This long weekend, celebrate the Lunar New Year by staying in with your favourite movie channel, HBO. For the first time on Asian television, HBO / HBO HD (Astro Ch 411 / 431) has a line up of Hollywood blockbusters ready to entertain you every night from February 6 to 10 at 9pm. The awesome list of movies starts with the Oscar nominated movie Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie, which premieres on Saturday, February 6. On the eve of the Lunar New Year, watch the live action/ computer animated family comedy, Paddington.
To keep you even more busy on the first day of Lunar New Year, the third highest worldwide grossing movie of 2015, Furious Seven will premiere at 9pm. The film stars Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker. More info below on all that’s in store for you this coming Lunar New Year on HBO:
Unbroken (Saturday, February 6 at 9pm)
Starring: Jack O’connell, Miyavi , Domhnall Gleeson
Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces UNBROKEN, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII – only to be caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Paddington (Sunday, February 7 at 9pm)
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters
Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an English explorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucy decides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life. Arriving alone at Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family, who find him with a label tied around his neck which reads ‘Please look after this bear. Thank you.’ They offer him a temporary home whilst he searches for the explorer who impressed Aunt Lucy all those years before. But when Paddington catches the eye of a sinister, seductive taxidermist, it isn’t long before his home – and very existence – is under threat.
Furious Seven (Monday, February 8 at 9pm)
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham
After defeating Owen Shaw and his crew, Dominic Toretto, Brian O’Conner and the rest of the crew return to the United States to finally live a seemingly normal life, or so they thought. Little did they know that Owen’s older brother, Deckard Shaw, is out for revenge for the death of his brother, putting Dominic and the entire crew in danger, once again. Meanwhile, the crew sets out to find the man who killed Han before he finds them first.
Dumb And Dumber To (Tuesday, February 9 at 9pm)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle
In this sequel to the smash hit comedy, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given.
Project Almanac (Wednesday, February 10 at 9pm)
Starring: Jonny Weston, Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D’elia
When five teens discover a machine that can send them back in time, the possibilities seem endless. But by changing the past, they have threatened the future of our world. Can they undo the damage they have unleashed before it’s too late?
