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In a move sure to stun fans of the franchise, Foxtel today announced a second pop-up movies channel arriving in July featuring an incredible collection of twelve Star Trek movies starting with the original 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture epic up through the blockbuster hit, Star Trek: Into Darkness.

The news comes on the heels of this month’s launch of Foxtel Movies More, a brand new movies channel that increases the choice and variety of movies and boosts the total number of movie channels available on Foxtel to 10. Foxtel Movies More is available on channel 400 and will also be home to Foxtel’s special pop up channel events such as the upcoming Foxtel Movies Star Trek and last weekend’s Foxtel Movies Fast & Furious pop up channels. Foxtel Movies More and the Pop up channels continue Foxtel’s recent moves to bring fans some of the most popular movie series to enjoy as part of their Foxtel Movies or Foxtel Platinum subscription.

The Star Trek movie franchise has fed the imaginations of sci-fi fans everywhere from the early exploits that followed Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy (DeForest Kelley), played by the original TV series cast, through to the Star Trek: The Next Generation films and into to the newly rebooted films featuring a new Kirk (Christopher Pine), Spock (Zachary John Quinto) and McCoy (Karl-Heinz Urban).

Recognised as a pop culture, sci-fi phenomenon that crosses multiple generations, Star Trek has captivated fans who have watched the crews of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore strange new worlds and seek out new life and new civilisations since the original TV series debuted in 1966, and the movies that spawned from the TV shows continue to keep the passion alive.

The Foxtel Movies Star Trek Pop-Up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Platinum and Foxtel Movies subscribers on channel 400 from Friday 22nd July at 7pm to Sunday 31st July and features 12 of the action packed interstellar films, including:

· Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) – The Federation calls on Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the Starship Enterprise to contain an immense object that’s on a crash course with Earth. After investigating, the crew discovers that the object harbors an artificial intelligence with an ominous primary directive.

· Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) – As Kirk and Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, another vessel from the United Federation of Planets is about to try out the planet-creating Genesis Device in a seemingly deserted portion of space. In the process, two of Kirk’s officers are captured by Khan (Ricardo Montalban), an enemy Kirk thought he’d never see again. Once more, Kirk takes command of the Enterprise helm, to meet Khan’s ship in an intergalactic showdown.

· Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) – Kirk has defeated Khan, but at great cost. Spock has been killed, the USS Enterprise is being scrapped, and Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley) has taken ill. McCoy’s odd behaviour is evidence he’s harbouring Spock’s katra (animating spirit), and Kirk takes the Enterprise back to the Genesis Planet to find his friend, only to encounter a party of deadly Klingons.

· Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) – Living in exile on the planet Vulcan, the former crew of the Enterprise takes off in a commandeered Klingon a starship after receiving a planetary distress call from Earth: a space probe has entered into orbit around Earth, disabled global power on the planet and is evaporating the oceans. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the officers travel back in time to retrieve now-extinct humpback whales, which are Earth’s only hope.

· Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) – A renegade Vulcan forces Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the Enterprise go to a mysterious planet at the centre of the galaxy in search of the unknown.

· Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) – Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise are carrying a Klingon chancellor to Earth to negotiate a peace treaty with the Federation. The ship appears to fire on a Klingon vessel, and the chancellor is killed in the confusion. Kirk and McCoy are arrested for murder, leaving Spock to figure out who really is behind the attack.

· Star Trek Generations (1994) – In the 23rd century, the Enterprise is dispatched to the scene of a giant energy field about to engulf two ships. Kirk averts calamity, but is exposed to the field and presumed dead. Years later, the Enterprise’s new commander, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), learns that one of the disaster’s survivors plans to enter the field by destroying a neighbouring star. Picard now must collaborate with an unlikely ally in order to stop him.

· Star Trek: First Contact (1996) – Captain Picard and the crew of the newly commissioned Enterprise battle the insidious Borg to restore the rightful future of Earth. The Borg is trying to stop the invention of the warp drive by going back in time in order to alter the course of human history.

· Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) – A Federation mission takes a dangerous turn when a malfunctioning android, Data (Brent Spiner), takes a cultural task force hostage. When Capt. Picard and his crew investigate, they uncover the truth about the Federation mission – a ploy to displace the peaceful inhabitants. Now Picard and his crew must thwart the plot even while experiencing strange side effects from exposure to the planet’s surface.

· Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) – Captain Picard leads his crew on a diplomatic mission to initiate peace with the Romulans. But upon arrival on the alien planet, the crew is faced with a threat that could lead to the Earth’s destruction as Picard meets his most dangerous adversary yet.

· Star Trek (2009) – In a re-boot of the original Star Trek, a novice crew embarks on the maiden voyage of the Enterprise. Their path takes them on a collision course with a Romulan commander whose mission of vengeance threatens all mankind. If they’re to survive, a rebellious young James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and a coolly logical Spock (Zachary Quinto) must move beyond their rivalry and locate the Romulan ship before it is too late.

· Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) – The crew of the Enterprise returns home after an act of terrorism destroys most of Starfleet, leaving Earth in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Kirk leads his people on a mission to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction, propelling all of them into an epic game of life and death (Star Trek: Into Darkness will be added to the Star Trek Pop-Up line-up from Friday 29th July).

In addition to the Foxtel Movies Star Trek Pop-Up channel, subscribers can enjoy Foxtel Movies when and where they want both live or in Anytime (on demand) with an internet connected iQ box^. For customers without an internet connected iQ box, Foxtel’s Star Trek Pop-Up movies can be recorded to a Foxtel iQ set top box and played back at their convenience.

For customers not on the Foxtel Platinum or Foxtel Movies subscription all films will be available to rent via the Foxtel Store.

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From a galaxy far, far away, A Star Wars pop-up channel awakens

FOXTEL MOVIES STAR WARS POP-UP CHANNEL
Featuring all seven movies in the epic Star Wars saga

Friday 30 September – Monday 3 October

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents a dedicated Star Wars pop-up channel available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on Friday, September 30 from 6.00am AEST through to Monday, October 3.

