This week's theatrical movies were supposed to be very exciting. Originally "The Rescue" and "School Dad" were both going to be released this week, but in the end they were all temporarily withdrawn. Starring: Lau Ching Wan / Charlene Choi / Raymond Lam / Li Ruotong / Tan Kai.

"Weekend Movie Guide", as its name suggests, is very simple. It just tells everyone what movies and TV series are worth watching every weekend. The recommended scope is not only limited to movies currently being screened in mainland theaters, but also includes high-quality movies and TV series on domestic streaming media such as Youku, iQiyi, Tencent , and Bilibili, as well as recent Hollywood , Japan, South Korea, and Europe. Wait for popular movies that are eligible for viewing.

In short, as long as you follow this column, I guarantee that you will not be bored on the weekend, and at least you will have good movies to watch.

Part.1 Theater Movies

The first part of "Weekend Movie Guide" will always recommend theater movies. Because watching movies on the big screen is our last resort, movies should not be separated from cinemas. This week's theatrical movies were supposed to be very exciting. Originally " Shocking Rescue " and " School Dad " were both going to be released this week, but in the end they were all temporarily withdrawn. But it doesn’t matter, even so, there are still two theatrical films worth watching this week, one is a very authentic Hong Kong film, and the other is a very realistic mainland film.

Detective War

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Viewing channel: Cinema

Director: Wei Jiahui

Screenwriter: Wei Jiahui

Starring: Liu Qingyun / Charlene Choi / Lin Feng / Li Ruotong / Tan Kai

Type: Action/Suspense / Crime

Language: Mandarin Chinese / Cantonese

Release date: 2022-07-08 ( Mainland China )

Film length: 101 minutes

The first time I heard about this project was probably in 2017. Because of the combination of Wei Jiahui + Liu Qingyun, this project was considered to be the sequel to the Hong Kong film classic "Detective". However, after five years of polishing, now it seems that this should be a brand new work, but with the crazy style of "Detective" back then. Liu Qingyun continues to play a crazy detective, while Wei Jiahui continues to "fly the page" on the set, writing and shooting now, which is also very consistent with the shooting style of Galaxy Image .

The movie tells the story of "Detective" Li Jun, the former Chief Inspector of O's who was dismissed after suffering from mental illness. In order to find out the truth about a murder case many years ago he went to the crime scene alone, and a serious crime team headed by "Detective Couple" Chen Yi and Fang Lixin The simultaneous investigation also brought up a series of old mysteries related to Li Jun.

collaborated with after many years. Wei Jiahui and Liu Qingyun reopened the exploration of the world of "Detective" and brought a new film "Detective vs. " that is quite challenging for both of them. It can also be seen from the trailer that this movie has a strong flavor of the Milky Way image. The rainy night, the murderer, the detective, the murder trailer, the case number, almost every element is the Milky Way image we are familiar with.

To be honest, Hong Kong movies, Galaxy Image, plus Wei Jiahui, Liu Qingyun, and Li Ruotong, there will always be more expectations and more tolerance for such movies.

Hidden in Dust and Smoke

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Viewing Channel: Cinema

Director: Li Ruijun

Screenwriter: Li Ruijun

Starring: Wu Renlin/Hai Qing/Yang Guangrui/Wu Yun Zhi/Li Shengfu/more...

Type: Drama

Production Country /Region: Mainland China

Language: Gansu dialect / Mandarin

Release date: 2022-07-08 ( Mainland China ) / 2022-02-13 (Berlin Film Festival)

Film length: 133 minutes / 131 minutes ( Berlin Film Festival)

html At the beginning of 2019, the film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin International Film Festival. Although it did not win the award in the end, this was the first time after 2019 that a mainland film was shortlisted for the main competition of the three major European film festivals.

Director Li Ruijun is actually quite interesting. He has been a frequent visitor to the three major European film festivals. His film works mostly focus on land, rural areas and farmers, or migrant workers who move to cities to work. From " old donkey head " to " passing by the future ", each film records the real life of people in this land.

