Sky Movies plans 'Widescreen weekend'

Sky movies is welcoming the arrival of widescreen movies to all its channels with a special 'widescreen weekend' from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 June.

To "celebrate the move" there will be triple bills of widescreen films on each of the channels over the weekend.

As Digital Spy reported last month, Sky announced that a switch to widescreen would happen on the movie channels during the summer and probably June. The latest listings information from Sky confirms this.

Here are the details of the "Welcome to Widescreen Weekend".

Friday 6 June
Sky Movies Premier
18.00 Spy Kids (2001, Sky U)
20.00 Jurassic Park III (2001, Sky PG)
21.35 Pearl Harbor (2001, Sky 12)

Sky Movies Max
18.00 Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993, Sky PG)
20.00 Zoolander (2001, Sky 12)
21.35 The Fast And The Furious (2001, Sky 12)

Sky Movies Cinema
18.00 The Barbarian And The Geisha (1958, Sky U)
20.00 Planet Of The Apes (1968, Sky PG)
22.00 Pulp Fiction (1994, Sky 18)


Saturday 7 June
Sky Movies Premier
18.00 Ghostbusters (1984, Sky PG)
20.00 Heist (2001, Sky 15)
22.00 The Score (2001, Sky 15)

Sky Movies Max
18.00 Tremors 3: Back To Perfection (2001, Sky PG)
20.00 Rush Hour 2 (2001, Sky 12)
22.00 D-Tox (2002, Sky 18)

Sky Movies Cinema
18.00 Battle Beyond The Stars (1980, Sky PG)
20.00 The Innocents (1961, Sky 12)
22.00 Carlito's Way (1993, Sky 18)


Sunday 8 June
Sky Movies Premier
18.00 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001, Sky PG)
20.00 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001, Sky PG)
22.35 Moulin Rouge! (2001, Sky 12)

Sky Movies Max
18.00 Evolution (2001, Sky PG)
20.00 Jeepers Creepers (2001, Sky 15)
22.00 Pendulum (2001, Sky 18)

Sky Movies Cinema
18.00 The China Syndrome (1979, Sky PG)
20.00 The Seventh Sign (1988, Sky 15)
22.00 The Thing (1982, Sky 18)