This epic movie marathon will be the first time all seven Star Wars films will be broadcast back-to-back on Australian television, in what is an exclusive television event for Foxtel.

The marathon will feature all seven films in the legendary Star Wars saga, running back-to-back and in order, launching with Star Wars: The Phantom Menace right through to the most recent instalment which broke box office records worldwide, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The arrival of the channel marks the most anticipated pop-up on Foxtel Movies ever, following July’s massive sci-fi marathon Foxtel Movies Star Trek, delivering another smash-hit science fiction franchise to Foxtel viewers.

Foxtel Movies Star Wars will be available in HD* on channel 400, already home to a series of hugely popular pop-up movie channels that have left Foxtel’s movie fans thrilled and eager for more.

Star Wars has long been considered one of the most popular sagas in the history of film. It depicts a galaxy rife with personal and political struggles, set against the backdrop of the ongoing battle of “light versus dark” and playing out across three generations.

The original trilogy of the George Lucas inspired saga introduced the world to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill); Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Han Solo (Harrison Ford); Obi-Wan Kenobi (Sir Alec Guinness); Darth Vader (James Earl Jones); Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew); R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) before going on to a second trilogy that featured the young, ‘pre-Darth Vader’ Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen); young Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor); Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson); Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson) and Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman).

The latest feature film Star Wars: The Force Awakens brings in a new generation to uncover the mysteries of the Force with Rey (Daisy Ridley); Kylo Ren (Adam Driver); and Finn (John Boyega).

More information on the seven Star Wars films featured on the Foxtel Movies Star Wars pop-up channel is below:

• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) - Stranded on the desert planet Tatooine after rescuing young Queen Amidala from the impending invasion of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn discover nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker, a young slave unusually strong in the Force. Anakin wins a thrilling Podrace and with it his freedom as he leaves his home to be trained as a Jedi. The heroes return to Naboo where Anakin and the Queen face massive invasion forces while the two Jedi contend with a deadly foe named Darth Maul. Only then do they realize the invasion is merely the first step in a sinister scheme by the re-emergent forces of darkness known as the Sith.

• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) - Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, twenty-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her. In the course of his mission, Anakin discovers his love for Padmé as well as his own darker side. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) - The Clone Wars rage through the galaxy. Asked to spy for both the Jedi and for traitorous Chancellor Palpatine, young Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker finds himself caught in the middle of the intrigue. Seduced by the dark side, he pledges himself to the evil Darth Sidious and becomes Darth Vader. Together, the Sith Lords set in motion a plot of revenge against the Jedi, even while Obi-Wan Kenobi tries to save Anakin. The former allies come face-to-face in a climactic lightsaber battle that will decide the fate of the galaxy.

• Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) – Set 30 years after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, the fourth episode of the saga returns to the desert planet of Tatooine. A young Luke Skywalker begins to discover his destiny, when, searching for a lost droid, he is saved by reclusive Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi. A civil war rages in the galaxy, and Rebel forces struggle against the evil Galactic Empire. Luke and Obi-Wan enlist the aid of hotshot pilot Han Solo. Joined by quirky droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO, the unlikely team sets out to rescue rebel leader Princess Leia and make use of the stolen plans to destroy the Empire’s ultimate weapon. In a legendary confrontation, the rogue group mounts an attack against the Death Star for a climactic battle with the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.

• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – The battle for the galaxy intensifies in this thrilling fifth episode of the unfolding saga. As imperial forces launch an all-out attack on the Rebel Alliance, Han Solo and Princess Leia flee to Cloud City where they are captured by Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker journeys to the mysterious, marshy planet of Dagobah, where the wise Jedi master Yoda teaches the young hero the ways of the Force. Little does Luke know his training will be called upon so soon. A stunning revelation and a seeming life-or-death dual with Darth Vader await.

• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) – In the spectacular climatic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Luke Skywalker joins his droid allies R2-D2 and C-3PO, along with Princess Leia, to free his comrade Han Solo, imprisoned by the vile crime lord, Jabba the Hutt. Reunited, the rebels race to the moon of the planet Endor where they launch a desperate attack upon the entire Imperial Fleet. But the ultimate battle is between father and son, as Luke faces Darth Vader one last time, for the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance.

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It’s up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting storm trooper, to join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.

The Foxtel Movies Star Wars pop-up channel will be available in HD to Foxtel Platinum and Foxtel Movies subscribers with the HD pack on channel 400.

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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET POP-UP CHANNEL

Featuring all nine movies in the iconic horror series

Saturday 29 October from 6am AEDT – Monday, 31 October

All nine movies are also available on demand from October

Don’t fall asleep this Halloween weekend because Freddy is coming to Foxtel Movies!

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies will present a truly terrifying A Nightmare on Elm Street pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on Saturday, October 29 from 6.00am AEST through to Monday, October 31. The movies are also available on demand from October.

The hair-raising movie marathon will feature all nine films in the smash-hit horror franchise, running back-to-back and in order, launching with the original A Nightmare on Elm Street film right through to the most recent movie in the series, the contemporary reimagining of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), directed by Michael Bay.

The pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ enormously successful Star Wars marathon on September 30 – October 3, which topped the ratings on Foxtel over the October long weekend and achieved the highest ratings ever for Foxtel Movies.

A Nightmare on Elm Street, written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, is one of the most iconic horror movies ever made, spawning a franchise of sequels.

Set in the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio, the plot revolves around a group of teenagers who are stalked and killed in their dreams – and in reality – by Freddy Krueger. Although the teenagers are unaware of the cause of this strange phenomenon, their parents hold a dark secret from long ago.

More information on the nine movies in the A Nightmare on Elm Street pop-up channel is as follows:

• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Can your nightmares be fatal? In this classic of the horror film genre that launched a movie franchise, a hideously scarred, evil man who was murdered by a lynch mob returns years later in the terrifying nightmares of his killers’ teenaged children. And the dreaming teenagers are starting to die in their sleep.

