Adapted from 2014 South Korean blockbuster “Man in Love,” a Taiwanese black comedy of the same name smashed the box office on April 11, overtaking “Gatao — The Last Stray” as this year’s best-selling Taiwanese film in just 11 days by grossing over NT$160 million (US$5.6 million).
Starring actor Roy Chiu and actress Ann Hsu, “Man in Love” tells the bittersweet romance of a debt collector who falls in love with the person he has been sent to collect the debt from. It is the first feature film by music video director Yin Chen-hao, who has added a variety of grassroots elements and traditional food to the movie to stir the collective memories of the audience.
Meanwhile, after being postponed for months by the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korean sci-fi film “Seo Bok” finally hit the screen in Taiwan last week, three days before its global release. Starring Korean superstars Gong Yoo and Park Bo-gum, the film revolves around Seo Bok, the first human clone, who holds the secret to eternal life. This highly-anticipated movie could yet shake the throne of “Man in Love.”
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(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)
台灣的黑色喜劇《當男人戀愛時》,改編自南韓二○一四年熱門電影《不標準情人》,該片四月十一日打破票房紀錄,只花了十一天就大賣超過一億六千萬(五百多萬美元),取代《角頭-浪流連》成為今年最賣座國片。
《當男人戀愛時》由演員邱澤、許瑋甯主演,是關於討債者愛上負債人的苦樂參半的故事,亦是音樂錄影帶導演殷振豪的首部劇情長片,他在片中還加入各式的本土元素及傳統小吃,以喚起觀眾共同記憶。
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受武漢肺炎(新冠病毒,COVID-19)影響,南韓科幻大片《永生戰》在延遲數月之後,上週終於提早全球三天搶先在台上檔。該片由南韓兩大男神孔劉、朴寶劍主演,劇情圍繞在世上首位複製人「徐福」身上,因為他掌握著人類永生的秘密,在上映前即備受期待,可望挑戰《當男人戀愛時》票房冠軍寶座。
(台北時報張聖恩)
With extreme heat gripping much of the Northern Hemisphere last week, authorities and public health experts have issued heat warnings to help keep people safe. Parts of China, India, the Middle East, southern Europe and the United States are bracing for the possibility of new record highs. WHAT ARE THE HEALTH RISKS? Heat affects health in several ways. Heat exhaustion, which can include dizziness, headaches, shaking and thirst, can affect anyone, and is not usually serious, providing the person cools down within 30 minutes. The more serious version is heatstroke, when the body’s core temperature goes above 40.6 degrees Celsius. It is a medical emergency
Although shaved ice can be found even in fall and winter, douhua is a dessert that can be enjoyed year round in both hot and cold weather. Douhua is made from soy milk which is set by using coagulants such as gypsum or bittern. The resulting texture of douhua is soft and silky. It is often served with a sweet syrup and various toppings. Each shop selling douhua has many toppings for customers to choose from, such as peanuts, mesona jelly, tapioca balls, mung beans, adzuki beans and taro paste. 刨冰雖然秋冬也吃得到,但有什麼甜品冷暖皆宜,豆花是好選擇。豆花是在豆漿中拌入石膏、鹵水等促凝劑製成,白嫩絲滑,舀入糖水享用。每間豆花店還有許多種配料任君選擇,如花生、仙草凍、粉圓、綠豆、紅豆和芋泥等。 coagulant (n.) 促凝劑 gypsum (n.)
Art can be found almost everywhere on Earth. There are statues on mountaintops, sculptures beneath the sea and art exhibits held in the middle of deserts. A group of over 30,000 artists has recently come together to place their works in an entirely new location — the Moon. The project, named the Lunar Codex, is dividing pieces they’ve gathered into five collections. The first one, the Orion Collection, was already launched into space to orbit around the Moon in 2022 on NASA’s Orion spacecraft. The other four will be flown to different destinations on the Moon in future
Continued from yesterday(延續自昨日) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang Peralta wants to ensure that the artwork included in the Lunar Codex represents diverse artists and various artistic mediums. The collections currently have works from over 162 different countries. These include works from painters, photographers, writers, filmmakers and more. Each piece of artwork will be miniaturized onto nickel plates that can be read with a microscope. Content such as music and movies will be saved on digital cards instead. While the idea of humanity colonizing the Moon was long just thought of as science fiction, countries worldwide are now seriously considering this possibility. Samuel Peralta hopes that the