Any word on when Foxtel will unlock these for 2 weeks free again? Its been over a year now.
Did I imply that did I? Sorry. By mega, I mean your top dog starring role $1b films.
Keitel is one of my fave actors, but most roles I’ve liked him in have been supporting (Reservoir Dogs, Sister Act, National Treasure, Thelma and Louise, From Dusk till Dawn (loved his role in that), The Piano.
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Champions of Sport Movie Event
Movies More from Friday 4 October – Monday 7 October
Finals footy fever is here and Foxtel Movies is celebrating with a four day Champions of Sport Movie Event that will get you up on your feet cheering all October long weekend.
Foxtel Movies will play 23 of the most unforgettable sporting movies of all time from hard hitting American Football, Rugby and Boxing, to the finesse of Motorsport, Baseball and Horse Racing – all showcasing the dizzying highs and crushing lows of some of our greatest sporting moments captured on the silver screen.
Experience the hope, unity, dedication and inspiration of being in the winner’s circle and stream Foxtel’s collection of sports movies or watch back to back on Foxtel Movies MORE (Channel 410) over four days from Friday October 4 beginning at 6am to Monday October 7, 2019 and available to stream On Demand until Wednesday October 16. Movies shown as part of Champions of Sport Movie Event include:
Critically-acclaimed and Award-winning American Football movies including The Blind Side (2009) starring Sandra Bullock, Al Pacino’s Any Given Sunday (1999), Friday Night Lights (2004), and Remember the Titans (2000); blockbusters Gridiron Gang (2006) and Invincible (2006); fan favourite Varsity Blues (1999) starring James Van Der Beek; and Adam Sandler’s comedy smash hit The Waterboy (1998).
Feel good baseball favourites A League of Their Own (1992) starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna; and Bull Durham (1988) starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon.
Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman teaming up in Invictus (2009) bringing to life the momentous rugby game when South Africa won the World Cup in 1995.
The best of boxing movies including Rocky (1976), Creed II (2018), and Grudge Match (2013) all starring Sylvester Stallone from the Rocky franchise; along with Hilary Swank’s Million Dollar Baby (2004); Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight (2013) chronicling Ali’s opposition to fighting in the Vietnam War; and Warrior (2011) starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton.
Chris Hemsworth’s motorsport movie Rush (2013) and Wayne (2018) the story of Wayne Gardner; the epic horse racing film starring Tobey Maguire Seabiscuit (2003); hilarious basketball movie Semi-Pro (2008) starring Will Ferrell; Kevin Costner’s golf movie Tin Cup (1996); and The Wrestler (2008) with Mickey Rourke.
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Great pop-up! But “We Are Marshall”? “The Natural”? “Coach Carter”? “Moneyball”?
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And no “Senna”?
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Foxtel launches two exclusive Ultra HD Channels for Movies
Foxtel refreshes Movies offering plus new channel Foxtel Movies Kids
Foxtel continues to be the leading innovator within the Australian television industry launching two dedicated Ultra HD Channels on November 7 – Foxtel Movies Ultra HD (Ch 400) and FOX SPORTS Ultra HD (Ch 508) – with the hottest movies and live sport.
Also on November 7 Foxtel launches a new movie channel, Foxtel Movies Kids (Ch 403), and refreshes its movies offering with 11 exclusive dedicated Movies channels including the new Ultra HD Movies Channel.
The Foxtel Movies offering has the best movies all in one place, shown ad break free and in HD, with thousands of hours of movies on demand to enjoy at the touch of a button.
Foxtel Movies Ultra HD is the place to experience blockbusters, family favourites and all time classics in Ultra HD. Movies premiering at launch include this year’s latest hits Aquaman and Bumblebee , as well as popular titles Deadpool 2 , The Predator , Star Trek , movie franchises including Batman plus The Dark Knight , Die Hard , Mission Impossible , all eight Harry Potter movies as well as the two Fantastic Beasts movies, and many more.
“Foxtel’s plans for November 7 are an overall revitalisation of Foxtel’s Entertainment and Movies offering with the launch of four new and exclusive FOX Entertainment channels and a refreshed Foxtel Movies service including a new family movie channel, Foxtel Movies Kids.”