• A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) - Freddy’s back…and he wants revenge. When teenager Jesse Walsh moves to Elm Street, Freddy Krueger starts appearing in his nightmares. This time Freddy takes possession of Jesse’s body whenever the teenager falls asleep, using Jesse to kill. And there’s nothing Jesse can do to stop him.

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - Freddy Krueger invades the minds of a new group of teens – and the nightmares begin again. When local teenagers start dying, only Nancy Thompson knows the truth. Now a doctor at the local psychiatric hospital, she is the lone survivor of one of Freddy’s previous killing sprees. It’s a fight against her co-workers’ disbelief and a race against time to stop Freddy before he kills again.

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) – Can your nightmares be fatal? Freddy Krueger resurrects - hideously scarred - and returns to haunt the dreams of the teenaged children of the people who lynched him. It’s just a nightmare…but a nightmare that can kill in this tale of terror.

• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) – Did you ever see a dream stalking? The kids on Elm Street have. For five years, a walking nightmare named Freddy Krueger has haunted their sleep – seeking revenge for the horribly disfiguring death he suffered at the hands of the children’s parents. Now, through the dreams of an unborn child, Freddy has resurrected himself…and he’s looking for new victims.

• Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) – They saved the best for last. In this sixth return to the horrifying world of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the town of Springwood decides to forever end Freddy Krueger’s deadly hold on their dreams. Freddy finally confronts the one person he has never been able to defeat, a psychologist who now learns the source of her lifelong nightmares, Freddy’s daughter.

• Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) – This time staying awake won’t save you. Ten years after writer and director Wes Craven brought his personal nightmares to the movie screen as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street, the horrifying child killer returns, stepping out of his celluloid world to haunt the life of the actress who first defeated on film.

• Freddy Vs Jason (2003) – Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees (of the Friday the 13th movies) meet face-to-face, in the ultimate horror movie standoff.

• A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) – Freddy Krueger returns to everyone’s nightmares in this contemporary re-imagining of the horror classic, from Michael Bay (Transformer movies) and horror script maestro Wesley Strick (Cape Fear). Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) plays the razor-fingered iconic killer who haunts the dream of teenagers and kills them in their sleep. Kyle Gallner (Smallville), Katie Cassidy (Supernatural), Thomas Dekker (Terminator), Kellan Lutz (Twilight) and more try to ward off the nocturnal attacks. But once they fall asleep, there is no escape. Delving deeper and darker in to the tortured past of Freddy, this new incarnation revisits Elm Street and one of the greatest horror franchises in history.

The A Nightmare on Elm Street pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events.

The horror franchise will also be available to subscribers when and where they want, both live - and on demand with an internet connected iQ box^.

For customers without an internet connected iQ box, Foxtel’s A Nightmare on Elm Street pop up movies can be recorded to a Foxtel iQ set top box and played back at their convenience.

For more information on the A Nightmare on Elm Street pop-up channel:
http://www.foxtelmovies.com.au/nightmare-elm-street-pop-up/

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###SPEND A WEEK WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH

Chris Hemsworth Presents His Favourite Films

Every night at 8pm AEDT from Sunday 13 November – Saturday 19 Nov

Spend a week with one of the world’s biggest movie stars when Australia’s very own Chris Hemsworth presents his favourite films from Sunday, November 13 to Saturday, November 19, exclusive to Foxtel Movies MORE.

Airing nightly at 8pm AEDT, Chris will present a diverse selection of films that he has personally chosen and hold a special meaning for him.

From memorable classics to comedies and action-packed blockbusters, each of the films picked by Chris have influenced his career, inspired him or are simply a sentimental favourite.

Chris’ first pick, airing this Sunday, November 13, is George Miller’s apocalyptic masterpiece, Mad Max: Fury Road.

Said Chris: “Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the best films I’d seen in years. I was in London shooting at the time and watching that film and going ‘This is why I go to the cinema!’ because it was unlike anything I’d ever seen before. Visually it was just a smorgasbord of all sorts of madness and chaos, beauty and ugliness. That world that George Miller created – I continually find new things about it that fascinate me.”

The full list from Chris Hemsworth Presents His Favourite Films, airing nightly at 8pm AEDT on Foxtel Movies MORE, is below:

13 November: Mad Max: Fury Road
Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult, George Miller’s critically acclaimed tour de force tells the story of two hardened veterans of the apocalypse as they struggle to outrun a ruthless warlord in a deadly high speed chase across the Wasteland.

14 November: Sideways
Stars Virginia Madsen, Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church in an Oscar-winning comedy about two best friends – one divorced and utterly depressed, the other a shallow actor on a bender before his wedding – as they get into all sorts of strife on a tour of California’s vineyards.

15 November: The Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton star in this action classic that spawned a franchise. A cyborg from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to kill a waitress before she can fulfil her destiny and save mankind.

16 November: Wedding Crashers
This smash-hit comedy follows two divorce mediators (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) as they crash weddings looking for one-night stands. When one falls for a politician’s daughter (Isla Fisher) they get into deep water on a wild weekend.

17 November: Rush
Directed by Ron Howard, Rush centres on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) during the 1976 racing season, as they mercilessly clash on and off the racetrack and push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance.

18 November: Point Break (1991)
Stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, and Gary Busey in the cult classic crime thriller about a gang of Los Angeles surfers who call themselves the ‘Ex-Presidents’ and allegedly rob banks while wearing masks of ex-presidents Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson.

19 November: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Hans Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) return in this latest chapter in the classic Star Wars saga. As Kylo Ren and the First Order rise from the ashes, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting storm trooper, join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in the hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.

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###12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS POP-UP CHANNEL

From 6am Wednesday, December 14 through to Sunday, December 25

All movies are also available on demand from December 14 - 25

It’s time to usher in the silly season as Foxtel Movies presents a dedicated 12 Days of Christmas pop up channel from Wednesday, December 14 from 6.00am AEDT through to Christmas Day.

Featuring an amazing lineup of festive films, airing 24 hours a day all the way through to December 25, the pop up channel will be available to all Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on Channel 400. The movies will also be available on demand during the pop up period.

