Catch these July premieres on HBO and HBO GO

While the General Community Quarantine has been implemented in most parts of the metro and there are less restrictions on transportation and mobility, many of us are still stuck at home, which still remains the safest place to be.

If you feel you’re just about to climb the walls looking for something to entertain yourself, you’d be glad to know that your Saturday nights this July are about to get more exciting with these premieres on HBO and HBO GO.

UglyDolls
Premieres Saturday, 4 July at 9pm

In the adorably different town of Uglyville, the free-spirited Moxy and her UglyDolls friends confront what it means to be different, struggle with their desire to be loved, and ultimately discover that you don’t have to be perfect to be amazing – because what matters most is who you truly are. Stars voices from talents that include Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe, Pitbull, Blake Shelton.

A Score to Settle
Premieres Saturday,11 July at 9pm

Diagnosed with a fatal condition, Frankie Carver is released from prison after serving 19 years of hard time. With only a short time left to live, Frankie must desperately try to make amends with the son he left behind while he plots a bloody course of revenge – tracking down his old gang to make them pay one by one. Stars Nicolas Cage, Nicole G. Leier, Benjamin Bratt.

Angel Has Fallen
Premieres Saturday, 18 July at 9pm

Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is wrongfully accused and taken into custody after an assassination attempt is made on U.S. President Allan Trumbull. After escaping capture, he is a man on the run. Now he must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI to find the real threat to the President. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm and save the country from imminent danger. Stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Piper Perabo, Danny Huston, Nick Nolte, Tim Blake Nelson, Lance Reddick.

Official Secrets
Premieres Saturday, 25 July at 9pm

She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor. Based on world-shaking true events, it tells the untold story of British Intelligence specialist Katharine Gun in the lead up to the 2003 Iraq War. Receiving a memo with a shocking directive to collect blackmail-worthy information on UN council members to force the vote for the invasion of Iraq, she is unable to stand by and watch the world rush into an illegal war. Gun thus makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press. So begins an explosive chain of events that will ignite an international firestorm, expose a vast political conspiracy, and put Gun and her family directly in harm’s way. Stars Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Adam Bakri, Indira Varma, Ralph Fiennes.

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Show details and images provided by HBO in a recent press release.

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