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】
According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 16:00 on April 11, the top five movies at the box office that day were: "Sunny Flower", "Minecraft: The Movie", "Love Without Words", "Nezha: The Devil Boy Conquers the Dragon King", and "Fast and Furious 7".
Stills from "Sunny Flower"
"Sunny Flower" accounted for more than 30% of the box office this week. Its novel perspective on female prisoners released after serving their sentences, its humanistic female issues, and the outstanding performances of the actors have made the film the most talked-about and watched new domestic film in April this year.
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"Love Without Words" also gained more attention for the hearing-impaired community through the breakthrough performance of popular actor Zhang Yixing.
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There are many new films released in theaters this weekend, covering a wide range of genres. Whether you are an action movie fan, or you are fond of suspense or literary themes, you can find your favorite works.
Stills from "The Guilty Love"
The newly released "Fated Love" is adapted from Li Shijiang's novel "Six Murderers" and stars Zhang Jingchu, Lu Fangsheng, Yu Ailei and other powerful actors. The story is set in the seaside town of Dening in 2002. As the plot progresses, the secrets behind each person gradually surfaced.
This week’s theaters are also great for movie fans to “catch up” or “review”.
As a classic of the "Fast and Furious" series, "Fast and Furious 7" has earned $1.515 billion in box office worldwide. The car-racing and fighting scenes are thrilling, and the chase and fierce battle scenes in the Caucasus Mountains and Abu Dhabi make people's adrenaline soar. The wonderful performances of the leading actors such as Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are also full of memories.
Nominated for the 87th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , Wild Tales is composed of six independent but interrelated short films, showing the darkness and absurdity of human nature in a black humorous way. Each story is full of reversals and surprises, allowing the audience to think about society and human nature in a hilarious way. It is a unique masterpiece.
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【TV drama】
"Eat, Run, and Fall in Love" was exclusively launched on Youku on April 8. Directed by Yu Zhongzhong, written by Jin Yuanyuan, and starring Chen Feiyu and Zhuang Dafei. The play is adapted from the novel "Golden Romance" by Douban Reading author Chen Zhiyao. It tells the story of Gan Yang and Ding Zhitong, two young people who are about to graduate from college, who met because of running and started a sweet love, but broke up due to a twist of fate. They met again six years later and helped each other bravely pursue their dreams in the entanglement of love and hate, and finally reunited.
"Spring Comes to Settle Storms", which aired on Tencent Video on April 10, is a costume love drama. Directed by Wang Yiqing, starring Xu Haiqiao, Hai Lu, An Yuexi, Mu Le'en, etc. The plot revolves around the frame-up of Shen Jiangli, the daughter of the Shen family, and is mainly about house fighting.
Stills from "The Knight's Journey"
"The Knight-errant" premiered on Tencent Video on April 11. It is a martial arts comedy directed by Zhong Kanxie and Zhang Renjie, and starring Xu Zhisheng, Fan Jingyi, Wang Shuai, and Chu Junchen. The play is adapted from the manga of the same name by Tokiwa Yusuke. It tells the story of Gou Lingfeng, the son of a wealthy businessman, who wants to be a hero. He went to the mountains to practice martial arts for 18 years, but was told by his master that he had learned all the lost magic skills of the demon sect? Wandering around the world, as long as he draws his sword to help others, he will be misunderstood as a bad guy. It turns out that being a hero in the world requires official recognition. After a lot of chaos, Gou Lingfeng finally joined the "Wulin Association".
In addition, the urban drama "A Good Life" directed by Wang Jun, written by Fei Huijun and Li Xiaoliang, and starring Sun Li and Dong Zijian will be broadcast on CCTV-8 prime time and exclusively on Youku starting from April 17. The drama tells the story of the insurance industry.
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【Variety Show】
Stills from the second public performance of "Riding the Wind 2025" "Dancing Diva"
"Riding the Wind 2025" was released on Mango TV on April 11. In the first half of the second public performance, Wu Xuanyi's group "Compendium of Materia Medica" defeated Ye Tong's group "The Mountain", and Song Yanfei's group "Dancing Diva" defeated Patty Hou's group "Missing is a Disease". Did the results of the competition surprise you?
Friendly reminder, the first and second public performances were recorded before the program went online. It can be said that the voting at that time more reflected the "existing" popularity of these sisters before the program was broadcast.
It is reported that the program group recently announced that the fourth public performance will return to the indoor circular stage and introduce the "senior sister help sing" segment. It is rumored that Li Sidani, He Jie and other popular contestants from previous seasons will join. Li Sheng continues to lead the popularity list, and the audience is looking forward to her subsequent stage performance; cross-border contestants such as Jiang Mengjie and Luo Yutong are predicted to be "ACE" candidates.
The fifth season of "Hahahahaha" will be broadcast on iQiyi and Tencent Video every Saturday and Sunday starting from April 12, and members can watch additional content every Monday. Deng Chao, Chen He, Fan Zhiyi, and Wang Mian have returned, while Lu Han has withdrawn from the show due to preparations for a concert, and Bao Shi Laojiu has also not participated due to schedule. The old members will continue the "Shen Jin" style of mutual banter, and Gao Hanyu, Xu Zhisheng, Ai Fejieni and others will join as flight or "local guides".
The first stop was arranged in Xinjiang. The program team designed "refreshing" convertible car trips, ice cup challenges, hound races and other segments, combining local specialties and extreme environment tasks to create dense laughs.
Audiences who like Xu Zhisheng are in luck recently. He has appeared in programs such as "Let's Farm 3", "Happy Adults 2", and "Hahahahahaha Season 5" as a resident or flying guest. "Fifty Kilometers Peach Blossom Village 5" is currently being recorded, and Xu Zhisheng is still there. The aforementioned "The Knight Is Not Going Away" was the first time that talk show actor Xu Zhisheng played the leading role in a TV series.