The 12 Days of Christmas pop up channel will feature a huge lineup of 40 films in the lead up to Christmas, from worldwide smash hit Home Alone to perennial Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street.

December 14: The Family Stone - The son of a bohemian family brings his high-powered New York girlfriend home for a Christmas from hell. Stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Dermot Mulroney and Claire Danes.

December 15: Fred Claus - Santa’s brother Fred discovers that a scheming efficiency expert is out to shut down Christmas forever. Stars Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks.

December 16: Four Holidays - A self-centred yuppie couple decide to spend Christmas Day visiting all of their divorced parents. Stars Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall.

December 17: Elf - Once upon a Christmas Eve, an orphan baby crawled into Santa’s bag of gifts and was taken to the North Pole. Stars Will Ferrell and James Caan.

December 18: Home Alone - An 8-year-old boy is left home alone by his family and ends up using all his wits to foil two dastardly thieves. Stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.

December 19: Jack Frost - A father, who can’t keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman. Stars Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross.

December 20: Angels Sing - A gift from a mysterious stranger helps Michael find the Christmas spirit that he lost in his childhood. Stars Harry Connick Jr, Willie Nelson, Connie Britton.

December 21: A Christmas Melody - A Christmas Melody revolves around Kristin, a beautiful divorcee who is a talented clothing designer and her daughter. Stars Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliot, Kathy Najmy.

December 22: Jingle All the Way - A frantic father tries to buy a Turbo Man action figure for his son on Christmas Eve. Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Phil Hartman.

December 23: Love the Coopers - The Coopers try and survive their annual Christmas celebration. Stars Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Steve Martin.

December 24: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Halloweentown’s pumpkin king plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. Stars Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey.

December 25: Miracle on 34th Street – The story focuses on the impact of a department store Santa Claus named Kris Kringle, who claims to be the real Santa. Stars Maureen O’Hara, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn.

The 12 Days of Christmas pop-up channel will be available in HD to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events.

The Christmas movies will also be available to subscribers when and where they want, both live - and on demand with an internet connected iQ box.

For customers without an internet connected iQ box, Foxtel’s 12 Days of Christmas pop up movies can be recorded to a Foxtel iQ set top box and played back at their convenience.

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###RESIDENT EVIL POP-UP CHANNEL

Featuring all five movies in the blockbuster franchise

Thursday 26 January from 6.00am AEDT – Sunday 29 January

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents box office hit franchise Resident Evil on a dedicated pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers from 6.00am on Australia Day through to Sunday, January 29.

The epic movie marathon will feature all five films in the legendary sci-fi action series, running back-to-back and in order, launching with Resident Evil (2002) right through to the most recent instalment which broke box office records worldwide, Resident Evil: Retribution (2012).

From a blockbuster game franchise to the highest-grossing film series to be based on a video game of all time, the Resident Evil brand has secured its place as one of pop culture’s most enduring icons.

Foxtel Movies are excited to bring the five hit movies to the small screen in support of the theatrical release of the latest film in the series, Resident Evil: Final Chapter on January 26, as well as the release of the Sony’s new virtual reality video game, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, on January 24.

Resident Evil (2002)
Something rotten is brewing beneath the industrial mecca known as Raccoon City. Unknown to its millions of residents, a huge underground bioengineering facility known as The Hive has accidentally unleashed the deadly and mutating T-virus, killing all of its employees. To contain the leak, the governing supercomputer, Red Queen, has sealed all entrances and exits. Now a team of highly-trained super commandos including Rain (Michelle Rodriguez - The Fast and the Furious, Girlfight), Alice (Milla Jovovich - The Fifth Element) and Matt (Eric Mabius - Cruel Intentions) must race to penetrate The Hive in order to isolate the T-virus before it overwhelms humanity. To do so, they must get past the Red Queen’s deadly defenses, face the flesh-eating undead employees, fight killer mutant dogs and battle The Licker, a genetically mutated savage beast whose strength increases with each of its slain victims

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, led by Valentine (Sienna Guillory, Love, Actually) and Carlos (Oded Fehr, The Mummy Returns), enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr. Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus. It’s a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet. Written and produced by the visionary director of Resident Evil, Paul W. S. Anderson (Alien vs. Predator) and directed by Alexander Witt, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a superior sci-fi suspense sequel

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Milla Jovovich is back to kill more zombies in the third chapter of the hit Resident Evil franchise! An action/horror film filled with huge special effects and edge-of-your-seat terror! Survivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice (Jovovich) joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
The fourth installment of the hugely successful “Resident Evil” franchise, “Resident Evil: Afterlife” is again based on the wildly popular video game series. In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington DC, and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun

The Resident Evil pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events.

Movies in the franchise will also be available to subscribers when and where they want, both live - and on demand with an internet connected iQ box.

For customers without an internet connected iQ box, Foxtel’s Resident Evil pop up movies can be recorded to a Foxtel iQ set top box and played back at their convenience.

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In celebration of the 2017 Academy Awards - Graeme Blundell Presents
###OSCAR-WINNING GEMS
From Wednesday, February 1 – Sunday, February 26
Every night at 8.30pm on MASTERPIECE

In the lead-up to the 89th Academy Awards on February 26, Foxtel Movies Masterpiece will present an Oscar-winning feature every night in February at 8.30pm AEDT, commencing February 1.

Hosted by Graeme Blundell, a stunning lineup of 26 Oscar-winning films will be showcased throughout the month, all having been honoured with the most prestigious award in film: an Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Included in the lineup are last year’s major category winners, Best Costume Design winner Mad Max: Fury Road airing on February 20 and Best Picture Winner Spotlight airing on February 26.

