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October premieres on Sky Cinema
October premieres on Sky Cinema
All the best new premieres to watch on Sky Cinema this month, including a spook-tacular ghoulish adventure in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
By Charlotte Briggs, Staff Writer
If there’s a new ice age, in your neighbourhood… who you gonna call? That’s right, you can catch beloved cast members old and new hunting more paranormal pals in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire on Sky Cinema this month. There are plenty more fearsome flicks to choose from as Halloween approaches, including vampiric tale The Radleys and the dead funny Lisa Frankenstein – plus lots more great movie premieres.
And if you’ve been too busy over the past few months to keep up with all the new premieres on Sky Cinema, scroll down to see our round-up of all the latest titles available in On Demand.
Don’t have Sky Cinema? You can find out about our Sky Cinema package and upgrade here.
Don’t forget, you can watch hundreds of Sky Cinema titles on up to five devices with the awesome Virgin TV Go app at no extra cost to Sky Cinema subscribers. It’s the perfect way to take a bit of movie magic with you. Find out more about the Virgin TV Go app here.
Read on to find out what’s new on Sky Cinema this coming month.
One Life
Available from Friday 27 September in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 12
This powerful film is based on the true story of Nicholas Winton, a London stockbroker who rescued 669 children from the Nazis in the 1930s. Despite the success of his heroic endeavour, when we meet Winton (Anthony Hopkins) 50 years after those events, he is still haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to save. It’s only when TV show That’s Life surprises him by introducing him to some of the survivors, in the famous clip viewed many thousands of times online, that Winton starts to come to terms with his guilt and his accomplishment.
Swede Caroline
Available from Saturday 28 September in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 15
1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a... green thumb war?! This hilarious mockumentary centres arounds a cutthroat giant vegetable growing competition held in the British countryside that is rocked by scandal when one competitor’s prize-winning marrows are stolen. Determined to seek justice, Caroline (Jo Hartley, Passenger) hires two private detectives to find the culprit. But will they unearth more than just dirty tactics?
The Persian Version
Available from Sunday 29 September in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 15
A clash-of-generations dramedy with charm to spare, The Persian Version throws young Iranian-American woman Leila (Layla Mohammadi) headfirst into a family reunion, where she must negotiate her strained relationship with her mother Shireen (Niousha Noor). She’s just about dealt with Leila’s sexuality, but how will she react when she finds out her daughter is pregnant? Colourful, chaotic and very funny, Maryam Keshavarz’s film is loosely based on the writer/director’s own experiences.
The Color Purple
Available from Friday 4 October in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 12
From Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel comes this multi-award-winning screen adaptation that champions love, strength and resilience. Beginning in the earlier 20th century the film follows the life of Celie Harris (played by Fantasia Barrino, the stage star of The Color Purple in her movie debut), who endures extraordinary hardships before finding her independence as well as the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Taraji P Henson (The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button), Halle Bailey (The Little Mermaid), Danielle Brooks (Orange Is The New Black) round off the all-star cast.
Zombie Town
Available from Saturday 5 October in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 12
Small-town teenagers Mike (Marlon Kazadi) and Amy (Madi Monroe) sneak into a cinema to screen a horror movie. Little do they know that this will activate a curse that turns the town’s residents into zombies… This smart, tongue-in-cheek horror comedy – based on a novel by Goosebumps author RL Stine – is family-friendly enough to watch with (older) kids, and you can spot familiar faces like Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd and Mission: Impossible’s Henry Czerny in supporting parts. Word to the wise for Only Connect fans: the Eye of Horus has a significant role to play in thwarting the curse.
Restore Point
Available from Sunday 6 October in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 15
It’s 2041, and humanity has finally achieved the thing it’s been seeking for centuries: the ability to cheat death. If a person meets an unnatural end – a fatal accident, or a homicide – then as long as they created a restore point every 48 hours, they can be brought back. But not everyone is OK with this, and police detective Em Trochinowska (Andrea Mohylová) is sent to investigate a resistance movement. When the creator of the revival tech is murdered, she is shocked to realise he had no restore point, and the case is turned on its head. A smart Czech sci-fi thriller with Blade Runner-ish themes.
