The first teaser preview is out for jTBC drama Run On and I love the warm outdoorsy vibe. Lead Im Shi Wan is a runner and seeing him outside jogging with such energy and positivity was so nice, and then juxtaposed with Shin Se Kyung as a movie subtitle translator with a quiet job. They look really cute together and I have a good vibe from this drama pairing because they look so cute together.
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I feel like Tale of Gumiho tries so hard with the fated love/OTP element but it’s actually everything else that works and that central thread just falls for flat. The lack of chemistry between Yeon and Ji Ah continues so … Continue reading
There’s been a change in leading lady and once again newbie Kim Yo Han as the male lead is getting a true acting heavyweight as his costar. K-actress Kim Sae Ron is in talks to join KBS drama School 2020 … Continue reading
Man, are there NO SINGLE MEN in J-ent? Like, is the entirety of the industry married men so women have no choice but to cheat because there is an ratio imbalance? Two weeks after actor Higashide Masahiro was caught cheating … Continue reading
I totally missed this but Channel A cable premiered the first new K-drama of 2020, rom-com Touch with Joo Sang Wook and Kim Bora. The drama started on January 3 and airs on Fri-Sat, with the first episodes getting 0.847% … Continue reading
What another victory and another high profile celebration of South Korean film. Director Bong Joon Ho‘s critically acclaimed and box office topping social commentary film Parasite won the Best Foreign Film prize at last weekend’s 2020 Golden Globe Awards. It’s … Continue reading
The first season of SBS medical drama Romantic Teacher, Doctor Kim premiered with 9.5% AGB nationwide ratings and ended with over 27% in its final episode. It’s one of the rare prime time successes in recent years so not a … Continue reading
I can’t muster up much interest in this story but of course there will be the first “scandal” to start the new year. TW-actor Mike He is all over the island tabloids on this first day of January 2020 after … Continue reading
This is a belated Christmas present for me, so thank you photographer and stylist for this great shoot. K-actor Kim Woo Bin is in his first official pictorial since his return to work after a two plus year medical health … Continue reading
The tripling of ratings in three weeks is something to write about. SBS Fri-Sat drama Hot Stove League premiered on December 13th with a super low 3.3% AGB nationwide ratings. It’s since only gone up and the most recent episode … Continue reading
It’s that time of the year for the television networks to reward the successful dramas and shows for 2019. I have a sense of who is going to win the Daesang (Grand Prize) but it’s interesting to see what the … Continue reading
It’s fun to start looking ahead into 2020 and there has already been a handful of dramas reported and readied. One of the more talked about dramas of 2019 was SBS royal family makjang crazy An Empress Dignity (The Last … Continue reading
Okay, this is just a weird everything but news enough to report on the rumor. Chinese-speaking news is reporting that Taiwan is planning a drama remake of hit K-drama Goblin, two years after the popular series aired. The male leads … Continue reading