Graeme Blundell Presents…Oscar-Winning Gems are as follows:

Week 1 – February 1 - 5
Titanic (1997)
Crazy Heart (2009)
Gravity (2013)
The Descendants (2011)
Crash (2004)

Week 2 – February 6 - 12
Ex Machina (2015)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Milk (2008)
Sideways (2004)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Fargo (1996)

Week 3 – February 13 -19
Life Of Pi (2012)
Shine (1996)
Lincoln (2012)
Mystic River (2003)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Still Alice (2014)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Week 4 – February 20 - 26
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Amy (2015)
The Danish Girl (2015)
Bridge Of Spies (2015)
Room (2015)
The Revenant (2015)
Spotlight (2015)

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BATMAN VS SUPERMAN POP-UP CHANNEL
For the first time in Australia and only on Foxtel - Featuring all fourteen Batman and Superman movies
Friday 24 February from 6.00am AEDT – Monday 27 February
Also available on Anytime

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents an incredible line-up of all fourteen Batman and Superman movies on a dedicated pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers, from 6.00am on Friday, February 24 through to Monday, February 27.

The massive movie marathon will feature every film in the iconic superhero franchises, launching with the original Batman (1989) and Superman (1978) right through to the most recent film which sees Batman and Superman finally go head-to-head: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

The Batman franchise is one of the highest-grossing series in movie history: from the twisted humour of the original Batman starring Michael Keaton and directed by Tim Burton, to Christopher Nolan’s gritty The Dark Knight trilogy starring Christian Bale, Batman remains one of the most popular superheros of all time.

The Superman franchise continues its legacy as one of the most loved superhero series ever, starting with the original Superman film starring Christopher Reeve in arguably the most praised portrayal of the superhero, through to Henry Cavill’s modern take on the iconic character in 2013’s Man of Steel.

The pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ enormously successful pop-up channels in 2016, including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious and 12 Days of Christmas pop-ups.

The fourteen movies featured on the Batman vs Superman pop-up, running back-to-back and in order, are as follows:

Batman (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)
Batman Forever (1995)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Superman (1978)
Superman II (1980)
Superman III (1983)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Superman Returns (2006)
Man of Steel (2013)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

The Batman vs Superman pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events.

The movies will also be available to subscribers when and where they want, both live and on demand with an internet connected iQ box.

For customers without an internet connected iQ box, Foxtel’s Batman vs Superman pop up movies can be recorded to a Foxtel iQ set top box and played back at their convenience.

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ARNIE POP-UP CHANNEL

Friday 17 March from 6.00am AEDT – Monday 20 March

Arnold Schwarzenegger will be visiting Australia from March 17

To coincide with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s upcoming Australian visit on March 17, Foxtel Movies presents an epic lineup of nineteen Arnie films on a dedicated pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers, from 6.00am on Friday, March 17 through to Monday, March 20.

An Australian television first, the huge four-day movie marathon will feature an impressive lineup of smash-hit films, launching with Conan the Barbarian, through to comedy classics Twins and Kindergarten Cop and the juggernaut Terminator movies.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has dominated the entertainment industry for over 30 years. A sports icon and Hollywood actor, his films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide to date.

By the age of 20, Schwarzenegger conquered the world of competitive bodybuilding, becoming the youngest person ever to win the Mr Universe title. His big movie break came in 1982 when the sword and sorcery epic, Conan the Barbarian, hit box office gold and in 1984, Schwarzenegger made cinema history as the title character in James Cameron’s sci-fi thriller, Terminator. He served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 – 2010.

Schwarzenegger is still passionate about filmmaking and fitness and will be visiting Australia for the inaugural 2017 Arnold Classic Australia Multi-Sport Festival from March 17-19 in Melbourne, an initiative of Schwarzenegger’s featuring live sports, health and fitness activities.

The Arnie pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ successful series of pop-up channels, including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious and Batman vs Superman pop-ups.

The nineteen movies featured on the Arnie pop-up, running back-to-back, are as follows:

Conan the Barbarian
The epic tale of a boy sold into slavery who becomes a mighty warrior seeking revenge against the evil warlord whose savages massacred his people.

Commando
Retired Special Forces colonel John Matrix races to rescue his kidnapped daughter from an exiled dictator who threatens to kill her unless Matrix assassinates a political rival.

Predator
CIA mercenaries sent to the jungles of Central America to find missing airmen are picked off by a high-tech, extra-terrestrial killing machine that skins everyone alive.

The Running Man
A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show.

Red Heat
A Moscow cop teams up with a Chicago officer to hunt down a dangerous Russian drug lord.

Twins
An experiment to create a perfect human produced not one but two - twins in mismatched shapes. They set off on a comic adventure to find their mother.

Junior
You’ll never guess who’s going to have a baby. Watch as the maternal tables are turned forever when, after taking an experimental drug, a male scientist becomes pregnant.

Kindergarten Cop
An undercover cop whose attempt to locate a boy and his mother leads him to a kindergarten where he poses as an unlikely teacher. A classic comedy with a sharp crime edge to it.

True Lies
Harry is a Special Agent, but to his wife, he’s just a boring computer salesman. His two lives unexpectedly collide, finding themselves in the clutches of international terrorists.

The Last Stand
When the leader of a drug cartel makes a deadly escape for an FBI prisoner convoy the only obstacle in his way is a sheriff and his team, setting the stage for a classic showdown.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Terminator is back and now he’s one of the good guys, assigned to protect freedom fighter John Connor from a cyborg sent by the leader of the human resistance in the future.

Total Recall
Douglas Quaid dreams he lived on Mars, so Recall gives him a powerful hallucinogenic drug to make it a reality.

Eraser
An elite federal marshal erases the pasts of jeopardised informers and relocates them into safe anonymity.

End of Days
It’s up to a burned out former New York Cop to save a girl, the world and his own soul as he faces a powerful enemy.

Collateral Damage
A Los Angeles fireman seeks revenge after his wife and son are killed in a terrorist bombing.

The Expendables
Mercenaries who take on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator find out that a double-cross makes them expendable.

Escape Plan
Deceived and wrongly imprisoned, Ray Breslin must recruit a fellow inmate to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison.

Sabotage
When an elite DEA team takes down a drug lord $10 million goes missing from a cartel safe house. Suddenly members of the team are picked off one by one.

The Arnie pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events and is also available to stream on Foxtel Play.

