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Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Love BTS? A new documentary is coming to Glasgow cinemas
A new K-Pop documentary about BTS fans is coming to Glasgow. BTS Army: Forever We Are Young will be shown in Vue cinemas in the city from July 30 to August 3. Tickets for the screenings are now on sale at (Image: Supplied) The film highlights the global fan base that helped launch BTS to international stardom. Jonathan Maxwell, general manager at Vue Glasgow St Enoch, said: "Without fail, our BTS screenings have captured the hearts of audiences, with thousands of fans up and down the country coming to Vue to celebrate the K-Pop mega-band. Read more: 'No evidence' that data stolen in cyber attack, says Glasgow City Council "This documentary will spin the camera, focusing on the amazing fan base that has made BTS the global sensation they are today – we can't wait to share it with our customers." As well as showcasing dedicated fans, the documentary explores the intergenerational, culturally savvy, and socially active world of BTS Army fandom. (Image: Supplied) The film spotlights their passion, including a dance instructor in Seoul who only teaches BTS choreography, and fans who have been supporting the band since 2013. Fans attending the screenings will also have the chance to purchase themed reusable drinks cups and popcorn tins as limited edition merchandise. This release comes as BTS announced their first new studio album and world tour since 2020.
The Sun
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
List of easy-to-miss Sky TV perks saving you £390 a year – including free cinema trips and £20 movie voucher
FANCY saving £390 a year? Well Sky customers can do just that if they're savvy about claiming freebies. There are loads of easy-to-miss perks bundled in with your Sky TV membership that take seconds to claim – and we've picked out five of the best. 6 FREE SKY STORE MOVIE Your first port of call as a Sky customers should be the VIP scheme. It's totally free to join – you just need to download the Sky app and then head into the VIP section. Sign up and you'll get loads of rewards, offers, and opportunities to win prizes. But importantly, you'll get a free Sky Store movie download right off the bat. These can cost up to £20, so it's a decent freebie. You don't have to claim this right away – so you can wait for something better to turn up in the Sky Store if you prefer. Saving: Up to £20 If you're paying for Sky Cinema, you'll get loads of top movies on your telly. But you may not have realised that you also get free tickets to an actual cinema too. Every single month, you can claim a pair of tickets to see a movie at Vue cinemas without paying a penny extra. How to Unlock New Free Sky Sports Channels on Your TV Today You just need to go into the MySky app, head into Sky VIP, and then tap on Your Vue Tickets. You'll be able to claim two codes, which you can then redeem at Vue cinemas. The catch is that you can only use these tickets once a month, and only between Sunday and Thursday. You're also only able to use them for Regular, Saver, and Super Saver seat types – so no posh recliner chairs here. 6 A ticket at Vue normally costs somewhere in the region of £6 to £8, so this is a great freebie. Yearly Saving: £192 (2 x 12 tickets) FREE NETFLIX MEMBERSHIP One of the best perks about being a Sky TV customer is the free Netflix subscription. Loads of Sky packages include Netflix as standard. 