"Into the Dust" once again turns the lens back to the northwest countryside, which is also the hometown of director Li Ruijun. It tells the story of two lonely individuals who were abandoned by their respective families and became a couple.

The heroine Hai Qing changed her previous urban image of a national daughter-in-law and became a rural woman full of earthy flavor and a bit disabled. She made a lot of sacrifices, but her performance was very good. The male protagonist Wu Renlin is not an actor, but a real northwest farmer and the uncle of director Li Ruijun. Although their origins are completely different, the two people's cooperation in the film is very good, convincing and touching.

This film is extremely complete, like a long poem written to the land and the people on the land, which is both tragic and romantic. In the lower-class rural areas, two abandoned and marginalized characters live a mutually supportive life. Rooted in the land, exposed to the wind and sun, cut by sickle and ground by stone, it could never escape the land, but it still grew its own romantic ears of wheat.

Part.2 Popular resources

The second part of "Weekend Movie Guide" will focus on new film resources, including popular new films from Hollywood, Europe, Japan, and South Korea. As long as you have the conditions to watch the movie, I will recommend it to everyone as soon as possible. Of course, it’s up to everyone to dig out the specific resources themselves.

Broker

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Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu

Screenwriter: Kore-eda Hirokazu

Starring: Song Kanghao / Kang Dong-won / Bae Doona / Lee Ji Eun / Lee Joo Young / More...

Type: Drama

system Film country/region: South Korea

Language: Korean

Release date: 2022-05-26 ( Cannes Film Festival ) / 2022-06-08 (South Korea)

Film length: 130 minutes

Director Hirokazu Kore-eda should be this several years There may not be one director who is the most popular in China. This can be seen from the few times he came to China to experience, basically every venue was full. Whether you are a movie fan or an ordinary viewer, whether you are a young and fresh person who has been quiet for a long time or an angry youth who criticizes society, you can see what you want to see from the works of director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

After winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes with " Shoplifters ", Kore-eda Hirokazu began his more international filmmaking experience.First, he filmed "Really Want" in France in 2019, working with such famous French actresses as Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche; then he came to South Korea in 2022 and worked with Song Kang-ho and Bae Doo-na. , Li Zhien cooperated with to shoot the movie " Broker ".

After leaving the familiar Japanese environment, these two movies seemed somewhat acclimatized. The French one is very romantic, but the expression is too direct, which is not Kore-eda's taste at all; while the Korean one is completely another copy of "Shoplifters", trying to wrap cruelty with warmth, too weak, a bit mediocre, and losing its past content. Ham's kind of silent criticism of society.

So for the movie "The Broker", especially when it was directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, it should have been of a higher standard.

curse

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Director: Ke Mengrong

Screenwriter: Ke Mengrong

Starring: Cai Genyan/Huang Xinting/Gao Yingxuan/Lin Jinglun/Wen Qingyu/More...

Genre: Horror

Production country: China Taiwan

Language: Chinese Mandarin

Release date: 2022-03-18 (China Taiwan ) / 2022-07-08 (China Taiwan Internet)

Film length: 110 minutes

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I believe many people have watched this movie called " I wanted to win the trailer of Taiwan the scariest movie "The Curse", and I was so frightened that I threw away my mobile phone. With just two trailers, it has sparked a craze on various social platforms and whetted the audience's appetite. After waiting since the beginning of the year, "The Curse" is finally online on Netflix today, and everyone can have a glimpse of its true appearance.

The movie "Curse" is adapted from a real event that happened in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It tells the story of the heroine Ruonan and her friends who formed a video team and broke into the religious forbidden place six years ago, offending the sleeping evil spirits, and everyone died one after another. Although Ruonan survived in the end, six years later, his daughter actually drew the symbols of the ceremony. Recalling the mysterious deaths of everyone, Ruonan risked his life to save his daughter at all costs and tried to return to the forbidden land to find out the secret of the curse.

This movie is indeed very scary. I suggest friends who are afraid of horror movies not to try it easily.