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Evans (Brad Brinkley) sent back to his dimension, it looks like this week's episode of DC Universe (tick… tick… tick…) and HBO Max's Doom Patrol slows the action (but not the weirdness) down a bit to do a deeper dive into the dynamic within our dysfunctional family of superheroes Dorothy (Abigail Shapiro) continues having problems[...]

Following the series' second season airing on the network, the episode will stream the next day on the network's free, ad-supported platform and will appear on HBO Max after the season ends. Stargirl — "Wildcat" — Image Number: STG104b_0083b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Yolanda Montez as Wildcat and Brec Bassinger as Stargirl — Photo: Jace Downs/The CW[...]

When HBO Max removed Gone with the Wind (1939) from circulation due to its racial depictions during the Civil War, the streamer added a disclaimer to the MGM film with an introduction informing the audience the content created was a byproduct of its time What was acceptable then isn't acceptable now Do the same for[...]

Seth Rogen's new film An American Pickle will release onto HBO Max on August 6th, and the trailer debuted today The film will no longer hit theaters, or be distributed by Sony Pictures, who have sold the film's world rights to WarnerMedia Instead, they will put the movie on its streaming service HBO Max, which launched in May[...]

The second season of DC Universe and HBO Max's Doom Patrol continues its mission to be utterly bat-flap crazy, mixing emotional trauma and dysfunction with superpowered shenanigans in a heady mix of surreal madness and gleeful snark Things continue to be dire in "Sex Patrol", the fourth episode of the second season This time, the[...]

HBO Max's Adventure Time: Distant Lands premiered its first episode this week, and "BMO" did not miss a beat It was back as strong and magical and fun as ever It was a real adventure Adventure Time has been such an amazingly inspiring ride in my life that has brought amazing art and stories It[...]

The moment pro wrestling was declared "essential," you knew some kinda shady fix was in. South Park: HBO Max Killed These 5 Episodes! Those Bastards!: I noticed this got slid into the mix between news breaks about episodes being pulled over racial issues and the use of blackface That's not the case here These episodes were[...]

DC Universe and HBO Max's Doom Patrol, the best superhero show on TV precisely because they're awful and messed up and just barely do the right thing, is back It has one of the best opening credit sequences to depict abstract images that sum up the dilemmas and personalities of each of the characters[...]

On Thursday, Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward (The Midnight Gospel) returned to the world of Jake and Finn with "BMO," the first in a series of four, one-hour specials entitled Adventure Time: Distant Lands for HBO Max When there's a deadly space emergency in the farthest reaches of the galaxy, there's only one hero to call –[...]

HBO Max is now the US streaming home for the whole series of the modern series of Doctor Who, from Russell T Davie's 2005 revival of the show to the current version starring Jodie Whittaker To promote the show, HBO Max had IGN content director Terri Schwartz interview David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Whittaker on[...]

We're now down to only a matter of hours before DC Universe and HBO Max's dysfunctional do-gooders Doom Patrol come storming back (all teeny-tiny) for a second season, and the streaming service is still offering viewers some pretty cool enticements to help set the mood What follows are some hand-selected preview images from this season's first[...]

Recently renewed on Comedy Central through 2022 and soon to be the centerpiece of the network's renewed push into original adult animation, the tales of Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny have also found a new home at WarnerMedia's new streamer HBO Max This means that for (reportedly) around $500 million, all 23 seasons are at[...]

One writer's desperate plea for a return to weekly episodic television in order to save our exhausted, bored, unfulfilled brains.

With this Thursday, June 25, bringing the return of DC Universe and HBO Max's dysfunctional do-gooders Doom Patrol for a second season, the streaming services are offering something special for those counting down the days and for those still considering the series For the latter, you have the first three episodes of the first season to[...]

HBO Max has made a splash in its first few weeks of existence, but what should not be surprising is that the most popular show on the platform wasn't Game of Thrones or Friends, but their Looney Tunes cartoons And even despite criticism that their choice to have the modern incarnations of Elmer Fudd and[...]

Scoob! is heading to HBO Max sooner than most would have thought The excellent relaunch of the Scooby-Doo franchise, the pic features the gang meeting as kids and becoming the best of friends as they solve mysteries The film features the voice talents of Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Issacs, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried,[...]

