Alexa Cinema Listings, Ratings, Showtimes for UK

Deployment Status

Under Certification

UK movie listings.

The cinema listings for the UK do not currently work on the Amazon Echo so I created this skill which has more functionality then the native skill. This skill currently works for all UK towns and cities for any time in the next 7 days, you can also use it today, tomorrow, next Monday, etc. List all movies playing at the cinema nearest to the location you specified, if you don't specify a date it assumes today.

It will also give you IMDB rating on any movie. More information coming soon. The following API's are used for data:

• http://www.omdbapi.com/

• http://findanyfilm.com/

• http://moviesapi.herokuapp.com/

This skill is to be deployed using AWS and Alexa Skills kit.

AWS Lambda

Create an AWS Lambda account, deploy the AWS Lambda deployment package contents as a .zip file to Lambda.

Trigger: Alexa Skills Kit

Alexa Skills Kit

• intents: intents.js

• custom slot type: LOCATIONS values: locations.txt

• custom slot type: FILMS values: films.txt

• sample utterances: sample-utterances.txt

• configuration:

• endpoint: AWS Lambda ARN (Amazon Resource Name)er your AWS service id in the box

Usage

• Alexa, ask film finder what's playing in {location} on the {date}

• Alexa will list the films and ask if you would like any more information

• Alexa then responds with the Film IMDB rating and showtimes.

• Coming soon: multiple venue choices.

Updates

13/11/16 Now includes account linking to set a default location so utterances like "what's on" give a response for the default location. The site is in the GitHub site folder.