
27 November 2017
A whole collection of HBO movies coming soon to Showmax
For the month of December only, these excellent HBO comedies, dramas, biopics and documentaries will be available for streaming and downloading on Showmax.
They’ll all be up from Friday, 1 December, until Sunday, 31 December, giving you a full month of fantastic films.
Here’s what you’ll find in the HBO Movies Collection:
Walkout
Conditions in America’s schools are so bad in 1968 that the students decide to walk out. Watch as hope and unity beat adversity and oppression in this gripping true story.
Warm Springs
Franklin Roosevelt fought many great battles in politics. But this stunning movie takes us to his greatest fight against a disease that threatened to destroy his world.
Miss Evers’ Boys
The Tuskegee Study notoriously infected poor African Americans with syphilis. Only one nurse stood up against it and her voice blew the conspiracy wide open. This is her story…
Taking Chance
In this movie based on a true story, Lt Col Michael Strobl does not understand the price of war, until he volunteers to take a dead soldier’s casket back to the family in this beautiful film about life, starring Kevin Bacon in a Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning role.
Capturing Mary
A caretaker learns about the exciting, and sometimes dark, history of the mansion he looks after when an elderly visitor, Mary Gilbert (Dame Maggie Smith), shares her experiences as a socialite in the mansion in the 1950s. Ruth Wilson plays Mary in her youth.
Wit
Emma Thompson is outstanding as a professor who discovers she has ovarian cancer. Go along with her lows and highs on her journey with this terrifying disease.
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Stuart’s ex is on her way to visit him, so he decides to make her jealous by pretending his tenant is his new fling. The plan can’t possibly fail… Watch the HBO series Hello Ladies on Showmax before 20 December.
Elephant
Cinematic master Gus van Sant takes us to school as never before, in a film that is as real and incredible as it is shocking. Not to be missed.
The Cherokee Kid
Revenge is the only thing on the mind of the Cherokee Kid, but first he has to change from wimp to lethal gunslinger… and he’s a whole lotta wimp.
Bessie
Queen Latifah steps into the shoes of Bessie Smith, the legendary blues performer who rose from nothing to rock the music world in the 1920s and 30s.
7 Days in Hell
No ego will be left unbruised in this hilarious mockumentary about two great tennis stars (Andy Samberg and Kit Harington) who play a match that lasts seven days.
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight
When Muhammad Ali refused to join the draft for the Vietnam War, he stepped into the ring with his biggest opponent ever: the United States government.
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
He is one of the all-time boxing greats, and is also known for his misdemeanours outside the ring. Now get to know Mike Tyson in his incredible one-man show.
Confirmation
A judge is nominated to the highest court in the US, but a quiet law professor (Kerry Washington) claims she was sexually harassed by him. Will she prevail in this suspenseful drama?
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