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【Movie】
Cinema Information
According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 15:00 on February 28, the top six movies at the box office that day were: "Nezha: The Devil Child Conquers the Dragon King", "Your Voice", "Detective Chinatown 1900", "Fengshen II: The War of Xiqi", "Preliminary Evidence" and "Life of Cats", among which the fifth and sixth places were both new films released that day.
"Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King" has generated more than 300 million yuan at the box office this week, continuing to break records. It is about to surpass "Spider-Man: No Return" (14.16 billion yuan/1.952 billion US dollars) and advance to seventh place on the global box office history list.
Lighthouse Professional Edition, global box office chart data at 15:00 on February 28
In addition, since its release in Hong Kong on February 22, Nezha 2 has been at the top of Hong Kong's single-day box office chart. To welcome the Nezha craze, TVB will broadcast Nezha 1 at 8pm on February 28, and will offer the original Mandarin version and the Cantonese version for the audience to choose from. Because of the broadcast of Nezha 1, the three TV series originally broadcast in prime time, including Come Home Love: Lo and Behold, Infernal Affairs, and Night Patrol at Dafeng, will all be suspended for one episode.
This weekend's cinemas are packed with many excellent films, which can be regarded as a "good feast" for movie fans. Whether it is a fantasy masterpiece that opens up your mind, or a realistic theme that has insight into human nature and social texture, all of them show excellent artistic standards and unique styles.
Director Bong Joon-ho's new film "Number 17" is scheduled to be released on March 7. Pre-sales have started this week, and it will be screened in many cities across the country on March 2.
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The ratings of the horror comedy "The Gifted" starring Chen Bolin and Zhang Rongrong have been rising all the way, from the initial 7.4 points to 7.8 points, becoming the highest-rated horror comedy movie in the past decade.
Using ghosts to describe people, this film has opened up a new path for Chinese horror films with its unique setting and successful genre mix, and was nominated for the Best Asian Film at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards. It is a little scary, a lot of fun, and a lot of tears, and it is definitely worth watching.
→ "The Way of Weird Talent": How come being a ghost is more stubborn than being a human?
"Life of a Cat" is an adventure that interweaves cuteness and fantasy. The cute cat accidentally embarks on a wonderful journey, traveling through a colorful and childlike world and encountering various strange creatures. The film was nominated for the Best International Film and Best Animated Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. It also won the Best Animation at major awards including the Golden Globe and European Film Awards, and was selected as one of the top ten films of the year by Time magazine last year. The little black cat has conquered audiences around the world, and Chinese audiences are welcome to "suck it".
The Kitchen is set in the kitchen, revolving around an ordinary family kitchen, and shows the complexity and warmth of family relationships through the interaction of family members. Mexican director Alonso Palacios is a contemporary master loved by many movie fans. He was shortlisted for the main competition at the Berlin Film Festival last year. This film is highly condensed and precise, depicting the state of life and society.
Onmyoji 0 will take the audience back to the mysterious Heian period, presenting the wonderful story of Onmyoji and monsters against the backdrop of a grand oriental fantasy. Exquisite kimonos and gorgeous scenes perfectly restore the style of ancient Japan. Kento Yamazaki and Shota Sometani jointly explore the fantasy oriental world, combining spells, magic, summoning of shikigami with the architectural aesthetics of the Heian period to create a contemporary fantasy space with both classical charm and modern beauty.
Poster of "Preliminary Evidence"
"Preliminary Evidence" is a masterpiece with a high score of 9.6 on Douban. It focuses on the courtroom and faces a fierce confrontation between law and humanity in complex cases. The courtroom is full of evidence and debate. The film version uses clever narrative and delicate emotions to show the struggle and awakening of women in the dilemma of the judicial system, which has aroused widespread attention and discussion.
→ "Preliminary Evidence": The essence of a performance
Oscar Preview
This year’s Oscars will be announced on March 3rd, Beijing time. As the previous “barometers” have won different awards, how confident are you about this year’s predictions?
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【TV drama】
New drama information
The tax-themed TV series "The Great River" will be broadcast on CCTV-8 prime time from February 28, and will be jointly broadcast on iQiyi and Tencent Video. The series is starred by Nie Yuan and Yang Rong.
The costume drama "Like Brocade" will be exclusively broadcast on Tencent Video from March 1st, starring Jing Tian and Zhang Wanyi.
The TV series "Northward" directed by Yao Xiaofeng, written by Zhao Dongling and starring Bai Lu and Ou Hao will be broadcast on CCTV-1's prime time from March 3 and will be exclusively broadcast on iQiyi.
The urban romance drama "Zha Xi", adapted from the novel of the same name on Douban Reading, started filming on February 24th. It is directed by Mao Deshu and stars Chen Xingxu, Lu Yuxiao and Dai Xu.
The criminal investigation suspense web drama "Treading Snow" starring Liu Xueyi and Jiang Qilin was completed on February 25 and will be exclusively broadcast on Youku.
"Love you"
Adapted from Sheng Li's novel "Loving You is the Best Thing I've Ever Done", starring Zhang Linghe and Xu Ruohan, the drama is based on the core concept of "TCM × Urban Love", telling the story of the gentle TCM practitioner He Suye (played by Zhang Linghe) and the insomniac hotel manager Shen Xifan (played by Xu Ruohan) who became lovers because of "medicine". The drama integrates traditional TCM culture (such as "medicine and food have the same origin" and "acupuncture and moxibustion therapy") into modern emotional narratives, focusing on the concept of "new Chinese health love".
