📺 Max Releases — Page 1
📅 Week of Jun 29, 2025
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Somebody's Son, Season 1
HBO MaxTV Series | Jun 29, 2025
Tanisha Scott hosts a dating show where moms pick partners for their grown-up sons. Every episode leans into family quirks as the mothers grill a parade of hopefuls, all in the name of lasting love.
🎬 Reality, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Unknown
🎭 Cast: Tanisha ScottOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5I didn’t expect to stick around, yet I binged two episodes without meaning to. Watching those moms run the interviews made me laugh and cringe at the same time.
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Family or Fiancé, Season 4
HBO MaxTV Series | Jun 29, 2025
Engaged couples move into one house with their toughest critics: their own families. Over three tense days they battle it out, guided (and prodded) by Tracy McMillan.
🎬 Reality, Family, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Unknown
🎭 Cast: Tracy McMillanOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Shows about in-laws usually make me squirm, yet I keep pressing play. Tracy’s questions sting in the moment but land some real truths.
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90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk, Season 11
HBO MaxTV Series | Jun 30, 2025
Fan-favorite alumni wedge themselves onto couches and riff on the newest 90 Day drama. It’s basically a living-room watch party, cameras rolling.
🎬 Reality, Entertainment | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Unknown
🎭 Cast: Robert Springs, Anny Francisco, David Toborowsky, Annie Suwan, Loren Brovarnik, Alexei BrovarnikOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5I love gossip, so I feel right at home here. Their snarky side comments help me catch little moments I missed on the main show.
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Truck U, Season 21
HBO MaxTV Series | Jun 30, 2025
Matt Steele and Bruno Massel throw open a garage door and bolt new parts onto trucks. Engines, lift kits, paint fixes—whatever fits in an afternoon.
🎬 Entertainment, Reality | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Unknown
🎭 Cast: Matt Steele, Bruno MasselOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5I’m no mechanic, yet I scribbled down a few pointers to try on my dad’s pickup. Some segments drag, but the hands-on demos keep me watching.
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Annabelle
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
A young couple brings home a porcelain doll after a cult attack, and every creak in the hallway suddenly feels personal. The doll’s stare never blinks, no matter how bright the lamp is.
🎬 Horror, Supernatural, Thriller | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: John R. Leonetti
🎭 Cast: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Alfre WoodardOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5Horror dolls freak me out anyway, so I watched half of this through my fingers. The first act is solid; later scares get a bit routine.
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Better Off Dead...
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Lane’s post-breakup spiral crashes into ski rivalries, singing hamburgers, and a paperboy who really wants two dollars. Teen angst filtered through pure 80s weirdness.
🎬 Comedy, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Savage Steve Holland
🎭 Cast: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane FranklinOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5The two-dollar gag still makes me snort-laugh. It’s messy, sure, but the homemade vibe wins me over every time.
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Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
HBO MaxDocumentary | Jul 1, 2025
Tapes, grainy concerts, and bittersweet interviews build the story of Big Star—a band critics adored while record stores gathered dust.
🎬 Documentary, Biography, Musical | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Drew DeNicola
🎭 Cast: Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Andy Hummel, Chris BellOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5I’m a sucker for lost-legend tales, and this one delivered. By the end I was humming songs I barely knew five minutes earlier.
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Canyon River
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
A Wyoming cattle drive snakes toward Oregon while a rustler rides inside the crew. Dust, river crossings, and straight-up frontier justice.
🎬 Western | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Harmon Jones
🎭 Cast: George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson, Peter GravesOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5Sometimes I just want big skies and a clear moral line. This scratched that itch on a slow Sunday.
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Carol
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
A department-store photographer and an elegant customer trade glances that grow into a winter road trip where every cigarette break matters.
🎬 Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Todd Haynes
🎭 Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle ChandlerOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5The quiet in this film kills me—in the best way. I caught myself holding my breath during that motel scene.
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Chopped: Volume 4, Season 61
HBO MaxTV Series | Jul 1, 2025
Four chefs sprint around a studio kitchen, mystery basket open and clock screaming. By dessert, somebody’s burned sugar gets them chopped.
🎬 Reality, Entertainment | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Unknown
🎭 Cast: Ted AllenOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5I shout at the screen like it’s a playoff game. Half the fun is guessing which weird combo actually works.
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Cunningham
HBO MaxDocumentary | Jul 1, 2025
Archival reels blend with stylized recreations to follow Merce Cunningham’s jump from tiny studios to world stages. Movements almost feel 3-D on screen.
🎬 Documentary, Biography | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Alla Kovgan
🎭 Cast: Merce CunninghamOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Modern dance usually confuses me, yet here I felt the rhythm in my seat. I ended up Googling tickets afterward.
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Dames
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
An uptight millionaire threatens his heirs, then Broadway storms in with kaleidoscopic dance lines. Plot’s light; the camera work dazzles.
🎬 Comedy, Musical, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley
🎭 Cast: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby KeelerOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5Old musicals are comfort food for me. Berkeley’s spinning chorus shots still feel magical.
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Dances With Wolves
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Lieutenant Dunbar rides west, befriends a wolf, then finds a new sense of self among the Lakota. Wide plains and long silences carry the story.
🎬 Adventure, Drama, Western | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Kevin Costner
🎭 Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham GreeneOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5Every time I rewatch, I stare at the horizon afterward like I’ve just moved there. Three hours never felt so short.
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Dances With Wolves: Extended Cut
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Same story, extra campfire talk, longer buffalo chase, slower sunsets. The added breathing room deepens the bond.
🎬 Adventure, Drama, Western | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Kevin Costner
🎭 Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham GreeneOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5I thought the extra hour would drag, but those new scenes fill in emotions I didn’t know I missed. Worth the longer sit.
