Editor's note: There are a huge number of movies, TV series and variety shows broadcast every week. How do you choose? You might as well take a look at the recommendations of The Paper.
【Movie】
Cinema box office
As of 15:00 on January 24, "The Accidental Murderer 3", "Lie Lie Lie" and "Little Me" occupied the top three of the box office charts. There are no new popular films released this weekend, and cinemas are accumulating energy for the upcoming Spring Festival. Pre-sales are still in full swing. How are your plans for watching movies during the Spring Festival?
→ 【Special topic】New Year's new film
However, there are many good movies being shown in theaters recently, such as this “small but beautiful” French and Swiss co-production “The Trial of Dogs”.
→ The Trial of Dogs, The Trial of Man
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【TV drama】
New drama information
"Above Embers" poster
The criminal investigation suspense web drama "Above the Embers" is scheduled to be exclusively broadcast on Tencent Video starting from February 8, starring Wang Ziqi, Sun Yang, Sun Yi and others.
The ancient costume love comedy "Five Blessings" starring Lu Yuxiao, Wang Xingyue, Huang Yangtian and others will be broadcasted exclusively on Mango TV from January 25. Starting from 22:00 on January 27, Hunan Satellite TV will broadcast it every Sunday to Thursday.
"The Imperial Coroner 2" has finished filming, and on January 22, the official cast was announced as Wang Ziqi, Su Xiaotong, Yang Tingdong, and Zhao Yaoke.
"bleach"
Starring Guo Jingfei, Wang Qianyuan and Zhao Jinmai, the film is based on the novel of the same name written by Chen Qing. It tells the story of how the criminal police captain Peng Zhaolin, who missed a suspect who had just passed by him, embarked on a journey of thousands of miles to catch the murderer in self-blame. The suspect who escaped by chance suddenly disappeared after killing several young girls, hiding his identity and living a peaceful and happy life.
"Bleach" has sold over 10,000 posters
The drama achieved good results in the early stage of its broadcast, and was very popular on social platforms. It was the most likely drama to become a hit on iQiyi this year, with a popularity of over 10,000 on iQiyi, and it was ranked at the top of the charts on Lighthouse, Maoyan, Yunhe, etc. Unfortunately, the drama has recently been caught up in public opinion storms such as plagiarism and creative ethics. A reporter from Nandu believes that the drama is highly similar to its in-depth investigative report of the same name in 2012 in terms of title and content, and no reference materials are marked in the opening subtitles, etc. The screenwriter Chen Qing disagrees. Faced with problems such as a long time span, difficult to confirm the source of information, the case itself being in the public domain, vague adaptation space, and opaque creative process, it has become extremely difficult to determine the similarity. Both parties are in a legal dilemma, and public opinion is slightly inclined to support the reporter's rights protection. Secondly, the name of the murderer in the prototype case is used for the role of the victim's family in the drama. This setting that may cause secondary harm has caused controversy over creative ethics. Finally, the show was criticized for its straightforward presentation of the crimes, and for using terms such as "F4 from the meat processing factory" to whitewash the suspects, which led to doubts about its position. The public believed that the show had not considered the social impact, and public opinion was still fermenting. This controversy reflects many problems in the current film and television industry.
→ Is the hit drama "Bleach" a good drama?
To Myself in 1999
Poster of "To Myself in 1999"
Starring Li Yunrui, Huang Yangtian, Ni Hongjie, and Yang Haoyu, the drama shows a warm story between four families. Family, friendship, love, neighborhood and other diverse emotions are intertwined, with a warm and healing style as a selling point. There is no shortage of excellent works such as "People in the Alley", "People with Fireworks", and "Youth in the Wind" in this track. It can be seen that as long as they are filmed seriously, the audience will buy it, especially during the Spring Festival, when there is a greater demand for keywords such as family, family affection, and warmth. In addition, the drama is very lucky. The leading actor Li Yunrui has just exploded because of "Nine Purples", and has accumulated a large number of fans. It also brings together acting schools such as Ni Hongjie, Dong Jie, and Yu Entai. The combination of old and new also has a certain guarantee for the results.
Trident 2
The drama is starred by the original cast of the first season. It revolves around the "Trident" middle-aged policemen composed of Cui Tiejun, Xu Guozhu and Pan Jianghai. It tells the story of how the three people are not afraid of difficulties when facing new types of fraud, and continue to accept challenges from the new era for justice and light. The first season received good reputation when it was broadcast. The second season still follows the light comedy criminal investigation style of the previous season. The "Trident" made its debut in a tropical style by the swimming pool and returned in a slightly humorous way. Facing a new case, they performed their duties in reconnaissance, pursuit and interrogation, and took a three-pronged approach. In order to solve the case, they cleverly used the "differentiation" strategy, changed strange clothes, lay on the windowsill, jumped out of the window, and drove off-road... These ingenious plot designs not only added to the light comedy life of this season, but also made the direction of the story full of unknowns. The second script was written by Lv Zheng, a public security writer who has won four consecutive Golden Shield Literature Awards. The director changed from Gao Qunshu to Liu Haibo. The impact of the change in the main creator on the outcome of the series is still unclear.
