Today isn’t just the day before Thanksgiving, as it also marks one month exactly until Christmas. And you know what that means? Yes, tis the season to binge watch all your favorite holiday movies and TV specials.
This December, a lot of folks will be scouring the various streaming services for the classics, then. And if you’re an HBO Max subscriber, you need look no further, as the platform is playing host to a sleigh-full of festive content this yuletide.
As well as its original output, such as the latest Sesame Street Christmas special, the streaming site is home to a raft of iconic holiday films as well. These range from the family favorites to some alternate picks that keep things from getting too schmaltzy. For that old time-y festive feel, check out The Wizard of Oz or The Bishop’s Wife. Alternatively, action lovers have the likes of...
This December, a lot of folks will be scouring the various streaming services for the classics, then. And if you’re an HBO Max subscriber, you need look no further, as the platform is playing host to a sleigh-full of festive content this yuletide.
As well as its original output, such as the latest Sesame Street Christmas special, the streaming site is home to a raft of iconic holiday films as well. These range from the family favorites to some alternate picks that keep things from getting too schmaltzy. For that old time-y festive feel, check out The Wizard of Oz or The Bishop’s Wife. Alternatively, action lovers have the likes of...
- 11/25/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
There are only two months left to go in this truly hellish year and relatively new streaming service HBO Max is trying to make the best of them. While most other streamers recover from Halloween and get prepared for Christmas, HBO Max is using November 2020 to fill out its servers.
Things are pretty light not the new original series front this month with only Industry (Nov. 9) and His Dark Materials season 2 (Nov. 16) making a splash. But the streamer has a couple of notable original films to complement them. Between the World and Me, based on the book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, arrives on Nov. 21 and Melissa McCarthy comedy Superintelligence arrives on Nov. 26. That’s not even to mention two intriguing projects that don’t have dates yet: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion Special and The Mystery of Db Cooper.
Thankfully, the real appeal in November 2020 is all the fresh library...
Things are pretty light not the new original series front this month with only Industry (Nov. 9) and His Dark Materials season 2 (Nov. 16) making a splash. But the streamer has a couple of notable original films to complement them. Between the World and Me, based on the book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, arrives on Nov. 21 and Melissa McCarthy comedy Superintelligence arrives on Nov. 26. That’s not even to mention two intriguing projects that don’t have dates yet: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion Special and The Mystery of Db Cooper.
Thankfully, the real appeal in November 2020 is all the fresh library...
- 11/1/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
We might be stuck indoors this Halloween weekend, but thankfully, the various major streaming services are on hand to keep us occupied with a monumental mountain of new content heading our way over the next few days. As it’s both the end of the month and the beginning of November, the likes of Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video are adding a mix of seasonal movies and TV shows today and tomorrow, and a whole load of freshly licensed titles on Sunday.
First of all, Netflix is dropping five new originals this Friday, October 30th, including a couple of horrors, like The Day of the Lord and His House. Disney Plus, meanwhile, debuts The Mandalorian‘s season 2 premiere today, along with a new episode of The Right Stuff and Nicolas Cage movie The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Elsewhere, on the 31st, HBO Max adds last year’s Black Christmas...
First of all, Netflix is dropping five new originals this Friday, October 30th, including a couple of horrors, like The Day of the Lord and His House. Disney Plus, meanwhile, debuts The Mandalorian‘s season 2 premiere today, along with a new episode of The Right Stuff and Nicolas Cage movie The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Elsewhere, on the 31st, HBO Max adds last year’s Black Christmas...
- 10/30/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
With a new month quickly approaching, it’s time to look ahead and see what’s coming to all your favorite streaming services this November. That’s Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and, of course, HBO Max.
Halloween will soon be behind us and given that Christmas isn’t too far off, we’re beginning to see some holiday titles pop up, with all the major platforms getting into the festive spirit. That’ll continue in December as well, of course, but for November, there’s certainly tons on offer for those looking to start the celebrations early.
There’s a lot of other great stuff on the way, too, though, be it classic films, underrated gems, brand new releases and much more, and you can check out the entire lineup, sorted by date, down below. Ready to dive in?
November 1
Netflix
60 Days In: Season 5
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Halloween will soon be behind us and given that Christmas isn’t too far off, we’re beginning to see some holiday titles pop up, with all the major platforms getting into the festive spirit. That’ll continue in December as well, of course, but for November, there’s certainly tons on offer for those looking to start the celebrations early.
There’s a lot of other great stuff on the way, too, though, be it classic films, underrated gems, brand new releases and much more, and you can check out the entire lineup, sorted by date, down below. Ready to dive in?
November 1
Netflix
60 Days In: Season 5
A...
