Later this summer, streaming service Max, formerly HBO Max, will become HBO Max, formerly Max. Warner Bros. Discovery announced Wednesday that it will re-re-re-brand its flagship streaming platform to the name that actually makes sense. So, welcome back HBO Max…for however long this lasts. When WBD first launched HBO Max back in 2020, it had […]
Isabela Merced Is Ready to Prove Dina Haters Wrong in The Last of Us Season 2
When The Last of Us returns to HBO for its second season, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) will continue to evade the infected and face more drama spiraling from the end of The Last of Us season one. But the duo are set to get some moments of reprieve amid the misery. Ellie […]
The Last of Us Has Been Renewed for Season 3
Season two of The Last of Us hasn’t even arrived yet, but the early reviews were overwhelmingly positive—and HBO, being no fool, has already given the green light for a third season. Creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann were suitably excited in an HBO press release announcing the news. “We approached season two with the […]
The Last of Us Season 2 Is Going to Rock Your World
The second season of The Last of Us is going to make people mad, sad, and uncomfortable. It’s exciting, bold, tense, and in some moments, damn near transcendent. It’s not scared to take big swings and somehow remains hugely entertaining while doing so. Based on the hit PlayStation game by Naughty Dog, The Last of […]
How Strawberry Shortcake Introduced Me to the Conundrum of Cartoons on DVD
The advent of streaming wars has built a physical media scarcity in a very specific medium: animation. One of the headaches of Disney+ is having to sit through copious credits from all over the world between episodes of Bluey, and then having to deal with the background ambient binge of episodes stopping abruptly. Then there’s […]
The Parenting Invites You To a Scary, Funny Time
What’s scarier than meeting your partner’s parents? If the trailer for The Parenting is anything to go by, it’s that while in a possibly haunted house. Max released the first trailer for its upcoming horror-comedy directed by Craig Johnson, which sees millennial couple Rohan (Nik Dodani) and Josh (Brandon Flynn) host a weekend getaway with their respective […]
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Check Out Yolo, a Twisted Sci-Fi Girl Power Parody
There’s more Yolo on the horizon: the third season of the Adult Swim series, subtitled Unicorn Trinity, arrives March 9—promising to continue the fantastically zany bestie hijinks of Yolo: Crystal Fantasy and Yolo: Silver Destiny. There’s no other show quite like it, and it deserves to have more eyeballs devouring its freakiness. The first time […]
Colin Farrell Doesn’t Think The Penguin Needs a Season 2
When a show has the kind of success that The Penguin has had, a second season is all but assured. But there’s something different in the waters of Gotham City and the show’s star, Colin Farrell, isn’t so sure that’s a good idea. Before its release, no one could have guessed HBO’s The Penguin would […]
Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim Hits Max Next Week
Two months after it hit theaters, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim is making its way to Max on Friday, February 28. Per Deadline, the anime film will come to Warner Bros.’ streaming service ahead of its broadcast debut on Saturday, March 1. When it came out, Rohirrim pretty much got buried by other, bigger movies, it […]