When you think about Hong Kong movie stars, what is the first name that comes to mind? Yes, we know Jackie Chan, but there is Tony Leung, Jay Chou, Eric Tsang and so on and so forth. There is just something about watching Hong Kong movies together with family and relatives while munching on homemade cookies and drinking cans of carbonated water that cannot be replaced. In fact, only a few movies can be categorised under the label of 'Chinese New Year movies', if ever such a label exist. This demonstrates the ambiguity of these movies, but there is one characteristic that they all share: they are all built around and on the bonds of family. Like the Chinese New Year holidays, these movies have the magic to bring you and your family together laughing or screaming, even if you hate movies, like the ragtag team in Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Soccer", because like them or not, you have limited choices of non-Chinese movies anyway. So without further ado, here is the list of movies that you have voted for to watch this coming Chinese New Year, in order, starting from the highly anticipated!
"The Descendants", "The Artist", "The Help", "Hugo" and "Midnight In Paris".
George Clooney ("The Descendants"), Brad Pitt ("Moneyball"), Jean Dujardin ("The Artist"), Michael Fassbender ("Shame"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("J. Edgar")
Michelle Williams ("My Week With Marilyn"), Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady"), Tilda Swinton ("We Need To Talk About Kevin"), Viola Davis ("The Help") and Rooney Mara ("The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo")
Woody Allen ("Midnight In Paris"), Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), George Clooney ("The Ides Of March"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants"), Martin Scorsese ("Hugo")
"The Descendants", "The Artist", "The Help", "Hugo" and "Midnight In Paris".
"A Separation" (Iran), "Where Do We Go Now?" (Lebanon), "Le Havre" (Finland), "In Darkness" (Poland), "Miss Bala" (Mexico)
Christopher Plummer ("Beginners"), Kenneth Branagh ("My Week With Marilyn"), Albert Brooks ("Drive"), Jonah Hill ("Moneyball"), Nick Nolte ("Warrior")
Octavia Spencer ("The Help"), Berenice Bejo ("The Artist"), Jessica Chastain ("The Help"), Melissa McCarthy ("Bridesmaids") and Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants")
Woody Allen ("Midnight In Paris"), Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumulo ("Bridesmaids"), Will Reiser ("50/50") and Tom McCarthy & Joe Tibani ("Win Win")
"The Artist", "The Tree Of Life", "Hugo", "War Horse", "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", "Melancholia"
"Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2", "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes", "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon", "Super 8", "Hugo"
"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", "The Artist", "The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn", "Hugo", "War Horse"
Man Or Muppet ("The Muppets"), The Living Proof ("The Help"), Coeur Volant ("Hugo"), Star Spangled Man ("Captain America"), Hello Hello ("Gnomeo & Juliet")
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