\n\u201cDog Day Afternoon\u201d (Warner Bros.)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cDog Day Afternoon\u201d<\/h2>\n In 2025, Sidney Lumet\u2019s \u201cDog Day Afternoon\u201d celebrates its 50th anniversary. It\u2019s one of the signature films in a beyond exceptional career for Lumet, a tense hostage drama written by Frank Pierson and based on an early 70s Life magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore. The film was released hot on the heels of \u201cThe Godfather\u201d and \u201cThe Godfather Part II,\u201d seeing Al Pacino reunite with Lumet (who directed \u201cSerpico\u201d). Here, Pacino was also once again joined by John Cazale, whose only five cinematic credits before his untimely passing were \u201cDog Day Afternoon,\u201d \u201cThe Godfather,\u201d \u201cThe Godfather Part II,\u201d \u201cThe Conversation\u201d and \u201cThe Deer Hunter\u201d \u2014 masterpieces all.<\/p>\n
\u201cDog Day Afternoon\u201d holds its own against what is quite possibly the strongest Best Picture lineup of all time, nominated alongside \u201cJaws,\u201d \u201cNashville,\u201d \u201cBarry Lyndon\u201d and \u201cOne Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest\u201d (one of three films to sweep Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay at the Oscars). Lumet\u2019s tense, timely, lasting story about a desperate bank robber trying to escape an unintended hostage crisis certainly belongs among these giants.<\/p>\n\n\nRenaissance Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cEvil Dead II\u201d<\/h2>\n In \u201cEvil Dead II,\u201d Sam Raimi finds a perfect outlet for his talents. Here, he and co-writer Scott Spiegel blend their comic abilities (seen more heavily in time-traveling follow-up \u201cArmy of Darkness\u201d) with Raimi\u2019s mean streak as a horror filmmaker (more concentrated in precursor \u201cThe Evil Dead\u201d). The result is a horror-comedy classic that would forever influence the genre, anchored by a committed performance from Bruce Campbell and wonderful visual effects throughout. This playfully cruel cabin in the woods feature (which heavily inspired \u201cThe Cabin in the Woods,\u201d also on HBO Max this month) remains a gold standard for what the horror-comedy genre has to offer. \u201cEvil Dead II\u201d may recycle the plot of \u201cThe Evil Dead,\u201d but it\u2019s far from a mere retread.<\/p>\n\n\nTim Robinson, Paul Rudd in \u201cFriendship\u201d (SXSW)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cFriendship\u201d<\/h2>\n 2025\u2019s \u201cFriendship\u201d won\u2019t be everyone\u2019s flavor of comedy. Writer\/director Andrew DeYoung steers hard into the comic stylings of lead actor Tim Robinson, creating an uncomfortable and irreverent film that at times feels like a series of \u201cI Think You Should Leave\u201d sketches playing on end. For some, this will feel more akin to an exercise in torture than one in comedy.<\/p>\n
To others, it will be one of the funniest movies of the decade.<\/p>\n
\u201cFriendship\u201d places Robinson against Paul Rudd in a marathon of awkwardness and regret. The two bounce off of each other nicely \u2014 one a charmer putting on an eternal act, the other a buffoon who couldn\u2019t act normal to save his life. Through this relationship, the movie makes glancing commentary on the so-called \u201cmale loneliness epidemic\u201d and its potential roots. Any drama, however, fails to live up to the brilliance of \u201cFriendship\u2019s\u201d comedy. Between a self-inflicted soap bar punishment, a disappointingly uneventful drug trip, a meal too big for one man and a show-stopping Conner O\u2019Malley appearance, \u201cFriendship\u201d is, laugh for laugh, among the funniest comedies of the decade so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\u201cGoodfellas\u201d (Warner Bros.)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cGoodfellas\u201d<\/h2>\n In 1990, Martin Scorsese turned his eye on the mafia once again with \u201cGoodfellas,\u201d still arguably the crowning achievement of the filmmaker\u2019s career. Detailing the rise and fall of Henry Hill as he lives out his boyhood dream of being a gangster, \u201cGoodfellas\u201d is a sampler pack of Scorsese\u2019s best traits as a filmmaker. It moves like magic, perfectly edited by longtime Scorsese collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker and featuring astonishing performances from the likes of Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Robert De Niro and an Oscar-winning Joe Pesci.<\/p>\n
While \u201cGoodfellas\u201d is unimpeachable in its own right, it\u2019s only gotten that much more effective in the broader scope of Scorsese\u2019s career. At the time of release, \u201cGoodfellas\u201d already followed up on ideas established in the filmmaker\u2019s earlier entries like \u201cMean Streets\u201d and \u201cRaging Bull.\u201d Yet \u201cGoodfellas\u201d has become even more poignant with time, with later Scorsese films \u2014\u00a0\u201cCasino,\u201d \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street\u201d and \u201cThe Irishman,\u201d to name a few \u2014 further displaying the futility of greed and the hollow endings it leads to down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n20th Century<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cPrometheus\u201d<\/h2>\n As Hulu and FX air their own \u201cAlien\u201d prequel, HBO Max has added the sci-fi origin that comes straight from the Ridley Scott source. \u201cPrometheus\u201d may not be as universally beloved as other entries in his space-set horror franchise, but it avoids the traditional pitfalls of many modern prequels by expanding upon the \u201cAlien\u201d mythos in radical, complex ways. The proper introduction of concepts like the Engineers and Michael Fassbender\u2019s malevolent android David (a franchise-best character) does wonders for the world Scott, Dan O\u2019Bannon, Ronald Shusett and others created.<\/p>\n
