Twenty-two years after the original Jurassic Park hit cinema screens, the highly anticipated reboot of the popular tale, named Jurassic World, is set to be released this weekend (July 10th in China). But what will they be calling Jurassic World in China? How will you know how to order a ticket for your date without fumbling over the title? Take a look after the jump. Read More
Chinese cinema is often overlooked by Westerners and this is a serious mistake — the film industry in China is humongous, and offers up options on par with some of your favourite Hollywood movies. Furthermore, watching a movie in Mandarin Chinese is a great way to brush up on your language skills (check out this great post by FluentU on how to learn Mandarin from watching movies). Analyzing the dialogue with the subtitles is an easy way to find colloquialisms that you might use everyday in English, but have no idea how to say in Chinese. We have put together a must-watch list of seven essential movies that you have got to watch… we have also included some Chinese keywords for each film so you can come up with a sentence describing the film.
Write a sentence about your favorite film from the list in Mandarin Chinese in the comments — We will respond with corrections!
Read more to check out the list of 7 Movies in Chinese You Have to See Before You Die.
Mad Max has hit cinemas again after a hiatus of almost 3 decades. In today’s post I’m going to show you what it is called on the cinema posters in China and Taiwan, as well as breaking down the titles and tagline. Read More
This post was written by our good friend Aaron Posehn of For the Love of Languages. You can also check our recent interview with him here.
A few days after it opened in theatres here in Taipei, I went to go see Scarlett Johannson’s latest film, Lucy. Equipped with its fair share of Korean gangsters, drug Read More
First things first, I LOVE the look of this traditional character for turtle (龜 gūi). I might go as far as saying that it’s my favourite. It almost looks like the special ninja swords (Sai) that Raphael uses. It’s as if all those years back when someone was creating this character, they foresaw a future where turtles would wield ninja swords! Read More
