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19 May

Podcasts coming to HBO Max from the 19th of May, 2026

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Companion podcasts to the Game of Thrones universe – including House of Dragons and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – and other fan favorites are coming to HBO Max across Europe.

From May 19, the Harry Potter: The Official Movie Podcast has become available in Hungary, opening a new, even more immersive era of the fan experience.

HBO Max launches its podcast offering on the platform across Europe

From June, HBO Max will introduce several franchise-focused podcasts in Europe, centered on Game of Thrones and its ever-expanding universe. Fans will also have access to the Game of Thrones Anniversary Podcast Special, The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Podcast, and the Game of Thrones Podcast: House of Dragons, the latter of which will also have a brand new season coming next month to accompany the third season of House of Dragons, which will also be available in video format.

In addition, there will be companion podcasts and in-depth discussions related to HBO Max’s most popular series and films, including The Last of Us, The Pitt, The Comeback, and The Sinners, as well as the complete multi-season rerun of Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Official History of Curb Your Enthusiasm.


The European podcast platform will officially launch on May 19th with the debut of the Harry Potter: The Official Movie Podcast, which will be available in the region at the same time as the global premiere. Hosted by renowned film critic and presenter Rhianna Dhillon, the show offers a joyful yet analytical overview of the eight Harry Potter films, with special guests, film discussions and deeper exploration of generation-defining moments.

The Harry Potter: The Official Movie Podcast will launch with a special two-part edition, followed by weekly episodes of two episodes per film. Fans can stream the video version exclusively on HBO Max, while the audio version will also be available on major podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Update by Aggie Reiter

27 Dec

Getting Around After New Years Eve Celebration

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Welcome to 2025

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy … ONLY ONE DAY!

Pick a comfy seat below at one of the Cinemas … Get loose, relax and enjoy high fantasy adventures.

Fans of Middle Earth can experience the adventures on the big screen again. After last year’s successful Lurdy Cinema weekend, each episode will be shown for just one day!
Cinema MOM, Pólus Cinema, GoBuda Cinema, Lurdy Cinema will be showing the first film from 2001 (The Fellowship of the Ring) on ​​Thursday, January 2nd, followed by the second episode from 2002 (The Two Towers) on Friday, January 3rd, and finally the trilogy finale from 2003 (The Return of the King) on ​​Saturday, January 4th.

On Sunday, January 5th, fans will be treated to a full-day marathon at Lurdy Cinema and Cinema MOM. Only subtitled at MOM, with dubbing in the other complexes. The total running time is 686 minutes, nearly 11 and a half hours, which breaks down (and rounds down) to 3 and a half, 3 and three quarters, and 4 and a quarter hours per part.

Pannónia Movie Ltd. brought Peter Jackson’s legendary trilogy, which was then turning 20, to cinemas in October 2022. The films had not been officially shown on the big screen in Hungary before and were released as the domestic equivalent of an international event. With Jackson’s approval, the digitally restored 4K director’s cuts arrived in three multiplexes weekly in 2022, and then in 2024, when Lurdy also joined the Pannónia Cinema Network, Frodo and his friends arrived there for 1-1 day. The relevance was caused by two factors at the time: on the one hand, J. R. R. Tolkien’s birthday (January 3rd), and on the other hand, the 20th anniversary of the domestic premiere of the third part. The former will remain true for 2025, because for the first time, the fantasy classics will be shown simultaneously at all four locations!
This is a truly serious renovation, the trilogy is presented to us from non-disc sources, which is special because we could only watch the extended versions at home until 2022. The remaster is not just a decoration: the director himself was involved in it, and his goals were multiple. On the one hand, there were inconsistencies in the coloring in the films shot on 35mm, which was corrected. On the other hand, since the digital work on The Hobbits made available techniques that were not yet available or were only in their infancy at the turn of the millennium, this time it was possible to use them in The Lord of the Rings in order to make the works look as if they had been shot today, or at least together with the Hobbits. Knowing that not everyone is delighted with a 20-year-old rethinking, just look at the 1997 Star Wars “tunings” or the famous transceiver and CGI creature to think in 2002 E. T. The director, however, did not want to get into these, so he reused everything from the original effects, thus achieving that the tricks, which remained completely the same in design, simply look better to today’s eyes. Tickets are available on the spot at the a/m cinemas.

Update by Aggie Reiter