As people have pointed out, there is a difference between the Snyder Cut and Zack Snyder's Justice League, which is coming to HBO Max next year The latter needed $30 million or more to get it off of the ground, and that is probably on the low end of the estimate The existence of Zack Snyder's Justice[...]

With only eight days to go until the return of DC Universe and (now) HBO Max's dysfunctional do-gooders Doom Patrol, do you really need any more reasons to be excited? We've got Mark Sheppard's (Supernatural) Willoughby Kipling returning, Niles "The Chief" Caulder's (Timothy Dalton) daughter Dorothy Spinner (Abigail Shapiro) joining (and hopefully not destroying the world),[...]

On Friday night, the award-winning writer-director-producer seemed to signal that she was back in the production offices and back to work on the series. DMZ pilot director Ava DuVernay (Image: Netflix) Directing the pilot for HBO Max from a Roberto Patino (Westworld) screenplay and with Matthew Lloyd (Daredevil) serving as cinematographer, DuVernay tweeted a mini-video with the[...]

In the simplest way possible to keep it in mind, think of it like this: HBO Go is gone, HBO Now is now HBO, and HBO Max is HBO Max The decision comes two weeks after the new streaming service's debut, with HBO Go being removed from primary platforms on July 31 (though some online[...]

That's the number of days left before the DC Universe and HBO Max's live-action series returns (with three episodes), on Thursday, June 25 (with single episodes releasing for six weeks after that) To get all of us up-to-speed on the first season, the fine folks at the show's Twitter account are offering up episode recaps[...]

Such is the case with newbie streamer HBO Max, which is set to say goodbye to a number of DC films as of July 1 The titles taking off for The Fourth of July weekend are Justice League, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman &[...]

When WarnerMedia announced a slate of new Looney Tunes cartoons for its streamer HBO Max, the studio promised it remained as much spirit as the classic era as possible They assured those who fondly grew up with the works of Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, and Tex Avery that these new works are worthy successors to[...]

Gone With The Wind has rocketed up the sales charts on digital services since being removed from HBO Max for "racist depictions" The film currently is on top of the Amazon sales rankings, where on streaming you can rent the film for $3.99 or buy it for $9.99 On iTunes, the film currently sits at[...]

Believe it or not, we are only two weeks away from the return of DC Universe and (now) HBO Max's dysfunctional do-gooders Doom Patrol That means it's as good a time as any for an official trailer We already know that Mark Sheppard's (Doctor Who, Supernatural) Willoughby Kipling is set to return, but in the following[...]

Streaming service HBO Max has removed the Hollywood classic Gone With the Wind The 1939 Hollywood classic, which won 12 Oscars, adapted Margaret Mitchell's 1936 romantic novel about life on an Atlanta slave plantation after the end of the Civil War It has long been considered problematic in the last forty years when society became[...]

Add to that this ten-ton question: if WarnerMedia (owner of DC Universe) now has its own mega-streamer in HBO Max with a DC Universe "channel" (where Doom Patrol season 2 will have a home), why would they need a separate streaming service? So when Collider reports exclusively that DC Universe has canceled their weekday show[...]

HBO Max, Batwoman, Drew Brees, Nickelodeon, Glee, and Looney Tunes Cartoons are also in the mix, so let's get started One quick note: my plan is to start off these visits with something a little more light-hearted and end them with a section we're starting next week called "Extra Cheese." But for this week, in[...]

Having screened the preview shorts as well as what's been released on the streaming service so far, it's pretty easy to understand why Looney Tunes Cartoons ranks at the top of HBO Max's "must watch" list Produced by Warner Bros Animation, and executive produced by Pete Browngardt (Uncle Grandpa) and Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!),[...]

In another classic case of "Good News/We're-Not-Sure-What-It-Means News," we're getting some early intel from Parrot Analytics on what the biggest eyeball-grabbers have been for WarnerMedia's now one-week-old streaming service HBO Max Using social media, fan ratings, and rates of online (shall we say) "access", the organization gauges (and in this case, ranks) the popularity of[...]