Winter is coming, but here's what's hot on streaming services in April
School holidays, autumn weather, the Anzac Day long weekend -- there are plenty of reasons to stay in and stream your entertainment in April, and the streaming services are delivering.
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"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."
I'll level with you. This month, everyone is going to be anticipating and then reliving the Season 6 premiere of a certain Gamey-Throney TV show that's exclusive to Foxtel (at least I will be, after binge watching the show for five hours a day last month). So the streaming services have a lot of work to do.
Luckily, they're delivering. Netflix is coming back with Season 2 of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," the funniest story of post-kidnapping liberation since Theon Greyjoy jumped from the walls of Winterfell. Do yourself a favour and catch up on Season 1 to see what you get when Ellie Kemper (of "The Office") gets a show of her own.
Fellow Office alum Mindy Kaling is over on Presto with four seasons of "The Mindy Project," but the big drawcard for Presto this month is the movie catalogue. "Jurassic World" makes an appearance, plus plenty of kids titles for the holidays.
Stan has some new series direct from the US, including "The Girlfriend Experience" and "Containment," but we're most excited about the arrival of all 11 seasons of "Frasier." In fact, we wish more streaming platforms would make a big deal of full-run classic series like this -- perfect for putting on the TV as the weather gets colder.
Netflix
Our pick: "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
April 1
- The Ranch -- Part 1
- Lost & Found Music Studios -- Season 1
- SeaChange -- Seasons 1-3
- CodeGirl
- Thirteen Days
- The Out List
- The Babadook
- Antz
- Swing Vote
- The Road to El Dorado
- How to Train Your Dragon
- The Prince of Egypt
April 5
- Mad Men -- Season 7, Part 2
- Walt Before Mickey
April 6
- Archer -- Season 6
April 8
- Rebellion
April 9
- Look Who's Back
April 11
- Inside Out
April 12
- Ajin -- Season 1
April 15
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt -- Season 2
- Kong King of the Apes (movie + episodes)
- Marley & Me
- Empire Records
- The Expendables 2
April 20
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
April 21
- Magic Mike XXL
April 22
- Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
April 27
- Mr. Bean's Holiday
April 29
- Special Correspondents
- Team Foxcatcher
April 30
- Sensitive Skin -- Season 2
Presto
Our pick: "Jurassic World"
April 1
- The Mindy Project -- Seasons 1-4
- The Pacific -- Season 1
- Generation Kill -- Season 1
- Cinema Verite
- Life Support
- Lackawanna Blues
- Five Days
- House of Saddam
- John Adams
- Tsunami: The Aftermath
- Bad Company
- Runaway Bride
- The Skeleton Key
- Stardust
April 2
- Along Came a Spider
- The Borrowers
- Miller's Crossing
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
April 3
- Billy Elliot
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods
- George of the Jungle 2
- Shutter Island
- Insidious: Chapter 3
- The Time Machine
April 4
- Nell
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
April 5
- The Affair -- Seasons 1-2
- The Clearing
April 6
- Romance & Cigarettes
- Stranger than Fiction
April 8
- What Happens In Vegas
- Unfriended
- Dawn of the Dead
April 9
- Rachel Getting Married
- Blonde Ambition
- Snitch
- Stuart Little
- Goon
- Big Game
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- The AristoCats
April 10
- Gran Torino
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F
- Drive Angry
- Duplicity
- The Jungle Book
- The Jungle Book 2
April 15
- Throw Momma from the Train
- Footloose
- The Final Girls
April 16
- Black Sea
- The Golden Compass
- Chocolat
- Whiteout
April 17
- Jurassic World
- Gun Shy
April 19
- Leave it to Beaver
April 20
- Cocktail
April 22
- Boxcar Bertha
- Just My Luck
- The Fast and the Furious
April 23
- Boys on the Side
- The Hitcher
- People Places Things
- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- Malibu's Most Wanted
April 24
- Pixels
- Fast & Furious
- The Year of Living Dangerously
April 25
- A Few Best Men
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape
- Cadet Kelly
- The Kings of Mykonos
April 28
- Black or White
April 29
- Son of the Mask
- Post Grad
- The Unborn
April 30
- P.S.
- Confidence
- The Fox and the Hound
- The Fox and the Hound II
- Four Brothers
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Stan
Our pick: "Frasier"
March 30
- Top Gear -- Season 22
- Moone Boy -- Seasons 2-3
March 31
- Frasier -- Seasons 1-11
- Masters of Sex -- Season 3
- Almost Royal
April 1
- Frances Ha
- German Angst
- Goodnight Mommy
- In the House
- The Human Centipede 3
April 2
- Louis Theroux -- 15 new titles
April 4
- The Musketeers -- Season 1
April 6
- Hart of Dixie -- Season 4
April 7
- Danny Collins
April 8
- The Wrong Mans -- Seasons 1-2
- The Job Lot -- Seasons 1-2
April 10
- Dice -- Season 1
April 11
- The Girlfriend Experience -- Season 1
April 13
- The Game
April 14
- Nighty Night -- Seasons 1-2
- Fighting
April 16
- Brooklyn's Finest
April 20
- Containment -- Season 1
- Life Happens
April 21
- Eden
- The Rewrite
April 22
- Mad Dogs -- Season 4
April 27
- Every Secret Thing
- Woman in Gold
April 28
- The House at the End of the Street