Sony PIX Movie Highlights (23rd to 29th March 2014)

~ This is where it all began ~

~ Watch ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ on Sunday,23rdMarch at 9pm only on SONY PIX ~

 The prequel to the Oscar winning ‘Lord of the Rings’ series, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior ThorinOakenshield.

 

Get in. Get out. Get even.

~Tune in on Monday,24thMarch at 9 PM to watch ‘The Italian Job’ only on Sony PIX~

The plan was flawless. The execution was perfect. Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn’t plan on was being double crossed. Now he wants more than the job’s pay off… he wants pay back.

Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker (Charlize Theron). Crocker and his team take off to re-steel the loot and end up in a pulse pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down and below the streets of Los Angeles.

 

Watch your Backs!

~ Tune in to catch‘Mean Girls’ on Tuesday,25thMarch at 9pm only on SONY PIX ~

Raised in an African country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she knows about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 16-year-old enters an American public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today.

 

Who will survive?

~Tune in on Wednesday, 26thMarch at 9pm to watch ‘2012’ only on Sony PIX~

Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many creatures, so many religions, scientists and governments.“2012” is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.The film exploits the idea of a global doomsday event coinciding with the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar's current cycle on or around December 21, 2012 (the northern hemisphere's winter solstice).

Choose Your Weapon!

~Tune in on Thursday, 27th March at 9PMto watch ‘The Expendables’ only on Sony PIX~

Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.

 Back for war.

~Tune in on Thursday, 27th March at 11:11 PMto watch ‘The Expendables 2’ only on Sony Pix~

The Expendables are reunited when Mr. Church enlists them to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time - six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium;enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary they seek revenge from.

 

Every Hero Has A Choice!

~ Watch ‘Spiderman 3’ on Friday,28thMarch at 9pm only on SONY PIX ~

Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finally has the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and New York City is in the throes of Spider-mania! But when a strange alien symbiote turns Spider-Man's suit black, his darkest demons come to light changing Spider-Man inside as well as out. Spider-Man is in for the fight of his life against a lethal mix of villains - the deadly Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), Venom (Topher Grace), and the New Goblin (James Franco) - as well as the enemy within himself.

 

Meet A Gang Of Unlikely Heroes!

~ Watch ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ on Saturday,29thMarch at 9pm only on SONY PIX ~

Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turn out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.