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Got rid of Foxtel Movies today as we have NetFlix and there is never any good movies on.

Anyone else done this?

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We had platinum for nearly 9 months and watched the sum total of three movies

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Yep. Same story here.

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X-MEN POP-UP CHANNEL

Friday 14 April from 6.00am AEST – Monday 17 April

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents an action-packed lineup of nine movies in the X-Men franchise on a dedicated pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers, from 6.00am on Friday, April 14 through to Monday, April 17.

The non-stop movie marathon will feature an incredible lineup of films in the smash-hit mutant adventure series, launching with the original X-Men movie, through to X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Deadpool.

The X-Men franchise, about a group of heroic mutants born with special powers who’ve sworn to use their gifts to protect mankind, is one of the highest-grossing film series of all time.

The franchise features a stellar lineup of Hollywood’s best actors across the nine films, including Halle Berry, Michael Fassbender, James Marsden, Ian McKellan, Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Patrick Stewart and Australia’s own Hugh Jackman in his iconic role as ‘Wolverine’.

The X-Men pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ hugely successful series of pop-up channels, including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious and Arnie pop-ups.

The nine movies featured on the X-Men pop-up, running back-to-back, are as follows:

X-Men (2000)
Born into a world of prejudice are children who possess extraordinary powers under the tutelage of Professor X, the outcasts learn to harness their powers to protect mankind from the evil Magneto.

X-Men 2 (2003)
Following a shocking attack on the President, the X-Men must stand united with their deadliest enemies to combat a menace that threatens every mutant on the planet - and possibly all of mankind.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
In this 3rd instalment of the X-Men Trilogy a cure is found for mutancy, threatening to alter the course of history. Opposing viewpoints of the mutant leaders trigger the war to end all wars.

X-Men: First Class (2011)
Two young men discover their superhuman powers for the first time, working together in a desperate attempt to stop the Hellfire Club and a global nuclear war.

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
When Sentinels created to hunt and kill mutants begin to target humans too, Wolverine is sent into the past to stop a war that will end with no victor.

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
The X-Men must battle the original and most powerful mutant - Apocalypse, when he is set free after being entombed for several millennia.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
The story of Wolverine’s violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program.

The Wolverine (2013)
Out of his depth in an unknown world Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle, confronting not only lethal samurai steel, but also his struggle against his own immortality.

Deadpool (2016)
A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool.

The X-Men pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events and is also available to stream on Foxtel Play.

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###ALIEN VS PREDATOR POP-UP

Featuring all 10 movies in both the Alien and Predator franchises

From 6am AEST on Friday, May 12 to Monday, May 15

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents ten movies in the iconic Alien and Predator franchises on a dedicated pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers, from 6.00am on Friday, May 12 through to Monday, May 15.

The non-stop movie marathon will feature an incredible line-up of films in both smash-hit series, as the deadliest creatures from the scariest sci-fi movies on the planet face-off over four days, launching with the first Alien movie, through to Predator, AVP: Aliens vs. Predator and the most recent film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.

The iconic Alien film, directed by Ridley Scott, received worldwide critical acclaim and huge box office success upon its release. Starring Sigourney Weaver in her career-defining role as Ripley, the film depicts an extra-terrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship.

Science fiction hit Predator stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite Special Forces team on a mission to rescue hostages from guerrilla territory in Central America, while a technologically advanced form of extra-terrestrial life is secretly hunting the group.

The success of both the Alien and Predator films spawned a series of sequels, before the crossover produced the hugely popular Alien vs Predator series.

The Alien vs Predator pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ hugely successful series of pop-up channels, including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, X-Men and Arnie pop-ups.

The ten movies featured on the Alien vs Predator pop-up, running back-to-back and in order, are as follows:

Alien (1979)
In a remote region of the galaxy, the United States space tug Nostromo are awakened from their hypersleep chambers when Mother, the on-board computer, monitors a strange transmission. According to company law, the crew must investigate any signal indicating possible intelligent life. What begins as a routine search mission quickly escalates into a nightmare of unimaginable terror when the crew discovers and brings aboard an extra-terrestrial life form.

Aliens (1986)
Ripley is the only survivor from mankind’s first encounter with the monstrous alien. Her account of the alien and the fate of her crew are received with scepticism, until the mysterious disappearance of colonists on LV-426 lead her to join a team of high-tech colonial marines sent in to investigate.

Alien 3 (1992)
Officer Ripley finds herself stranded on a remote planet inhabited by vicious ex-convicts armed with only their wits to fight the deadly alien creature.

Alien Resurrection (1997)
An unholy combination of human and alien genetics is discovered, made possible by an alliance between a renegade band of smugglers and a zealous cadre of scientists and officials. Ripley is back, and all is not what it seems. To combat the alien menace, Ripley must team up with the smugglers, including an enigmatic mechanic named Call, who may be the instrument of Ripley’s resurrection or the weapon of her destruction.

Prometheus (2012)
A thrilling journey to the farthest corners of the universe sees a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Predator (1987)
Major Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the leader of a military rescue unit looking for allies captured by guerrillas in the Latin American jungle. But when Schaefer attempts to lead his unit out, with a captured guerrilla in tow, something horrifying and inexplicable begins to happen: one-by-one the men are killed by a mysterious adversary - a predator from another world.

Predator 2 (1990)
This electrifying sequel unleashes the deadly predator in an urban jungle: Los Angeles. A police chief is tracking an alien who hunts humans for sport.

Predators (2010)
The film stars Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet – as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – human predators who are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien predators

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Arnie took on the Predator in the jungle and Sigourney fought the Alien in outer space. Now two of the most blood-thirsty species in movie history engage in the ultimate battle in frozen Antarctica.

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
After a horrifying Alien Crash landing near a small Colorado town, it’s an all-out battle to the death with no rules, no mercy and hundreds of innocent people caught in the crossfire.

The Alien vs Predator pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events and is also available to stream on Foxtel Play.