"The Final Battle of the Alien! Biyou Village"
Stills from "The Final Battle of the Alien! Biyou Village"
Directed by Xu Hongyu, based on the original work by Mi Er, and starring Peng Yuchang, Wang Yinglu, and Hou Minghao, it is the second TV series of this IP. The first part has achieved good reputation and scored 8.1 points on Douban. The second part revolves around temporary worker Chen Duo and "Biyou Village". With its two-dimensional attributes, the current popularity of the series is quite good. It is also ranked in the top five in the Lighthouse, Yunhe and other lists, and the popularity on Youku has exceeded 9,000. The show currently has a lot of good reviews, and most viewers have given positive comments on the special effects, famous scene restoration, and loyalty to the original work. However, the content of the show is highly two-dimensional, and it is indeed difficult for viewers who have not seen the original IP and are not familiar with the two-dimensional to understand.
Lovesickness
Starring Angelababy and Song Weilong, the film is adapted from the novel "The Stolen Bride" written by Xi Juan. It tells the story of Jun Qiluo, the eldest daughter of the Jun family in the Yannan city-state, who accidentally meets "Xuan Lie", the leader of the Xuan tribe in the Beixun city-state, during a business trip, and they get to know each other, go through life and death together, and finally fall in love.
The drama has a popularity of over 20,000 on Tencent, but is only in the top 10 on charts such as Dengta, Yunhe, and Maoyan. The drama is considered a backlog drama and was completed in May 2023.
Judging from the episodes that have been aired, Yang Ying's role of Jun Qiluo is quite challenging. She is both beautiful and intelligent, and has many interactions with the male lead at the beginning. Yang Ying's acting skills have been criticized for many years since her debut. In this drama, many netizens still don't buy it, saying that she is not on the same level as the extras, and posted a post on Douban calling it "The Princess Weiyoung 2.0".
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【Variety Show】
Recently, "Along the Way with Flowers" broadcast on iQiyi has become a hot topic. Liu Xiaoqing said on the show that she would no longer participate in similar reality shows, and explained that the reason for being late was to deal with crisis public relations. Everyone also apologized to her, and the previous conflicts in the team were instantly resolved. Cai Ming showed an optimistic, positive, humorous and witty side in the show, which made the audience sigh that she is worthy of being our "Sister Ma".
"Hello Saturday" welcomes the crew of "National Beauty" this week. Yang Zi, Li Xian, Wei Zheming, Zhang Yaqin, Tu Songyan, Shen Mengchen, Gao Hanyu, Huang Zihongfan, and Yang Di start the battle to protect the young actresses. This Saturday at 20:10, it will be exclusively broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV.
On January 22, the drama variety show "Jiangnan 12 Gatherings" was officially announced. It is a song and dance stage drama with contestants selected from the variety show as the main cast, and the local cultural tourism consumption content developed during the filming of the variety show. Kaili, Wei Wei, Xu Li, Zhang Liang and others were invited to serve as the "class teachers" in the variety show. In this "gathering", it is expected that 100 young male contestants from all over the country will learn and experience the traditional Chinese culture represented by Jiangnan in Wujiang, and carry out a study for about 4 months, receiving performance training, emotional expression, body language, voice training and other different topics.
"Get Off Work 2024" is an annual comedy gala held by iQiyi. It premiered on January 24. In terms of form, it uses 14 hilarious comedy performances, covering multiple comedy forms such as Sketch, stand-up, and crosstalk, to occupy the user's attention in all directions, and bring a "passionate" New Year's Eve feast in two hours. The lineup includes Fu Hang, Liu Yang, Xiao Lu, Yang Li, Pang Bo, Shige Qintian, Wei Shihao, Liu Shuang, Mai Lin, Yang Zi, etc.
The official lineup of "The Great Detective: Pick Up Time Season" has been announced. The seven detectives He Jiong, Zhang Ruoyun, Da Zhangwei, Wang Ou, Wei Chen, Yang Rong, and Wu Xin have assembled. Will the plan to be the big boss this season be successful? Let's wait and see on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
On January 28, the New Year's Eve, CCTV Spring Festival Gala is coming as scheduled. Before that, you may want to go to B station and rewatch the previous 42 years of Spring Festival Gala. Oh, by the way, this year you can watch the Spring Festival Gala and post comments on B station. The other programs of the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Snake are not confirmed yet, but Faye Wong will definitely come. She will present a song " What the World Gave Me ". This is her first appearance on CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 7 years.
【cartoon】
"Da Dao Chao Tian": An unconventional animation about cultivating immortals
