Sky Select
Satellite: Astra
Position: 19.2 east
Frequency: 11719H, 11758H, 11797H, 12031H & 12070H
Programming hours: 24 hours
Sky Select Germany pay-per-view movies this week
Schedule changes every Friday
May 23 to May 29
12 Years A Slave
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson, Alfre Woodard and Paul Giamatti.
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.
All Is Lost
Starring Robert Redford.
While on a solo expedition on a yacht in the Indian Ocean, a resourceful sailor (Robert Redford) wakes to find his ship taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left adrift. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, he's suddenly thrown into the path of a violent storm. Having patched the breached hull, he survives the tempest, but just barely. With only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he has to hope currents will eventually take him into the path of a passing vessel. But as his meager supplies dwindle, he soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
Starring Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, Andrew Divoff, Jacqueline Obradors and Sophie Dee.
Since we last saw Frank, he followed his dream and opened a Community Center in East Los Angeles where he mentors young boxers, not only in the ring, but in life. When his prized student, Manny, gets in over his head with a bad crowd and winds up dead, Frank and Bernie team up, finding themselves ensnared in one life threatening predicament after another. Forced to escape using the only weapons they have – their wits and their fists - they must survive the onslaught of fury that is brought upon them and Frank’s new found love from a high powered, politically connected foe, Leandro (Andrew Divoff).
Carrie
Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde, Ansel Elgort and Julianne Moore.
Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz) is an outcast amongst her high school peers due to her awkwardness. At home, she's subject to her mother's (Julianne Moore) extreme religious beliefs. Not having been taught anything about procreation at home, when she gets her period at school, she's hysterical, fearing the blood means she's dying. Her classmates taunt her and make a video. One girl, Sue (Gabriella Wilde), feels remorse and tries to make it up to Carrie by convincing her boyfriend Tommy (Ansel Elgort) to ask the shy outsider to the prom. Carrie is at first suspicious, but finally accepts, despite her mother's protestations. Meanwhile, mean girl Chris (Portia Doubleday), who was banned from the prom due after posting the video of Carrie to YouTube, decides to make prom unforgettable. A remake of the 1976 movie starring Sissy Spacek, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
Fack ju Göhte
Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde, Ansel Elgort and Julianne Moore.
Mit Elyas M'Barek, Karoline Herfurth, Katja Riemann, Jana Pallaske und Alwara Höfels.
Als Kleinganove Zeki Müller (Elyas M'Barek) aus dem Knast kommt, freut er sich auf die Beute seines letzten Raubzuges. Nur blöd, dass seine Freundin das Geld da verbuddelt hat, wo jetzt die Turnhalle der Goethe-Gesamtschule steht. Um sich die Kohle zurückzukrallen, heuert Zeki Müller als Aushilfslehrer an. Die spießige Referendarin Lisi Schnabelstedt (Karoline Herfurth) kann anfangs nichts mit ihrem abgedrehten Neu-Kollegen anfangen und wundert sich, mit welchen Methoden Zeki versucht, die Chaosklasse 10 B unter Kontrolle zu bekommen.
Force Of Execution
Starring Danny Trejo, Steven Seagal, Ving Rhames and Noel Gugliemi.
A crime lord who sits atop a powerful underworld empire longs to go straight, putting his faith in his conflicted hit-man protégé as an ambitious young player plots his rise to power.
Frozen (Familienkino Sa: Die Eiskönigin - Völlig unverfroren)
Starring Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers, Ed Ackerman and Rileah Vanderbilt.
A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize with growing panic that they've been left behind dangling high off the ground with no way down. With the resort closed until the following weekend and frostbite and hypothermia already setting in, the trio is forced to take desperate measures to escape off the mountain before they freeze to death. Once they make their move, they discover with horror that they have much more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they combat unexpected obstacles, they start to question if their will to survive is strong enough to overcome the worst ways to die?
Getaway
Starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight.
When his wife is kidnapped, Brent Magna (Ethan Hawke), a burned out race car driver, goes on a mission to get her back. Following the orders of the mysterious villain (Jon Voight) who's holding his wife captive, he commandeers a custom Shelby Cobra Mustang, taking the owner (Selena Gomez) of the car on a high-speed adventure.
