Siri movie showtimes stopped working... Help?

Just recently finding movie showtimes on the iPhone 5 using Siri has been possible (I live in NB, Canada). I could say "what's playing at the theatre tonight" and Siri would reply with all the movies at local theatre. Now it does not work anymore, it just stopped for now apparent reason. Now, when I ask "what's playing at the theatre?" I get a reply from Siri saying, "I cannot find any showtimes for tonight, but I did find 'lists a random movie'"


Any ideas what's wrong with my device. I'm thinking its a software issue and not hardware, however, I would love some reassurance.


Thanks in advance.

iPhone 5, iOS 6, Siri

Posted on Oct 6, 2012 3:06 PM

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Oct 9, 2012 7:47 PM in response to TooTightMike

Exact same problem here. When I first got the iPhone 5 i loved the move feature and figured it would be one of the Siri features I would use the most. Then BAM a few days ago it is incapable of finding any movie theatres (surprising given it could at least give me a listing found through maps) or movie times. Additionally when i ask about movies playing it says I don't see any movie showtimes for today, then gives a random movie poster. help apple, this makes no sense.

Oct 14, 2012 11:44 AM in response to TooTightMike

Siri's restaurant search still works great but I don't care about that. I like movies and this was a great feature. It was much quicker than even Flixter, which I have gone back to now.


I doubt that anybody from Apple actually reads these "Support" communities - especially if it's filled with wihiners like me from a minor market such as Canada. If it the problem is easily fixed, you can simetimes get support from this community of fellow users, but I really think this is just a place where Apple sends us to blow off steam and not bother them.


When there really is a flaw that only Apple can fix, they rarely admit to it. And they're still promoting the movie search as a working feature of Siri, so why don't they fix it?

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