History has largely been kind to \u201cPrometheus,\u201d as the film written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof continues to gain affection among \u201cAlien\u201d fans. Many prequels have an unfortunate habit of making the films they derive from feel smaller, more limited. \u201cPrometheus\u201d makes the world of \u201cAlien\u201d feel much, much bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\u201cSe7en\u201d (Credit: New Line Cinema)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cSeven\u201d<\/h2>\n \u201cSeven\u201d (or \u201cSe7en,\u201d if you want to do that) is certainly a beloved detective thriller, but it\u2019s also a film that often gets reduced to a handful of moments \u2014\u00a0 the kills, the John Doe introduction and, of course, the \u201cWhat\u2019s in the box?!\u201d exclamations. Around these key scenes, however, David Fincher and Andrew Kevin Walker created a tense, emotional, complex thriller that influenced crime films (recently, \u201cThe Batman\u201d) for decades to come.<\/p>\n
The central conceit of \u201cSeven\u201d is a powerful one \u2014\u00a0an insane killer takes out his frustrations with society by killing people that disgust him in a manner evoking the Biblical seven deadly sins. Around this, Fincher and Walker build a compelling personal story about the lives of their central characters. Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is a longtime detective in a dark, dreary city who wants to retire while he can still see the sun. Mills (Brad Pitt) is a newcomer hotshot desperate to prove himself as more unshakable than he really is \u2014\u00a0or should be. His wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), finds herself adrift in a new, gloomy life with nobody but her danger-seeking husband to occasionally keep her company. \u201cSeven\u201d is remembered for its scenes of action and horror, and these scenes deserve to be remembered. But even more powerful are the moments when the film slows down to focus on these three characters and the humanity they\u2019re at risk of losing.<\/p>\n\n\nDavid Corenswet and Krypto the Dog in \u2018Superman\u2019 (Warner Bros.)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cSuperman\u201d (2025)<\/h2>\n A surprise release, HBO Max added James Gunn\u2019s \u201cSuperman\u201d to its service on Sept. 19 \u2014\u00a0possibly to get it on the service before the heavily secretive final episodes of \u201cPeacemaker\u201d Season 2. It took more than a decade for the Last Son of Krypton to get another solo feature after Zack Snyder\u2019s \u201cMan of Steel\u201d flew into theaters in 2013.<\/p>\n
This new vision of the Man of Tomorrow was worth the wait.<\/p>\n
In \u201cSuperman,\u201d Gunn and his crew \u2014\u00a0led by a stellar ensemble of David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult \u2014\u00a0perfectly locate what makes Clark Kent such an enduring comic book hero. Corenswet captures both the purity and the inherent isolation of his trunks-wearing protagonist, portraying Kal-El as a man who unwaveringly believes in truth, justice and a better tomorrow, even as fear and insecurity knock on his own door. Corenswet and Brosnahan show audiences exactly why the hard-edged Lois and the open-hearted Clark are perfect for each other, delivering some of the swooniest moments in superhero movies to date. Hoult, meanwhile, plays Lex Luthor as sniveling and menacing in equal measures, a perfect depiction of the villain who thinks himself the true \u201csuper man.\u201d It will be a thrill to see these actors return to these characters and this world in \u201cMan of Tomorrow\u201d \u2014 and the wider DCU to come.<\/p>\n
The post The 7 Best New Movies Streaming on HBO Max Right Now<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HBO Max added a new slate of films to its service in September, bringing something for everyone hoping for a movie night. This wide variety of features included 2025 new releases and a cinematic classic celebrating its 50th anniversary. Here are the seven best new movies streaming on HBO Max in September. More from TheWrap […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2029849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[313524,334249,377206,377211,309839,305425,377208,377207,377209,377210,306876],"class_list":["post-2039645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-david-corenswet","tag-david-fincher","tag-dog-day-afternoon","tag-frank-pierson","tag-hbo-max","tag-martin-scorsese","tag-scott-spiegel","tag-sidney-lumet","tag-the-godfather","tag-thomas-moore","tag-warner-bros"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Stiller-Jessica-Chastain-to-Star-in-Apple-TV-Thriller.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}