Foxtel Movies has a movie for every mood with everything from Hollywood classics, action, comedy, romance, thriller, and family movies to the biggest blockbusters across 10 genre based Movie Channels including current channels Foxtel Movies Premiere, Family, Action, Comedy, Romance, Greats and Thriller, new channel Foxtel Movies Kids, and the refreshed channels Foxtel Movies Drama, Hits and Ultra HD from November 7.
Foxtel Movies Kids promises to be a world of fun all in one safe place. Key content at launch will include kids’ favourites Shaun the Sheep , Storks , Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit , Duck Duck Goose , Adventures of Elmo in Grouch Land , Early Man and many more. More titles will continue to be added weekly once the channel launches on November 7 including Happy Feet , the Air Bud franchise, and Chicken Run .
The new Foxtel Movies Kids channel will complement the hugely popular Foxtel Movies Family channel home to favourite animations including Shrek , How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World , Megamind , Shark Tale , and Monsters Vs Aliens as well as the biggest family franchises including Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts , Home Alone , the latest new family films like The Kid Who Would Be King , A Dog’s Way Home and coming in December The Lego Movie 2 , Ballerina , Yogi Bear , The Simpsons Movie , Free Willy and many more.
Foxtel Movies Ultra HD is now included as part of the Movies HD subscription; and Fox Sports Ultra HD is now included as part of the Sports HD subscription. Access to Foxtel’s Ultra HD channels requires an iQ4 set-top-box and a compatible 4K TV.
Foxtel’s new channels commencing on November 7 include replacements for Foxtel 4K UHD, 111 Funny, TV Hits, Disney Movies, Movies Masterpiece and Movies More.
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The headline indicates two UHD movie channels not one, and they give the same channel two names.
This is confusing me. I know TV Hits and 111 Funny will be replaced by Fox Crime and Fox Funny, and Movies More and ESPN will be replaced by 4K channels but listing Masterpiece? I don’t know, but maybe that was a LCN confusion error (408 vs. 508)…
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Here’s some extra information that might explain the Movies More and Movies Masterpiece changes.
- Masterpiece Movies will be rebranded to Movies Drama, the home of powerful and award-winning dramatic films.
- More Movies will be rebranded to Movies Hits, the place of popular must-see flicks.
- Movie Greats will be rebranded to Movies Masterpiece.
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John Travolta Pop-Up Event
Thursday November 7 until Wednesday November 13
Do you have chills? Are they multiplying? Foxtel is celebrating Hollywood movie star John Travolta’s touch down in Australia with a long weekend movie Pop-Up Event screening a collection of his finest films from where it all began to now.
John Travolta’s acting career spans an incredible five decades with smash hit movies across multiple genres including musical, comedy, action, thriller and drama. Two of his most iconic movies Saturday Night Fever and Grease put him on the Australian radar early in his career as he shared both successes with much-loved Australian performers Olivia Newton John and The Bee Gees.
Travolta re-invented his career working with Director Brian De Palma in Blow Out and his stand-out performance as Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction set a new standard which he continued across a wide variety of different movies including starring in action Director, John Woo’s Face/Off to playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray .
Get hopelessly devoted all over again and watch the Foxtel Movies Hits collection of movies starring John Travolta playing on over an electrifying weekend including Saturday Night Fever (1977); Grease (1978); Blow Out (1981); Stayin’ Alive (1983); Pulp Fiction (1994); Michael (1996); Face/Off (1997); A Civil Action (1998); Primary Colors (1998); Basic (2003); Hairspray (2007); Old Dogs (2009); The Taking of Pelham, 1, 2, 3 (2009); Gotti (2018); and Speed Kills (2018).
Stream Foxtel’s collection of John Travolta movies On Demand from Thursday November 7 until Wednesday November 13 or watch back to back on Foxtel Movies Hits (Channel 409) over three days from Friday November 8 beginning at 6am to end of Sunday November 10, 2019.
Watch on Foxtel Movies Hits from Friday November 8 to Sunday November 10 or Stream on Foxtel, Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now
Wasn’t it also just announced Foxtel renewed/re-negotiated their content supply agreement with NBC-U? (Maybe part of the “increased content” or “extra channels”?)