- 10/23/2020
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Read More: Tribeca and Chanel Launch Emerging Writer-Director Program for Female Filmmakers The inaugural "Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program" came to a close last night with the announcement of their first-ever grant recipient: "Hollidaysburg" director Anna Martemucci for her short "One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure." The intensive three-day workshop hosted seven female filmmakers who pitched new projects to a jury made up of actress Patricia Clarkson, writer/director Mary Harron, producer Mynette Louie, writer/director Rebecca Miller and actress Julianne Moore. As the winner of the program's first grant, Martemucci will receive $75,000, along with production support from Pulse Films and Tribeca Digital Studios to bring her short film idea to realization. Penned by Martemucci, "One Cambodian Family Please for my Pleasure" is a story about "a young mother living in the...
- 10/29/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Want more details on the Peabody Award-winning drama created by Noah Hawley? FX is happy to provide them in the above featurette, letting cast and crew reveal just what it means to go to "Fargo." Read More: Watch: 'Fargo' Season 2 Is 'Back on the Clock' with Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson and Ted Danson In a "True Detective"-like fashion, the dark comedy-crime drama show returns next week with a completely new plot and completely new characters. The brand new series regulars include such well-known actors as Patrick Wilson ("The Conjuring"), Ted Danson ("Cheers"), Jean Smart ("Designing Women"), Kirsten Dunst ("Spider-Man"), and Jesse Plemons ("Battleship"). In addition, a knock-out recurring cast includes such as Jeffrey Donovan ("Burn Notice"), Rachel Keller ("Hollidaysburg"), Nick Offerman ("Parks and Recreation"), Brad Garrett ("Everybody Loves Raymond"), Kieran...
- 10/6/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Newcomer Chris Douglass (Hollidaysburg) has been cast as the male lead opposite Stacy Farber in NBC comedy pilot Take It From Us, from Greg Malins, Barry Schwartz and Sony TV. The multi-camera/hybrid project, described as a love story told in flashbacks in 1990s New York, is about a couple who tell their son the lessons they learned growing up in the '90s in the hope that he and his fiancée can avoid making the same mistakes. Douglass, repped by ICM Partners and Authentic…...
- 3/23/2015
- Deadline TV
New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis ("Whale Rider," "Sunshine," "Gang Related") has scored the male lead role in AMC's "The Walking Dead" companion series. It's expected Curtis will play Sean Cabrera, a divorced teacher trying to do right by everyone in his life.
Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey have already been been cast as the kids of the female lead character. The untitled companion series only has a pilot order at the moment but is almost certain to go to series.
Meanwhile, "Burn Notice" regular Jeffrey Donovan and "Hollidaysburg" actress Rachel Keller are reportedly in talks to join the second season of FX's anthology series "Fargo". An offer is also out to "Parks and Recreation" regular Nick Offerman to join the cast, whilst Mike Bradecich and Allan Dobrescu are said to be up for roles.
Set in Sioux Falls in 1979, the new season will see some younger iterations of characters from the first season.
Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey have already been been cast as the kids of the female lead character. The untitled companion series only has a pilot order at the moment but is almost certain to go to series.
Meanwhile, "Burn Notice" regular Jeffrey Donovan and "Hollidaysburg" actress Rachel Keller are reportedly in talks to join the second season of FX's anthology series "Fargo". An offer is also out to "Parks and Recreation" regular Nick Offerman to join the cast, whilst Mike Bradecich and Allan Dobrescu are said to be up for roles.
Set in Sioux Falls in 1979, the new season will see some younger iterations of characters from the first season.
- 12/4/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Noah Hawley’s Fargo miniseries was one of the most unexpected delights of television this year, so it’s no wonder we’re keen to hear more about where the show will go from here now that FX has renewed it for a second season. Today, it was revealed that Hawley has begun casting for the next iteration of Fargo, adding Burn Notice‘s Jeffrey Donovan and Rachel Keller (Hollidaysburg) to what will be an ensemble cast. Additionally, he’s sent an offer out to Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman.
Hawley previously intrigued us by saying that the series will be set in 1979, with some of the same characters from season 1 returning, albeit much younger and played by different actors. Donovan has been set to play a character named Dodd, while Keller has been set to play Simone. If Offerman responds in the affirmative, he’ll play Carl.
Mike Bradecich...
Hawley previously intrigued us by saying that the series will be set in 1979, with some of the same characters from season 1 returning, albeit much younger and played by different actors. Donovan has been set to play a character named Dodd, while Keller has been set to play Simone. If Offerman responds in the affirmative, he’ll play Carl.
Mike Bradecich...
