My Sky + … Movies in October

October’s not such a win-win month for premium movie premieres on Sky.

Aside from the comedy/drama Win Win, and the latest Kung Panda and Paranormal Activity sequels, and even with The (original) Omen’s HD debut on Sky Movies Greats, October’s shaping up to be an ominous month indeed.

While schedulers are at the mercy of Hollywood’s cyclical product for the Sky Movies channel, it’s increasingly being filled with second-rate direct-to-disc and made-for-TV premieres like One Angry Juror, Deadliest Sea, Goodnight for Justice and Left in Darkness.

This trend of late usually has been leavened by ample A titles but October’s are limited to the aforementioned and perhaps Real Steel, The Three Musketeers and 30 Minutes or Less.

Even Sky Movies Greats is short on quality, with only two of its handful of premieres being of note: The Omen and The Da Vinci Code.

Screening in order of their appearance will be:

Sky Movies

• Whiskey Business (October 1)
• One Angry Juror (October 2)
• Deadliest Sea, Footloose (October 3)
• Reel Love (October 4)
• Goodnight for Justice (October 6)
• Goodnight for Justice 2: Measure of a Man, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Three Musketeers, Left in Darkness (October 7)
• Win Win (October 9)
• 16-Love, Monte Carlo (October 10)
• Murder on Her Mind (October 12)
• To the Mat, Mr Popper’s Penguins, Immortals (October 14)
• Cat Run (October 15)
• The Pool Boys (October 16)
• What’s Your Number (October 17)
• Real Steel (October 21)
• Demoted (October 23)
• Abduction (October 24)
• Horrible Bosses (October 28)
• 30 Minutes or Less (October 30)
• Paranormal Activity 3 (October 31)

Sky Movies Greats

• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (October 2)
• Music and Lyrics (October 16)
• The Omen (October 19)
• The Guardian (October 23)
• The Da Vinci Code (October 28)