Nearly 30 new Chinese and foreign films were released in March, which one is your first choice？
Special feature of 1905 film network The 2024 Spring Festival movie, which set a total box office record, has come to an end, but films such as the Spring Festival movie still perform steadily in the movie market. Solid quality and good reputation have made the four films show a gratifying long tail effect at the box office, among which "Article 20" came from behind and has led the single-day box office list and the movie attendance list for ten consecutive days as of the evening of the 28th.
Spring is getting warmer, and March is coming, and the movie market activated by the Spring Festival file will also usher in a new lineup. Nearly 30 films "get together" are scheduled for March, with diverse types and stars. More than 20 domestic films continue to flourish, including those that have been shown in the near future, and those that have been well received during the Spring Festival. When they are not shown, they have triggered a very hot new film, which will also welcome the inspection of the audience.
Competing with them on the same stage, there are also many imported foreign films that sell well. At the beginning of the month, it was re-released and (the first film) was warmed up, and the week of big IP blessing was new, and there were countless overseas awards and "the first real-life film of mankind" shocked. Who will win the first prize in the "Spring Mountain" in March?
March screen multi-line outing
The new domestic film shakes the sun brilliantly.
Action suspense, youthful love, absurd comedy, dramatic life … … Diversified theme content and different types of characteristics are the outstanding features of the new films made in China in March.
As a guest film channel "Today’s Film Review", film critic and producer Fujii Shu described these new films as "rich, diverse, light and agile". Taking the Spring Festival outing route as a metaphor, she divided the "movie-watching route" in March into four parts — — You Lost by Me and Viva La Vida form a romantic leisure line, Brilliant She and Chasing the Moon form a warm parent-child line, while Zhou Chu eliminates three evils, plays and kills and opens up a hard-core adventure line, waiting for a bosom friend on a small hiking line.
Hot Movie Promotion (in chronological order)
Eliminating three evils in Zhou Chu
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Starring:,,,,
Release date: March 1.
Synopsis: Chen Guilin (Ehan Juan), a wanted criminal, is dying, only to find that he is only ranked third on the wanted list. He is determined to find out the whereabouts of the first two wanted criminals and get rid of them one by one … …
Aspect: The film ingeniously uses the allusions of "Eliminating Three Harms at Zhouchu" in The Book of Jin and Shi Shuo Xin Yu, and discusses the reaction of "greed and ignorance" from the absurd perspective of self-rescue, which can not only provide a sense of genre film, but also have a strong social warning significance. With the early screening, its Douban film score rose to 8.4 points, and the action scenes and cult plots in the film won online praise. Ehan Juan’s appearance and performance were rated as "handsome to a new height" when he performed the drama of "Return of the Prodigal Son".
Play killing
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Starring:,,,,, Niu Xinxin, Feng Xinyao
Release date: March 2
Synopsis: A generation of famous actresses who fell in love with the country were killed by dark guns! On the first seven nights, private detectives (Jia Bing) are flying all over the sky and many suspects are hijacked in a theater. Known as "crazy", the mysterious flower face band surrounded them, forcing Inspector Man to find out the real murderer within four hours … …
Aspect: Whether the story of "script killing" can reach the previous height remains to be tested by the audience. The comic meaning introduced by comedians such as Jia Bing may bring different miraculous effects to this genre.
A stranger’s knife
Director:
Screenwriter: Tommy
Starring:,, Xia Meng,, Liu Hua
Release date: March 2
Synopsis: There was chaos in the world, and the King of Qi usurped power, secretly killing the heir of the Prince. Tian Anye (Max Zhang), a charcoal seller, was inadvertently involved in this game. In a life-and-death struggle, the secret of Tian Anye and the truth of the martyrdom of the people in Liangcheng in those days were also revealed … …
Aspect: As a rare martial arts action movie in the cinema, an unremarkable movie promoted in advance may bring surprises. The audience who are familiar with Max Zhang’s modern action drama will also enjoy a different kung fu feast in this costume movie.
