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
October 17 to October 23
300: Rise Of An Empire
Starring Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, Rodrigo Santoro, David Wenham, Igal Naor, Callan Mulvey, Jack O'Connell and Andrew Tiernan.
Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster 300, this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield - on the sea - as Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. 300: Rise of an Empire pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), and Artemesia (Eva Green), vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
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A Million Ways To Die In The West
Starring Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman and Liam Neeson.
When Albert (Seth MacFarlane), a sheep farmer, backs out of a gunfight, his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) leaves him for another man (Neil Patrick Harris). He meets another woman (Charlize Theron), who helps him discover his bravery and confidence. When the woman's husband (Liam Neeson), a notorious outlaw, rides into town seeking revenge, Albert has to put his newfound courage to the test.
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Baggage Claim (Liebe im Gepäck)
Starring Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Boris Kodjoe, Tremaine 'Trey Songz' Neverson, Adam Brody, Tia Mowry, Lala Anthony and Djimon Hounsou.
Determined to get engaged before her youngest sister's wedding, flight attendant Montana Moore (Paula Patton) finds herself with only 30 days to find Mr. Right. Using her airline connections to "accidentally" meet up with eligible ex-boyfriends and scour for potential candidates, she racks up more than 30,000 miles and countless comedic encounters, all the while searching for the perfect guy.
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Blended (Urlaubsreif)
Starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon and Terry Crews.
Single parents Lauren (Drew Barrymore) and Jim (Adam Sandler) go on a blind date that's a disaster when she spits her food up on him and he drinks her beer. The only thing they agree on at the end of the date is that they never want to see each other again. When Jim realizes the restaurant mixed up their credit cards, he goes to Lauren's house to switch them back and meets her sister, who happens to be dating his boss. However, she says the relationship is over, just as they were about to go on a trip to Africa. She gives her ticket to Lauren, who decides to take her boys. Meanwhile, Jim calls his boss and offers to buy the tickets from him so he can take his daughters. Neither realize what the other has done until they bump into each other at the same luxurious African safari resort and have to share a suite.
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Blood Ties
Starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Caan.
New York, 1974. Chris (Clive Owen), 50, has just been released on good behavior after spending several years in prison. Vowing to go straight, he falls in love with Natalie (Mila Kunis). Meanwhile, his younger brother, Frank (Billy Crudup), is a cop with a bright future who's trying to win back his former lover, Vanessa (Zoe Saldana).
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Devil's Due
Starring Allison Miller, Samantha McCall, Zach Gilford, Zach McCall and Sam Anderson.
Following a beautiful wedding and an idyllic honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves. After a few months pass, he wonders if the strange happenings could be linked to a lost night on their honeymoon as it becomes evident that the dark changes to her mind and the strange changes to her body have a much more sinister origin.
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Edge Of Tomorrow
Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way, Kick Gurry, Franz Drameh, Dragomir Mrsic and Charlotte Riley.
Despite his military ranking, Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) has never experienced combat. During a war against an invading alien race, he's suddenly assigned what amounts to a suicide mission and is killed within minutes. Yet he finds himself alive again and in a time loop that forces him to live out the same combat that got him killed - over and over. There's one difference - each time, Cage's tactical abilities grow stronger as he builds skills, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). With Rita's help, Cage learns to fight the aliens and each time they engage in battle, they get one step closer to winning the war.
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The Fault In Our Stars (Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter)
Starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff and Willem Dafoe.
Hazel (Shailene Woodley), a teen with Stage 4 thyroid cancer, is forced by her parents to attend a cancer support group. Gus (Ansel Elgort), a basketball player who lost his right leg to osteosarcoma but is now in remission, meets her at the group. Although the teens are attracted to each other and start up a friendship, Hazel is reluctant at first, not wanting to cause Gus pain, because she knows she will eventually die. Gus is persistent and talks Hazel into coming with him to meet Peter van Houten, the author of her favorite book, but the meeting leads to surprising revelations.
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Godzilla
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston.
Japan’s famous city-stomper is back. An epic rebirth of Toho’s iconic monster Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s greatest monster against malevolent creatures, who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. The story begins in 1954 when humans accidently awaken a prehistoric creature. To kill the monster, nuclear missiles are fired at it in the Pacific. When that fails to kill it, its existence is concealed from the public. Decades later, Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston), a scientist at the Janjira nuclear plant, discovers an anomaly in sonar patterns and signaling. A tragic accident at the plant involving Joe’s wife Sandra (Juliette Binoche) tears the Brody family apart. Eventually, Lieutenant Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his father Joe decide to investigate the Janjira collapse.
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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.
