Walking through this chilled, humid chamber is a bit like scoring a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory -- except the confections are crafted by limestone, water, and acid.
The Stanley Tong-directed follow-on to Chan and Tong's previous " The Myth" is a time-traveling confection that has attracted negative publicity for its use of AI and VFX to de-age the 70-year-old Chan.
I mean, they have a very well-rehearsed litany of woe going back to the Iraq war, Libya, etc. Or is it pure confection always often with human beings or a bit of both?
This is the plural form of " confection, " which refers to a sweet treat like candy, chocolate, cake, etc. insolvent insolent The insolvent businessman's insolent response to his creditors only made matters worse.
" Anything as long as it's cool, " sighed Grace. " I declare, all my chocolates have run together, " and she looked with dismay into a box of the confection she had been carrying.
Aside from wine, you may also see a lot more chrysanthemum desserts and Chung Yeung cakes during this time – the latter is a steamed rice flour confection usually decorated with jujube, chestnuts, and almonds.