just an observation, but 'Two Broke Girls' seems to be everywhere in IFE systems...and i'm talking about CX KL AY AF AC SU(!) etc. Particularly on CX ~20 episodes are available.

Alright Dunkirk seems to be more an exception

I still don't see Despicable Me https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_....html?switch=Y ...

I am assuming you are referring to Despicable Me 3. In NA it was first released on June 30, and it is also still running on major cinemas in NA. I will give it another 2 months.

I think the schedule really depends on movie distributors though. They don't want to see airlines/hotels cannibalize box office.

The IFE seems to have a new interface with annoyances such as less clear volume slider, more on-screen messages to send away and most annoyingly, no ability to fast forward commercials. These all feel like retrograde steps despite the arguably stylish look of the new interface.

The screen clutter is a general thing also on the ground world nowadays, where everything should look fancy, so CX does the same. :(

FF worked nicely for me in J on the A359 (and 773). It requires some attention to stop, before the main cinema starts. Three taps to get 8FF on, count to 5 and turn back to normal speed, so to say. @:-)

I also noticed a difference on our recent CX J flights. On previous CX flights there was an abundance of choices, multiple seasons of popular TV shows. Now there were only 1 or 2 that I'd even heard of. Very disappointing from CX. Everything else about our trip was excellent (even the catering), but the lack of IFE options really stood out. Multiple pax in J were watching content on their laptops/tablets.

Move the slider along to ~2m30 and you'll skip all the commercials ^

That is a helpful tip, thanks.

Tried that, though the finger tracking is pretty clunky for me.

Tap forward rapidly 4 times (you'll see it indicating x2, x4, x8... on each tap), then tap play. Same result. Some long hauls have longer commercials so just wait a second before hitting play or do this twice. Will always stop right at the beginning of the feature.

Are you talking about the new IFE system? I can't find any "FF" button on the new IFE, and can only use the scrubber to manoeuvre around the video.

agree movie was medicore on recent flight. i never have time to go to cinema so airplane is where i catch up on latest film... but they still showing skyfall when i wanted to watch Kingsman 2 (shud be out on plane by now)

Kingsman 2 should not be out, given the NA release was only 70 days ago (Sep 22). The usual wait time is around 4 months (~120 days) and it depends on the release day of the movie (before mid-month or after). The current update is Logan Lucky (NA release Aug 18) and Dunkirk (NA release July 21, again go to a theater for this one as it's running again for award season). Exception does exists, such as IT (NA release Sep 8), but the "should be out" is around 4 months, not 70 days.

I don't have time to go to movie all the time and I expect the same from my LH with any airlines (and agree IFE selection on CX is getting worse).

Off topic: While saying I don't have time to go to movie all the time, Kingsman 2 was the last one I went to cinema. What a disappointment.

They have gotten the better Music selection nonetheless

Hm. I know it works on 359 in J (maybe it’s on the controller, don’t recall?). It used to work on all other AC in Y though