Subscribers can also watch the Alien vs Predator pop-up movies when and where they want On Demand with an internet-connected iQ box – and viewers can also stream the movies On Demand on Foxtel Play.

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###The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Pop-Up Channel

Featuring all six movies from Peter Jackson’s two smash-hit trilogies

Friday 7 July from 6.00am AEST – Monday 10 July

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents an epic pop-up adventure to rival them all, as the entire collection of movies in the extraordinary The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies are showcased from beginning to end, in HD, on a dedicated pop-up channel.

All six movies in director Peter Jackson’s smash-hit fantasy adventure trilogies will be available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers, from 6.00am on Friday, July 7 through to Monday, July 10.

The four-day movie marathon will launch with the first film in The Hobbit trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and will run through to the final film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies are based on the novels by J.R.R Tolkien. Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the Academy Award-winning films received worldwide praise and have collectively become some of the highest-grossing movies of all time.

Both movie trilogies feature a stunning lineup of the film industry’s most acclaimed actors including Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Christopher Lee, Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham and Elijah Wood.

The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ hugely successful series of pop-up channels, including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious and Arnie pop-ups.

The six movies featured on The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings pop-up channel, running back-to-back, are as follows:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Accompanied by thirteen dwarves, Bilbo Baggins is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Join Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
A deadly force is unleashed into the world as legions of Orcs begin to attack Lonely Mountain. A battle for the future of Middle-earth rages as Bilbo and his friends fight for their lives.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
A hobbit inherits a magic ring with the power to enslave Middle-earth and must reach Mordor destroy it

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Frodo the hobbit continues his perilous journey to destroy the magic ring. A fellowship bands together to support him.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The final battle for Middle-earth is near as Frodo and Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the magic ring.

The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings pop-up channel will be available in HD* to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events and is also available to stream on Foxtel Now.

The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings pop-up movies will also be available to watch from Foxtel’s on demand library, or streamed on demand on Foxtel’s newly announced streaming service, Foxtel Now.

Also available On Demand or stream on Foxtel Now

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007 Pop-Up

In Memory of Sir Roger Moore
Celebrating 55 Years of Bond!

Friday 11 August to Sunday 20 August

“The name’s Bond, James Bond” And he’s one of the greatest pop-culture icons of all time. Foxtel Movies is proud to present our exclusive Bond pop-up channel. Starting from Friday the 11th of August, to Sunday the 20th, Channel 400 will showcase 26 James Bond films, including 7 charming actors in HD. 007’s sophisticated and suave nature shows the audience how thrilling life can be, leaving them “shaken, not stirred”. So sit back, relax and enjoy the action and suspense, as Foxtel Movies rolls out the most stylish pop-up yet!

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The 24 official James Bond films featured on the Bond pop-up channel are as follows:

Dr. No (1962)
The first film in the series, James Bond (Sean Connery) battles the mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. Space Programme. He meets the beautiful Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) in Jamaica and confronts the megalomaniac in his evil island lair.

From Russia with Love (1963)
James Bond (Sean Connery) delivers another blistering, thrill-a- minute caper as he attempts to thwart SPECTRE from seizing a decoder that can access Russian state secrets. Daniela Bianci and Robert Shaw co-star.

Goldfinger (1964)
James Bond’s third screen adventure features Sean Connery battling a cunning international gold smuggler intent on using an atomic bomb to contaminate Fort Knox and increase the value of his own gold.

Thunderball (1965)
Agent 007 is back and travels to Nassau to track down SPECTRE Agent No. 2, Emilio Largo, who has hijacked two atomic bombs and is threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust.

You Only Live Twice (1967)
Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to Japan to team up with their Secret Service to help stop SPECTRE’s Blofeld from starting a third world war by setting America and Russia against each by kidnapping their space crafts.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Agent 007 (George Lazenby) and the adventurous Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) join forces in the Swiss Alps to battle the evil SPECTRE organization planning to hold the United Nations to ransom un- der threat of biological warfare.

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
A fortune in stolen diamonds thrusts James Bond (Sean Connery) into action in this thrilling adventure. Agent 007 teams up with the beautiful Tiffany Case (Jill St John) to prevent his nemesis Blofeld (Charles Gray) from using the diamonds in a deadly laser satellite.

Live and Let Die (1973)
Roger Moore’s debut as James Bond takes him in pursuit of a voodoo-worshipping underworld drug czar who leads him from Harlem to New Orleans to the exotic Caribbean. Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto and Geoffrey Holder also star.

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
In an effort to retrieve a device that could relieve the world energy crisis, Roger Moore 007 (Roger Moore) is lured into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a million-dollar killer Scaramanga (Christo- pher Lee). Britt Ekland and Maud Adams co-star.

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Roger Moore as agent 007 teams up with a beautiful Soviet agent (Barbara Bach) to battle Stromberg (Curt Jurgens) in order to save the world from total annihilation and a 315-pound villain, “Jaws” (Richard Kiel).

Moonraker (1979)
James Bond (Roger Moore) is sent into orbit to protect Britain and the world from villain, Drax (Michael Lonsdale). The adventure takes him from Venice to Rio de Janeiro and to outer space. Also stars Lois Chiles as Dr. Holly Goodhead.

For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Agent 007 (Roger Moore) in a plot that finds him infiltrating the Greek underworld to find a stolen de- vice capable of controlling a fleet of nuclear submarines. Also starring Carole Bouquet as Melina Have- lock

Octopussy (1983)
Roger Moore as James Bond is lured to the Indian palace of Octopussy (Maud Adams) where he learns of a plot by power crazed Russian General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) to detonate a nuclear bomb on a US military base in Berlin. Also starring Louis Jourdan.

A View to a Kill (1985)
Roger Moore is 007 in this adventure that pits Bond against a twisted German industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) and his partner-in-crime, May Day (Grace Jones).

The Living Daylights (1987)
This thrilling, lightning-paced adventure has the indestructible James Bond (Timothy Dalton), armed with his razor-sharp instincts and license to kill, battling arms merchants and chasing the gorgeous Kara Milovy (Maryam d’Abo).

