HBO Max next month (August 2020) plans to add 143 new TV shows and movies to its lineup, including series or season finales for three original HBO shows.
The new titles will include the season finale of Perry Mason (pictured above), the HBO original murder mystery based loosely (very loosely) on the 1950s TV trial drama starring Raymond Burr. Matthew Rhys (The Americans) plays Mason as a young detective seeking answers in corrupt 1930s Los Angeles. The cast also includes John Lithgow, Tatiana Maslany and Shea Whigham.
Rottentomatoes.com, which tracks critical reviews, gives Perry Mason a score of 77 out of a possible 100 based on 75 reviews.
“Brimming with top notch performances and dripping in style, Perry Mason‘s compelling mystery mostly makes up for its messy storytelling,” the site states, summarizing the critics.
Also notable in August: The series finale of I’ll Be Gone In the Dark, a HBO original documentary about a Los Angeles writer who investigates a decades-old series of unsolved serial murders and rapes.
Rottentomatoes.com gives the true crime show a score of 95, writing that “director Liz Garbus smartly centers I’ll Be Gone in the Dark around the late Michelle McNamara’s passionate efforts, weaving together a heavy, but important tapestry of trauma, obsession, and survival.”
HBO Max next month will also premiere Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, which chronicles how the media and federal government conspired to falsely blame a Georgia security guard for the 1996 Olympic bombing. (The real bomber was caught seven years later.)
Here is the complete list of new titles coming in August 2020 to HBO Max:
Available August 1
10,000 BC, 2008
All The President’s Men, 1976
Altered States, 1980
Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens, Season 1
Bad Influence, 1990 (HBO)
Barefoot In The Park, 1967
Barkleys Of Broadway, 1949
Batman (1989), 1989
Batman & Robin, 1997
Batman Begins, 2005
Batman Forever, 1995
Batman Returns, 1992
The Bear, 1989 (HBO)
Bee Season, 2005 (HBO)
Before Sunrise, 1995 (HBO)
Before Sunset, 2004 (HBO)
Biloxi Blues, 1988 (HBO)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut, 2007
Blue Crush, 2002 (HBO)
The Candidate 1972
Carefree, 1938
The Change-Up (Unrated Version), 2011 (HBO)
Chariots Of Fire, 1981
Contact, 1997
The Dark Knight 2008
The Dishwasher, 2020 (HBO)
Driving Miss Daisy, 1989
Elf, 2003
The First Grader, 2011 (HBO)
The First Wives Club 1996
Flipper, 1996 (HBO)
Flying Down To Rio, 1933
Flying Leathernecks, 1951
Fool’s Gold, 2008
Fracture, 2007
The Fugitive, 1993
The Gay Divorcee, 1934
Get On Up, 2014 (HBO)
Go Tell It On The Mountain, 2004 (HBO)
Grace Unplugged, 2013 (HBO)
Hard To Kill, 1990
Harley Quinn, Seasons 1 & 2
Highlander: The Final Dimension, 1995 (HBO)
Highlander IV: Endgame, 2000 (HBO)
The Hindenburg, 1975 (HBO)
Hours, 2013 (HBO)
House Of Wax, 2005
House Party, 1990
House Party 2, 1991
House Party: Tonight’s The Night, 2013
How To Be A Player, 1997 (HBO)
Idiocracy (Extended Version), 2006 (HBO)
Interview With The Vampire, 1994
Jeremiah Johnson, 1972
Jim Thorpe: All-American, 1951
Jojo Rabbit, 2019 (HBO)
Kung Fu Panda, 2008
Kung Fu Panda 2, 2011
Leprechaun, 1993 (HBO)
Leprechaun 2, 1994 (HBO)
Leprechaun 3, 1995 (HBO)
Leprechaun 4: In Space, 1997 (HBO)
Leprechaun: Origins, 2014 (HBO)
The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996
The Lost Boys: The Thirst, 2020 (HBO)
