{"id":2213063,"date":"2025-12-26T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2213063"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:05:15","slug":"3-new-to-hbo-max-movies-to-watch-this-weekend-december-26-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/3-new-to-hbo-max-movies-to-watch-this-weekend-december-26-28\/","title":{"rendered":"3 New to HBO Max Movies to Watch This Weekend (December 26-28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Looking for a movie to watch during the purgatory between Christmas and the New Year? Then you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend serves as the bridge between the Christmas festivities and New Year\u2019s Day, with many people still at home visiting family and seeking some entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, if you\u2019ve got <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/hbo-max\/\">HBO Max<\/a>, you don\u2019t have to look far. The streamer added a ton of new movies in December, and we think one could be your perfect weekend viewing.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/watch-with-us\/\">Watch With Us<\/a> has picked three of the best recently added HBO Max movies.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018One Battle After Another\u2019 (2025)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Battle After Another  - Official Trailer - Warner Bros. UK &amp; Ireland\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/feOQFKv2Lw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s<\/strong> epic adaptation of the novel\u00a0<em>Vineland<\/em> by Thomas Pynchon has been the movie title on everyone\u2019s lips this awards season, positioned as a top contender for taking home Best Picture gold at the upcoming Academy Awards. The film stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/leonardo-dicaprio\/\"><strong>Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong><\/a> as former revolutionary Bob Ferguson, who finds his radical past has come back to haunt him when his daughter is kidnapped by a long-forgotten nemesis.<\/p>\n<p>Thrilling, paranoid and surprisingly hilarious,\u00a0<em>One Battle After Another<\/em> is the perfect marriage of thought-provoking drama, high-stakes crime thriller, poignant drama and laugh-out-loud comedy. The movie has a little bit of everything and it pulls it all off beautifully, to the extent that it\u2019s topped a number of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-lists\/best-movies-2025-1235440226\/\">best of the year\u201d lists, such as <\/a><em>Rolling Stone, IndieWire<\/em> and\u00a0<em>The Guardian.\u00a0<\/em>While being a highly entertaining indictment of our current moment in history, it\u2019s also a moving story about a father and daughter that holds hope in its heart.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Atomic Blonde\u2019 (2017)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Atomic Blonde | The 10-Minute Single Take Fight Scene in 4K HDR\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrPDTalA1Lc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>With the\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">imminent collapse of the Berlin Wall, Lorraine Broughton (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/charlize-theron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Charlize Theron<\/strong><\/a>), the most elite agent in MI6, races to find a crucial<\/span>\u00a0document that is about to be smuggled into the West. Broughton travels to the heart of Berlin to search for the priceless dossier and goes up against a ruthless espionage ring, but despite her arsenal of deadly skills, she finds herself surrounded by enemies that are closing in on her. Broughton meets up with David Percival (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/james-mcavoy\/\"><strong>James McAvoy<\/strong><\/a>), an embedded station agent who helps her fight her way through the mission.<\/p>\n<p>Director <strong>David Leitch<\/strong> (<em>John Wick<\/em>) gives <em>Atomic Blonde<\/em> a nostalgic, \u201980s-inspired style and compelling Cold War atmosphere that make up for some weaker screenwriting decisions. Led by a simmering and sensual performance from Theron, the film features gorgeous, neon-tinged cinematography, kinetic fight sequences and balls-to-the-walls spy thriller action that makes the movie genuinely unmissable if you love ultra-violent action flicks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Night and Day\u2019 (1946)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Night and Day - Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JBL8e_EQSFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This black-and-white romantic musical stars <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/cary-grants-five-marriages-what-happened-in-his-romantic-lifepage\/\">Cary Grant<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>as real-life songwriter Cole Porter, who leaves to serve in World War I after his first stage show fails. But when he\u2019s injured during battle, he ends up in a hospital where he meets a nurse named Linda Lee (<strong>Alexis Smith<\/strong>), and they begin to fall for each other. However, after Cole is discharged, he leaves Linda and returns to New York and resumes writing music. And though he eventually marries her, their courtship comes with its share of troubles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to go wrong with a movie starring the ever-charming Grant (<em>North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief<\/em>), and with the music of Cole Porter, <em>Night and Day<\/em> makes for a very sweet and entertaining viewing experience. While not the greatest exploration of one of\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">America\u2019s greatest musical talents,\u00a0<em>Night and Day<\/em> is a charming, infectious,<\/span>\u00a0and romantic slice of classic Hollywood.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a movie to watch during the purgatory between Christmas and the New Year? Then you\u2019ve come to the right place. This weekend serves as the bridge between the Christmas festivities and New Year\u2019s Day, with many people still at home visiting family and seeking some entertainment. 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