At the height of the pandemic, when cinemas were going through their most difficult time, having to completely close their doors, the solution found by the industry to continue working was to launch their productions on streaming platforms to be watched at home. by the public. The trend has been very successful and has seen the emergence of several new American companies, the land of entrepreneurship. So, in a short time, all the biggest studios in Hollywood, the land of cinema, launched their own streaming channels, where they launched their super productions. Demonstrating that this new way of consuming releases is here to stay, even as things move fast towards a return to normal, anything short of an exclusive streaming release has dramatically narrowed the bridge between theaters. and with us. In other words, even big screen movie releases are soon available to be seen from the comfort of our homes. With this in mind, we have decided to formulate a new list of great movies that, in a very short time, are all available on the HBO Max platform – one of the favorites of the general public and one of the most dynamic, held by the Warner Group. Check it out below.
We start the list with the most recent launch of the platform, and one of the biggest of this first semester. What’s happening here is that while this blockbuster isn’t part of Warner’s library, HBO Max has struck a deal with Sony Pictures for the exclusive premiere of its productions. So expect to see the studio’s collection featured in the streaming catalog. The second film from the Sony duo of young star Tom Holland, after the mega-success of Spider-Man: No Return Home (coming soon to the platforms as well), Uncharted was an equally resounding success, which shook things up in the first half. -time. of 2022 as one of the highest-grossing films of the season. Based on a famous video game about an explorer of the Indiana Jones genre, the film sees Holland and Mark Wahlberg join forces in jaw-dropping old-school adventures. The success was so great that it leaves no doubt about the possible sequel.
Speaking of Tom Holland and the hero Spider-Man, Sony still owns the rights to the character and his entire universe, which includes his supporting cast, as villains. The studio quickly pulled Venom and its sequel out of the oven – and is already planning feature films starring Kraven – The Huntsman, Madame Web and Spider-Woman. Not to mention the Spider-Verse animations. In the meantime, he released this Morbius, about a minor character from the protagonist’s rogue gallery, which Sony sought to elevate to the first team by casting Oscar winner Jared Leto as- title. Michael Morbius is an exemplary doctor, who suffers from a terrible rare disease. Between life and death, he decides to risk everything in an unorthodox treatment. He finds a cure, but the side effects are, shall we say, fantastic. Morbius gains abilities from a bat, including the ability to fly, radar, but also his bloodlust. The film was one of the hits of the start of 2022.
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Based on the book by Dana Canedy and the personal diary of the real Charles Monroe King, this true-story drama has flown under the radar despite its talent in front of and behind the camera. With Sony’s production, we’ll start with the biggest name involved in the production: star Denzel Washington. The Oscar-winning actor is directing the film, making it his fourth feature film as a director, and his first after the success of the Oscar-nominated A Limit Between Us (2016). In other words, prestige is not lacking in this drama. Second, it has a cast featuring young rising star Michael B. Jordan – marking the first meeting between two of the most talented black artists from different generations. In the plot, Jordan plays Charles Monroe King, a military man on assignment in Baghdad, who keeps a diary for his son still in his wife’s womb, just in case he can’t meet him because of the war.
We also have Brazilian productions among the good shots of films that have just been released in theaters and have been successful. Here, who runs the show is Cleo, who plays a police officer in a film with a very different content from Special Ops (2015), in which the actress also played a law enforcement officer. This is a comedy in which Cleo brings almost the whole family to the party – the only thing missing was Glória Pires. But we have the reinforcements of Fábio Júnior and Fiuk, who are professional colleagues of the protagonist. She is investigating some very suspicious deaths that could be linked to a beauty clinic for dondocas. The film is directed by Hsu Chien, a filmmaker specializing in popular national comedies, whose previous work, Quem Vai Ficar com Mário? is available on the “rival” platform Amazon Prime Video.
Speaking of rival streaming platforms, Netflix recently launched the first live-action series based on one of the most famous and successful game franchises in history: Resident Evil. When talking about live adaptations of the game, the first that comes to mind is still the film series starring Ukrainian Milla Jovovich. This franchise has produced no less than six films. But then it was time for Jovovich and his character Alice to retire and make way for a new generation. What Sony had planned alongside director Paul WS Anderson (creator of the film franchise and husband of Jovovich – here acting as producer) was a reboot, starting the story from scratch. Much more faithful to the games and respecting the spirit of horror rather than action, the new Resident Evil is more minimalist and shows the beginning of the infection in the town of Raccoon City, which turned the population into zombies. Kaya Scodelario and Robbie Amell are brothers Claire and Chris Redfield, and Hannah John-Kamen plays police officer Jill Valentine. We still have room for characters like Leon Kennedy (Avan Jogia) and Albert Wesker (Tom Hopper) in the plot.
Returning to Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off universe, Venom’s first solo film (2018), one of the hero’s gallery’s most popular antagonists, proved to be a huge box office hit. , surprisingly grossing over $800 million. So the studio wasted no time and immediately started making a sequel. The first big change was the change in management. Ruben Fleischer leaves and Andy Serkis enters. Despite this, the musical chairs were barely noticeable, as the films maintain a similar aesthetic and storytelling. Tom Hardy returns as protagonist Eddie Brock and his alter-ego, the mutant slime Venom – just waiting to meet his greatest enemy, Spider-Man. Meanwhile, he faces the terror wrought by another slimy creature, this one known as Carnage, who teams up with a serial killer played by Woody Harrelson. And again the success was huge, getting a third.
One of cinema’s most beloved franchises, The Ghostbusters first emerged in the 80s in 1984 and quickly became a fever, spawning all manner of merchandising. And that was even before its sequel was released in 1989. Numerous disagreements resulted in a third film being stalled for decades – while fans were orphaned from new adventures by the most behaving group of paranormal investigators. like actors. In 2016, the stalemate finally seemed to come to an end when Sony opted to revamp the franchise, in a new adventure starring all women. It might have worked if it weren’t for the lackluster script (which included some really bad cameos from the original cast in other meager roles). So the solution was to abandon that idea and save the original spirit, passing the torch to a new generation. Many years later, Ghostbusters finally gets the long-awaited third film, with the return of the veterans, with this Ghostbusters – Beyond, last year.
In addition to productions from Warner, DC and Sony, HBO Max’s collection of films has its own works on the platform, with its original features – set for release now on streaming, regardless of theaters. That’s the case with this third version of Father of the Bride, based on Edward Streeter’s classic book about every father’s “nightmare” – at least in the past: giving his daughter’s hand in marriage. That is to say his adult daughter, but the one that all parents still see as a child. The first adaptation took place in 1950, in a film starring Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. In the 1990s, it was comedian Steve Martin’s turn to flesh out the story, which also included Diane Keaton and Martin Short in the cast. Now comes the revamped 2022, with a family of Cubans living in the United States. The patriarchs are played by Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan, and their “little girls” are played by Adria Arjona and Isabela Merced.