That renewal hasn’t been finalized yet
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New Movie Channels
Foxtel Movies now features four new and exclusive channels where you can watch the best movies. Try them out on Foxtel Movies Kids, Foxtel Movies Hits, Foxtel Movies Drama and Foxtel Movies Ultra HD. Thousands of hours of Live On demand movies at the touch of a button, all in one place.
Kids: A world of fun just for kids, all in one safe place.
Channel 403
Hits: The home of movie events and popular must-see flicks.
Channel 409
Drama: Powerful and award-winning dramatic films.
Chnnale 408
Ultra HD: A dedicated 24/7 movie channel delivered in Ultra HD.
Channel 400
I just checked the epg for the new foxtel movies kids channel. Minimal disney movies on that new channel
and no “Battlefield Earth”!
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Good to see Foxtel select these underrated ones, they’re excellent.
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Quick question re Foxtel Movies (apologies if it’s been covered before).
I’m assuming Foxtel Movies have a two tier system, first films become available for rental only, and then after a period of time move to one of the various movie channels, however do ALL movies that are available for rental eventually go to the movie channels or is it only some.
Wasn’t sure if there was deals in place with some studios (but not others) that see movies broadcast on the movie channels.
Thanks in advance.
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How come ch 444 menu guide shows it as HD but my TV reports it as 4K? not complaining if its true
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12 Days of Christmas Pop-Up Event 
From Friday 14 December
Watch on Foxtel Movies Hits from Friday December 14 to Christmas Day or watch on demand on Foxtel, Foxtel GO and Foxtel Now
Foxtel is celebrating the holiday spirit with a special 12 Days of Christmas Pop-Up event featuring a host of holiday favourites to feed the naughty and nice in all of us.
Whether you’re a Grinch , a Bad Santa , living A Christmas love Story or just Surviving Christmas , Foxtel’s 12 Days of Christmas has something for everyone as it counts down to December 25th because Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s 12 days.
The 12 Days of Christmas Pop-Up event kicks off the festivities staring December 14 at 6am on Foxtel Movies Hits (channel 409) and runs through Christmas Day with back to back Christmas movies, available in HD, that share the holiday spirit with inspiring stories that only the silly season can offer.
Families can enjoy some holiday cheer with Home Alone (1990); Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992); K-9 Adventures: A Christmas Tale (2013); Shelby: The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2014); Christmas with Tucker (2013).
Christmas-time is also the perfect setting for some of the best romantic comedies, including No Sleep Til Christmas (2018); Surviving Christmas (2004); Christmas With The Kranks (2004); and Coming Home For Christmas (2017).
For those on the Naughty List, Foxtel is showing Bad Santa (2003); Bad Santa 2 (2016); Scrooged (1988); Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018); Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); The Night Before (2015) and more.
Finally, no holiday would be complete without a few thrills and Foxtel has it covered with the Die Hard Boxing Day Movie Marathon. The ‘Yippee-Ki-Yay’ action starts Thursday December 26 from 2pm with the complete Die Hard collection starting with holiday action favourite Die Hard (1998); followed by Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995); Die Hard 4.0 (2007); and A Good Day To Die Hard (2013).
The Die Hard Movie Marathon will simulcast on Foxtel Movies ACTION (channel 404) in HD and Foxtel Movies ULTRA HD (channel 400), bringing four times more detail than high definition, and sound quality than ever before–it’s the next best thing to being in the cinema.
Foxtel’s 12 Days of Christmas movies include:
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
The Holiday (2006)
Scrooged (1988)
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Night Before (2015)
Bad Santa (2003)
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
Serendipity (2001)
Shelby: The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2014)
Christmas With Tucker (2013)
Christmas With The Kranks (2004)
K-9 Adventures: A Christmas Tale (2013)
Coming Home For Christmas (2017)
Die Hard (1998)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
A Christmas Love Story (2012)
No Sleep Til Christmas (2018)
Winter Love Story (2019)
And Many more
Watch Foxtel’s collection of Christmas movies On Demand or watch back to back on Foxtel Movies HITS (Channel 409) for the duration of Pop-Up from Saturday December 14 beginning at 6am to end of Wednesday, December 25, 2019.
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