HBO Max: 10 best movies to stream tonight – CNET [CNET]

June 26, 2021 Thomas Giboney technology

maxresdefault — In the Heights hit HBO Max last Friday.

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Thanks to WarnerMedia’s simultaneous theatrical and streaming release plan, major 2021 releases are swiftly hitting HBO Max, including Lin Manuel Miranda’s high-energy love letter to the Latinx community In the Heights, which arrived earlier this month. Watch it swiftly before it leaves the streamer in a couple of weeks.

Another big release also arrived this month in horror The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. But the only thing you really need to know is that all eight of the Harry Potter movies are back on the streamer. Watch them now — they’re leaving at the end of June.

If none of those take your fancy, HBO Max has loads of classics from the Criterion Collection and a small collection of quality originals, which you can peruse below.

Drama

Unpregnant (2020)

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Charm City Kings (2020)

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Superhero

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Fan of the ’80s? Including that filmmaking style? The sequel to Wonder Woman leans hard into its inspirations, which will either take you back to pleasingly simple versions of adventure and heroism, or really annoy you with a nonsensical plot and slow pace. Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince hasn’t moved on from Steve Trevor’s (Chris Pine) death, working at the Smithsonian where an ancient artefact kicks off a world of trouble and forces her to make a few hard decisions. Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal are new additions to the cast. Colorful, lightweight escapism.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

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Thriller

Tenet (2020)

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If ever there was a movie that improves with multiple rewatches, it’s Tenet. Thanks to its release on HBO Max, you can now understand the plot that goes with its spectacular visuals. John David Washington stars as the Protagonist, whose name is a subtle hint to his James Bond mission to prevent a world-destroying attack — from the future. The Protagonist learns to manipulate the flow of time with the help of Robert Pattinson’s debonair Neil. Possibly the most Christopher Nolan of Christopher Nolan movies, Tenet is as entertaining as it is cerebral.