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Film Geek
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Scotty, a video-store clerk who can’t stop quoting Kubrick, gets fired and drifts through Portland trying to find someone who’ll listen.
🎬 Comedy, Drama | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: James Westby
🎭 Cast: Melik Malkasian, Tyler Gannon, Matt MorrisOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5I recognized bits of my own movie obsession and winced. Cheap production, honest vibe—good enough for a midnight watch.
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Get Out
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Chris visits his girlfriend’s country house and senses something off in those polite smiles. The weekend spirals into a tight coil of dread and satire.
🎬 Horror, Psychological Thriller, Mystery | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Jordan Peele
🎭 Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine KeenerOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5I chewed three fingernails on first watch. The final frame still pops into my head whenever I ride an elevator alone.
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Get Shorty
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Chili Palmer flies to LA on a debt job, spots how similar Hollywood is to the mob, and decides he likes the climate.
🎬 Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
🎭 Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVitoOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Travolta’s swagger here is peak 90s cool for me. I quote 'Look at me' way too often around the house.
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In Time
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
People stop aging at 25 and a glowing timer on their arm counts down to zero—or forever, if they’re rich. One guy steals hours and tries to flip the system.
🎬 Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Andrew Niccol
🎭 Cast: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian MurphyOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5The metaphor is clever, even if the chase scenes hog the spotlight. I still glance at my watch after finishing.
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Insidious
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
A boy slips into a coma that’s really a spirit limbo called The Further. Parents call a psychic, red-face demon lurks in the corner.
🎬 Horror, Supernatural, Thriller | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: James Wan
🎭 Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin ShayeOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Jump scares nailed me a couple times, embarrassingly out loud. Solid ghost ride.
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Life as We Know It
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Holly and Eric can’t stand each other until a friend’s will makes them instant parents. Diapers, sleepless nights, maybe romance.
🎬 Comedy, Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Greg Berlanti
🎭 Cast: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh LucasOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5Predictable? Sure. But I smiled more than I groaned, which is all I wanted on a rainy evening.
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Love & Other Drugs
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
A slick pill salesman meets a woman in the early stages of Parkinson’s. Their fling turns messy as illness and ambition collide.
🎬 Comedy, Drama, Romance | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Edward Zwick
🎭 Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver PlattOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5The tone wobbles, but the chemistry sticks. I liked the blunt honesty even when scenes feel uneven.
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Mortal Kombat
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Three Earth warriors board a spooky boat, fight ninjas and sorcerers, and chant the theme song in your head for days.
🎬 Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Paul W. S. Anderson
🎭 Cast: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden AshbyOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Pure 90s cheese and I love every roundhouse kick. My inner teenager fist-pumps through the whole tournament.
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Mortal Kombat
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
A cage fighter with a dragon birthmark learns he’s draft-eligible for Mortal Kombat. Blood sprays, fatalities look just like the arcade.
🎬 Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Simon McQuoid
🎭 Cast: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Hiroyuki SanadaOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5Fights bang, plot wobbles. I’d swap Cole for Liu Kang any day, but I still had fun.
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Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Earthrealm heroes sign up for one last bracket while Scorpion hunts magic pieces in Outworld. Cartoon violence cranked to eleven.
🎬 Animation, Action, Fantasy | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Ethan Spaulding
🎭 Cast: Joel McHale, Jennifer Carpenter, Jordan RodriguesOur Take
★★★★☆ 4/5Animation lets them go nuts. I cackled at half the over-the-top finishers.
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Shao Kahn breaks the rules, portals pop open, heroes sprint through recycled sets. More characters, less breathing room.
🎬 Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: John R. Leonetti
🎭 Cast: Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James RemarOur Take
★★☆☆☆ 2/5Even as a fan I wince at the CGI, yet nostalgia drags me back for the goofy fights.
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Napoleon Dynamite
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
An awkward teen in rural Idaho draws ligers, feeds Tina the llama, and helps Pedro run for class president. Deadpan silence fills the gaps.
🎬 Comedy | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Jared Hess
🎭 Cast: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren RamirezOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5This feels like inside jokes with my weird cousin. I giggle at that dance every single time.
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Red Dawn
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Parachutes fall over Colorado and a high-school football squad turns guerrilla overnight. They yell 'Wolverines' and try to stay alive.
🎬 Action, Drama, War | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: John Milius
🎭 Cast: Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie SheenOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5It’s dated, sure, but the premise still sparks my survival-fantasy daydreams.
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Shaun the Sheep Movie
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Shaun accidentally sends the Farmer to the city, then sneaks in with the flock wearing human disguises. All told through slapstick and bleats—no words needed.
🎬 Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family | 📍 United Kingdom | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
🎭 Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid DjaliliOur Take
★★★★★ 5/5I watched it with my niece and laughed harder than she did. Brilliant visual comedy.
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Showgirls
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Nomi arrives in Vegas with a suitcase, dances, claws, and sometimes slips on glitter. Glamour and grime tango on stage.
🎬 Drama | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
🎭 Cast: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina GershonOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5So bad it loops back to watchable. I quote the pool scene far too often for polite company.
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Snatched
HBO MaxMovie | Jul 1, 2025
Emily drags her wary mom on a cheap holiday that turns into a jungle hostage mess. They bicker their way toward escape.
🎬 Action, Adventure, Comedy | 📍 United States | 🗣️ English
🎥 Directed by: Jonathan Levine
🎭 Cast: Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Joan CusackOur Take
★★★☆☆ 3/5Lightweight laughs that lean on Hawn’s timing. I chuckled enough to finish my popcorn.
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