Stills from Love You
The popularity of the drama on iQiyi exceeded 8,000, but the ratings of the first broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV were less than 0.2%, and it ranked in the top five on Dengta and Yunhe. With differentiated themes and healing styles, it has achieved a breakthrough in popularity on the Internet. Its innovative attempt of "TCM + emotion" has opened up a new path, but it must balance the authenticity of the profession with romantic expression. Some viewers think that the setting of "love at first sight" is old-fashioned, the details of the TCM profession cannot stand scrutiny, Zhang Linghe was evaluated as "lack of layers in static performance", and Xu Ruohan's emotional control in close-up shots was unstable. Fortunately, Zhang Linghe and Xu Ruohan's own appearance conditions make the atmosphere of the idol more reasonable, making up for the shortcomings, at least it is a qualified idol drama.
Filter
The play revolves around an ordinary girl Su Chengcheng (played by Li Landi) who accidentally obtains a "filter bracelet" that can change her appearance and even form at will (such as the beautiful Su Miao, female doctor Fang Jin, alpaca, etc.), and unfolds a fantasy adventure about identity recognition and emotional entanglement. The plot combines science fiction, light comedy and suspense elements, explores social issues such as appearance anxiety and the conflict between virtual and reality, and conveys the value of "the true self is the most precious" through the "crazy" setting of the heroine's multiple identities.
The drama's peak popularity on Tencent Video exceeded 20,000. According to Yunhe data, the drama's market share reached 5.8% within three days of its launch, and it was also among the top five on Lighthouse.
Stills from "Filter"
The series directly hits the pain points of appearance anxiety through plots such as workplace discrimination and humiliation at a classmate reunion. The combination of fantasy settings and current idol elements has also been praised. Li Landi's acting skills in multiple roles are considered "smart and natural", and Tan Jianci's performance is also natural and delicate. The two young and powerful actors add a lot of texture. However, there are also many controversies in the series. The plot in which the heroine easily gets a job opportunity with a bracelet has been criticized as "out of touch with reality logic", and Li Landi's "ordinary girl" character is also quite outrageous. But with its fantasy setting and anti-routine narrative, the show has achieved a breakthrough in popularity among Generation Z audiences.
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【Variety Show】
I hope this group photo of ten people will not be the last group photo of the "Let's Farm" series.
Let's Farm 3 is now online, and will be broadcast on iQiyi at 12:00 every Friday and Saturday starting from February 28. Although the "Hehuo Ren" learned in the live broadcast at the end of November last year that Jiang Dunhao, Li Gengyun and Zhao Yibo were unable to record the third season due to their respective work reasons, when the three said goodbye one by one at the beginning of the show, it was inevitable that many viewers who insisted on "ten days of hard work, no one can be missing" felt a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, after the camera turned to Yushu, it returned to the familiar feeling of "Let's Farm".
However, when Lu Zhuo, Li Hao, Zhuo Yuan, Zhao Xiaotong, He Haonan, Chen Shaoxi and Wang Yiheng showed up to watch the live broadcast, this famous "electronic pickled mustard tuber" instantly turned into "tears and rice".
The second season of "Mahua Te Kai Xin" is about to be recorded, and Shen Teng and Ma Li are going to be together! The tacit cooperation between Shen Teng and Ma Li is one of the biggest highlights. The two have known each other for 20 years, and have continued to partner from the Spring Festival Gala to movies and variety shows. The audience calls it a chemical reaction like "parental love." The show has both hilarious interactions and emotional expressions, such as the sharp contrast between Shen Teng's "playing tricks" and Ma Li's "undermining" in the first season. The second season will also introduce more memories to show the growth trajectory of the two from the stage to the variety show.
The second season plans to combine the "game within a game" reasoning and light suspense plots, and increase the dramatic conflicts in the game links, such as the "Moon Shield Project" selection, immersive escape room, etc. At the same time, it continues to focus on the stories of ordinary people and explores social issues such as the workplace and parent-child relationships in a comedic form.
The player lineup of "Cat in the Box 2" is Chen He, Huang Zihongfan, Lin Gengxin, Wang Xun, Xu Zhisheng, and Zhao Youting. Multi-dimensional space, familiar people challenge the level, starting from February 28, every Friday and Saturday at 12:00 on Youku Video, the upper and lower episodes will be updated.
How to unlock the story of Beijing's Central Axis from a youthful perspective? This Saturday at 20:20 on Beijing Satellite TV, the fourth season of "The Most Beautiful Central Axis" will feature the "Landing Youth Group" taking viewers on a tour of the "Axis of Youth" and letting them experience the youthful vitality.
On February 28 at 20:20, the third episode of "Our Dad" was broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV. Parenting experts Shen Lihong and Xia Lili, together with the "neighboring parents group" Fu Shouer, Miao Miao, Wu Zun, and Xu Xin, will continue to observe the daily life of three groups of fathers with their children and discuss the expression of fatherly love in family education. Li Yunsen, who is good at communicating with children, brought a new parenting trick in this episode: "Spring Festival Gift Exchange Plan". In the gift selection session, can the children restrain the urge to buy things for themselves in the face of a dazzling array of goods?
On March 1st, the crew of "Hard to Please", a special project of Hunan Satellite TV's flagship program "Hello Saturday" , came. Bai Jingting, Zhang Ruonan, Chen Haosen, Zhang Miaoyi, Zhang Yanqi, Shi Kai, Yang Di, Ding Chengxin and others burst into laughter during the game session.
The second season of the seven-episode cultural micro-documentary series "Chinese Officials' Principles" launched by Hunan Satellite TV uses seven famous official maxims that have been passed down through the ages to build a spiritual dialogue bridge spanning thousands of years, and uses historical wisdom to create a "vivid teaching material" for the construction of a clean culture in the new era.
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