Saturday, 21 July 2012

Look out for the Sky Movies Summer ice cream van!

It's the end of term, which means - whatever the weather may have us believe - summer's here ! To celebrate the launch of the Sky Movies Summer/HD channel this month, there is a movies-themed ice cream van travelling the country (visiting London, Swansea, Manchester and Edinburgh) giving out free ice creams and showing film clips. Read on for more information, as well as a run-down of the films you can watch over the summer if the weather doesn't improve!

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SKY MOVIES SHINES THROUGH THE SUMMER SHOWERS
- SKY MOVIES ICE CREAM VAN VISITS LONDON -

To celebrate the launch of the Sky Movies Summer channel this month, a bespoke Sky Movies ice cream van will be travelling around the UK giving out free ice creams to local residents. It visited The Queen’s Stone at Bernie Spain Gardens by Upper Ground, London on Tuesday 17th July.

Visiting London, Swansea, Manchester and Edinburgh, the Sky Movies ice cream van will show film clips and distribute ice creams to those out and about enjoying their summer, while the Sky Movies Summer channel will feature a fantastic selection of blockbusters for the whole family to enjoy at home all summer long.


Favourites to watch out for on the Sky Movies Summer channel include sci-fi thrillers X-Men: First Class and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and fantasy blockbusters such as Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Toy Story 3, Mr Popper’s Penguins, The Smurfs and Puss in Boots. The season finishes with a comprehensive comic book season that includes Captain America, Thor, The Green Lantern, Megamind and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.


Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Movies said, “Sky Movies Summer/HD brings together all of our fantastic blockbusters and family favourites so our customers know that, all summer long, come rain or shine, there will be a movie on this channel to entertain the whole household. And this summer – as ever – Sky Movies will be bringing customers a host of unmissable premieres, a fantastic range of films across 9 genre channels and over 600 movies to enjoy wherever and whenever with Sky Anytime+ and Sky Go.”

The Sky Movies Summer channel is available on Sky channel 303 until the end of August.

For more information visit: http://skymovies.sky.com/icecream


July Highlights on Sky Movies Summer/HD
Sun 22nd 8pm Cowboys & Aliens
Sun 29th 8pm Super 8
Mon 30th 5.40pm Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

August Highlights on Sky Movies Summer/HD
The Complete Shrek Box Set
For the first time on UK TV viewers will be able to watch all four Shrek films playing in the run up to our premiere of Puss In Boots on Fri 17th August. See below for details:
Mon 13th 8pm Shrek
Tue 14th 6.15pm Shrek, 8pm Shrek 2
Wed 15th 6.15pm Shrek 2, 8pm Shrek The Third
Thu 16th 6.15pm Shrek The Third, 8pm Shrek Forever After
Fri 17th 6.15pm Shrek Forever After
Premiere of Puss In Boots on SM Premiere on Fri 17th at 8pm  

Other Highlights on Sky Movies Summer/HD
Wed 1st 5.35pm Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sat 4th 8pm Real Steel
Sun 5th 8pm Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Mon 6th 5.55pm Spider-Man
Mon 6th 8pm Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Tues 7th 6.25pm Ice Age
Sat 11th 8pm X-Men: First Class
Thurs 16th 9.45pm Grown Ups
Sat 18th Shrek Day from 1pm
Tues 21st 8pm Kung Fu Panda 2
Wed 22nd 5.35pm The Karate Kid (2010)
Thurs 23rd 6.10pm Toy Story 3
Sat 25th 6pm The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
Sun 26th 6.10pm Rango

Great Family Premieres
In addition to Sky Movies Summer/HD we have a great range of family movies screening though out July and August on Sky Movies Premiere/HD:
Fri 20th July 8pm – Real Steel
Fri 3rd August 8pm – Mr Popper’s Penguins
Fri 10th August 8pm – Toy Story 3
Fri 17th August 8pm – Puss In Boots
Fri 24th August 8pm – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2


For more information visit www.skymovies.com 

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