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HBO Max Streaming DOCTOR SLEEP DIRECTOR’S CUT, BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE: Ultimate Edition, ALIENS, JAWS And All 8 HARRY POTTER Films
While everyone is house-bound this hot summer, time to check out what’s streaming. One service to sign up for is HBO MAX.
HBO Max will eventually feature a library of more than 2,000 films within the first year, but one of the movies streaming now is the superb DOCTOR SLEEP. In ca se you missed it in cinemas last year, then you can catch it as well as the director’s cut. Clocking in at 3 hours, this sequel to Stephen King’s “The Shining,” is about the troubled, now-adult Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) who meets a teen who shares his extrasensory gift of the “shine” and tries to protect her from a cult whose members feed off the shine of innocents to become immortal.
The movie is directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Gerald’s Game and the Haunting of Hill House) along with a fantastic score by The Newton Brothers.
Read WAMG’s review of DOCTOR SLEEP here http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2019/11/doctor-sleep-review/.
In his review, Michael Haffner says “Writer/director Mike Flanagan continues to explore characters grappling with past trauma and grief (he previously directed ABSENTIA, GERALD’S GAME, and THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE). His tender and vulnerable approach to his characters can almost be described as a signature style at this point. McGregor approaches the character of Danny much like the audience. There is a sense of self-discovery throughout, and a fear of going down a path that you know will only end poorly. There’s a sadness in his eyes, and his redemptive journey from addict to mentor is powerful and heartbreaking at times when he struggles with the mental demons and the demons in the bottle. But the most powerful scenes come from his scenes serving as a hospice caretaker. These emotional scenes bear the weight of Danny’s powers as you see that it’s not necessarily a gift. Flanagan centers these moments around beautiful reflections about life and death, and provides more heart in these scenes than anything in Kubrick’s film.”
In this new video King and Flanagan discuss the sequel. King says, “for me it was great to go back to the Overlook.”
HBO Max includes movies from The Lord of the Rings, Lego, A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, the Criterion Collection, Studio Ghibli movies, and via the HBO service – all eight Harry Potter films, the American Pie series and the Alien franchise.
Other titles include:
- “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” (via HBO service)
- “Crazy Rich Asians” (via HBO service)
- “A Star is Born” (via HBO service)
- “Aquaman” (via HBO service)
- “Joker” (via HBO service)
- “Anastasia” (via HBO service)
- “Babe” (via HBO service)
- “Die Hard” (via HBO service)
- “The Flinstones” (via HBO service)
- “In Bruges” (via HBO service)
- “The Indian in the Cupboard” (via HBO service)
- “Jaws” (via HBO service)
- “Moulin Rouge!” (via HBO service)
- “Teen Witch” (via HBO service)
- “2001: A Space Odyssey“
- “An American in Paris“
- “Blood Diamond“
- “Braveheart“
- “Friday the 13th“
- “Godzilla“
- “A Hard Day’s Night“
- “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen“
- “North by Northwest“
- “Rebel Without a Cause“
- “Singin’ in the Rain“
- “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants“
- “Casablanca“
- “The Wizard of Oz“
- “Citizen Kane“
- “Gremlins“
Titles available throughout the first year of launch include the Lethal Weapon series, every DC film in the last decade and every Batman and Superman movie from the last 40 years. See more titles below:
- “Wonder Woman“
- “Justice League“
- “The Matrix“
- “The Goonies“
- “When Harry Met Sally“
- “Blade Runner: The Final Cut“
- “Monster Vs. Aliens“
- “V for Vendetta“
Additionally viewers can also watch the second season of DOOM PATROL streaming now.
Max Originals
- “Love Life“
- “On the Record“
- “Legendary“
- “Craftopia“
- “Looney Tunes Cartoons“
- “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo“
- “Karma” (Summer Release)
- “Doom Patrol: Season 2” (Summer Release)
- “Esme & Roy: Season 2” (Summer Release)
- “Search Party” (Summer Release)
- “Adventure Time: Distant Lands – BMO” (Summer Release)
- “Expecting Amy” (Summer Release)
- “Close Enough” (Summer Release)
- “Frayed” (Summer Release)
- “The Dog House” (Summer Release)
- “The House of Ho” (Summer Release)
- “Tig N’ Seek” (Summer Release)
- “An American Pickle” (Summer Release)
HBO
The entire HBO service will be available on HBO Max including classic HBO favorites like:
- “Westworld“
- “Big Little Lies“
- “Game of Thrones“
- “Sex and the City“
- “Veep“
- “The Wire“
- “Curb Your Enthusiasm“
- “Insecure“
- “Succession“
- “Watchmen“
- “Barry“
- “Euphoria“
- “The Jinx“
- “The Sopranos“
- “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver“
- “I May Destroy You”
- “Perry Mason“
- “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”
- “Room 104: Season 4”
- “Lovecraft Country” (premiering in August)
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