HBO Max Review: Great TV and Theatrical Movies Give Netflix Stiff Competition

HBO Max, HBO’s entry in the streaming wars, is a slick app chock-full of popular TV shows and movies. It’s got HBO’s entire catalog — including Emmy winners Mare of Easttown and Hacks — along with favorites such as Friends, Rick and Morty, Sesame Street, the Lord of the Rings movies and almost every Studio Ghibli film. At $15 per month it’s expensive, however, and even the ad-supported tier for $10 a month costs more than the base plans for most other streaming services.

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