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【Movie】

movie news

According to data from the Beacon Professional Edition, at about 9:31 on August 18, the total box office in 2023 exceeded 40 billion yuan. Just the night before, the total box office of the 2023 summer file exceeded 17.778 billion yuan, breaking the highest box office record for the summer file in Chinese film history.

→ The most powerful summer season was born, and the box office in 2023 exceeded 40 billion yuan

→ Movie Summer

As of 16:00 on August 18, the top five at the box office that day were: "All or Nothing", "School Dad", "Fengshen Part I", "Assassination Storm", "Megalodon 2: Abyss". Among them, "School Dad" and "Assassination Storm" are new films released today.

→ "All or Nothing" broke 2 billion at the box office, "This is a movie with a wide audience"

→ "Learning Dad": Huang Bo's fancy chicken baby, crying while laughing

→ "Assassination Storm" premiered in Beijing: Hong Kong-style gangster film + mainland suspense IP

"Dream of Red Mansions: Golden Jade"

On August 18, the movie "Dream of Red Mansions: The Golden Jade" directed by Hu Mei released its first trailer and officially announced the first wave of lineup. In the trailer, Jia Baoyu played by Bian Cheng, Lin Daiyu played by Zhang Miaoyi, Xue Baochai played by Huang Jiarong, Jia Mu played by Lu Yan, Wang Xifeng played by Lin Peng, and Jia Yuanchun played by Guan Xiaotong all appeared. The eight famous scenes in the original novels, namely Taixu illusion, Ningfu family banquet, Yuanchun visiting relatives, Baodai reading, Baochai fluttering butterflies, Daiyu burying flowers, Daiyu burning manuscripts, and Jinyu's marriage, are all shown in the trailer.

"I Passed Through the Storm"

"I Walked Through the Storm" poster

This year's summer season, realistic themes are unprecedentedly strong. Previously, "In the Octagonal Cage" focused on the way out of poor children, and later "All or Nothing" confronted the abyss of telecom fraud. "I Passed the Storm", which was officially released this week, is a movie that focuses on women who have been subjected to domestic violence.

In addition to showing the violence itself, the film focuses more on showing the situation of the victims of domestic violence and the various reasons why domestic violence is difficult to eradicate. In the storm, it is not only the woman who was beaten, the storm itself is not only the man who committed violence.

→ "I Passed the Storm": In the storm, not only the woman who was beaten

【TV drama】

New drama news

Cai Wenjing and Han Dongjun's urban reality drama "Apocalypse" is scheduled to start on Mango TV and Hunan Satellite TV at 20:00 on August 18.

The 42-episode spy war drama "The Hive" starring Han Dong and Song Yi is scheduled to be broadcast on CCTV 8 on August 27, with two consecutive episodes every night.

"Legend of Magpie Knife Gate" poster

The ancient costume martial arts light comedy "Legend of Magpie Knife Gate" produced by Benshan Media Company will be broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video from August 18th, and will go online at 12 noon every day, starring Zhao Benshan, Song Xiaobao, Song Xiaofeng, Wen Song, Cheng Ye, Yang Shulin, Tang Jianjun, and Zhao Haiyan.

"Nian Wushuang" opening ceremony

The costume drama "Nian Wushuang" adapted from Shishi Lang's fairy tale novel "Unparalleled Under Heaven" held its opening ceremony on August 11 and officially announced the full starring lineup, starring Tang Yan and Liu Xueyi, starring Guo Xiaoting, Wang Hongyi, Zhou Keyu, Zhang Li , Chen Chuhe and Zheng Xiyi starred in special.

Adapted from the novel "Zeng Fengliu" by Sui Yuer'an, Jing Tian, Feng Shaofeng, Wang Likun, Zhou Yiran and Xu Haiqiao starred in the ancient costume inspirational emotional web drama "Scorching Merry" to be launched on Tencent Video on August 19.

"Auspicious Seven Hours"

I didn't expect that there would be no latest drama in the summer file, only more drama. Originally, "Auspicious Seven Seasons" was just silently muddled. Who would have thought that a live broadcast would make the drama muddy on the faces of netizens. Producer Wang Yixu's Weibo It is even more dumbfounding, the off-screen is a hundred times more exciting than the inside.

Many people were looking forward to the production team of "Cang Lan Jue", but the seriousness of Waterloo was astonishing. An S+ level ancient puppet, in addition to being convincing, the plot is not even as good as some short dramas.

Screenshot of "Auspicious Seven Hours"

If you don't explain the plot, who can see the emotion of the character she wants to convey from Yang Chaoyue's innocent big eyes? In fact, in the screenshot of the plot, the heroine has experienced at least four different stages of mood in her heart, namely shyness, guilty conscience, worry, and anger. Needless to say, the expressiveness is the same to this extent. No matter how full the script is, the screen has nothing left. Even if I watch a few more episodes patiently, I can only remember Yang Chaoyue's big eyes. What kind of character is Xiangyun? I don't know, she has no emotions, no thoughts, no pursuits, she seems to be just a tired and ordinary person who is bored.

