Free Sky Movies Weekend 29th-31st (1 channel)

sthomas150_2

typical - Virgin media starts later - so I miss out on the only film I'd fancy - Gran Torino

Virgin Sucks

doesnt Branson have Virgin Movies up his sleeve??!

moomin75

Im sorry but have skimmed through these posts and i am confused please can someone clarify if you record on sky+ will they still be there after monday to watch at a later date and if they are will we be charged to watch them??

There are a few good films my children would like but have a busy weekend planned why oh why couldnt this of been on last weekend and then we could have spent half term watching movies at home!!!

Thank you xxx

oxenryd

spaceman5 wrote: »

it is strange aint it, i would suppose that they are doing this to try and entice non subscribers to actually subscribe to the movie channels, you would think they would throw in a couple of blockbusters to show people what they would be getting, seeing that list of films certainly would not make me subscribe if i already didn`t

Totally agree with this, hardly enticing.

Kinda confirms it's a waste of money

crazyterrier2000

martint123 wrote: »

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If you've a Sky or Virgin Media TV subscription, you can get a weekend of free films from the Sky Movies Showcase channel (not every sky movie channel sadly). It starts at 6pm on Fri 29 Oct and runs until 6am on Mon 1st Nov (or from 6am Sat 30 Oct for Virgin Media TV customers).

Thanks martint123 for the heads up - his original post is at the end of this

Which films are included?

Movies showing include Bolt, Role Models, Fast & Furious and Confessions of a Shopaholic (see full list below). Check the Sky website for more details.

How do I get it?

• Sky: Tune in to channel 303 (Sky Movies Showcase) and channel 314 (Sky Movies Showcase HD) from 6pm on Fri 29 Oct to 6am on Mon 1st Nov.

• Virgin: Go to channel 403 (Sky Movies Showcase) and channel 433 (Sky Movies Showcase HD) from 6am on Saturday 30th October until 6am on Monday 1st November.Full list of movies:

Friday 29th October

6pm Race To Witch Mountain
8pm Gran Torino
10pm Role Models
11.45pm Push
1.45am Gran Torino
4.25am Stone Of Destiny

Saturday 30th October

6.15am You're So Cupid
8am Rugrats In Paris: The Movie
10am Cats & Dogs
12pm Race To Witch Mountain
1.45pm Alex Zane's Guest List: Simon Pegg
2.15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop
4pm Cats & Dogs
6pm Confessions Of A Shopaholic
8pm Fast & Furious
10pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop
11.45pm Transporter 3
2.05am Fast & Furious
4.05am You're So Cupid

Sunday 31st October

6.10am Coraline
8am Bedtime Stories
10am Confessions Of A Shopaholic
12pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3, Episode 1
12.30pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3, Episode 2
1.20pm Bolt
3pm A Bug's Life
4.40pm Brother Bear
6.15pm Coraline
8pm Bedtime Stories
9.45pm Seven Pounds
12am Righteous Kill
1.45am Forrest Gump
4.15am Stone Of Destiny


Back to the original post..........

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Looks like following on from the Sky Sports freebie weekend movies are next for Sky subscribers who don't have movies.

Channel Sky Movies Showcase and HD 314/303 6pm 29th to 6am 31st.

Says for info check skymovies.com/freeweekend although this errors for me right now.

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lostkelly

moomin75 wrote: »

Im sorry but have skimmed through these posts and i am confused please can someone clarify if you record on sky+ will they still be there after monday to watch at a later date and if they are will we be charged to watch them??

There are a few good films my children would like but have a busy weekend planned why oh why couldnt this of been on last weekend and then we could have spent half term watching movies at home!!!

Thank you xxx

When i used this before, i recorded a film but couldn't watch the film after the weekend times were up. When the offer came around again i recorded a film and started to watch it but never got round to finishing it. After the weekend offer was up i was still able to watch it and finish so i might try that again this weekend and see if it works.
Sorry it's long winded and i hope it makes sense to you.

rising_from_the_ashes

Re recording & watching later through Sky+: the last time Sky offered free movies, I recorded loads of films & when I tried to watch them after the free period had ended, I just got the usual blue box on screen advising me how to upgrade my subscription.

skibster

Just a reminder to people trying to figure out how to record these movies to watch after this weekend -- if you have a dvd recorder or do it old school with vhs, use that.

akh43

javierrio wrote: »

For those of us with sky+: Does anybody know if we would be able to record these films to enjoy at a later stage or would this just work on the day/weekend itself?
I doubt it, but worth a shot.

When I have subscribed to movies before I have copied the films from Sky+ onto a disc using my DVD recorder as there is a record facility on films, etc, you have recorded, other than this I don't know any other way to view once the subscription/free weekend screening is over.

skibster

akh43 wrote: »

When I have subscribed to movies before I have copied the films from Sky+ onto a disc using my DVD recorder as there is a record facility on films, etc, you have recorded, other than this I don't know any other way to view once the subscription/free weekend screening is over.

You can also tape straight to your dvd and skip using the sky plus box at all. Just tell the dvd recorder to record from whatever AV outlet the sky box is on, and then have the sky box autotune to the channel you want to record (or actually turn to that channel -- we set everything on timer record on the dvd recorder and autotune on the sky box). The tv doesn't have to be on, just the Sky box.

Your way may actually be easier, but our flat isn't wired for Sky+ to work properly so we have to use a dvd recorder all the time (we have one that lets us playback a program as it records, so it's a little like a dvr but not as convenient, lol). Our method might work for others in the same boat.

sheep-ali

NonGeographicalMan wrote: »

But so can all Sky non subscribers who use their boxes on a Freesat basis...........

We have freesat from Sky ( £20 for 5 years) & we do not seem to be getting this.
What is a subscriber exactly? (Just out of curiousity as I would have thought that by paying them for Freesat that should make you a subscriber or maybe I am missing something)