Sky Movies What's On
This month's movie premieres
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Enter the movies' stratosphere in June with Sky Movies' sublime selection of action movies, cartoons and family classics. Entertain the kids with Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, then gather round and enjoy the spectacular Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. If it's action you're craving, then Avengers Assemble packs a mighty punch, while the new Total Recall pits Colin Farrell against a futuristic police force. For a serious chuckle, kick back to The Hangover: Part II in which Bradley Cooper and co. attempt to piece back together a hazy evening in Bangkok.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Premiere
Ted
Thursday 3 May, 8pm
Watch all the best film premieres every week on Sky Movies Premiere - a bonus channel in the Movies Pack.
Seth MacFarlane wrote and directed this hit comedy about a boy whose childhood Christmas wish came true. John Bennett wants his teddy bear, Ted, to come to life. And to his amazement, the toy does just that - and the furry troublemaker has been by his side ever since.
Later in life, however, he finds he has to choose between his girlfriend and the bear. With Mark Wahlberg.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Showcase
The Amazing Spider-Man
Monday 27 May, 8pm
Sky Movies Showcase is a bonus channel in the Movies Pack, where we screen all our seasons, specials and spotlights.
Andrew Garfield stars as the legendary superhero in search for clues which might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was a child.
His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former business partner. With Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary and Martin Sheen.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Greats
I, Robot
Sunday 19 May, 6pm
The Movies Pack includes Sky Movies Greats, where you can find all the best cult hits and multi-award winners.
Sci-fi action set in 2035, starring Will Smith as a detective investigating the mysterious death of eminent scientist
Dr. Alfred Lanning.
All the evidence points to Lanning's super-advanced robot prototype being responsible, but everybody knows that robots are programmed never to harm a human... Also starring Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk and James Cromwell.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Disney
Mulan
From Monday 6 May, 3.45pm
If you love Disney, you will love Sky Movies Disney - a brand new channel for the whole family.
Beautifully animated Disney movie based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. A young Chinese maiden learns that her sick father is about to be called up to the army to fight the marauding Huns.
Concerned for him, she disguises herself and joins the army. Cheeky dragon, Mushu, is sent by her ancestors to dissuade her. Starring Miguel Ferrer, Eddie Murphy and Ming-Na Wen.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Family
Hugo
Monday 13 May, 8pm
Sky Movies Family comes with the Movies Pack and shows all the hits you can enjoy with the kids and the in-laws.
Martin Scorsese's award-winning family adventure about an orphan who lives in the walls of a 1930s railway station.
He scours the station for parts to complete a clockwork robot invented by his father, a quest which leads him to uncover a lonely shopkeeper's mysterious past. Starring Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Jude Law and the late Richard Griffiths.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Action & Adventure
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Friday 24 May, 11.20pm
Get an adrenaline rush with Sky Movies Action & Adventure - all the shoot-outs, car chases and daring rescues you could ever want in your Movies Pack.
Action-packed spy thriller starring Vin Diesel as an extreme sports fanatic, who is coerced by the US government into infiltrating a Prague-based terrorist organisation when he falls foul of the law. Also starring Samuel L Jackson, Asia Argento and Marton Csokas.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Comedy
Sister Act
Saturday 4 May, 8pm
The dedicated mirth-maker of the Movies Pack is Sky Movies Comedy, showing funny films of all shapes and sizes.
Soul-gladdening comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris, a cabaret singer who goes into witness protection after seeing her gangster boyfriend murder an informant.
When she agrees to testify against him, Deloris is sent by the police to hide in a San Francisco convent where she has trouble adapting to the nuns' way of life. Also starring Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy and Wendy Makkena.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Crime & Thriller
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Tuesday 14 May, 9pm
Love intrigue and suspense? The Movies Pack has what you're looking for with Sky Movies Crime & Thriller.
Terrifying crime drama, with plenty of twists and turns, starring Rebecca De Mornay as the vengeful widow of a doctor who believes former patient and new mother, Claire Bartel, is to blame for her shamed husband’s suicide.
Her sinister plan involves becoming a nanny to the unsuspecting family. Also starring Annabella Sciorra, Matt McCoy and Julianne Moore.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Drama & Romance
The Lucky One
Monday 13 May, 8pm
Get your love stories and dramas right here, with Sky Movies Drama & Romance in the Movies Pack.
Romantic drama from director Scott Hicks, starring Zac Effron as a US marine serving in Iraq. He finds a photograph of a woman belonging to an unknown fellow soldier, which he keeps as a good luck charm.
When he returns to America, he tracks her down and after taking a job at her family's boarding kennels, falls in love with her. With Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Sci Fi & Horror
John Carter
Sunday 5 May, 9pm
Futuristic action, alien, worlds and supernatural events - they're all in the Movies Pack on Sky Movies Sci Fi & Horror.
Experience bombastic battles and sweeping panoramas in Disney's epic Martian adventure. Taylor Kitsch stars as an American civil war veteran transported to an alien planet, which is riven by conflict.
He rescues a princess from captivity, but must win the trust of a fierce primitive tribe in order to bring peace to its inhabitants. Also with Willem Dafoe and Samantha Morton.
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This month's channel highlight: Sky Movies Classics
Gangs Of New York
This May
Sky Movies Classics shows timeless hits from a bygone era as part of the Movies Pack to wow the film buff.
Martin Scorsese's epic crime drama set in the savage ganglands of 19th century Manhattan.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the orphaned Amsterdam Vallon who returns to New York seeking vengeance on Bill the Butcher, the gang leader who killed his father. Also starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.
