Warner Bros. PicturesTable of ContentsTable of ContentsLeatherheads (2008)Splice (2009)Faye (2024)I dont know about you, but Im done with Christmas already. The stockings have been stuffed away, the tree is already down, and the holiday music has been turned off. When Im watching a movie, I dont want to see a single red Santa suit or green mistletoe. Im over it.If youre like me, and need a good movie (or three) to watch this weekend, this list is for you. Max has plenty of non-holiday films for you to stream, and this batch, which includes an underrated sports rom-com and a creepy sci-fi flick, is just the ticket to get you over Christmas and prepare for 2025. (Oh, and if youre also going to the movie theater this weekend, check out Nosferatu. Its great!)Recommended VideosWe also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max,andthe best movies on Disney+.RelatedLeatherheads (2008) - Hit Me In The Face Scene (8/10) | MovieclipsWas the world clamoring for a 1920s football rom-com? The answer, then and now, is a resounding no, but we got Leatherheads nonetheless. The 2008 movie didnt do so well at the box office, and its not really remembered today. Its not a bad film, though, and it features an appealing cast (George Clooney, Rene Zellweger, and John Krasinski form the love triangle) and immersive period detail to appeal to those looking for an old-fashioned romance.Jimmy Dodge Connelly (Clooney) has a big problem. Its 1925, and hes trying to make pro football a viable, profitable sport. His team, the Duluth Bulldogs, is struggling, and the idea of guys throwing pigskins at each other doesnt appeal to enough people. Enter Carter The Bullet Rutherford, a WWI hero and star player for Princeton University, whom Dodge is convinced can save his team and the league. But a nosy reporter, Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) thinks Carter is full of baloney, and is determined to expose him, and ruin Dodges dream of playing pro football.Warner Bros.If you liked Clooneys 2023 movie The Boys in the Boat, youll like Leatherheads. It has a similar old-timey feel, with direction so languid, you may just fall asleep. Thats praise, I promise! Krasinski shows the leading man qualities he got to flex in his Amazon John Ryan series, and Zellweger is game (pun intended there) to slip into Jean Arthurs shoes and play a no-nonsense reporter whose looking to get swept off her feet.Leatherheads is streaming on Max.Splice #3 Movie CLIP - A Miracle (2009) HDAI is all the rage these days, but 15 years ago, it was genetic engineering that dominated the hearts and minds of sci-fi nerds everywhere. Plenty of bad movies were made about the dangers of playing God, but one of the best was Splice, a 2009 sci-fi horror movie that stars two actors who arent normally associated with the genre: Oscar winners Adrien Brody (The Pianist) and Sarah Polley (Women Talking).They star as married scientists Clive and Elsa, who are secretly trying to create a female human-animal hybrid so they can extract the creatures proteins for medical research. Major problems naturally arise when the creature, named Dren, forms a bond with the two, and rapidly mutates as she grows from an infant to adolescence in a matter of days. As Clive and Elsas employers grow suspicious, can they hide Dren from them and the world? And can Dren resist her growing urge to leave and explore her surroundings, possibly endangering the human race?Well, what do you think? Splices plot may seem obvious, but it takes several major detours, including one Ive never quite seen in a sci-fi before. Both Brody and Polley elevate the material, and director Vincenzo Natali goes for broke in examining the perverse possibilities of playing with natures genes.Splice is streaming on Max.FAYE | Official Trailer | HBOThere are divas, and then theres Faye Dunaway. The Oscar-winning actress, still best known for her work in Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, and Network, has a reputation of being temperamental, with past conflicts with director Roman Polanski, actress Bette Davis, and playwright Andrew Lloyd Webber all contributing to her being labeled difficult.But as Faye reveals, in archival clips with her peers and her own candid interview that took place recently, she had her reasons. And thats what makes Faye so fascinating to watch. This isnt a documentary to whitewash her sins, but rather to explain them, own them, and recontextualize them.Warner Bros.The result is a fascinating portrait of a women who wasnt difficult as much as she was a perfectionist. If that label was acceptable for her male collaborators and peers like Warren Beatty and Stanley Kubrick, well, why not her?Faye is streaming on Max.Editors Recommendations