Of course, the responsibility of the director is even greater. To make such a performance pass is to lie flat and perform poorly. Not to praise the male lead Ding Yuxi, but at least he tried his best to complete the role, as if he and Yang Chaoyue are not acting in the same "layer". Although there are no highlights in the performance, the characters in several stages are at least clear. The audience You can sum up the character's personality after watching it for a few minutes, which is to complete the basic task. I still remember the first time I saw Yang Chaoyue acting in a play and praised her for her aura, but now she is acting more and more empty, her ability has not improved, and her aura has been lost.

Seeing that the word-of-mouth is about to fall to the bottom, the producer's confusing operation makes people want to type countless "???", and directly posted an emotional and private dialogue with the two leading actors in the confession essay. Maybe this is the way to do it. It was agreed by the actor, but it was meaningless. It was nothing more than to show that the attitude was good. Isn’t it just a basic professional ethics to have a correct attitude? Yang Chaoyue lamented that he couldn't explain anymore, and the producer's response was more like the appeasement of the assistant of the star team, rather than the discussion and help of professional ability.

Now it is meaningless to discuss whether the adaptation of this drama is appropriate, even the completeness of character design and script content has not been resolved, let alone other parts. I hope that the "Seven O'clock Auspiciousness" will be a wake-up call, and the audience needs at least 60 points of respect.

Regardless of whether the drama is vague or not, "Auspicious Seven Seasons" is still a variety show

"All the way to the sun"

After watching a few episodes for everyone, I just feel that this is really a blessing for staying up late, and let me see these love brain plots that make people grow a few nodules.

This drama has a good reputation on Douban. It tells about the work and emotional growth experienced by two young girls when they just graduated. It is difficult to find a job in ordinary colleges and universities, and the experience of newcomers in the workplace. Many people feel that they can continue to watch and find resonance.

"All the way to the sun" poster

But if you raise the requirements a little bit, it is not difficult to find that under the shell of realistic themes, there is still an outdated core of content. The protagonist, Li Mujia, graduated from an ordinary college, and just because he gave a little help to a female executive, he got the opportunity to enter a top 500 law firm as an intern. This kind of plot is more like the plot fantasy of an idol drama in his early years. The boss changed to a female bully boss, and her "luck" stepped on the faces of countless college students who worked harder. And one of the goals of her efforts is to get the approval of her boyfriend's parents, showing that she will work hard to win the "right to marry" this time. Of course, under the arrangement of the follow-up plot, she will break up and find a male boss who understands her better, but that is also caused by other conflicts. In essence, this kind of plot, character setting and "portrait of good feelings" for her boyfriend are still the same. Belittling and dwarfing women, let alone the later official CP is the discomfort brought by the much older overlord.

If Li Mujia's love brain is relatively hidden, Tian Rong (played by Wang Ju)'s love brain is terminally ill. Will people who pass the judicial examination only want to find jobs in intermediaries and house sales? Can't even understand a sentence of simple English? Are you willing to be a cow or a horse or a nanny for your boyfriend? Of course, her love brain at this stage is a wake-up call to the girls, but the way of expression is too straightforward and low-level, and it is inappropriate and untrue to infinitely belittle the love brain female college students.

Overall, the show seems to have a bit of realism, but not much.

"Her City"

"Her City" poster

In fact, the characters are very dramatic, and the plot is outrageous, but it's just... a bit magical, and you can read all the updates after just one look. To sum it up in one sentence, it’s a bit like the middle-aged version of "Love Is Delicious". The three college girlfriends have different life styles when they reach middle age. Chicken feathers all over the place.

What is amazing about this drama is that the respective roles of the three heroines seem to exist in different TV dramas.

Li Yingnan, played by Gao Lu, is a middle-aged man in the hard mode. He seems to have a perfect life, but in fact he is in a mess. As a middle-level leader, he is humiliated by his relatives and made cakes by his boss. Although his husband goes crazy after drinking, he can take care of his children to cook well , and worked hard to start a business, but it was not necessary.

Ying Xiaomei, played by Zhang Hanyun, is independent and has a loving father and mother, but when she meets a little idol who pursues her crazily, she feels that she has to suffer from love.

The most interesting thing is the line of Zhang Jingchu, married into a rich family, but has to face a mean mother-in-law, a rebellious stepdaughter, two young children, and an unfathomable husband. I have seen too many exaggerated appearances of wealthy wives in Hong Kong dramas. Zhang Jingchu did act out the life of a rich lady. She must be beautiful and decent, have a high EQ, and have means, but she is not shrewd and exaggerated to the point of superman, and she will still be lost by her husband. Suspected of derailment. It can only be said that the screenwriter and Zhang Jingchu looked like they had actually met a rich wife.

It is the real middle age, the painful middle age, the tired middle age, and the middle age with expectations.

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【Variety】

"Summer of the Band 3"

This week, the second wave of the first stage of "Summer of the Band 3" is coming. The second period not only has a large geographical span, but also a large musical style span.

Hui Chundan, a representative contestant from Guangxi, danced hotly on the spot, and fell into the retro disco scene in an instant, making people unable to help but shake along with him.

