HBO Max

A chaotic illustration of a streaming setup with multiple screens (TV, laptop, tablet, phone) displaying buffering wheels and error messages. Popcorn is spilled, a drink is knocked over, and a clapperboard is broken, all against a distorted yellow background with film strips.
Streaming News

June 2025 Hollywood Offerings: A Glorious Mess of Reboots, Sequels, and Our Diminishing Will to Live. 😩

June 2025: Hollywood's serving up more sequels & reboots than fresh ideas.…

Cinesist
A graphic showing the word "HBO" on the left and "Max" on the right, with a prominent, jagged crack running down the center, visually splitting the two words. The background is dark and indistinct.
Industry Rants🤬

Max to HBO Max: WBD’s Latest Identity Crisis (Again!) 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

MAX: now with less prestige and more question marks. Rebranding done dirty.

Cinesist
The official Peacemaker Season 2 poster featuring a close-up of Peacemaker's chrome helmeted head facing an American bald eagle (Eagly), nose-to-beak, against a blue sky. The show title 'PEACEMAKER' is prominent.
TV Trailers⏯️

Peacemaker Season 2 Sizzle Trailer: Is James Gunn Still Our Best Friend, or Just Messing With Us?

Bald eagle. Bald jokes. Bald-faced absurdity. Welcome back, Peacemaker.

Cinesist
Hands struggling to hold a tall stack of digital bills with streaming service and news outlet logos like Netflix, HBO Max, NYT, and WSJ, against a background of a cluttered TV screen with app icons and padlocks. A Cinesist grumpy mask logo is in the corner.
Industry Rants🤬

The Golden Age of Streaming is Dead: Your Bill is the New Cable Bill (and We Can’t Even Read the News Anymore)

Congrats. You cut the cord… and tied yourself to seven subscriptions.

Cinesist
Stylized, animated depiction of young Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger (or similar characters) looking shocked or distraught while reading a book in a library setting, with Harry holding the book.
TV Rants🤬

Harry Potter Remake: Did Anyone Order More Child Actors? 🙄

Avada Kedavra to originality.

Cinesist