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Time travel stories, if constructed well, always end up being interesting to watch. “About Time” and the “Back to the Future” trilogy are some of the examples of films that explored the time travel genre exceedingly well because the story allowed the viewers to be engaged in it. Just a few weeks ago, Netflix Turkey released “Oh Belinda,” a time travel comedy film that kind of explored the idea of the lead of the film traveling into another dimension. The Roku Channel now brings you “Slip,” created and starred in by Zoe Lister-Jones, which tells the tale of a woman who keeps going into different dimensions as the same person and experiences a different life story. Will she be able to come back to her reality, or will she be forever stuck in this time loop?

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Mae’s Life So Far

The show begins with Mae Cannon, who...

Netflix has several new films and original shows coming out in April, just in time for Q2. Great classic movies and animated films arrive with this month’s slate rotation as well. Some Netflix originals tackle the incoming warmer weather that arrives starting April.

Starting with the classics, Penny Marshall’s “A League of Their Own” (1992) starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty and Madonna, becomes available to watch on the streamer April 1 while we all wait for solid renewal news for Prime Video’s TV series — created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson — that takes the movie’s story deeper. Leonardi DiCaprio’s mind-bending movie “Inception” also arrives April Fool’s Day. Animated hits “Hotel Transylvania” and “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” arrive the first of the month as well.

“Firefly Lane” Season 2 Part 2 will conclude the television adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s novel, which tells the story of Tully...

It feels good to come across a decent comedy-drama about a woman trying to find a solution to a problem she is sure does not exist. Like magical realism, any movie that seamlessly takes the audience from one world to another without any awful edits would be a good one to watch. “Oh Belinda” is one such film about a movie star who happens to agree to do a shampoo commercial, but the commercial ends up taking her to another world. How does the woman cope with the change of name and personality in this world?

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Dilara’s Life

The movie begins with a music video being launched with Dilara in it. The music video is a stamp of approval that she is the star of the movie industry, and nothing can stop her from ascending. She is overjoyed to have achieved what she has so far. She has a boyfriend named Serkan,...

Magical realism is something many directors have toiled with. Many have been successful in putting together a good movie, but there are movies that just fell flat in the execution of this genre. There is Forrest Gump and Midnight in Paris, which beautifully use magic realism, and one would want any other film in this genre to follow in their footsteps. Meanwhile, there is “Oh Belinda,” which tries hard to bring this beautiful genre back to life but falls flat quite early in the runtime of the film. Why is that? “Oh Belinda” is a Turkish-language comedy-drama that is a Netflix Original and was released on the platform on April 7, 2023.

Like any movie that showcases the life of a superstar actress, the film must begin with a montage of them being in a movie or shooting for a movie. “Oh Belinda” begins with Dilara’s life being projected as larger than anybody else’s,...

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always movie, John Mulaney’s new stand-up special, the second season of Sweet Tooth and the final seasons of Better Call Saul, Working Moms and Firefly Lane are among the much-anticipated projects hitting Netflix this month.

The Power Rangers movie, streaming April 19, brings back series castmembers David Yost, Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Catherine Sutherland, Karan Ashley and Johnny Yong Bosch as they face off against the evil Rita Repulsa (Barbara Goodson) once more.

John Mulaney returns to Netflix for his latest stand-up special, Baby J, on April 25. Baby J, shot at Boston’s Symphony Hall, marks Mulaney’s third stand-up special at Netflix, which also streamed his variety special John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch in 2019. The special is also Mulaney’s first since his recent divorce, stint in rehab and welcoming a baby with Olivia Munn.

At the end of the month, Netflix...

Oh Belinda is a Turkish comedy film directed by Deniz Yorulmazer and starring Neslihan Atagül and Serkan Çayoglu.

A film that doesn’t get beyond being pleasant, and which it’s impossible to talk about without mentioning the protagonist’s beauty.

It must be because it’s spring, or simply because the film isn’t too giving in terms of its cinematic virtues.

It must be because it’s spring, then.

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Neslihan Atagül is very beautiful and Serkan Çayogluel is very handsome, and he is also her partner in the parallel reality.

It has a couple of very nice dreamlike scenes and then, takes full advantage of the protagonist’s attraction factor because, in terms of script, the film is not much more than anecdotal and could well have been limited to being a short film of the kind that have an ephemeral script – because in five minutes of footage,...

With its list of new releases for April 2023, Netflix is is hosting a 30th anniversary special for a very important pop culture franchise.

April 19 sees the arrival of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, a special that will celebrate 30 years of Power Rangers. This won’t just be your standard reunion show, however, but a full blown story in itself. Netflix’s description reads: “When Rita Repulsa returns, the Power Rangers are the only ones who can stop her! But after 30 years, can the team still be the heroes the world needs?” Ai yi yi, indeed!

Other TV options this month on Netflix include the Steven Yeun-starring road rage series, Beef, on April 6 and the Keri Russell-starring The Diplomat on April 20. Season 2 of family friendly post-apocalypse drama Sweet Tooth arrives on April 27 (which is also a very special Den of Geek writers’ birthday...

One of the most eagerly anticipated series of the spring is coming to Netflix on April 6. Ali Wong and Steven Yeun star in “Beef” as strangers involved in a road-rage incident. But rather than let insurance sort it out, the two drivers morph into lunatics bent on revenge, resulting in increasingly harrowing — and hilarious — circumstances.

Watch the trailer for “Beef”:

More than just a meme, on April 13, Netflix unveils limited series “Florida Man,” which follows a struggling ex-cop (played by Edgar Ramírez) forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend. What should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.

Check out the trailer for “Florida Man”:

Also coming to Netflix in April will be the final chapter of “Firefly Lane.

"Oh Belinda" is a new fantasy comedy feature, directed by Deniz Yorulmazer. starring Neslihan Atagül Doğulu as 'Serap', Serkan Çayoğlu as 'Suat', Necip Memili, Meral Çetinkaya, Beril Pozam, Efe Tunçer, Gamze Karaduman, Sacide Taşaner, Kamil Güler and Anıl Çelik, streaming April 7, 2023 on Netflix:

".... a young actor’s perfect life takes a madcap turn when she agrees to star in a commercial and suddenly gets transported to her character’s world. The actor finds herself in the character’s life just as described in the script but now it’s her reality.

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So many great stories in history start out with the key players hating each other — as it is in Netflix and A24’s “Beef,” streaming on Netflix in April. Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun) meet via parking lot bump turned action-movie car chase, their lives connecting and their road rage lingering in weeks and months after the incident. In reviewing the series, IndieWire’s Ben Travers said that “’Beef’ does a fine job balancing Amy and Danny’s practical intelligence and impractical passions; their bitterness toward the other driver ebbs and flows as their personal lives better or worsen, and it’s in these moments that the half-hour drama thrives.”

The series from Lee Sung Jin premieres on April 6. See below for more titles coming to Netflix in April 2023.

April 1

“28 Days”

“A League of Their Own”

“American Hustle”

“Battleship”

“The Birds”

“Born on the Fourth of July...