2023 film; 1hr 48m. Not available on the Basic with Ads subscription plan.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81725548https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20420628/ [rating 6.0]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lM65Dm6Ytchttps://www.metacritic.com/movie/freuds-last-session/ [score 49]
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/freuds_last_session [45% positive]
Creating a Universe: The Making of Rebel Moon (documentary) (Netflix, April 19)
28 min.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81759172Black Sails (all 4 seasons) (Netflix, April 18)
Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island." Starz series that ran from 2014 through 2017; 38 one-hour episodes.
https://www.netflix.com/title/70285580https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375692/ [rating 8.2]
Anna (movie) (Netflix, April 16)
Ready to leave a life of abuse, a woman becomes a KGB assassin and goes undercover as a model in Paris. But all deals are off when her cover is blown. Stars Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Lera Abova, and Alexander Petrov.
2019 film by Luc Besson; 1hr 59m. "#2 in Movies Today."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7456310/https://www.netflix.com/title/81112504Lucy (movie) (Netflix, April 16)
When a young American in Taiwan unwillingly becomes a drug mule, the high-tech narcotics in her system activate superhuman powers. Stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, and others. 2014 film by Luc Besson.
https://www.netflix.com/title/70307658https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/ [rating 6.4]
Killing Eve (all 4 seasons) (Netflix, April 15)
Intrigue blossoms into obsession when a British spy pursues a playful, stylish and utterly ruthless assassin working for a mysterious organization. Stars Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, and Fiona Shaw. Ran on BBC America from 2018 through 2022; 32 42-minute episodes.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80177090https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7016936/ [rating 8.1]
Rust Creek (movie) (Netflix, April 15)
A wrong turn in the woods becomes a fight for her life when a career-seeking college student runs into two outlaw brothers looking to cook up trouble. Stars Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, and Sean O'Bryan. 2018 film; 1h 48m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6610158/ [rating 5.9]
https://www.netflix.com/title/81009845Earthquake Underground (movie) (Tubi, April 18)
After a massive earthquake submerges a hotel, a young architect must overcome all odds to save his pregnant girlfriend before the structure collapses. Stars Cayla Black, Houston Rhines, Angela Cole, Jenny Tran, and Matthew Gademske. 1 hr, 22 min.
https://tubitv.com/movies/100019869/earthquake-undergroundhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt29001749/*****************************************************************************************
Monday, April 22
Streaming:
Hip-Hop and the White House (documentary) (12:01 am, Hulu)
Jesse Washington's feature kicks off Andscape's new anthology film series &360.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjAVCgYEtsUFern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen (comedy special) (3:01 am, Netflix)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81717099https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFDhI7OwFyUJustice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One (movie; streaming premiere) (3:01 am, Max)
Animated film; 1h 33m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29195117/ [rating 6.3]
Broadcast and cable:
The Synanon Fix (miniseries finale) (9 pm, HBO)
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Tuesday, April 23
Streaming:
Brigands: The Quest for Gold [Briganti] [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
In mid-19th-century southern Italy, a woman forced to go on the run transforms from dutiful wife to the ruthless leader of a group of bandits. Italian series; 6 episodes.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81383127https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15441086/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp__vw0IExgFight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? [new] (3:01 am, Netflix)
From the villa to the jungle, contestants must keep their friends close and their enemies closer. Who will win entry to paradise and 100,000 euros? German series.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81598926 Broadcast and cable:
TMZ Presents: Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons (reality special) (8-9 pm, Fox)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUh0OifLgogThe Express Way With Dule Hill [new] (9 pm, PBS)
In a new four-part series, multi-talented actor and performer Dulé Hill ("The Wonder Years," "The West Wing") and director Danny Lee ("Who Is Stan Smith?") take audiences on an emotional and celebratory road trip across the nation to explore the transformative power of the arts
https://www.pbs.org/show/the-express-way-with-dule-hill/The Interrogation Tapes (special night) (10 pm, ABC)
"true-crime docuseries looking at some of the most compelling criminal cases in recent history through the lens of interrogations, unveiling the tricks of the trade detectives use to coax confessions from suspects"
Shogun (limited series finale) (10 pm, FX)
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Wednesday, April 24
Streaming:
LOL: Last One Laughing Germany (season 5 premiere) (12:01 am, Prime Video)
The Big Door Prize (season 2 premiere) (12:01 am, Apple TV+)
A small town is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears, promising to reveal everyone’s true potential. Soon residents start changing jobs, rethinking relationships, and questioning long-held beliefsall in pursuit of a better future. Ten episodes; the first three are released today, and the rest follow once weekly through June 12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ye6vpH-z0https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14761860/ [rating 6.4]
Wonderful World [new; complete season 1] (12:01 am, Hulu)