- 12/4/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Shane Dawson has quite a bit to thank his fans for. The insanely popular YouTuber (he boasts over 12.6 million subscribers across three channels) won $250,000 after his fans voted his film Not Cool as the winner of Starz’s reality TV series The Chair. The ten-episode series documented the independent filmmaking progress of its two contestants -- Dawson and filmmaker Anna Martemucci -- as they produced their own versions of the same script penned by Dan Schoffer. Starz released the episodes online to its subscribers, and asked viewers to vote on their favorite film. Martemucci’s film Hollidaysburg and Dawson’s Not Cool debuted on digital platforms, with Dawson’s creative vision hitting the #5 spot on iTunes within hours of its release on September 23, 2014. Starz announced Dawson the winner after the voting was tallied on Saturday, November 8, 2014. And that’s when the criticism started coming in. According to Variety, New York...
- 11/10/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Starz's "The Chair" competition yielded two completed films, "Hollidaysburg" and "Not Cool," that were released a week apart by Starz in theaters and reviewed by The New York Times. It was utterly predictable which rookie director would make the better low budget movie. Producer Chris Moore chose two wildly different contestants, YouTube sensation Shane Dawson and Nyu screenwriter Anna Martemucci ("Breakup at a Wedding"). The ten-part one hour unscripted original documentary series, which started airing on September 6, finally reached its reality show finale, with $250,000 going to the winner. More material will eventually post online at The Chair Channel on Vimeo, on Starz.com and via social media. The measure here was a panel of professionals who watched the two movies and voted on the best film but it also mattered who scored the best with a preview audience filling out surveys; and how many bought tickets at...
- 11/9/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Starz's terrific reality series "The Chair" — in which two first-time filmmakers are picked to direct their own take on the same script — just concluded, with an hour looking at the premieres of both films and with the winner of the $250,000 prize being announced. I spoke with Chris Moore — the "Project Greenlight" alum who dreamed up the series and served as a backer and producer of both the show and the films — about the results of the contest, the transparency of the project, Zachary Quinto (whose production company helped fund both films) hating one movie so much that he took his name off it, and more, coming up just as soon as I identify all the TCA members shown on camera... So, as pretty much everyone — with the possible exception of Chris Moore himself — figured going in, Shane Dawson's gross-out comedy "Not Cool" ended up beating Anna Martemucci's "Hollidaysburg" for the grand prize.
- 11/9/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
“The Chair” contender and YouTube star Shane Dawson feels that comments made by executive producers of the Starz competition, Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson, and supporters of his competitor Anna Martemucci and her film “Hollidaysburg” were unfair and unprofessional. “I knew this was going to happen,” Dawson told TheWrap of Team “Hollidaysburg's” “hate campaign,” as he described it. Last week, TheWrap posted a guest blog from Dodson which detailed his extreme dislike for Dawson's movie “Not Cool” and why he felt that “Hollidaysburg” should win the competition. And last Saturday's episode showed Quinto's disgust with Dawson's film. He and Dodson ultimately.
- 11/8/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Objectively, subjectively, and critically, “Hollidaysburg” is the better film and deserving winner of “The Chair.” Read on. And bear with me. I'm not a man of few words. I'm working on that. My producing partners Zachary Quinto, Corey Moosa, and I produce a documentary television series for Starz called “The Chair,” created by Chris Moore. Two directors were given the same script, the same budget, and the same city, and each had to go make a feature film. Every other decision was theirs, including “final cut.” The show wraps up in two more episodes and has been compelling. The two.
- 10/31/2014
- by Neal Dodson
- The Wrap
With an overwhelming number of interesting scripted TV shows to choose from, I make almost no time for reality television anymore. The one exception of late has been Starz's "The Chair," which follows two directors — YouTube comedy star Shane Dawson and New York indie screenwriter Anna Martemucci — as they each attempt to make their first film, using the same script. Chris Moore, the central figure of the terrific "Project Greenlight," is the man behind this filmmaking experiment (even as old buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are producing a "Greenlight" revival for HBO), and one of the most interesting things about the series is how transparent it is about the process. There's been talk about how Anna got her spot because she and her husband are tight with some of the projects financiers, how the entire show (which was produced on spec, with Starz getting involved later) is often short...
- 10/10/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Starz's first reality series, "The Chair," is halfway through its terrific first season. Shot documentary style, the visually striking show follows two directors, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, who produced theatrical films based on the same script. When it was first announced, the show seemed like a revival of HBO and Bravo's exceptional "Project Greenlight," which lasted three seasons and followed first-time directors making movies while being mentored by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The show made a star out of their "Good Will Hunting" producer, Chris Moore, thanks to his acerbic but genuine demeanor, and his forthright but honest criticism. Moore created "The Chair," and shortly after Starz announced the show last spring, HBO revealed that it would revive "Project Greenlight" with Affleck and Damon. As it turns out, Moore told me that he actually tried to resurrect "Project Greenlight." "That whole thing fell apart and didn't happen because of lawyers,...