6 So if you've got a Sky Ultimate TV, Sky Glass, or Sky Stream package, you're eligible to claim Netflix Standard with Ads. This Netflix plan normally costs £5.99 a month – that's £71.88 ever year. The only catch to watch out for here is that you'll have to sit through ads. But if you want to upgrade to an ad-free Netflix plan, you'll only pay the difference – and still get your free portion. NETFLIX 2025 PRICING Here's what you're now paying (and what you get)... Netflix Standard with Ads Price: £5.99 (up £1 from £4.99) Ad-supported, all but a few movies and TV shows available, unlimited mobile games Watch on 2 supported devices at a time Watch in 1080p (Full HD) Download on 2 supported devices at a time Netflix Standard Price: £12.99 (Up £2 from £10.99) Unlimited ad-free movies, TV shows, and mobile games Watch on 2 supported devices at a time Watch in 1080p (Full HD) Download on 2 supported devices at a time Option to add 1 extra member who doesn't live with you Netflix Premium Price: £18.99 (Up £1 from £17.99) Unlimited ad-free movies, TV shows, and mobile games Watch on 4 supported devices at a time Watch in 4K (Ultra HD) + HDR Download on 6 supported devices at a time Option to add up to 2 extra members who don't live with you Netflix spatial audio Picture Credit: Netflix Just link your Netflix account on Sky and you'll be all sorted. Yearly Saving: £71.88 FREE DISCOVERY+ MEMBERSHIP If you have a Sky Q, Sky Glass, or Sky Stream plan, you'll Discovery+ at no extra cost. It's a popular TV streaming service with loads of reality TV, science content, and food shows. 6 The free membership you get with Sky is the Discovery+ Basic option. You'd usually have to pay £3.99 a month for this, so it's a yearly saving of £47.88. Just go to the Discovery+ app on your Sky telly, choose your subscription, and then activate it. Yearly Saving: £47.88 FREE PARAMOUNT+ MEMBERSHIP 6 Similarly, if you have a Sky Cinema subscription, you'll also get Paramount+ for free. That's another streaming service packed with hit shows and movies. Usually Paramount+ Basic (with ads) would cost £4.99 a month. So this works out at a saving of £59.88 per year. To get your free subscription, just go to the Paramount+ app on your Sky TV or box, choose a subscription, and follow the steps to activate the discount.
The Sun
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Sky customers finally receive upgrade for popular TV app filled with top movies – there's a big discount too
SKY customers can finally take advantage of a streaming perk months after a dreaded downgrade came into force. Many TV and movie apps have introduced ads now, with an option to pay extra to remove them. 2 In January, Sky customers were warned that their Paramount+ access would now be ad-based. Sky Cinema subscribers get access to Paramount+ at no extra cost. However, the change strangely didn't include an option to upgrade for those wanting to avoid the ads. But thanks to a new update, Sky customers can now choose an ad-free option instead. What's more, customers get money off compared to subscribing directly to Paramount+. "Finally no ads so I can get back to watching South Park and Nobland with no interuptions!" one viewer wrote on Sky's forum. "This is good news," another commented. Sky customers can subscribe to Paramount+ standard - which has no ads - for £3 extra per month. Usually, the standard plan costs £7.99 per month. For those who want 4K quality as well as a screen allowance boost and no ads, it's £6 extra. That's instead of the £10.99 you would have to pay for it directly. Sky Cinema costs £10 per month and comes with two free cinema tickets for Vue Cinemas each month. PARAMOUNT+ PRICES AND PERKS In November, Paramount+ announced a new pricing structure. Before then, there was just one standard plan costing £7.99. Since November, there have been three. The cheapest is £4.99 with ads, the ability to watch on one device at a time and only full HD quality - you also don't have the privilege to download shows offline. Paramount+'s new standard plan is £6.99 per month, allowing up to two concurrent streams in full HD and you can download content to watch on the go. The premium plan is £10.99 per month, with up to four devices allowed to watch at the same time, as well as 4K UHD, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on selected titles.