A successful psychology professor and renowned author, Soohyun enjoys a perfect life, but when she loses her son unjustly, she takes matters into her own hands by confronting the perpetrator. Suffering from a loss of zest for life, Soohyun is comforted by a fellow inmate she meets in prison and slowly begins to open her heart. Upon her release, Soohyun searches for the victim of the accident caused by her fellow inmate and meets Seonyul, who shares the same pain as her. As the two individuals harboring secrets face each other, they embark on an intense journey toward the truth, exchanging solace along the way. Korean series; 14 episodes.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31187621/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_World_(South_Korean_TV_series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFgZeRfR35oTalking Sabor [new] (12:01 am, Hulu)
Renowned Mexican-American chef Aarón Sánchez travels to Los Angeles, Houston, Miami and New York to celebrate Latin restaurants with authentic flavors. On each episode, a celebrity guest joins him on this gastronomic adventure to cook up culture, share stories, and create a menu together.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hulu-sets-aar-n-nchez-160000237.htmlDeliver Me [new; complete limited series] (3:01 am, Netflix)
When teenagers Billy and Dogge are recruited by a local gang, the friends face a violent world they are too young to protect themselves from. The team behind the award-winning "Quicksand" brings a harrowing look at a community that fails its youngest. Swedish series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUuaA_UYpw8https://www.netflix.com/title/81594392https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20832442/TMZ Presents: Famous & Naked (reality) (3:01 am, Tubi)
Celebrities are showing it all online and raking in fortunes. Join TMZ in examining Hollywood’s fascination with getting naked on the Internet.
Broadcast and cable:
Changing Planet (season 3) (8-9 pm, PBS)
In the third year of this seven-year project examining the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems, Dr. M. Sanjayan visits the Maldives to take an in-depth look at coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change. Each season of this series consists of a single episode.
https://www.pbs.org/show/changing-planet/Not Dead Yet (season 2 finale) (8:30 and 9 pm, two episodes, ABC)
American Horror Story (season 12 finale; renewed for season 13) (10 pm, FX)
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Thursday, April 25
Streaming:
Them: The Scare (complete season 2) (12:01 am, Prime Video)
"Them: The Scare" centers on LAPD Homicide Detective Dawn Reeve, who is assigned to a new case: the gruesome murder of a foster home mother that has left even the most hardened detectives shaken. Navigating a tumultuous time in Los Angeles, with a city on the razor’s edge of chaos, Dawn is determined to stop the killer. But as she draws closer to the truth, something ominous and malevolent grips her and her family… The second season of Amazon's horror anthology (which launched in 2021 with "Them: Covenant") is set in Los Angeles in 1991. Deborah Ayorinde, Pam Grier, Luke James, Wayne Knight, and Joshua J. Williams star. Eight episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCyeEMRweRohttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt9064858/ [rating 7.4]
City Hunter (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)
"City Hunter," the hugely popular comic that has sold over 50 million copies and created a sensation, finally gets a live-action adaptation. Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" based in Shinjuku, Tokyo who cleans up trouble in the gritty underworld. Although he's an unparalleled playboy who struggles to keep his cool around beautiful women, when he accepts a request, he carries it out with crack marksmanship, impressive athletic abilities and a calm composure. The unflappable, foolish and flirtatious Ryo is played by Ryohei Suzuki, while the heroine Kaori Makimura is played by Misato Morita. Ryo's partner Hideyuki Makimura is played by Masanobu Ando, and Saeko Nogami, a beautiful detective who has a complicated relationship with Ryo, is played by Fumino Kimura. Japanese film; 1h 42m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G20m5NTAVAEhttps://www.netflix.com/title/81454087https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24478470/Dead Boy Detectives [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
Originally ordered by HBO Max in 2022 as a Doom Patrol spinoff but later sold to Netflix (where it is now an extension of the Sandman universe), producer Greg Berlanti's latest DC Comics adaptation is based on characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. Specifically, those characters are a pair of ghosts (played by relative newcomers George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri) who pair up after death to investigate supernatural crimes on earth. Adapted by Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant, Supernatural), who serves as showrunner alongside Sweet Tooth's Beth Schwartz, the series also stars Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell (reprising her Doom Patrol role as the Night Nurse), Kassius Nelson, and Lukas Gage. Eight episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwJmZ2Ekfbchttps://www.netflix.com/title/81679967https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15358446/Velma (season 2 premiere) (3:01 am, Max)
This raucous reimagining of the Scooby-Doo franchise unravels the mysterious origins of Mystery, Inc.--as seen through the eyes of the gang's beloved bespectacled detective Velma. Animated series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUo0TUCgj9Yhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt14153790/ [rating 1.6, based on 77K ratings--the lowest I've ever seen]
Broadcast and cable:
2024 NFL Draft (live event) (8-11:30 pm, ABC)
Fatal Fixer Upper (movie) (8 pm, LMN)
Vivienne and Ryan Williams couldn’t be happier after buying their dream home from a mysterious man named Josh in a beautiful California suburb. Their newfound paradise soon turns into a living nightmare as Josh, still strangely attached to the house, suddenly appears after they move in to help fix up certain parts of the home. When his erratic behavior turns to obsession for Vivienne, the young couple soon find themselves caught up in a volatile confrontation that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear. Stars Jasmine Aivaliotis, Philip McElroy, Duke Van Patten, and Dorian Gregory.