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Jarhead 2: Field Of Fire
Starring Cole Hauser, Stephen Lang, Esai Morales, Cole Hauser and Bokeem Woodbine.
Tasked with escorting a defiant Afghan woman though Taliban-controlled territory in the war-torn country of Afghanistan, disillusioned Corporal Chris Merrimette (Josh Kelly) and his unit must summon all the courage they can find in order to complete their mission after their convoy comes under attack from the heavily-armed Islamic fundamentalists in this action-packed sequel to Sam Mendes 2005 war drama.
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The Legend Of Hercules
Starring Kellan Lutz, Scott Adkins, Liam McIntyre, Liam Garrigan, Johnathon Schaech, Roxanne McKee, Gaia Weiss and Rade Serbedzija.
In Ancient Greece 1200 BC, a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules (Kellan Lutz), knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. Because of his love for Hebe, he is betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and sold into slavery. Hercules must use his powers to fight his way back through harrowing battles and gladiator-arena death matches in an effort to overthrow the King and restore peace to the kingdom.
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Maleficent
Starring Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Sam Riley and Brenton Thwaites.
Maleficent, the evil fairy who cursed Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, was once a beautiful, pure-hearted young woman living an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom. One day an invading army of humans threatened the land where she lived and Maleficent proved herself to be a fierce protector. When she's ruthlessly betrayed, her pure heart turns to stone. Wanting revenge, Maleficent decides to place a curse on Aurora, the newborn infant of the human king. But as the child grows up, Maleficent realizes Aurora may be the kingdom's only chance for peace.
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The Monuments Men
Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and Cate Blanchett.
Set in the 11-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this riveting account tells the story of the Monuments Men, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians and others who risked their lives throughout Europe to help recover works of art before they are stolen and destroyed by Hitler and the Nazis. This group, consisting of both men and women, came from 13 nations across the world and were not paid for their service. Seen as unlikely heroes, these people left the comfort of their homes and the love of their families to help save these art pieces for future generations to see, risking and possibly losing their lives.
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Starring Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann, Patrick Warburton, Stanley Tucci, Allison Janney, Lake Bell, Zach Callison and Dennis Haysbert.
As a puppy, Mr. Peabody was never adopted because he was more interested in reading books than fetching sticks. Years later, when he finds an abandoned baby, he wants to give the boy the home and love he never had. He's given court approval to adopt the boy, whom he names Sherman. The world’s most accomplished dog, Mr. Peabody teaches Sherman about all kind of things and introduces him to time travel. However, when Sherman goes to school, a classmate named Penny makes fun of him for having a dog as a father. To smooth things over, Mr. Peabody invites Penny and her parents over for dinner, but when Sherman tells Penny about the time machine, she convinces him into using it without permission. They travel back to ancient times, but when they return, history begin to change and the space-time continuum spirals out of control. It's up to Peabody, with his genius-level IQ, to go back in time and set everything back to normal.
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Neighbors (Bad Neighbors)
Starring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, Ike Barinholtz and Lisa Kudrow.
When the Delta Psi Beta fraternity moves into the neighborhood, Mac and Kelly Radner (Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne), a young couple with a newborn baby, want to appear cool. They meet Teddy (Zac Efron), the charismatic president of the fraternity, who appears to be a nice guy. He promises the noise will be kept to a minimum. However, after one more extremely loud party, complete with fireworks, Mac and Kelly end up calling the police for a noise violation. When asked who called them, the police point the finger at the Radners, and the frat boys declare war.
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Noah
Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins and Logan Lerman.
Human barbarism and warfare have ravaged the landscape. Noah (Russell Crowe), a peaceful man, just wants to live a righteous life with his family. Every night, Noah has visions of death by water, followed by renewed life on Earth. He's sent word from the Creator that a great flood is coming that will destroy the world and all life. When Noah begins to build a giant ark in order to save himself, his loved ones and two of every species from the impending flood, he's approached by an army of men who want to take over the boat in an effort to save themselves.
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Snowpiercer
Starring Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt and Ed Harris.
The surviving members of humanity struggle to survive amidst a world covered in ice on a supertrain where the poor and the rich are constantly at odds in the English-language debut of filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (The Host).
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Winter's Tale
Starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint and Russell Crowe.
Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, "Winter's Tale" is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
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X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Starring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage and Nicholas Hoult.
Set in a post apocalyptic not-too-distant future, mutant-hunting machines called Sentinels have almost obliterated all the mutants and now have started hunting humans. To stop the genocides of humans and mutants Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) must use her phasing power to send Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) consciousness through time to stop this war before it starts. Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) is sent back to the seventies where he has to convince a young Professor X and Magneto to work together to stop the oncoming war.
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