BLACK MASS
Premieres Saturday, December 10 at 9pm on HBO
In the 1970s in South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades the infamous Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI to eliminate a common enemy – the Italian mob. The true story of this unholy alliance spirals out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston’s history.
THE INTERN
Premieres Saturday, December 31 at 9pm on HBO
Ben Whitaker is a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement is not all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway star in this workplace comedy.
SISTERS
Premieres Saturday, December 17 at 10pm on HBO
Two disconnected sisters are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house. To recapture their glory days, they decide to throw one final high school-style party for their classmates, only for it to turn into a cathartic affair that a bunch of ground-down adults really need.
Tina Fey (TV’s Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) and Amy Poehler (TV’s Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation) reunite in this comedy.
THE NIGHT BEFORE
Premieres Saturday, December 3 at 10pm on HBO
Ethan, Isaac and Chris have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they’re entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, the trio set out to find the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
This comedy stars Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie.
OPEN YOUR EYES
Premieres Saturday, December 3 at 10pm on HBO SIGNATURE
Directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky (HBO’s The Final Inch), this HBO original documentary follows Manisara and Durga, an aging couple from the remote Himalayan Mountains of Nepal. Like many others who live in the mountains, the couple have lost their eyesight over the years due to a lifetime’s exposure to the harsh sun. To regain the sight they have lost, Manisara and Durga embark on a transformative odyssey for a chance to see again by undergoing a life-changing procedure.
GRANDMA
Premieres Sunday, December 11 at 10pm on HBO SIGNATURE
Elle Reid has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when her granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing 600 dollars before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
Written and directed by Paul Weitz, this comedy-drama stars Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner andAcademy Award® winner Marcia Gay Harden.
CRIMINAL
Premieres Friday, December 30 at 10pm on CINEMAX
In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous death row inmate, in hope that he will complete the operative’s mission.
Academy Award® winners Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Jordi Molla, star in this thrilling drama.
NAGASAKI: MEMORIES OF MY SON
Premieres Friday, December 30 at 10pm on RED BY HBO
A midwife, Nobuko, from Nagasaki is stunned when one day, the ghost of her dead son, Koji, whom she lost when an atomic bomb fell on the city, visits her. Koji seems unable to forget Machiko, his girlfriend whom he had planned to marry. However, Nobuko tells her son he has to let go of Machiko if she falls in love again, and while Koji understands the situation, he is unable to accept it.
Directed by award-winning director Yoji Yamada and starring Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kazunari Ninomiya and Haru Kuroki, this drama has been selected as Japan’s entry for the foreign-language category in the 2017 Oscars.
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