For film fans, the first few months of every new year can be torture. That bleak period between the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards, which almost feels like having a hangover before the party has even begun, is made even worse by January and February's designation as "dump months," when lackluster blockbusters and box office stinkers go to wallow and die rather than be released.
Luckily, HBO Now is adding some top-notch fare to its lineup that'll fill the void until the Oscars, and dump month doldrums are (for the latter, thankfully) behind us.
While the entire list of March's theatrical additions to HBO's streaming service are all worthy gems, it seems like Now is really going the zany comedy route. Take Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, the cult kung fu film send-up starring Steve Oedekerk (which may or may not be getting a sequel), or 2001's Super Troopers (which is most definitely getting a sequel). Even though it was panned by critics, Melissa McCarthy's Tammy might be worth it for the Melissa McCarthy acolyte who can't wait until her turn in Ghostbusters later this year, and no one can say no to the Nathan Lane/Robin Williams smash The Birdcage, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary since its release this year.
For those who tend to prefer some more serious fare, HBO has got your back: two contenders for the 2016 Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject) will be available to view via the service: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness and Body Team 12.
New Original Programming:
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (3/7)
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (3/12)
Ebola: The Doctors' Story (3/14)
Body Team 12 (3/14)
Orphans of Ebola (3/14)
Gonzaga: The March to Madness Finale (3/16)
HBO First Look: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (3/15)
Everything is Copy (3/21)
Psi: Season 2 Finale (3/25)
Only the Dead See the End of War (3/28)
HBO First Look: The Boss (3/31)
Theatrical Premieres:
Ouija (3/1)
The Gallows (3/1)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (3/1)
Spy (3/5)
Max (3/12)
Pitch Perfect 2 (3/19)
Vacation (3/26)
Estrenos en Español:
Kamikaze (3/4)
Los Contreras Familias (3/4)
Refugiado (3/11)
Starting March 1:
Antwone Fisher, 2002
Barbershop, 2002
Barbershop 2: Back in Business, 2004
Beauty Shop, 2005
Charlotte's Web, 1973
Friday Night Lights, 2004
I Think I Love My Wife, 2007
Keeping the Faith, 2000
Kiss the Girls, 1997
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, 2002
Raising Arizona, 1987
Remember the Titans, 2000
Saving Silverman, 2001
Snatch, 2000
Super Troopers, 2001
Tammy, 2014
The Birdcage, 1996
The Uninvited, 2009
Last Chance to Catch:
Bad Words, 2013 (Ends 3/29)
Ending March 31:
Beetlejuice, 1988
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), 2014
Burn After Reading, 2008
Kill the Messenger, 2014
Life is Beautiful, 1997
Rio 2, 2014
The Departed, 2006
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies, 2014
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975
The Theory of Everything, 2014
Transcendence, 2014
Working Girl, 1988
