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South China Morning Post
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Mainland China's Ne Zha 2 earns HK$5.5 million on first day in Hong Kong
Published: 8:44pm, 22 Feb 2025 Updated: 8:48pm, 22 Feb 2025 Mainland Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 raked in about HK$5.5 million (US$707,750) upon its debut in Hong Kong on Saturday, with some screenings for the following day already sold out. Children with parents in tow joined other residents in lines outside cinemas across the city, while several patriotic groups organised private screenings to support what has become the highest-grossing film to emerge from China, earning nearly US$1.8 billion worldwide since its release last month. According to film information platform Wmoov, Ne Zha 2 led Hong Kong's box office on Saturday, drawing more than 63,000 viewers and generating about HK$5.5 million in ticket sales as of 6pm. The film had more than 600 screenings on Saturday. In distant second place was the local award-winning drama The Way We Talk , which sold about 8,000 tickets and made about HK$705,000. Three afternoon screenings at the MCL Cheung Sha Wan cinema were sold out, while only a few tickets for other times remained. Several screenings at CineArt House in Causeway Bay were also boasting full houses. Sai Kung district councillor Christine Fong Kwok-shan organised three private screenings for residents. The roughly 800 tickets she bought were quickly snapped up, and many of those who attended were parents with children. Fong, who played the role of Ne Zha in the 1986 TV drama The Boy Fighter from Heaven , said she organised the screenings to support the film as well as the development of movie industries in the city and on the mainland.
South China Morning Post
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, Feb 21-23
Nominated for the best film and best director prizes at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards , The Way We Talk is a heartfelt drama about the city's deaf culture. Make seeing it at the cinema one of the highlights of your weekend in Hong Kong. To find out more about the film, and see our other top picks for weekend entertainment, read on. 1. Vegetarian Food Asia expo The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai will host more than 300 exhibitors representing 600 brands and presenting 6,000 products. To make it easy for visitors, the event is organised under sections such as Snack Zone, Coffee, Tea & Bakery Zone, VegFood Zone and Veg Living Pavilion. Join sharing sessions to learn about the benefits of a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, and try products such as smoked 3D-printed vegan salmon belly and vegan sunny-side up eggs. Watch contestants in a vegetarian cooking competition to learn new recipes and culinary techniques. Other activities include glass mandala painting, Chinese tea therapy, and green smoothie making demonstrations. Beauty brand Lush will host workshops, teaching how to make fresh face masks. Some of the 6,000 products that will be on display during the Vegetarian Food Asia 2025 expo at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai from February 21 to 23. Photo: Vegetarian Food Asia Exhibitors and local vegetarian restaurants will offer promotions available only at the expo, which runs from Friday until Sunday. Admission is HK$25, and free for those aged 60 or over and children aged 11 or under.
South China Morning Post
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
The Way We Talk: Chung Suet-ying shines as a deaf woman finding herself
Published: 5:45pm, 19 Feb 2025 4.5/5 stars In his six films to date, Hong Kong writer-director Adam Wong Sau-ping has repeatedly revealed a soft spot for protagonists who are trying to understand themselves and find their place in the world. It was evident from a teenage boy's discovery of his sexuality in Wong's debut When Beckham Met Owen ; the street-dancing dreams of university students in his breakout hit The Way We Dance ; and the struggles of performing artists in navigating Hong Kong's urban spaces in The Way We Keep Dancing . But none of those come close to matching the immersive sense of soul-searching he evokes in The Way We Talk , his latest feature. This deeply humane drama about a trio of young deaf people is Wong's best film yet by some distance. Stepping into a big debate in deaf culture – the choice between using cochlear implants (surgically implanted electronic devices that improve hearing) or sign language – the film offers an articulate account of a deaf woman's confusion amid advocation from both sides. Chung Suet-ying, who was named best actress at the 2024 Golden Horse Awards in Taipei for her part, plays Sophie, a university graduate in actuarial science and the face of an awareness campaign for cochlear implants (CI), for which her mother (Yam Yuen Yee-man) signed her up shortly after she lost her hearing as a toddler.
