HBO Max has a massive selection of shows and movies from all of its partner networks, including HBO, Discovery, Food Network, and more. New shows and movies are always being added, so here are my top picks for this weekend and the week ahead, plus everything new streaming below. This week brings us a series prequel to the It movies, a must-watch healthcare documentary, a prestige A24 drama, and more.
This Week on Max: PCMag’s Picks
It: Welcome To Derry (Oct. 26)
The director of the wildly successful two-part It films returns to the franchise with Welcome to Derry. Taking place in 1962—27 years before the film—the Hanlon family moves to town right as Pennywise begins hunting children again. In nine episodes, Bill Skarsgard returns as the murderous clown, and a new group of young people must survive his predations.
Directors: Andy Muschietti
Cast: Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, James Remar
Genre: Horror
Rating: TV-MA
Country Doctor (Oct. 28)
The future of rural health care in America is up in the air with the massive Medicaid cuts proposed in the latest budget, and new documentary Country Doctor gets down into the nitty gritty, following Oklahoma physician James Graham as he tries everything to save the town of Fairfax’s bankrupt hospital and serve his patients with fewer and fewer resources.
Sorry, Baby (Oct. 30)
Eva Victor (best known for Billions) wrote, directed, and starred in Sorry, Baby, which won raves at Sundance this year. She plays Agnes, a literature professor at a rural New England college who is sexually assaulted by a colleague and has to navigate the complex emotional and reputational crisis that follows. Heady stuff, but it’s executed brilliantly.
HBO Max New Releases This Week
October 24
Lakeside Retreats – Season 1
Teen Titans Go! – Season 9D
October 26
IT: Welcome to Derry – Season 1
October 27
Naked and Afraid Brazil XL – Season 1
Recommended by Our Editors
October 28
Country Doctor
The United States vs. Harvard, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
October 29
American Monster – Season 13
Survival of the Beast – Season 1
October 30
Fatal Engineering – Season 1
Sorry, Baby
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