TV
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, season two (available 15 April)
Ray-of-sunshine cult survivor Kimmy returns, and she’s as silly and brilliant and obsessed with Frasier as ever. She’s trying her darndest to pass her GED test, but she’s got a job as an elf at a year-round Christmas shop, and she’s also being forced to work for free for Jackie, who’s penniless after getting a shamefully meagre $12m in the divorce. Meanwhile, sensational landlady and professional “stoop crone” Lillian is still railing against gentrification, and reveals she was once in a relationship with Robert Durst. And forget Peeno Noir – Titus looks set to have a new hit song: Pizza Party for One.
The Ranch, season one (available now)
Ashton Kutcher collides again with the Two and a Half Men creators and his That 70s Show co-star Danny Masterson. He plays Colt, a former American football star who’s retired and heading home to the family ranch. As a premise, it’s way too easy to mock – but worth a try for any Kutcher or sitcom superfans.
Peaky Blinders, season two (available now)
As the Roaring 1920s really get underway, business is booming for the Birmingham gangsters – so Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) tries to muscle in on London. Catch up before the third season kicks off in May.
Better Call Saul, season two (available weekly every Tuesday)
Jimmy has taken a fancy job at a big law firm, and Mike is slowly getting drawn into the criminal underworld. It’s still much slower than Breaking Bad, but so deliberately that it’s sure to come together in the end.
Ajin, season one (available 12 April)
Popular manga series made by Gamon Sakurai. Kei Nagai discovers he is an immortal Ajin when he gets hit by a truck – and Ajins are branded criminals and pursued by the powers-that-be. Kei must run for his life so he doesn’t get captured and experimented on.
Film
Frozen (available now)
Watch Elsa, Anna and Olaf for the gazillionth time. Or try a whole glut of other great animations to see you through to the end of the Easter holidays – Antz, Kung Fu Panda and its sequel, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After, Madagascar and its follow-up, Escape 2 Africa.
Codegirl (available now)
She tackled climate change in An Inconvenient Truth, but now documentary-maker Lesley Chilcott is exploring Technovation, a challenge set up to stop male domination in the world of tech. She follows 5,000 teenage girls as they compete to design an app that betters their community.
Die Hard (available now)
Yippie-Ki-Yay! John McClane (Bruce Willis) is the maverick cop who takes on a gang of terrorists led by Hans Gruber (an exemplary Alan Rickman) at the Nakatomi Plaza in LA.
A Single Man (available 6 April)
Ex-Gucci designer Tom Ford brings his stunning visual style to his directorial debut, a Christopher Isherwood story set in glam 1960s LA. Colin Firth plays George Falconer, a miserable college professor who’s struggling to deal with the death of his partner. Julianne Moore gives a touching performance as his semi-alcoholic confidante.
Rear Window (available 13 April)
Hitchcock confines his photographer hero (James Stewart) to a wheelchair, leaving him with little to do but spy on his neighbours. Did he see a murder or is it all in his imagination? Could they get away with it? And who the hell killed the dog? Hitchcock fans, take note: Vertigo is dropping this month too.
Moneyball (available 20 April)
Nominated for six Oscars, Brad Pitt produces and stars in this underdog baseball story about the 2002 season of the Oakland Allstars. General manager (Pitt) and his assistant (Jonah Hill) use a savvy system to scout and analyse players’ performances and lead the team to success, of course.
Special Correspondents (available 29 April)
Ricky Gervais wrote, directed and stars in this film about two war reporters faking it that they’re in wartorn Ecuador when really they’re in hiding in the comfort of New York – until, that is, they accidentally spark an international manhunt and actually have to head to Ecuador.
