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We're a little nervous about how light HBO Max has been over the last few weeks, but the streaming service still has enough new content to keep our interest. This week sees Daily Show alumni Josh Johnson get his first HBO stand-up special, alongside a bizarre amnesia documentary and a biopic of one of America's all-time musical legends. After that is a list of everything new streaming on the service.
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Josh Johnson: Symphony (May 22)
HBO has long been one of cable's top destinations for stand-up, and May brings Josh Johnson: Symphony, a new special from the former Daily Show writer turned correspondent turned host. Johnson is one of the most prolific stand-up performers in the world, releasing new sets weekly on his YouTube channel, and his debut HBO special, filmed at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, has him at the top of his game, riffing on the weirdness of family life and the modern world.
- Director: Jacob Menache
- Star: Josh Johnson
- Genre: Comedy
- Rating: TV-MA
The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle (May 24)
True crime aficionados will want to tune in for The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle, because it's packed with twists and turns. When a man was found naked and injured behind a Burger King in Richmond Hill, Georgia, he woke up in the hospital with near-total amnesia. Taking the name Benjaman Kyle, he spent the next 11 years trying to find out who he really was. This new iD docuseries follows a pair of reality TV producers who believe that Kyle might have a dark past that he's fleeing from involving organized crime.
- Director: Alex Russell
- Stars: Eric Evangelista, Shannon Evangelista, Benjaman Kyle
- Genre: Documentary
- Rating: TV-MA
A Complete Unknown (May 27)
Timothée Chalamet stars as the young Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, which starts with the folk legend coming to New York City for the first time and follows him through the meteoric rise of his early career and his shocking decision to "go electric" at the Newport Folk Festival. Even if you're not a dedicated Dylan head, there's a lot to like about this biopic, including a great lead performance and a nuanced portrayal of one of music's most complicated and prickly figures.
- Director: James Mangold
- Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning
- Genre: Docudrama
- Rating: R
- IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
HBO Max New Releases This Week
May 22
Batwheels - Season 3C
House Hunters International: Volume 9 - Season 211
House Hunters: Volume 11 - Season 255
Josh Johnson: Symphony
The Yogurt Shop Murders, Ep. 105
May 24
The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle - Season 1
Tomb Raider (2018)
May 26
90 Day the Single Life: Between the Sheets - Season 5
Fareed Zakaria Documentaries - Season 3
Food Network's Top 10 - Season 1
Rampage (2018)
May 27
A Complete Unknown
Castle Impossible - Season 2
Guy's Grocery Games - Season 40