Now Introducing HBO Max Classic

[samsnee]

Nah. I really could not care less what that crowd thinks. If a movie looks like crap, it looks like crap.

 

[Lily Adler]

HBO Max Might Have Outsmarted the Streaming Wars

 

[Sithborg]

Man, it is telling that the Sex and the City series isn't getting mentioned...

 

[Drizzle]

That trailer could have just been an announcement that Barry will be back in 2022 and I'd be happy.

 

[The Shape]

Man, it is telling that the Sex and the City series isn't getting mentioned...

Wasn't mentioned because it's currently out and airing now...

 

[Lily Adler]

Wasn't mentioned because it's currently out and airing now...

And Just Like That... I turned on the next episode.

 

[samsnee]

Available January 1
2 Guns (HBO)
2001: A Space Odyssey
17 Again
300: Rise of an Empire
Acuitzeramo (HBO)
All Star Superman
The Animatrix
Annabelle Comes Home
Amityville 3-D (HBO)
Amityville II: The Possession (HBO)
Aquaman
Barry Munday (HBO)
Batkid Begins
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Batman and Harley Quinn
Batman Begins
Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker
Batman Ninja
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instinct
Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice
The Batman vs. Dracula
Batman vs. Robin
Batman vs. Two-Face
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Batman: Bad Blood
Batman: Death in the Family
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Batman: Gotham Knight
Batman: Hush
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (Part 1)
Batman: Soul of the Dragon
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two
Batman: Under The Red Hood
Batman: Year One
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Brother Nature (HBO)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
The Bodyguard
Bullitt
Caddyshack
Caddyshack II
Capote (HBO)
Casablanca
Catwoman
Chaplin (HBO)
A Cinderella Story
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
Citizen Kane
A Clockwork Orange
Collide (HBO)
Constantine: City of Demons
Cop Land (HBO)
Cop Out
Crazy Rich Asians
The Curse of La Llorona
Daddy Day Camp
Daddy Day Care
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Knight
DC Showcase: Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year
DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games
DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis
The Death of Superman
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
The Departed
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Dirty Harry
Dog Day Afternoon
Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Easy A
Empire of the Sun
The Enforcer
Eraser
The Exorcist
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (HBO)
The Faculty (HBO)
Fast & Furious 6 (HBO)
Fatal Attraction (HBO)
Fled (HBO)
Four Christmases
Freedom Fighters: The Ray
Friday
The Friday After Next
Frozen River
The Fugitive
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Gone Baby Gone (HBO)
Gone with the Wind
Good Neighbours (HBO)
The Goonies
The Gospel According To Andre (HBO)
Gravity
The Green Hornet
Green Lantern
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Green Lantern: First Flight
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Harlem Nights (HBO)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, Max Original Premiere
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses,Season 1
Here Comes The Devil (HBO)
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Hobo With A Shotgun (HBO)
House Party 2
House Party 3
House Party 4: Down To The Last Minute
House Party: Tonight’s The Night
Inception
It Chapter Two
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time
John Dies At The End (HBO)
Joker
Justice League
Justice League Dark
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Justice League vs. Teen Titans
Justice League vs. The Fatal Five
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Justice League: Doom
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Justice League: Gods & Monsters
Justice League: The New Frontier
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Justice League: War
Justice Society: World War II
Killing Gunther (HBO)
Kiltro (HBO)
King Kong
Kong: Skull Island
Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses 2
The Iron Lady
The Last Five Years (HBO)
Last Night (HBO)
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole
The LEGO Batman Movie
LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes Unite
LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash
LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters!
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High
LEGO Justice League: Cosmic Clash
LEGO Justice League: Gotham City Breakout
Lethal Weapon
Little Nicky
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
The Losers
Love and Basketball
The Lucky One
Lucky Numbers (HBO)
Mad Max: Fury Road
Magic Mike
Magnum Force
Malcolm X
The Maltese Falcon
The Mask
Mean Streets
Memento (HBO)
The Mentalist
Michael Clayton
Mildred Pierce
Mimic (HBO)
Mimic 2 (HBO)
Mimic 3: Sentinel (HBO)
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Mortal Kombat Conquest
Mortal Kombat Legacy
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge
Mutiny on the Bounty
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s European Vacation
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Necessary Evil: The Super-Villains of DC Comics
Next (HBO)
Next Friday
North By Northwest
The Nun
Ocean’s 8
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Paddington 2
The Pelican Brief
The Philadelphia Story
Pineapple Express
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Practical Magic
Quigley Down Under (HBO)
Racer And The Jailbird (HBO)
Ready Player One
Reign of the Supermen
The Road Warrior
Romeo Must Die
Roots: The Gift
Roots (Mini Series)
Roots: The Next Generation
Rumor Has It
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Ser Bi (Les Tissus Blancs)
The Shawshank Redemption
Shazam!
The Shining
Singin’ in the Rain
Son of Batman
The Son of Kong
Spare Parts (HBO)
Stealing Harvard (HBO)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sudden Impact
Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
Sunset Song (HBO)
Super Fly
Supergirl
Superman II
Superman III
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman vs. The Elite
Superman: Brainiac Attacks
Superman: Doomsday
Superman: Man of Tomorrow
Superman: Red Son
Superman: The Movie
Superman: Unbound
Superman/Batman Public Enemies
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Swordfish
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans
Teen Titans Judas Contract
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
Thor: Tales of Asgard (HBO)
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
A Time to Kill
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Two Jakes (HBO)
Training Day
Ultraviolet
Vegas Vacation
Venus And Serena (HBO)
V for Vendetta
Vixen
Watchmen
Watchmen Motion Comics
Wedding Crashers
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
When Harry Met Sally
Where The Wild Things Are
The Wizard of Oz
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (Animated)
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
Wrong Turn At Tahoe (HBO)
The Yellow Birds (HBO)
Yes Man
Yogi Bear
Zookeeper
Zoom (HBO)

