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New Films and TV Series on HBO, HBO SIGNATURE and CINEMAX this January!
By Say Peng / 15 Dec 2017 (Friday)
From January next year, HBO will be premiering new films on HBO, HBO Signature, and Cinemax. They will also be available on HBO on Demand. Check them out here.
GHOST IN THE SHELL
Premieres Saturday, January 27 at 9pm on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601)
On HBO: English / Mandarin
Rescued from near death, Major is the first of her kind to have a human mind inside an artificial body designed to fight cyber-crime. When she discovers that the corporation that created her lied about her past life in order to control her, Major will stop at nothing to unravel her true identity and exact revenge against the corporation she was built to serve.
Golden Globes-nominee Scarlett Johansson stars.
SPLIT
Premieres Saturday, January 6 at 9pm on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601)
On HBO: English / Mandarin
When three teenage girls are abducted by a man who has evidenced 23 personalities, they must escape before his deadly personality emerges and dominates all the others as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Golden Globes-nominee James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy, this original thriller delves into the mysterious recesses of one man's fractured, gifted mind.
RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER
Premieres Saturday, January 13 at 9pm on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601)
On HBO: English / Mandarin
Picking up after Resident Evil: Retribution, the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the Undead, must now return to where the nightmare began – where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
The final instalment of the video game film franchise stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter and Shawn Roberts.
COLLATERAL BEAUTY
Premieres Saturday, January 20 at 9pm on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601)
On HBO: English / Mandarin
When a successful New York executive suffers a personal tragedy and retreats from life, his friends devise a drastic plan to reach him before he loses everything, forcing him to confront the truth in surprising and profoundly human ways.
From Oscar-winning director David Frankel, this thought-provoking drama features an all-star cast, including Oscar-nominees Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris, with Oscar winners Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren.
TO WALK INVISIBLE
Premieres Sunday, January 14 at 10pm on HBO SIGNATURE (StarHub TV Ch 603)
Trapped at home with very few opportunities, three sisters share the burden of supporting their father and their troubled brother. For years, the sisters have escaped into an imaginative fantasy world of stories and poems, without any hope of publication. They soon come to realise that writing novels could offer a way out of their worsening family situation.
Golden Globes-nominee Jonathan Pryce, Finn Atkins, Charlie Murphy and Chloe Pirrie star.
THE BRAVE
Premieres same day as the U.S. every Tuesday at 9pm on CINEMAX (StarHub TV Ch 611)
An action-packed drama series that look into the complex world of America’s elite undercover military heroes that execute missions and save lives of innocent people in some of the most dangerous places in the world – with the help of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and their highly-sophisticated surveillance technology.
The Brave stars Anne Heche and Mike Vogel.
THE NIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN
Premieres Friday, January 26 at 10pm on CINEMAX (StarHub TV Ch 611)
On the eve of Halloween, a group of friends puts one of them into a coma in a prank gone wrong. Unbeknownst to them, the prank sets loose a creature that will track down and kill each person involved in the incident on the next eve of Halloween unless they transfer the curse to another person.
This horror film stars Bailee Madison and Justin Kelly.
All the above shows can be streamed online, anytime, anywhere on HBO On Demand (StarHub TV Ch 602).