Licence to Kill (1989)
When his good friend Felix Leiter is beaten and left for dead, James Bond (Timothy Dalton) sets out on a mission, against his organization’s wishes, to track down the drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) who tortured his friend. Also starring Carey Lowell and Benicio Del Toro.

GoldenEye (1995)
An MI6 agent turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) must pursue his former ally to Monte Carlo, Russia and Cuba. Also stars Judi Dench as M, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco and Famke Janssen

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) has to stop media mogul Elliot Carver’s (Jonathan Pryce) plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.

The World Is Not Enough (1999)
James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) returns, charged to protect a gorgeous billionaire heiress from the ruth- less hands of a nuclear-obsessed terrorist, Renard (Robert Carlyle).

Die Another Day (2002)
From a dark cell in a North Korean prison to the beautiful beaches of Cuba to a frozen palace in Ice- land, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) circles the world in his quest to unmask a traitor and prevent a war of cata- strophic proportions. With Judi Dench as M and Halle Berry as Jinx.

Casino Royale (2006)
James Bond (Daniel Craig) at the start of his career having just earned 00 status and his license to kill, sets out on his first mission , to defeat Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a private banker to terrorists, in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro. Also stars Judi Dench as M and Eva Green as Vesper Lynd.

Quantum of Solace (2008)
Betrayed by the woman he loved, 007 (Daniel Craig) fights the urge to make his latest mission person- al. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel villain, Dominic Greene’s (Mathieu Amalric) sinis- ter plan and stop his organization.

Skyfall (2012)
Bond’s (Daniel Craig) loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter the cost. Also starring Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, and Naomie Harris.

Spectre (2015)
After receiving a cryptic message from his past, James Bond (Daniel Craig) sets out to uncover the ter- rible truth behind a sinister organisation called SPECTRE. Also starring Christoph Waltz as Blofeld and Naomie Harris returns as Moneypenny.

The additional non-franchise James Bond films playing on the Bond pop-up are:

Casino Royale (1967)
In this spoof of the classic Ian Fleming character, David Niven plays Sir James Bond, a spy from the old school called back to service by the death of “M” and the collapse of civilization. The film was not produced under the helm of EON Productions, the official producer of the James Bond franchise. It is not your typical James Bond film and doesn’t try to be.

Never Say Never Again (1983)
Also not produced by EON Productions, Sean Connery makes his last return to the role that made him famous in Thunderball. Also stars Kim Basinger.

The Bond pop-up channel will be available in HD to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events and is also available to stream on Foxtel Now.

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THE BOURNE COLLECTION POP-UP CHANNEL

For the first time in Australia and only on Foxtel

Featuring all five Bourne movies

Friday 19 September – Monday 2 October

In an Australian television first, Foxtel Movies presents a thrilling line-up of all five movies in the smash-hit Bourne series on a dedicated pop-up channel, available to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers, from 6.00am on Friday, September 29 through to Monday, October 2.

The non-stop movie marathon will launch with the hugely successful film that started it all, The Bourne Identity starring Matt Damon, through to the latest film in the collection, Jason Bourne.

The Bourne films are a series of action spy thriller movies based on the character Jason Bourne – created by author Robert Ludlum – a CIA Assassin suffering from extreme memory loss who must figure out who he is.

All three of Ludlum’s novels were adapted for the screen, featuring Matt Damon as the title character: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatum and Jason Bourne.

The fourth film, The Bourne Legacy, introduces a new main character, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), a Department of Defence operative who runs for his life because of Bourne’s actions in The Bourne Ultimatum. Damon then returned for the fifth instalment, Jason Bourne.

The Bourne pop-up channel follows on from Foxtel Movies’ hugely successful series of pop-up channels, including the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, The Hobbit & The Lord of The Rings and Bond pop-ups.

The five movies featured on the Bourne pop-up, running back-to-back, are as follows:

The Bourne Identity (2002)
The story of a man (Matt Damon) salvaged from the ocean by an Italian fishing boat. When he recuperates, the man suffers from amnesia, without identity, except for a range of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistic skills and self-defence. He sets out on a desperate search assisted by the rebellious Marie (Franka Potente), to discover who he really is and why he’s being pursued by assassin.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Jason Bourne is living in India when he is framed by Russian agent Kirill (Karl Urban) for the theft of millions from the CIA. Kirill begins to pursue Bourne, intending to assassinate him. While Bourne and his girlfriend, Marie are on the run, a shot meant for him kills her instead. Vowing revenge, Bourne sets out to prove his innocence and bring the culprits to justice.

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Jason Bourne continues his international quest to uncover his true identity. From Russia to Europe to northern Africa to the United States, he must stay one step ahead of those who would capture or kill him before he has a chance to discover the truth.

The Bourne Legacy (2012)
When the actions of Jason Bourne spark a fire that threatens to burn down decades of research across a number of secret intelligence agencies, Eric Byer (Edward Norton), the man who built the programs, decides he must sacrifice one of them: Outcome. Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), one of Outcome’s six agents, and research scientist Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz) go on the run when Byer targets them for termination. But Cross proves to be a far deadlier target than Byer realizes.

Jason Bourne (2016)
It’s been 10 years since Jason Bourne walked away from the agency that trained him to become a deadly weapon. Hoping to draw him out of the shadows, CIA director Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones) assigns hacker and counterinsurgency expert Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander) to find him. Lee suspects that former operative Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) is also looking for him. As she begins tracking the duo, Bourne finds himself back in action battling a sinister network that utilizes terror and technology to maintain unchecked power.

The Bourne pop-up channel will be available in HD to Foxtel Movies and Foxtel Platinum subscribers on channel 400. Channel 400 is now home to a series of hugely popular and exclusive pop-up movie events and is also available to stream on Foxtel Now.

The Bourne pop-up movies will also be available to watch from Foxtel’s on demand library, or streamed on demand on Foxtel’s streaming service, Foxtel Now.

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Looks like Foxtel are opening up the movie channels until September 28.

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Really? woooo
How do you know tho?