The Radleys
Available from Friday 18 October in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert TBC
The film adaption of Matt Haig’s bestselling novel of the same name is the perfect tale to sink your teeth into. Damian Lewis (Billions) is the vampiric patriarch of the seemingly ordinary Radley family, who are hiding their dark secret from the rest of the world by abstaining from preying on humans. But when their teenage daughter’s bloodthirsty instincts take over, the family have no choice but to reconnect with an extended family member who proceeds to wreak havoc. Kelly Macdonald (Line Of Duty), Sophia Di Martino (Loki) and Steven Waddington (The Last Of The Mohicans) also star.
Bob Marley: One Love
Available this month in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 12
In this inspiring musical biopic, Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night In Miami…) gives a show-stopping performance as revolutionary reggae artist Bob Marley. Set against a backdrop of political unrest in 1970s Jamaica, the film captures Marley’s rise to superstardom and shows how he used the power of music to promote peace within the nation, leaving behind a remarkable legacy that still influences musicians today.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Available this month in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 12
Join the Spengler family as they reunite with original ghostbusters Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stanz (Dan Aykroyd) and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), to defeat an ancient evil force that threatens to freeze over the entire world. Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace reprise their roles from Ghostbusters: Afterlife while British comedian James Acaster makes his franchise debut as scientist Dr Lars Pinfield.
Lisa Frankenstein
Available this month in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 15
Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania) and Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) are spooky star-crossed lovers in Marsha Garces Williams’ feature directorial debut. In the 1980s in the same fictional universe as cult horror classic Jennifer’s Body – also written by Diablo Cody – teenager Lisa (Newton) falls for a resurrected, Victorian-era zombie (Sprouse), and the pair embark on a localised killing spree pursuing those who have wronged them.
Drive-Away Dolls
Available this month in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert 15
This crime comedy caper from Oscar-winning filmmaker Ethan Coen (Fargo) will have you in stitches from start to finish. When two best friends embark on a road trip, they find themselves in over their head after taking off with the wrong hire car. What ensues is a wild chase involving the pair and a trio of criminals who want the illicit contents that lie within their vehicle. Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys) and Geraldine Viswanathan (Blockers) lead the cast with Pedro Pascal, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp and Matt Damon forming an impressive supporting ensemble.
Want to know what you might’ve missed in previous months on Sky Cinema? Catch up on these premieres below...
Sky Cinema movie premieres: September 2024
- Lovely, Dark, And Deep
- The Three Musketeers: Milady
- Moving On
- Head Count
- Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
- Paint
- I Used To Be Funny
- Hounds Of War
- Snack Shack
- Black Dog
Sky Cinema movie premieres: August 2024
- Trolls: Band Together
- Concrete Utopia
- Night Swim
- Under The Boardwalk
- Parallel
- The Inventor
- Arcadian
- Daddio
- Scarygirl
- Migration
- If You Were The Last
- Barber
- Madame Web
- He Went That Way
Sky Cinema movie premieres: July 2024
- Anyone But You
- Eileen
- Manodrome
- The Nun II
- Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain
- Aporia
- Mean Girls
- Uproar!
- Deep Sea
- Robin & The Hoods
- What Happens Later
- Jericho Ridge
Sky Cinema movie premieres: June 2024
- Bonus Track
- Ride On
- Meg 2: The Trench
- The Royal Hotel
- Am I OK?
- The Great Escaper
- Ruthless
- American Star
- Five Nights At Freddy’s
- Sometimes I Think About Dying
- The Shamrock Spitfire
- A Sacrifice
- Drift
- LaRoy, Texas
Sky Cinema movie premieres: May 2024
- The Equalizer 3
- Force Of Nature: The Dry 2
- The Blackening
- Monolith
- Out Of The Darkness
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
- Some Other Woman
- Blue Beetle
- The Inseparables
- Cult Killer
- Boonie Bears: Guardian Code
- Turtles All The Way Down
- The Exorcist: Believer
Sky Cinema movie premieres: April 2024
- One Day As A Lion
- 10 Lives
- Rumble Through The Dark
- Megamind Vs The Doom Syndicate
- Oppenheimer
- Sumotherhood
- Spoiler Alert
- BlackBerry
- Relax, I’m From The Future
- Miranda’s Victim
- Strays
- The Lesson
- The Starling Girl
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