Ballers, Insecure return to HBO Now in August 2018

HBO's streaming service sees the return of two big shows while a couple of others wrap up for the season.

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July 31, 2018 5:40 p.m. PT

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Dwayne Johnson is back playing Spencer Strasmore with the newest season of Ballers hitting HBO in August. The first three seasons were fun, here's hoping the fourth season continues the trend. Since this is HBO's streaming service you'll have to wait week to week before new episodes come by. I know, it's strange in a post-Netflix world.

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Then there's the critically acclaimed comedy, Insecure, returning on the same day as Ballers, Aug. 12. Issa Rae and the entire cast are just fantastic.

Changing gears, some big titles will leave HBO at the end of August. Say goodbye to the Back to the Future trilogy and four Tremors movies. In other news, there are four Tremors movies. Check out the list below:

Arriving on HBO Now, August 2018

August 1

Aranyelet (aka Golden Life), season 1 and 2
17 Again (2009)
The Blind Side (2009)
Fargo (1996)
The Fugitive (1993)
The Good Lie (2014)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
The Hunted (2003)
It's Complicated (2009)
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang (2005)
Land of the Lost (2009)
Murder by Numbers (2002)
New Jack City (1991)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Shine (1996)
Super Troopers (2002)
Taxi (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
The Verdict (1982)

August 3

Animals, season 3 premiere
Random Acts of Flyness, series premiere

August 4

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

August 5

Succession, season 1 finale

August 7

Hard Knocks, season 13 premiere

August 11

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

August 12

Ballers, season 4 premiere
Insecure, season 3 premiere

August 18

Darkest Hour (2017)
Esme & Roy, season 1

August 25

Father Figures (2017)
Drew Michael

August 26

Sharp Objects, season 1 finale

Leaving HBO Now, August 2018

August 2

Storks (2016)

August 31

All Eyez on Me (2017)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Big Miracle (2012)
Captain Ron (1992)
Diner (1982)
Everything, Everything (2017)
Final Destination (2000)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
In a Valley of Violence (2016)
Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
Marauders (2016)
Morgan (2016)
Observe and Report (2009)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Richie Rich (1994)
Sex and the City (2008)
Snatched (2017)
Stick It (2006)
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
The Final Destination (2009)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
The Italian Job (2003)
Tremors (1990)
Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2017)
West Side Story (1961)
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004)
Wyatt Earp (1994)

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