https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/fatal-fixer-upperhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt32065017/*****************************************************************************************
Friday, April 26
Streaming:
Luxe Listings Toronto [new; complete season 1] (12:01 am, Prime Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRKWQPy5_qwThank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story [new; complete limited series] (12:01 am, Hulu)
Four episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx93Z6zBnGEhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt31023148/Goodbye Earth [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
The world is in utter chaos with only 200 days left until an asteroid collides with Earth, but some remain determined to make the most of each remaining day and their humanity to the very end. Korean series; 12 episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0DNl82Cgghttps://www.netflix.com/title/81078585https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17492848/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_EarthHack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (documentary) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Delve into the digestive system with this lighthearted and informative documentary that demystifies the role gut health plays in our overall well-being.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwfuJr07P_ghttps://www.netflix.com/title/81436688The Asunta Case [El caso Asunta] [new; complete limited series] (3:01 am, Netflix)
On September 21, 2013, Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra file a report on the disappearance of their daughter Asunta. Police investigations point to her parents as possible culprits. The news shakes the whole country. What really happened the night Asunta disappeared? Spanish series; six episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w4Ilcm5oEghttps://www.netflix.com/title/81632782https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27788849/Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville's Renaissance (documentary) (3:01 am, Max)
https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2024/04/19/call-me-country-beyonce-nashvilles-renaissance-from-cnn-flashdocs-comes-to-max-on-friday-april-26/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ONu2VwyZoKnuckles [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Paramount+)
A miniseries spinoff from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (set between the events of that film and its upcoming sequel) finds Idris Elba returning as the voice of the title character. Adam Pally, Cary Elwes, Edi Patterson, Kid Cudi, Stockard Channing, and Ellie Taylor also star, while Ben Schwartz will reprise his voice role as Sonic the Hedgehog as a guest star. Six episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kETt59yn6Ahttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt18291136/Infested [Vermines] (movie) (3:01 am, Shudder)
Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly-reproducing spiders. Stars Théo Christine, Finnegan Oldfield, Jérôme Niel, Sofia Lesaffre, and Lisa Nyarko. French film; 1h 46m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR-uiy20_zMhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt26744289/This Never Happened (movie) (3:01 am, Tubi)
While staying at her boyfriend’s childhood home with him and his friends, a young woman experiences terrifying visions of a violent spirit. Stars Javier Dulzaides, María José De La Cruz, and Conny Cambambia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHEjdXJxlPohttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt13396566/ Broadcast and cable:
2024 NFL Draft (live event) (7-11:30 pm, ABC)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (season 10 finale) (8 pm, CW)
100 Days to Indy (season 2 premiere) (9 pm, CW)
We're Here (season 4 premiere) (9 pm, HBO)
A trio of drag queens descend upon various American towns and cities to inspire and teach their own "drag daughters" to step outside their comfort zone for a night of no-holds-barred full-on drag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuzt7bMQA98https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11285856/ [rating 8.4]
The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses (documentary) (10-11 pm, FX)
Churchill Downs, the cathedral of horse racing, turned into a horse graveyard at last year's Kentucky Derby. The documentary explores the sport beneath the pageantry, where a quest for faster horses is causing alarming breakdowns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_cXJCiT4ZA(end)
Selected programming for April 22-26, 2024
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