3 Underrated (HBO) Max Movies You Should See This Weekend (November 22-24)

Are you ready for Glicked? Yes, that’s the actual nickname for the simultaneous release of Gladiator 2 and Evil this weekend. Hollywood is hoping for another glut Barbenheimer box office bonanza (e.g to three times fast) and if the tracking is correct, they get it. Expect tons of audience in theaters this weekend.

If you’re like me and hate people, er, crowds, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. You can stay in and enjoy some movies that have been overlooked. I’ve compiled a list of three underrated movies streaming on Max right now. Neither has the spectacle of Ariana Grande singing in a liquid pink bubble or Paul Mescal in a blood-stained toga, but that might be a good thing.

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Out of the Oven (2013)

Christian Bale is one of the best actors working today, and chances are you haven’t seen one of his best performances ever. It’s because Out of the Oven didn’t get the attention it deserved when it came out in 2013, although it was praised by critics. It’s never too late to correct that mistake, and you’ll get to see both Bale in his prime and a picture you won’t soon forget.

Out of the Oven It concerns two brothers, ex-con Russell (Bale) and amateur boxer Rodney (Casey Affleck), who are both working-class and depend on each other to survive. When Rodney gets into trouble with some shady characters, Russell must get his brother out of trouble before it’s too late.

I am keeping this plot description deliberately vague as Out of the Oven takes some wild turns and ends up being a gripping thriller that doubles as an effective character study. Bale may have won his Oscar for the fighter, but he deserved another for his excellent work here.

Out of the Oven streaming on Max.

Anaconda (1997)

Icing. A giant snake. Oscar winner Jon Voight. Jennifer Lopez before she was J.Lo. Eric freaking Stoltz. There was a time in history when a movie contained all these different things, and this is that movie Anaconda. The 1997 action-thriller is as cheeseball as it gets, but it knows it, and director Luis Losa works the material with a B-movie verve that’s hard to find today.

While a film crew, led by director Terri (Lopez) and including cameraman Danny (Ice Cube) and sound technician Gary (Owen Wilson), attempts to film a documentary about indigenous tribes near the Amazon River, they meet shady snake hunter Paul (Voight). ), who subtly manipulates the crew into helping him find the fabled anaconda snake. Paul gets his wish, and soon everyone on the boat must fight to survive and avoid being killed by the deadly, oversized reptile. Will everyone make it out alive? No. Is Anaconda the definition of a guilty pleasure. If you see it and like it, don’t worry, I won’t tell a soul.

Anaconda streaming on Max.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

One of the biggest marketing campaigns took place in late 2011 when Sony decided to market its long-awaited adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling mystery, The girl with the dragon tattooas “the feel bad movie of Christmas”. They weren’t wrong, as the film deals with heavy subjects like rape, trauma and murder, but you don’t feel bad after watching it. The film production of director David Fincher is too good, and the dynamic lead performance by Rooney Mara is too exciting to feel negative about anything.

For those who don’t know, The girl with the dragon tattoo is Lisbeth Salander (Mara), a computer hacker who is really good at her job. She crosses paths with journalist Mikael Blomkvist (James Bond actor Daniel Craig), who investigates the 40-year-old murder of a teenage girl in Sweden. By combining forces, they hope to solve a murder and uncover dark family secrets. In the process, they grow closer to each other, which threatens to change Lisbeth from a social outsider to someone who can finally trust people again.

The girl with the dragon tattoo streaming on Max.