You lost by me
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Screenwriter:
Starring:,,,
Release date: March 8
Synopsis: The boy Bai Xiaoyu (JC-T) and the girl Wang Jinjin (Zhang Jingyi) meet for the first time in the college entrance examination, and Bai Xiaoyu loses Wang Jinjin for the first time in the vast sea of people. Four years later, they met again unexpectedly and fell in love. In 2018, after knowing each other for eight years and loving each other for five years, they stood in front of the marriage and hesitated, but they fell in love but could not escape the heavy fetters of reality. Will Bai Xiaoyu lose Wang Jinjin again?
Aspect: The film is adapted from the popular novel Wang Jinjin, which I lost twice, and was personally adapted by the original author Zheng Zhi. After 15 years, JC-T returned to the screen. What kind of spark will he have with Zhang Jingyi, the spokesman of youth pain, as the leading actor in the film for the first time?
Chasing the moon
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Starring:
Release date: March 8
Synopsis: Teacher Qi (Caifei He), a famous Shaoxing opera actress, became famous all over the country with a movie Chasing the Moon when she was young. After many years of success, she suddenly returned home and wanted to reunite with her family. The abandoned eldest son, Qiu Sheng (Yuan Wenkang), and the youngest son, Xia Sheng, are hard to get close to her, and an unexpected event gradually reveals the secret truth of the past … …
Aspect: Caifei He won the Best Actress Award in the 36th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award, and her heartfelt acceptance speech was quickly "out of the circle", which triggered a phenomenal discussion on the whole network. In addition to Caifei He’s award-winning performance of "Don’t be crazy, don’t survive", the film text comes from the novel Past, which won the eighth Lu Xun Literature Award. The combination of strong literariness and Yue Opera, a traditional Chinese opera form, is also expected.
Brilliant her
Director:
Screenwriter: Zhang Li
Starring:,,,
Release date: March 15th.
Synopsis: The kind and tolerant grandmother (played by Kara Wai) meets her granddaughter (played by Liu Haocun) who was accidentally lost 12 years ago. The grandparents and grandchildren are estranged and close to each other, and their secrets are gradually revealed … …
Aspect: Kara Wai and Liu Haocun are partners for the first time, and the performance presented in the preview is full of emotions and moving. In addition, the film also focuses on social hot topics such as campus bullying, and how to observe it in depth is worth looking forward to.
Viva La Vida.
Director:
Screenwriters: Han Yan, Wang Xiaoai and Yang Fuzhi
Starring:,,,, Liu Dan,
Release date: March 30th.
Synopsis: "Mindless" Lu Tu (Peng Yuchang) meets "Unhappy" Ling Min (Li Gengxi), two seriously ill young people with different personalities. Because of the agreement of "relay for life", they mistakenly embarked on a healing journey full of love and strength.
Aspect: The film is the final chapter of the trilogy of life directed by Han Yan. Despite withdrawing from this year’s Spring Festival due to "wrong schedule selection" and other reasons, the film still gained a high reputation during the screening period, and the performances starring two young people were widely praised.
Galaxy writer
Director:,
Screenwriter: Ice Shan, Li Kuo,
Starring:,,, Li Wenru
Release date: March 30th.
Synopsis: Zhang Yiyi (Song Muzi) and Sun Tan (He Wenjun), two small screenwriters with dreams, wrote the original screenplay "Seven Seconds Man" that they thought could go down in history. With the help of a group of friends, they searched for employers and producers, tried to put the film on the big screen, and started a journey of "finding dreams" that was ironic.
Aspect: At the 17th FIRST Youth Film Exhibition, the film won two awards, which were praised by many people in the industry and recommended by "tap water". The film, praised as "The Screenwriter’s Picture Book of Survival" and "The Enlightenment of Contemporary Migrant Workers’ Survival", may gain more bosom friends among young literary fans.
Big IP, see you next week
The foreign film market is full of flowers.
The upsurge of Chinese films brought by the Spring Festival stalls has injected vitality into the film market in 2024. As spring approaches, more overseas imported films join the film market.
According to Jin Yuxuan, a teacher of China Communication University who is a guest on the film channel "Today’s Film Review", the "March" of the relay Spring Festival file gives the audience greater freedom of choice, which provides great opportunities for importing foreign films, and some of them are released at the same time overseas, which deserves attention.
Marvel Comics, Dune, Kung Fu Panda, Godzilla, King Kong and other big IP leaders settled in the March film list, and the Palme d ‘Or award works and "Space Reality Shooting" movies hit hard, which attracted new expectations on the week.