Look at how the supermarket hits you with "very few lyrics" and creates a dreamlike space for everyone. Tian Peng, the leader of Chinese electronic music, is a versatile ACE, MV, stage design, animation, music... ...is there anything else he can't do?

Jiulian real person returns to "Summer of the Band 3"

And the real Jiulian came back with the familiar Hakka rock and roll, how did the new song "Drainage" perform on stage?

The Anda Group, which came on the wind of the prairie, brought traditional Mongolian musical instruments such as matouqin and harmonica to the stage, as well as Khoomai singing, making the audience feel as if they were riding a galloping horse on the prairie of Inner Mongolia.

There is another big thing to watch in this issue-which band will be the first to advance.

"Riding the Thorns 3"

"Brother Pi" is finally here!

The third season of "Riding the Thorns" will broadcast the leading film at 12:00 noon on August 18, and the first episode will be broadcast at 12:00 noon on August 25.

Jimmy Lin to return to stage after car accident in 2022

The 32 brothers in the third season are Lin Zhiying, Cai Guoqing, Lu Yi, Wang Yaoqing, Li Jiuzhe, Zheng Jiaying, Zhang Dongliang, Zhang Yuan, Chen Chusheng, Yu Haoming, Wang Yuexin, Hu Yanbin, Guan Zhibin, Xu Liang, Ma Xiaolong, He Zhancheng, Su Jianxin, Lan Zhenglong, Hu Bing, Bo Yuan, Luo Jiefu, Wei Xun, Ma Boqian, Xu Shaoyang, Pinguan, Su Xiaoding, Ba Sanyao Li Xianpu, Wei Zheming, Tang Yuzhe, Shouzi e.so, Bullets, Gem.

Who are you most looking forward to?

"Chinese Restaurant 7"

Opening this week, Chef Lin officially joined Huang Xiaoming's team. Having lost their main force, Zhao Youting's team was faced with the problem of insufficient dishes. Lin Yun and Shen Mengchen decided to bravely challenge the two big dishes of boiled beef and braised pork, provoking the "leader" of the chef.

Stills of "Chinese Restaurant 7"

→ "Chinese Restaurant 7": The idea is correct, the intention is good, but the execution is poor

"Let's Go Now"

"Let's Go Now" customized a research study with Tengchong as the destination in the first episode of the program. Shen Teng, Fan Chengcheng, Jin Chen, Jia Bing, Bai Jugang, Jia Nailiang, Ai Lun, and Zhou are also members of different age groups and with different personalities. They gathered from all corners of the country to Tengchong and started a forest-themed itinerary together.

Stills of "Let's Go Now"

Different from traditional tour groups, the itinerary and projects of "Let's Go Now" are richer and more diverse. Share the happy experience during the journey, convey the concept of being close to nature to the audience in the program, and the relaxation and joy that can be obtained from it. The program group has also achieved a high degree of adaptation through link design that is more in line with the personal characteristics of the guests, and strives to allow every guest to participate.

To experience the true self, the guests were more relaxed. Of course, laughter is indispensable for high-volume variety shows.

Dragon TV "Future China 2"

This week's program invites academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, stem cell and developmental biologist Li Jinsong to explore the mysteries of life with us.

Did you know that the field of life science research also has its own "Beidou Navigation"? In 2001, the Human Genome Project successfully revealed 22,000 genes that code for proteins. However, in order to fundamentally explain life, it is necessary to find a way to track and observe the real state of proteins in the activities of living bodies, which requires more than 20,000 antibodies. "Our idea is to label more than 20,000 proteins that are closely related to human life activities, which is like forming a Beidou network." Li Jinsong said. This is the Genome Tagging Project (GTP). Academician Li Jinsong not only took the lead in establishing the semi-cloning technology system, but also proposed and promoted the genome labeling project based on semi-cloning technology, and is now building the Beidou navigation for life science research step by step.

Can you imagine conducting an experiment with a needle one-tenth the size of a human hair? Zhang Jiawei, Ph.D. in brain-inspired intelligence from Fudan University, and Ma Jinlong, Ph.D. in environmental science, came to the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where they will experience an important operation link in challenging semi-cloning technology—microinjection. Zhang Jiawei, who majored in biotechnology, and Ma Jinlong, who majored in chemistry, became "temporary apprentices". Who can win the test of "hands, feet and eyes coordination"?

Is "umbilical cord blood" rich in hematopoietic stem cells an IQ tax? Li Yiwen, a Ph.D. from the Department of Physical Chemistry at Oxford University, told us that stem cells play the role of "panacea" in the treatment of diseases and are the key to the treatment of many diseases. At present, some hospitals in Shanghai have initiated research on stem cell therapy for specific effects on pulmonary fibrosis, and have achieved preliminary results in the clinical stage.

Although the scientific research progress of stem cells is obvious to all, is the treatment related to it reliable? Will the ethical issues brought about by cloning technology cause an uproar? And how should we, as beneficiaries of technological development, view technology? Perhaps as Tang Cheng said in the program: "We just need to look at technology with a normal mind and let science return to science. We just need to believe that technology will eventually make our lives better."

【Documentary】

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【cartoon】

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