Oh, you didn’t thinkMoviePasswas done with drama for the week, did you? No, sir. The saga of the movie ticket subscription service continues to unfold with a new twist – now, MoviePass will restrict what movies you can see and when, offering a limited selection of six to seven titles per day. And if you open your app, you’ll find that shakes down to just about two or three titles at most local movie theaters.
The funding-challenged subscription service proved doubters right when it lost nearly $127 million last quarter, and while MoviePass has been insistent it’s not going anywhere, the service has spent the last few weeksflailing through strategy shifts. After a scrapping a proposed price hike from $9.95 to 14.95 a month, MoviePass announced that the would now offer a three-movies-per-month plan rather than their previous one-movie-a-day plan. Then came the news that the company wasun-cancelling subscriptionsvia tricky opt-ins. MoviePass insisted those cases were the result of a technical bug, which was fixed on Tuesday. Honestly, I’m just tired. Give it a rest, MoviePass.
You can see the options for the next ten days on the official website, but that’s also where the confusion comes in – it lists not six, but seven titles per day. Those titles are comprised by a bloc of five indies (you can seeThe Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Nakedany day over the next ten days) and two alternating studio titles. If you want to seeCrazy Rich Asiansopening weekend, you’re going to have to wait until Sunday. If you want to seeMission: Impossible - Fallout,The Spy Who Dumped Me, orMama Mia! Here We Go Againin the next ten days, you’re straight up SOL. They’re not an option.
At the same time, the company keeps shifting strategies at such a rapid clip, it’s hard to get too bent out of shape over any one change because you never know what the next day will bring. It’s just… a lot, and between this and the forcible re-subscriptions, MoviePass is crossing some serious lines. Where are you guys at? Are you cancelling? Still think it’s a good deal? Worried about the implications of restricted title availability? Sound off in the comments and check out the full lineup for the next 10 days below:
Thursday, August 16:BlacKkKlansman, The Meg, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Friday, August 17:Mile 22, Christopher Robin, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Saturday, August 18:Alpha, Slender Man, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Sunday, August 19:Crazy Rich Asians,BlacKkKlansman, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Monday, August 20:Mile 22, The Meg, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Tuesday, August 21:Mile 22, Crazy Rich Asians, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Wednesday, August 22:Alpha, BlacKkKlansman, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Thursday, August 23:Mile 22, Crazy Rich Asians, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Friday, August 24:Alpha, The Happytime Murders, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Saturday, August 25:Searching, Axl, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
Sunday, August 26:Searching, Alpha, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, We Are Animals, Skate Kitchen, Summer of 84 and Juliet, Naked.
