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Skip ticket line, buy with Movies Now app

By Greg Dawson on June 25, 2010 3:09 pm in Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPhone Apps, iPhone News, Mac Articles, Mac News, Mac Reviews / no comments

There is nothing worse than sitting in line waiting to purchase tickets for the latest blockbuster box office bash. Luckily, AppSpark’s apps Movies Now HD and Movies Now 2 are now available in the App Store. Both apps simplify the movie-going experience and movie-lovers can now purchase cinema tickets on the go.

Skip the movie line with Movies Now.

The apps provide instant, location-based show-times for cinemas. The apps deliver reviews and high-quality movie trailers to help you decide what movie to watch.

The “Now” feature is absolutely amazing and tells you what’s playing at the nearest cinemas. For added convenience the Now feature is also able to determine what movie is the easiest for users to reach by foot or car. This is cleverly calculated by taking into account the user’s proximity to a cinema and movie show time, it also considers the preview time in its calculation – an ideal feature for those who prefer to skip the previews and arrive just in time for the starting credits. Fantastic!

With movietickets.com as the online ticketing partner, the app supports over 11,000 screens across the US and over 3,000 screens across Canada. Using a simple ticket purchasing system, users are able to skip ticket lines at the cinema and begin their movie experience right from the palm of their hands.

Worried about getting your identity stolen? Don’t be. The new apps allow users to store credit card information securly on the device only accessable via a personal 4-digit passcode.

Movies Now HD for iPad and Movies Now 2 for iPhone allows users to:

• Skip the lines – securely purchase tickets on the go. The simple three-step purchase process means that movie tickets can be bought without leaving the app.

• Access location based information with the Now feature for iPhone – find out at the tap of a screen, what movies are showing nearby.

• Browse movies – choose what to see, by simply tapping a movie poster users read descriptions for each movie, watch trailers and find out about the movie’s cast and see star ratings from Hollywood.com and more.

• View box office rankings – view the Top 10 US Weekend Box Office Movies.

• Add theaters to a favorites list – for faster access and search of cinemas by name or location.

Movies Now HD for iPad is currently available for an early bird price at $1.99 and comes with Movies Now 2 for iPhone at no additional cost. Movies Now 2 for iPhone is also available separately for just $0.99.

To celebrate the launch of both apps, Appspark is offering movie fans the chance to win an iPad and an iPhone 4! The competition is simple – visit www.moviesnowapp.com/giveaway, follow @moviesnow and retweet the text available on the website. As soon as the text has been tweeted, they will automatically be entered into the competition. Winners will be announced on Friday 9th July 2010.