HBO and SKY will give the entire family the chance to bond over the most popular movie franchises—from big Hollywood studio productions to surprise indie hits this month of September.
Cars
Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) teaches kids lessons in humility, teamwork, and acceptance from the time he gives up the chance to win a race to helping friends stop a gang of sinister minds out to halt the use of alternative and environmentally-friendly fuel in the international Grand Prix race. Kids get to enjoy Cars and Cars 2 until Sept. 30.
Star Wars
If you’ve never had the chance to enjoy one of the world’s greatest sci-fi adventures and modern-day epic series in its proper chronology, now is the time. The George Lucas franchise which began with Episode 4 in 1977, is on TV screens beginning with The Phantom Menace followed by Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and The Force Awakens. The epic marathon ends on Sept 29.
The Blair Witch
The trilogy that reinvented horror filmmaking through its “found footage” style of storytelling, The Blair Witch trilogy is back to scare the living daylights out of the uninitiated with stories that stay with viewers long after the movies have rolled their end credits. See what got the world fascinated in this truly haunting horror movie series starting this Sept. 7 (Friday).
Ocean’s Series
Danny Ocean’s (George Clooney) determined and highly skilled gang of thieves pull off consecutive heists in this star-studded and widely-received trilogy directed by Steven Soderbergh. Relive the excitement as each character show off their talent in executing the perfect and most elaborate heists on screen. Watch the movies that also stared Brad Pitt and Matt Damon along with talented ensemble casts in Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, and Ocean’s Thirteen beginning Sept. 8.
SKYcable subscribers can catch these movie franchises and more on HBO Ch. 54 SD | Ch. 168 HD (For Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, Lipa-Batangas) or on Ch. 402 SD | 710 HD (For Bacolod, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo). SKYdirect subscribers can watch on Ch. 22. Don’t miss the two weekends of pure, movie excitement by subscribing to HBO GO, exclusively on SKY, for anytime, anywhere viewing. Visit mysky.com.ph/hbogo for more details.