Mortal Kombat, The Nevers and everything else on HBO Max in April
By Lacy Baugher
Spring is officially here, and with it comes the arrival of a bunch of exciting new programming on HBO Max. The most obvious news is, again, the simultaneous release of a big theatrical property on the streamer, on the same day that it arrives in theaters.
Last month was Godzilla vs. Kong, this month it’s Mortal Kombat, another splashy live-action adaptation of the popular video game franchise. Originally slated to premiere on April 16, it will now arrive a week later, on April 23. (Presumably to give the aforementioned monster movie some space to breathe at the box office – in those countries where movie theaters are open, of course.)
Other exciting titles coming this month include The Nevers, a Victorian period drama with a fantasy twist – an unexplained supernatural event gives certain people (mostly women) abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. It premieres on April 11.
And Kate Winslet returns to television for the first time in a decade with the limited series Mare of Easttown, in which she stars as a small-town detective heading the investigation of a disturbing local murder under trying personal circumstances.
Here’s everything coming to the streaming platform in April.
HBO Max: Released April 1:
"A Shock To The System, 1990 (HBO)Abandon, 2002 (HBO)Adam’s Rib, 1949All Is Lost, 2013 (HBO)Assume the Position with Mr. WuhlBarbarosa, 1982 (HBO)Black Dynamite, 2009Blindness, 2008 (HBO)The Bodyguard, 1992Boogie Nights, 1997Bringing Up Baby, 1938The Butcher’s Wife, 1991 (HBO)Caddyshack, 1980The Collection, 2012 (HBO)The Color Purple, 1985Dante’s Peak, 1997 (HBO)Dark Shadows, 2012 (HBO)Dead Silence, 2007 (HBO)Dirty Harry, 1971The Eagle Has Landed, 1977 (HBO)Early Man, 2018 (HBO)Easy Rider, 1969Ella Enchanted, 2004 (HBO)The Evil That Men Do, 1984 (HBO)Eye For An Eye, 1996 (HBO)Fear, 1996 (HBO)genera+ion, Part One finaleGhost Rider, 2007Goodfellas, 1990The Great Pottery Throwdown, Max Original Season 4 PremiereGreen Lantern, 2011Hardball, 2001 (HBO)Happy EndingsHaywire, 2012 (HBO)In & Out, 1997 (HBO)Kicking & Screaming, 2005 (HBO)King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, 2017 (HBO)Lassiter, 1984 (HBO)Leatherface Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, 1990 (HBO)Let’s Go To Prison, 2006 (HBO)The Longest Yard, 1974 (HBO)Made For Love, Max Original Series PremiereMan Up, 2015 (HBO)The Mask of Zorro, 1998The Man With The Iron Fists, 2012 (Unrated Version) (HBO)Missing In Action 2 – The Beginning, 1985 (HBO)Missing In Action, 1984 (HBO)My Super Ex-Girlfriend, 2006 (HBO)The NannyThe Natural, 1984Now, Voyager, 1942One Day, 2011 (HBO)Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, 1985 (HBO)Police Academy 3: Back In Training, 1986 (HBO)Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol, 1987 (HBO)Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach, 1988 (HBO)Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, 1989 (HBO)Police Academy: Mission To Moscow, 1994 (HBO)Primal Fear, 1996 (HBO)Reasonable Doubt, 2014 (HBO)Red Dawn, 1984 (HBO)The Return, 2006 (HBO)Risky Business, 1983 (HBO)Roger & Me, 1989Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939Sneakers, 1992 (HBO)Space Jam, 1996Speed 2 Cruise Control, 1997 (HBO)Spellbound, 2003 (HBO)Stuart Little, 1999The Shack, 2017 (HBO)The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, 2006 (Extended Version) (HBO)Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, 2011Wanderlust, 2012 (HBO)The Warriors, 1979 (Director’s Cut) (HBO)The Watch, 2012 (HBO)White Noise, 2005 (HBO)The Wild Life, 2016 (HBO)Within, 2016 (HBO)Wolves At The Door, 2017 (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 2:
"On the Spectrum"
HBO Max: Released April 3:
"Ted, 2012 (Unrated Version) (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 4:
"Q: Into The Storm, Documentary Series Finale (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 5:
"Hard, Season 2 Finale (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 6:
"Genndy Tartokovksy’s Primal, Season 1B"
HBO Max: Released April 7:
"Exterminate All The Brutes, Documentary Series Premiere (HBO)South Side, Season 1"
HBO Max: Released April 9:
"Intemperie (Aka Out In The Open), 2019 (HBO)The Other Two, Season 1A Tiny Audience, Season 2 Finale (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 10:
"The New Mutants, 2020 (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 11:
"The Nevers, Drama Series Premiere (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 13:
"Our Towns, Documentary Premiere (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 15:
"Infinity Train, Max Original Season 4 Premiere"
HBO Max: Released April 17:
"The Dark Knight Rises, 2012 (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 18:
"Mare of Easttown, Limited Series Premiere (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 20:
"Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 22:
"1,2,3 All Eyes On Me, 2020(HBO)First Ladies, 2020Princess Cut, 2020 (HBO)Rizo, 2020 (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 23:
"Mortal Kombat, Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021A Black Lady Sketch Show, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)El Robo Del Siglo (Aka Heist Of The Century) (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 24:
"Dreamgirls, 2006 (HBO)"
HBO Max: Released April 26:
"The Artist, 2011"
HBO Max: Released April 29:
"Looney Tunes Cartoons, Season 1D"