- 10/6/2014
- by Andy Denhart
- Hitfix
On September 23rd, Shane Dawson's first feature-length film, Not Cool, arrived on iTunes. As soon as the film became available, Dawson told his followers to go buy it, and off they went. Within hours of its release, Not Cool has zoomed up the iTunes movie charts, reaching the #5 position. Not Cool tells the story of a former prom king, played by Dawson, who returns home for his first Thanksgiving break since leaving high school. During his break, he is reunited with a former classmate (Cherami Leigh), who has little love left for her hometown. Lisa Schwartz, Dawson's real-life girlfriend and a fellow YouTuber, co-stars. Not Cool was created by Dawson as part of The Chair, an unscripted Starz TV series about the independent filmmaking process. Dawson and filmmaker Anna Martemucci were given the same script and each asked to adapt it into a feature film. Martemucci's version, Hollidaysburg, is also set to debut.
- 9/24/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The existence of Not Cool can be blamed on the Starz reality show The Chair, where two first-time feature directors took the same original screenplay, about a group of high school friends reconnecting while home on Thanksgiving break, to create two very different films -- this one helmed by YouTube personality Shane Dawson (and the other being Anna Martemucci’s not-bad Hollidaysburg).
Unsurprisingly, Dawson sticks with what he knows: outlandish, cheap gimmicks that capture our attention for all the wrong reasons. It’s shock value (drugs, sex, bodily fluids, and a lot of yelling) over any semblance of cleverness.
Its shout-outs to social media (Twitter! Facebook!) and trending topics (hashtag! selfie!) are geared to appeal to the millenni...
Unsurprisingly, Dawson sticks with what he knows: outlandish, cheap gimmicks that capture our attention for all the wrong reasons. It’s shock value (drugs, sex, bodily fluids, and a lot of yelling) over any semblance of cleverness.
Its shout-outs to social media (Twitter! Facebook!) and trending topics (hashtag! selfie!) are geared to appeal to the millenni...
- 9/24/2014
- Village Voice
Starz's reality program “The Chair” might as well be called “Auteur Theory.” The cable network's first reality show, from “Project Greenlight” producer Chris Moore, features two filmmakers working to make their own movies using the same budget, same location, and the same script — a coming-of-age comedy called “How Soon Is Now.” Also read: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Now Accepting Submissions for ‘Project Greenlight’ The first, from a young filmmaker named Anna Martemucci, became a sweet comedy called “Hollidaysburg.” A clip of it is above; here's the synopsis: ‘Hollidaysburg’ is a coming-of-age comedy about finding love, and the thrilling first moments of adulthood.
- 9/15/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
As reality TV approaches its 15th year of post-Real World maturity, the genre has a wide range of programs, from the stupid and scripted to the artful and insightful. Amid the clutter--this fall will see many new and returning reality TV shows on cable and broadcast--there are many highlights. Here are six things worth watching. Survivor and Amazing Race swap players and twists "Survivor" (Sept. 24) is on a streak: there's been season after season of solid, unpredictable game play along with a continued commitment to high-quality storytelling and production. Executive producer and host Jeff Probst, and the network, will try to keep that streak going by returning to last fall's Blood vs. Water format, which worked well, and by ditching the mostly loathed Redemption Island and replacing it with Exile Island. But they've also made some questionable casting decisions. John Rocker, the former baseball player best known for his bigoted ranting,...
- 9/2/2014
- by Andy Dehnart
- Hitfix
In Starz’s competition series The Chair, two filmmakers are given the same script and the same budget—then challenged to make two different movies. Last week, we caught a glimpse of YouTube star Shane Dawson’s trailer, Not Cool, which featured a some broad humor. Today, we’ve got the new trailer for Anna Martemucci’s Hollidaysburg and some explanations from the director herself as to why she took her film in a more relaxed direction.
“I set out to make a classic teen sex comedy,” Martemucci said, noting she tried to include elements she hadn’t seen before,...
“I set out to make a classic teen sex comedy,” Martemucci said, noting she tried to include elements she hadn’t seen before,...
- 7/14/2014
- by Jackson McHenry
- EW - Inside TV
In Starz’s competition series The Chair, two filmmakers are given the same script and the same budget—then challenged to make two different movies. YouTube star Shane Dawson is one of those directors. The trailer for his movie delivers just the sort of comedy his fans might expect, with sight gags aplenty. But Dawson also tells EW that he also tried moving away from his typical mode of comedy, using the feature film timeframe and budget to focus more on his characters.
Using a screenplay by Dan Schoffer titled How Soon is Now, Dawson’s take (which has been...
Using a screenplay by Dan Schoffer titled How Soon is Now, Dawson’s take (which has been...
- 7/4/2014
- by Jackson McHenry
- EW - Inside TV
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