Movie cable channel HBO is set to premiere special movies this February 2011 as it commemorates two special occasions for the month.
Celine: Through the Eyes of the World leads the movies commemorating the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 2 at 9pm. It brings to the screen Celine Dion's Taking Chances World Tour, which brought her to Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Fans who were able to watch the live performance get another chance to experience the magical event.
On February 3, Maggie Q stars in The King of Fighters, a stylish and high-octane live action movies based on the mega popular video game franchise. Fighters enter new world where they battle the universe's native defenders.
Richard Gere plays a college professor who finds an abandoned dog and takes the poor lost animal in the movie Hachiko: A Dog's Story. It is a remake of the 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari.
February wouldn't be complete without four amazing romantic comedies to watch on Sunday nights.
Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker team-up as Manhattan power couple Paul and Meryl Morgan who are on the edge of divorce in the movie titled Did You Hear About the Morgans?. But they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. Now the two have to enter the Witness Protection Program and are whisked away to a tiny town in Wyoming. It premieres on February 6, at 9pm.
Catch Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin in the premiere of It's Complicated. Meryl plays a mother of three whose good relationship with her remarried ex-husband suddenly becomes more than amicable which in turn makes her something else: the other woman. The movie airs on February 13.
An all-star cast led by Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau and Jean Reno can be seen by viewers when the movie Couples Retreat airs on February 20. It is about four couples who go to a tropical island and get sucked by the resort's couples' theraphy. While all four are reluctant about the therapy given to them, they come to realize that their relationships are far from flawless.
Based on the novel of the same title by Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveller's Wife stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. Eric plays Henry, a time traveler, that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline by skipping back and forth through the years with no hope of control. Henry's wife, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love. The movie will be shown on February 27.
Adding power to the February line-up of movies are two Oscar-nominated films. Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law premieres on February 5, Saturday at 9pm.
Critically acclaimed film An Education is a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960 London. It stars Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard. Carey was nominated as Best Actress in last year's Academy Awards and the film was also nominated for Best Picture.