At the Movies Introduction
At the Movies is a free online pokies game from Betsoft for browsers and mobile or tablet devices. This game boasts a wide range of prizes, wild and scatter bonuses for free spins, and the chance to double your winnings. It is fair to say that most people like films or at least going out to the cinema. Putting preferences aside, this is one pokie that is sure to appeal to film buffs and Hollywood celebrity watchers alike.
Winning personality
The symbols comprise some well-known - and some downright bizarre - film and celebrity tropes, such as prop monster dentures, spaceships, and movie magazines featuring a cover star with more than a passing resemblance to Brad Pitt. The colour scheme of the game itself is bright and inviting, providing a good contrast to the moonlit night-time background.
One novel visual touch is the animated gameplay buttons. These are depicted as typical cinema-related objects - a plastic drinks cup, a popcorn container, and a clapboard - that shake and move about when you click on them. Combined with a cheery looping soundtrack and general cartoony visual aesthetic, this all adds up to a fairly light-hearted and laid-back gaming experience.
As with a number of similar pokies available online, At the Movies includes an autoplay feature. This can be enabled with just a few clicks and is easily controlled by parameters including total bet size, lines selected and number of spins.
Star prizes
As previously mentioned, this pokie has five reels for potential matches and up to 25 possible paylines. Prizes are awarded for two-, three-, four- and five-of-a-kind symbol matches and can potentially be doubled with the right bonus. The most valuable regular symbol is the golden statue, which awards a maximum prize of 5,000 credits when you find five in a winning configuration.
Second-highest in value is the popcorn container symbol, which carries a maximum prize of 2,500 credits. At the other end of the scale are the 'A' arch and '10' heart symbols, which are worth a top prize of 10 and 25 credits respectively. In a game such as this, even these prizes can soon add up to big amounts - especially when factoring in the ample chances you have to double your winnings.
The symbol with the comic and tragic Greek theatre masks is the wild in this game. These symbols can be used as a substitute for any other type except the scatter symbol as part of a winning configuration; additionally, any win that you make with a wild is automatically doubled! The film projector is the scatter symbol. As previously mentioned, this is the key to both free spins and an additional chance to double your winnings.
Finding two scatter symbols will only award you four credits, but find three or more and you will be rewarded with free spins. The maximum number of free spins is 20, which can be obtained by matching four scatter symbols; in addition, all your wins while in free spin mode are doubled.
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