Hot Movie Promotion (in chronological order)
Mrs. Spider: Super Sensory Awakening
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Starring:, Sydney sweeney, celeste O ‘Connor, Isabella Merced,
Producer country: USA
Release date: March 1.
Synopsis: Cathy (Mrs Spider, Dakota Johnson), an emergency nurse, discovers that she can predict the future by accident. In the process of exploring the origin of her ability, she is closely linked with the fate of three spider women. Faced with the pursuit of Ezekiel, the villain "poisonous spider", Mrs. Spider tried to find out the reason … …
Aspect: Mrs. Spider is the most mysterious female superhero in Marvel comics. For Marvel Comics, whose reputation is declining, can the "new" hero on the screen save the decline?
Dune 2
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Starring:,,, Florence Pew
Producer country: USA, Canada
Release date: March 8
Synopsis: Paul E. Cui Di (Timothée Chalamet) joins forces with Cheney (Zendaya) and freeman people to embark on the road of revenge against the conspirators who caused the destruction of his family. When faced with the choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he must try to stop the terrible future that only he can foresee.
Aspect: Continuing the previous film, the film will continue to explore the legendary journey of the dune world. At present, the film has been praised by overseas authoritative film review websites beyond its previous work. Director Villeneuve will also come to China during the film promotion period. Are you looking forward to it?
Challenge
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Starring:
Producer country: Russia
Release date: March 15th.
Synopsis: An astronaut can’t return to Earth for treatment due to sudden illness, and he will die if he is not treated in time. At the same time, his life is of great significance to the country. A female surgeon was urgently sent to the universe to operate on this astronaut. The difficulties and challenges she will face far exceed her career and cognition. This is the longest "journey adventure" in her career and even her life. She bid farewell to her daughter and mother and embarked on this unknown journey. ……
Aspect: The film is known as "the first real-life film made by human beings in space", and it is worth paying attention to whether the film-history stunt can really be transformed into excellent quality.
Kung fu panda 4
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English dubbing: Jack Black,,,,
Chinese dubbing:,,
Producer country: USA, China.
Release date: March 22nd.
Synopsis: When the Dragon Warrior Po returns again, he will be forced to practice advanced by Master. A series of brand-new and strongest villains, the Phantom of the Demon, appeared on the stage, and mysteriously she can be transformed into every Po’s former enemy. This time, Po has met new partners such as Xiaozhen, and will start this adventure together.
Aspect: After eight years’ violation, the classic IP is coming again, and the new Kung Fu journey of Panda Po should not be missed. For the audience in China, the voice "performances" of Bo Huang, Yang Mi and Rulu are also worth going into the cinema to enjoy.
The trial of falling
Directed by Justin Tarie.
Screenwriters: Justin Tarie and Arthur Harari.
Starring:,, Milo machado Graner,
Producer country: France
Release date: March 29th.
Synopsis: Sandra (sandra wheeler), her husband Samuel and her visually impaired son Daniel live in a cottage in a remote mountain area with ice and snow. One day, Samuel was found dead after falling from a building outside his house. The police launched an investigation into the suspected murder, and Sandra was charged under uncertain circumstances. Is this suicide or murder? A year later, Daniel took part in the trial of his mother … …
Aspect: The film won the highest prize in Cannes Film Festival last year — — The Palme d ‘Or Award, and continues to harvest various film awards around the world, and the momentum continues to this day. Different from conventional suspense films and court films, the film deeply examines the real face of marriage and family life through these shells, with progressive emotions and subtle lens language, highlighting the pioneering expression of today’s world films on practical issues.
Godzilla vs king kong 2: The Rise of the Empire
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Producer country: USA
Release date: March 29th.
Synopsis: After the last monster high-burning battle, King Kong and Godzilla will once again join hands to fight against a huge threat lurking in the world, and gradually explore the origin of these behemoths and the mysteries of Skull Island and other places. At the same time, the veil of the ancient war will also be revealed, and it was that battle that created these extraordinary creatures and profoundly affected the fate of the human world.
Aspect: Can the sequel visually continue the shock of the previous work? In the story, will there be an upgrade without pulling the crotch? We’ll see at the cinema.