11 movies to check out on Netflix this April

Netflix adds a few high-profile originals and a recent rom-com blockbuster to kick off the first full month of spring. Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver is the second chapter of Zack Snyder’s space epic starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Charlie Hunnam, and Anthony Hopkins. Gillian Anderson plays journalist Emily Maitlis and Rufus Sewell plays a disgraced Prince Andrew in the biographical drama Scoop. Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell star in the rom-com Anyone But You, loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke play gunslinging lovers in Pedro Almodóvar’s short film Strange Way Of Life. Other movies added to Netflix’s streaming library in April 2024 include The Bricklayer, City Hunter, Wild Things, and more.

King Richard (2021, available April 24)

After slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards, Will Smith went back onstage to accept the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in King Richard. In the biographical sports drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Smith plays Richard Williams, the father and coach of tennis-star siblings Venus and Serena Williams. The A.V. Club’s writes, “King Richard is engrossing as it plays out, but the heat of its emotions cool off quickly. There’s only so much a movie can do with repeated exaltations that father sure does know best.”