The Lost Boys: The Tribe (Unrated Version), 2020 (HBO)
Love Field, 1992 (HBO)
Lovelace, 2013 (HBO)
Lying And Stealing, 2019 (HBO)
The Marine (Unrated Version), 2006 (HBO)
Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011 (HBO)
Marvin’s Room, 1996 (HBO)
Maverick, 1994
Monkeybone, 2001 (HBO)
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, 2007 (HBO)
Murder At 1600, 1997
The Mustang, 2019 (HBO)
My Blue Heaven, 1990
My Sister’s Keeper, 2009
Nell, 1994 (HBO)
New Year’s Eve, 2011 (HBO)
Ocean’s Eleven, 2001
On Dangerous Ground, 1952
On Golden Pond, 1981 (HBO)
Phantom, 2013 (HBO)
Pi, 1998 (HBO)
Raise The Titanic, 1980 (HBO)
Roberta, 1935
Romeo Must Die, 2000
Savages (Unrated Version), 2012 (HBO)
Say It Isn’t So, 2001 (HBO)
Serendipity, 2001
Skyline, 2010 (HBO)
South Central, 1992
Spy Game, 2001 (HBO)
Steven Universe Movie (2019)
The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle, 1939
Striptease, 1996
Swing Time, 1936
They Live By Night, 1949
Things Never Said, 2020 (HBO)
Three Days Of The Condor, 1975
Time Bandits, 1981 (HBO)
Top Hat, 1935
Two Minutes Of Fame, 2020 (HBO)
Walk The Line (Extended Version), 2005 (HBO)
Wedding Crashers, 2005
Without Limits, 1998
Yes Man, 2008
Available August 2:
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, Docu-Series Finale (HBO)
Available August 3:
HBO Asia’s Invisible Stories
Available August 4:
Aldnoah.Zero
Inuyasha
Mob Psycho, Season 1
Promised Neverland, Season 1
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
The Swamp, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
Available August 6:
An American Pickle, Film Premiere
Doom Patrol, Season 2 Finale
Esme & Roy, Season 2B
On The Trail: Inside The 2020 Primaries, Documentary Premiere (CNN)
Available August 7:
Habla Now, 2020 (HBO)
Available August 8:
Richard Jewell, 2019 (HBO)
Available August 9:
Perry Mason, Season Finale (HBO)
Available August 11:
Hard Knocks ‘20: Los Angeles, Series Premiere (HBO)
Available August 12:
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (HBO)
Available August 13:
Infinity Train, Season 3 Premiere
Available August 14:
Carmen Y Lola (AKA Carmen And Lola), 2020 (HBO)
Available August 15:
Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn), 2020 (HBO)
Available August 16:
Lovecraft Country, Series Premiere (HBO)
Available August 18:
Looney Tunes, Batch 3
Smurfs, Season 2
Available August 20:
The Fungies, Season 1A
Singletown, Season 1
Available August 21:
No Quiero Ser Tu Hermano (AKA I Don’t Want To Be Your Brother), 2020 (HBO)
Available August 22:
Queen & Slim, 2019 (HBO)
Available August 23:
Mia’s Magic Playground
Available August 24:
I May Destroy You, Finale (HBO)
Available August 27:
Ravi Patel’s Pursuit Of Happiness, Docuseries Premiere
Available August 28:
Seneca, 2019 (HBO)
Steven Universe Future, Season Six
Available August 29:
The Way Back, 2020 (HBO)
HBO Max in August will also premiere Selena + Chef, a HBO original cooking show featuring singer Selena Gomez, and Class Action Park, a HBO original documentary on an especially dangerous amusement park in New Jersey. The availability date for both shows will be announced later.
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So is Perry Mason a “Series” finale or a “Season” finale?
Just series.
But note that HBO has yet to renew it for season two.
HBO on July 22 renewed Perry Mason for a second season,