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The Growing Importance Of GBA Audience To Hong Kong Cinemas: Salute To Broadway Circuit (百老匯電影院線) & Its Boss Bill Kong (江志強)
A leader’s role is to translate a vision into reality. Vision is the art of seeing possibility out of impossibility. The movie mogul in Hong Kong Bill Kong (William Kong 江志強) has more than 60 years of experience in film business. He once said, “I still believe that people do need entertainment and enlightenment. A…
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Do You Know What Is ACG? The Thundering Japanese Cultural Impacts On Hong Kong : “Demon Slayer”(鬼滅之刃) & “Attack On Titan Final Exhibition” (進擊的巨人展Final)
The only way that you do not get old is to be curious-minded and try new things. In Japanese, “manga” (漫畫) refers to all kinds of cartooning, comics, and animation. Among English speakers, “manga” has the stricter meaning of “Japanese comics”, in parallel to the common usage of “anime” outside Japan. In Hong Kong, we…
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The Rap Song “Spread Your Wings” (大展鴻圖) Accidentally Promotes Hong Kong’s Cantonese Opera “The Flower Princess” To Millions Of People In the Chinese Mainland. How?
The past often holds a cherished beauty. Old art is treasured for its cultural value and historical significance. The challenge nowadays is how to revive old art by encouraging more young people to understand and like it. The Hong Kong-style Cantonese Opera or “Daai Hei” (香港大戲) has been a unique form of performing art in…
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The World-famous “Nanjing Sister Hong Incident” (南京紅姐事件): Infotainment, Yellow Journalism Or “Newstainment”?
All forms of madness in society are justified in the people who create them or those who enjoy watching it. A word to describe news that is also a form of entertainment is “infotainment”. This term combines information and entertainment, and is often used for news reports that prioritize the entertainment value of the news,…
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Anti-heroes And Comic Reliefs: The Good Tricks Used By A Minecraft Movie(我的世界大電影) To Entertain The Audience?
Laughter raises our intake of oxygen-rich air. It stimulates our heart and lungs. Finally, it increases the endorphins that are released from the brain. Only a cinephilia cares if a movie has a serious message or not. Most people watch movies for entertainment. Hong Kong is right now experiencing an economic downturn. People want to…
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The 5 Common Kinds Of “Immersive Theatres”: Do You Think The Thrills Can Stand The Test Of Time?
The art boundaries between “orthodox” and “atypical”, and between “high” and “low”, are speedily disappearing. Thomas Hood, a poet, said, “There are 3 things which the public will always clamour for sooner or later : namely novelty, novelty, novelty.” In life, nothing is new actually and the novelty lies in your reaction to it. New…
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The Bear “Paddington” Travels From London To Peru: Can We Also Use Films To Stimulate Tourism For Hong Kong?
We become what we are inspired. A good movie creates ideas that we could tap into their creativity and relatedness. The Chinese New Year movie for Hong Kong this year includes Paddington in Peru (柏靈頓：秘魯大冒險). Following its old success model theory, the film is half animation and half real characters. It has an easy-to-follow plot,…
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Comparison Of Movie-Watching Experience In Hong Kong & The Chinese Mainland—Fun Or No Fun
03-09-24 The great filmmaker Steven Spielberg said, “Every time I go to a movie, it’s magic, no matter what the movie’s about.” It is sad that people do not go to movie theatres anymore. Watching movies from home becomes an easier and a cheaper alternative. With a TV and sound system, you can quickly set…
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Does Her Family Background Affect Jocelyn Choi, A Good Actress? The 3 Pieces Of Advice That She Gives To Anyone Who Wants To Get Into The Acting Field?
20-03-24 We often cannot figure out the purpose of an unexplainable passion. In that way, passion is perhaps the purpose. When you love what you do and do it persistently, passion will become destiny. There will be no regret about a failure if it is for passion. Passion is not chasing a rush. Passion is…
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Why Should You Watch The Recent Murder Mystery Film The Goldfinger (金手指)? Is It A Good Movie? Did Tony Leung (梁朝偉) Act Well?
30-01-24 The recent Hong Kong film The Goldfinger (金手指) is a 2023 film written and directed by Felix Chong (莊文強), and staring 2 Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung (梁朝偉) and Andy Lau (劉德華). Some expected to be a very exciting action crime thriller. They are wrong. The film turns out to be a nostalgic and…