Express Tribune
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Box office promises big hits in the year ahead
The first Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time. Photo: File Tom Cruise takes on what may be his final Mission: Impossible, a new Superman will wear the red cape, and the record-setting Avatar sci-fi series will return to theaters this year. Those films and more are giving cinema operators hope that the long recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will continue in 2025. Five years after the start of the health crisis, filmgoing has not fully rebounded. Box office receipts totaled $8.6 billion last year in the United States and Canada, 25 per cent below the pre-pandemic heights of $11.4 billion in 2019. The film industry was disrupted again in 2023 when Hollywood writers and actors went on strike. "That complex matrix of filmmaking, where everyone wants the best talent and the best actors and the best sets, it takes a long time to get that running again," said Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Europe's Vue Cinemas. "2025 is going to feel the tail end of that." Shawn Robbins, Director of Movie Analytics at Fandango and founder and owner of Box Office Theory, said the film business was adjusting to "a new normal." "Event movies are increasingly drivers of the business," Robbins said. "There's even more weight on their shoulders in terms of box office dollars." Filmgoers still turn out for big-budget films, Robbins said, but have shown they are happy to wait to watch others at home. "It is very common knowledge that a lot of movies will be available to stream within three to eight weeks, whereas it used to be a minimum of three months," he said. Amongst the big hitters, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, will debut over the US Memorial Day weekend in May, along with Walt Disney's live-action version of animated classic Lilo & Stitch. Brad Pitt plays a Formula 1 driver in the June release F1, and in July, Warner Bros will release its new Superman film starring David Corenswet. From Marvel, the anti-hero team Thunderbolts will kick off the summer filmgoing season in early May, followed by The Fantastic Four in late July. Around the November and December holidays, offerings include the second part of musical box office phenomenon Wicked, animated sequel Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in James Cameron's Avatar series. The first Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time, and the second film ranks third. Robbins projected 2025 would end with a slight increase in domestic box office receipts compared with last year, "maybe flirting with $9 billion." He said it is unclear when ticket sales will return to pre-pandemic levels. "We're going to see (Avatar) as the tipping point," Richards said. "2026 has got an extraordinary number of great films." Reuters
ARN News Center
22-03-2025
- Entertainment
- ARN News Center
Tom Cruise, Superman and 'Avatar' hold keys to 2025 box office
Tom Cruise takes on what may be his final "Mission: Impossible," a new Superman will wear the red cape, and the record-setting "Avatar" sci-fi series will return to movie theatres this year. Those films and more are giving cinema operators hope that the long recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will continue in 2025. Five years after the start of the health crisis, moviegoing has not fully rebounded. Box office receipts totalled $8.6 billion last year in the United States and Canada, 25 per cent below the pre-pandemic heights of $11.4 billion in 2019. The film industry was disrupted again in 2023 when Hollywood writers and actors went on strike. "That complex matrix of filmmaking, where everyone wants the best talent and the best actors and the best sets, it takes a long time to get that running again," said Tim Richards, founder and CEO of Europe's Vue Cinemas. "2025 is going to feel the tail end of that." Top names in the movie business will gather at the annual CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas early next month to talk about the state of the industry. The conference draws executives from Hollywood studios and multiplex operators such as AMC Entertainment, Cinemark and Cineworld as well as owners of single theatres in small towns. At the Academy Awards this month, Anora filmmaker and best director winner Sean Baker delivered a "battle cry" for filmmakers, distributors and audiences to support theatres. "The theatre-going experience is under threat," he said, noting that the number of screens shrunk during the pandemic. "If we don't reverse this trend, we'll be losing a vital part of our culture." Shawn Robbins, Director of Movie Analytics at Fandango and founder and owner of Box Office Theory, said the movie business was adjusting to "a new normal". "Event movies are increasingly drivers of the business," he said. "There's even more weight on their shoulders in terms of box office dollars." Moviegoers still turn out for big-budget films, Robbins said, but have shown they are happy to wait to watch others at home. "It is very common knowledge that a lot of movies will be available to stream within three to eight weeks, whereas it used to be a minimum of three months," he said. 'Avatar' as tipping point? Among the big hitters coming to theatres this year are Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, a movie that may be Cruise's last appearance in the long-running action franchise. "One last time," he says in the trailer. The film will debut over the US Memorial Day weekend in May, along with Walt Disney's live-action version of animated classic Lilo & Stitch. Brad Pitt plays a Formula 1 driver in the June release F1, and in July, Warner Bros will release its new "Superman" movie directed by Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker James Gunn and starring David Corenswet. From Marvel, the anti-hero team Thunderbolts will kick off the summer moviegoing season in early May, followed by The Fantastic Four in late July. Around the November and December holidays, offerings include the second part of musical box office phenomenon Wicked, animated sequel Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in James Cameron's "Avatar" series. The first "Avatar" is the highest-grossing movie of all time, and the second movie ranks third. Robbins projected 2025 would end with a slight increase in domestic box office receipts compared with last year, "maybe flirting with $9 billion". He said it is unclear when ticket sales will return to pre-pandemic levels. Richards said he believed the new "Avatar" would kick off "an extraordinary three to five years" for cinemas.