Grand Piano
Starring Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Tamsin Egerton, Kerry Bishé and Alex Winter.
Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood), the most talented pianist of his generation, has stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public for a long awaited concert in Chicago. In a packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a message written on the score: "Play one wrong note and you die." In the sights of an anonymous sniper (John Cusack), Tom must get through the most difficult performance of his life and look for help without being detected.
Grudge Match (Zwei vom alten Schlag)
Starring Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart, Kim Basinger, Jon Bernthal, Camden Gray and Alan Arkin.
Two old boxing rivals (Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone) come out of retirement for one final match. The fight, set to take place 30 years after their last match, sees the two men facing off mentally just as much as they are physically.
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Ken Stott and James Nesbitt.
In the second film of The Hobbit trilogy, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) continues his journey with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. When Gandalf leaves the Dwarves to go on a mission of his own, they're attacked by Orcs, then by giant spiders in the cursed forest. Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly) and Legolas (Orlando Bloom) bring them to King Thranduil (Lee Pace), who imprisons them. Meanwhile, Bilbo, who wasn't captured, works to get them free. With the help of Bard (Luke Evans), the Dwarves arm themselves and set out to confront the Dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).
How I Live Now
Starring Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland and Harley Bird.
Daisy (Saoirse Ronan), a teenager from New York, is sent to the English countryside for the summer to stay with cousins. She soon immerses herself in a dreamy pastoral idyll as she falls madly in love with Eddie (George MacKay), until their perfect summer is blown apart by the sudden outbreak of a 21st century world war. Along with Eddie's younger siblings, Isaac (Tom Holland) and Piper (Harley Bird), they are left in isolation and forced to fend for themselves. When they are violently separated, Daisy must embark on a terrifying journey in order to be reunited with the boy she loves. Eddie is never far from Daisy's mind but as her journey to find him becomes more desperate, the idea of what she may or may not find consumes her consciousness and haunts her soul.
I, Frankenstein
Starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Socratis Otto, Jai Courtney and Kevin Grevioux.
Two hundred years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature (Aaron Eckhart), still walks the earth. Saved years earlier by angelic gargoyles from demons, he was named Adam. Although the gargoyles ask for his help to keep the demon prince, Naberius (Bill Nighy) from taking over the world, Adam goes off on his own. That is, until he realizes he hold the key to stopping the demons, who want to destroy him. As a host of frightening supernatural creatures are looking to rise up and take over, Adam uses his great strength to fight against them.
Machete Kills
Starring Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jessica Alba, Demián Bichir, Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen.
Machete is conscripted into the services of the U.S. Government by the President himself in order to hunt down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Starring Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh and Gloria Sandoval.
A young California Latino named Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) is designated for possession by the same malevolent demon who previously claimed Kristi and Katie. Christopher Landon (son of Highway to Heaven actor Michael Landon) wrote and directed this spin-off/sequel produced by Oren Peli and Jason Blum.
Reasonable Doubt
Starring Dominic Cooper, Gloria Reuben, Ryan Robbins, Erin Karpluk and Samuel L. Jackson.
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden (Dominic Cooper) commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels guilty and responsible when another man, Clinton Davis (Samuel L. Jackson), is accused of the crime, despite the fact that the man is a career criminal. Following the trial, Mitch realizes the man ran in front of his car because he was trying to flee Clinton, who was torturing him to death in an alley. He realizes that his actions freed a guilty man and he tries to right the wrong without putting his own family in danger.
Rush
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Stephen Mangan, Christian McKay, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jamie de Courcey, Pierfrancesco Favino and Natalie Dormer.
Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, RUSH portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed - handsome English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Taking us into their personal lives on and off the track, RUSH follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. If you make one mistake, you die.
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Jean Dujardin, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Ethan Suplee, Christine Ebersole and Margot Robbie.
Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), a hard-partying, drug addicted New York stockbroker, refuses to cooperate in a massive securities fraud case that involves widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including mob infiltration.