October is nearly here, and as the air gets a bit of that fall nip, people like to grab their pumpkin spice lattes and then settle in on the couch for some quality content. HBO NOW is here for you, bringing in tons of new films and television series this month, including the series premieres of Westworld, Divorce, and Insecure, which promise to be your latest obsessions from HBO. Additionally, Deadpool is making his debut on the streaming platform, as well as Ride Along 2, By the Sea, and the extended edition of Poltergeist.
Deadpool
This foul mouthed mercenary won over fans pretty much immediately with its stripped down violence and winking tone. On top of being a critical success, Deadpool was one of the highest grossing superhero films of all time, as well as the second highest grossing R-rated film at the time. Ryan Reynolds made it clear that not only was he born to play this role, but superhero films didn’t have to be all doom and gloom. They could even be fun.
Westworld
Everyone is looking for that show to fill the hole in our hearts that Game of Thrones leaves in the off season, and it looks like Westworld is going to be our best shot. As things start to go wrong in a luxury theme park/old timey robot town, violence and morality come to a head. With a great cast including Anthony Hopkins, James Marsden, and Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld is here to challenge us all on what makes us human.
Insecure
If you’re familiar with Issa Rae, it’s probably from her award winning web series, “Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.” Rae is bringing that same hilarious sensibility to prestige television with Insecure, about one woman struggling with relationships, work, and being an adult in her late twenties. While that may seem like a topic that has been done to death, Rae brings a fresh new take on the stereotypical Millennial existence.
Here’s the list of titles coming and going in October:
New Original Programming:
Westworld, Series Premiere (10/2)
Class Divide (10/3)
Divorce, Series Premiere (10/9)
Insecure, Series Premiere (10/9)
VICE News Tonight (10/10)
Magnifica ’70, Season 2 Premiere (10/17)
Tracey Ullman’s Show, Series Premiere (10/28)
Sesame Street — Halloween Episode (10/29)
Season Finales
High Maintenance, Season 1 (10/21)
Theatrical Premieres:
Cop Car, 2015 (10/1)
Deadpool, 2016 (10/1)
Ride Along 2, 2016 (10/8)
By the Sea, 2015 (10/13)
Joy, 2015 (10/15)
Mr. Right, 2015 (10/18)
Gods of Egypt, 2016 (10/22)
Poltergeist (Extended Edition), 2015 (10/29)
Estrenos:
Living Legend, 2015
Por amor en el caserio (AKA For Love in El Caserio), 2014
Embarazados (aka We are Pregnant), 2016
Starting October 1:
28 Days Later, 2002
An American Haunting (Extended Cut), 2005
Balls of Fury, 2007
Bride Wars, 2009
Cast Away, 2000
Cocktail, 1988
The Cowboy Way, 1994
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, 2001
Demolition Man, 1993
Drumline, 2002
Eastern Promises, 2007
I Am Legend (Extended Cut), 2007
Jeepers Creepers, 2001
The Jewel of the Nile, 1985
John Carpenter’s Ghost of Mars, 2001
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court, 1995
The Kingdom, 2007
The Place Beyond the Pines, 2012
Poltergeist, 1982
Repo Man, 1984
Romancing the Stone, 1984
Spider-Man, 2002
Spider-Man 2, 2004
We Were Soldiers, 2002
The Wedding Singer, 1998
Ending October 30:
Lucy, 2014
Ending October 31:
27 Dresses, 2008
28 Weeks Later, 2007
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 1982
Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie, 1980
Dressed to Kill, 1980
Dumb and Dumber To, 2014
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 2007
Friday Night Lights, 2004
Happy Feet, 2006
Inherent Vice, 2014
Juno, 2007
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, 2015
Mean Streets, 1973
Pitch Perfect 2, 2015
Soapdish, 1991
Spy, 2015
Sudden Death, 1995
The Theory of Everything, 2015
Vacation, 2015
We Are Your Friends, 2015
Wild Wild West, 1999
Windtalkers, 2002
