Ch 5: Rush Hour, Anna and the King ( the east meet west combination has make too much apperance on both Ch5, 8 and U. We get the version on both English and Mandarin. Think Jodie Foster who plays an English tutor and Chow Yun Fatt playing King Mongkut speaking S'pore accent Mandarin. Neo Swee Lin, Lim Yu Beng and Lim Kay Tong can do a better job on that.)Chicken Run (though it was cute to see Rocky and Ginger in clay, you will get tired of it if you watch too much.), Medallion (Jackie Chan in his nth Hollywood flick, with Anthony Wong making his debut in a Hollywood flick) and Coyote Ugly (TV premier after...6 yrs. My god. Who can still remember LeeAnn Rhimes' Can't Fight the Moonlight?) plus loads of B-flicks.
Ch 8: Fantasia and Cat & Mouse (where Cecilia Cheung rules the TV screen this time.)
Ch U: Honesty (Cecilia Cheung again! Wah lau, S'poreans are over-exposed to Cecilia after her flop The Promise and Shopholics. On CNY, she is making an apperance in My Kung Fu Sweetheart again. Is Dec and Jan the month of Cecilia?)
Suria: don't know what show is playing on Suria. Just feel that they are playing those gila gila shows again.
This is the only movie that is worth watching on CNY:
Arts Central: Paheli. World Premier on TV where the musical featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerjee played in India and S'pore 6mths ago.
As usual, i will get some latest release on home video to avoid those trashy films playing on TV during CNY. This year, i bring home 2 movies at a go:
殺破狼 - Missed the screening in theatres. Just catched around 10mins of the 'men rules' production. If you want to see the showdown of 2 martial arts expert - Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung over some pretty face boy kick a muscular hunk's ass, this is the show to go for.
La Mala Educacion - Oh yeah, i've gotten Almodovar's previous production before his upcoming arthouse chick flick, Volver. La Mala Educacion had a run at selected Shaw Cineplex for a mere 10 days, before it was kicked out by Jack Neo's boring flick, I Do I Do. Hey, pretty boy Gael Garcia Bernal takes the leading role as Ignacio/Angel/Juan, the pretty boy who becomes a transsexual in the end. Highly recommended by Ms Loo, with unexpected ending.
Guess i do not have to depend on Mediacorp to survive CNY.