Available January 2
Wipeout: Season 1, Part A

Available January 4
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes (Batch 4)
Snowpiercer: Season 2

Available January 5
The Bachelor: XXV

Available January 7
Algo Azul (HBO)
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (HBO)
Search Party, Max Original Season 5 Premiere
Teenage Euthanasia, Season 1

Available January 9
Euphoria, Original Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
The Righteous Gemstones, Original Season 2 Premiere (HBO)

Available January 12
Joe Pera Talks With You, Season 3
Squidbillies, Season 13

Available January 13
Diego, The Last Goodbye (Diego, el último adiós), Max Original Documentary
My Mom, Your Dad, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

Available January 14
ER

Available January 15
Fringe

Available January 16
Somebody Somewhere, Season Premiere (HBO)

Available January 17
Injustice
The Murder of Fred Hampton

Available January 19
Last Open Mic at the End of the World

Available January 20
Astral Journey (aka Jornada Astral), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Looney Tunes Cartoons, Max Original Season 4 Premiere
Moses Storm: Trash White, Max Original Premiere
On The Job, Max Original (Mini Series) Season 1 Premiere

Available January 21
Back On The Record with Bob Costas, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
Invisibles (HBO)
The Last O.G., Season 4
Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 20 Premiere (HBO)

Available January 24
The Gilded Age, Season 1 Premiere (HBO)
Pennyworth, Seasons 1-2

Available January 25
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

Available January 27
Bunker, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Cut (aka O Grande Look), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Gomorrah, Max Original Season 5 Premiere
Malignant (HBO)
Take Out with Lisa Ling, Max Original Season 1 Premiere

Available January 28
The Hangover Part III (HBO)

Available January 29
Reminiscence (HBO)

 

[Mysteryman]

I thought that the Harry Potter reunion special was A Very Sweet Treat for the fans.

 

[samsnee]

Surprising there wasn’t any publicity for it like the Friends Reunion but I’m guessing they wanted to avoid articles on JK Rowling

 

[Blade Hoarder]

The only thing this service is missing is 4K and Dolby vision/atmos for most of its recent content. Come on WB. If Disney can do it so can you.

 

[Detective Conan]

That Harry Potter special was simply….magical.

*hears audible audience groan at cringey and obvious pun*

I tried! I tried!

 

[CaptainWagner]

I thought that the Harry Potter reunion special was A Very Sweet Treat for the fans.

Yeah, it was very nice. I wish it could have been longer - the In Memoriam felt rushed and they skipped over a lot of interesting parts like replacing Dumbledore and Dan doing Equus - but it definitely captured the right magic. And I found it hilarious that not only was Rowling not invited, but her recorded comments were TWO YEARS OLD.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Don’t worry, she still gets paid lol

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[-Arya-]

So if they have 70+ M subscribers @ $10-15/ month that means they’re pulling $700M - $1 Billion monthly? Seems like WB doesn’t even need their Movies to be profitable.

 

[Prison Mike]

So if they have 70+ M subscribers @ $10-15/ month that means they’re pulling $700M - $1 Billion monthly? Seems like WB doesn’t even need their Movies to be profitable.

But that’s just revenue, not profit.

 

[Erzengel]

And is that 70+M subscribers a combination of HBO Max and people who have it as part of their cable package? WB/HBO has always done that to make their subscribers look bigger.

 

[-Arya-]

But that’s just revenue, not profit.

Right I wonder what their profits look like.

 

[metaphysician]

One factor that would drag down their profits a tad is that WB has/had a *lot* of outstanding contracts with other services for streaming. They don't have usage of their own catalog free and clear, not to the same extent Disney or even Netflix does.

 

[Lily Adler]

Something tells me the simurelease™ strategy is going to be tweaked but not completely thrown out in 2022.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Something tells me the simurelease™ strategy is going to be tweaked but not completely thrown out in 2022.

I hope so tbh. The only WB release I actually paid theater money for was Dune. The rest I was happy to watch at home.

 

[Drizzle]

Something tells me the simurelease™ strategy is going to be tweaked but not completely thrown out in 2022.

I can see them dropping their new releases on HBO Max 30-45 days after they're released theatrically depending on the movie but it'll be more of a case by case type of thing compared to what they did going into 2021. For example, if The Batman is the monster hit that WB wants it to be, they're going to keep that as a theater exclusive as long as possible.

I hope so tbh. The only WB release I actually paid theater money for was Dune. The rest I was happy to watch at home.

The only two WB movies I saw in theaters last year were The Suicide Squad and Dune. I would have also seen Godzilla vs. Kong in theaters but I wasn't yet fully vaccinated at the time and I might have also seen The Matrix Resurrections in theaters had the Omicron variant not been a thing. While I did like The Suicide Squad, Dune in IMAX was really the only one that was worth seeing in theaters. WB had a mostly weak slate in 2021.

 

[Closerframe]

I only paid to see Dune and The Suicide Squad in theaters and thank goodness I did because almost everything else was so bad or mediocre that I would have been upset if I paid.

 

[Erzengel]

My wife has utilized HBO Max mostly for documentaries. Last year I think I've watched Godzilla v. Kong, ZS JL, TSS, Dune and Matrix Resurrection. Even if it I assumed a ticket price of $13 a ticket, it doesn't really feel unless I take into account we both watched it, that HBO Max is the best bang for your buck.

 

[Sithborg]

HBO Max is going for the Canadian audience, picking up ALL of Degrassi and greenlighting a new series.