Yearly Archives: 2023

Ahn Eun Jin Has Busy Week Winning Best Actress at Grimae Awards, a Small Wardrobe Malfunction at the Blue Dragon Awards, and Joining Suzy and Kim Woo Bin in Their Next Drama

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This is like the tamest wardrobe malfunction ever and rather cutely handled by the star in question and the considerate hosts. K-actress Ahn Eun Jin was up for Best New Actress at this weekend’s film industry only 2023 Blue Dragon Awards and she looked sleek in a strapless white encrusted column gown until she had a little wardrobe malfunction on … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Wonderland of Love with Jing Tian and Xu Kai Ends Satisfying Run with 6.5 Ratings on Douban

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It’s weird to use such a bland description as “good” or “decent” to describe something without it sounding like an insult but for C-drama Wonderland of Love within the context of the period C-dramas this is a genuine compliment. I watched this drama starring Xu Kai and Jing Tian for the last 3 weeks without any desire to drop it … Continue reading →

2023 iQiyi Scream Awards Brings Out the C-actresses in Colorful Gala Frocks

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This weekend was the 2023 iQiyi Scream Awards held in Macau and the young and pretty C-stars were out in attendance. This was a streaming platform event so the winners isn’t anything more that the platform paid to do their productions or will be doing one so it was more a social event than anything. I’m there for the C-actress … Continue reading →

Modern Romance C-drama Only for Love Wraps Airing with Across the Board Bad Reviews But Leads Dylan Wang and Bai Lu Emerge Unscathed

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This is an interesting drama to dissect because there are clearly so much elements at play. Modern workplace romance C-drama Only for Love with Bai Lu and Dylan Wang finished airing this week and a happy ending did nothing to help this drama elevate it’s uniformly bad reviews. I think even Dylan fans just stayed quiet because trying to compliment … Continue reading →

SBS Fri-Sat Fantasy Romance My Demon with Kim Yoo Jung and Song Kang Premieres to 4.5% and 3.4% Ratings

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So this weekend it’s jam packed in K-drama land there is literally too many interesting dramas all airing at the same time so pick away at what strikes your fancy. SBS premiered My Demon in the Fri-Sat time slot and the opening ratings are 4.5% dropping the next night to 3.4%. This drama was never about ratings but more whether … Continue reading →

Disgraced C-actor Wu Yi Fan’s Original Conviction and Sentenced Affirmed by Higher Court as He Exhausts All Avenues for Appeal

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So it’s 13 years in jail and then expulsion for the country afterwards for former C-actor and top star Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu). I don’t think I’ve seen a C-star fall from this high to this low but at least it gives the impression that the Chinese government when it wants to will mete out this level of punishment … Continue reading →

Zhang Ling He Finally Gets the Strong Reviews of His Performance with Story of Kunning Palace But Sadly Industry Gossip Says He and Bai Lu are Now Broken Up

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So I’m a little behind on all my dramas some that I intend to watch I just haven’t had the bandwidth to start and that includes recently premiered period drama Story of Kunning Palace. Starring Bai Lu and Zhang Ling He, the drama was abruptly pulled from premiere in May the day off and then suddenly released in November now … Continue reading →

2023 Blue Dragon Awards Fetes K-movies with Smugglers Taking Best Picture and Lee Byun Hun and Jung Yu Mi Winning the Best Acting Prizes

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I didn’t follow the K-movies this year so I don’t even know if any of the winners were the right ones lol but I still love awards ceremonies for the glitz and glamor. It was the usual level of awards show dressing for the 2023 Blue Dragon Awards which fetes the best in film with plenty of A-list and rising … Continue reading →

Zeng Shun Xi and Li Qin Radiate Wintry Charisma in First Stills for Wuxia Romance Drama Seven Nights of Snow

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Who knew throwing some guyliner and fur on Zeng Shun Xi (Joseph Zeng) would make him for the first time seem quite an attractive leading man to me haha. The first stills are out for wuxia X-drama Seven Nights of Snow and it’s perfect timing to be released now in the winter. Starring Li Qin and Zeng Shun Xi, these … Continue reading →

Xianxia C-drama The Longest Promise with Xiao Zhan and Ren Min Still Does Not Have Douban Rating Four Months After Airing

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Say what you will about rating websites be it Rotten Tomatoes for movies in the US or Douban in China for dramas but it serves at least a central aggregate of consumer feedback. I find the public ratings more or less accurate, sometimes it’s higher or lower than my personal opinion but never wildly inaccurate. It’s also rare to not … Continue reading →

First Stills for Park Min Young in tvN Drama Marry My Husband Shows Her Method Acting Weight Loss to 74lbs to Play a Cancer Patient

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Method acting is one of the regularly lauded performance commitments for actors and actresses and it’s understandable when one goes to a physical transformation for a role. But I don’t understand why Park Min Young went full cancer patient in her upcoming tvN K-drama Marry My Husband, because it’s just not needed. This is not an Oscar prestige film like … Continue reading →

Danger Lurks in the Capital of Japan Occupied Korea in New Poster and Preview for Netflix Drama Gyeongseong Creature

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I heard Netflix is raising prices again and goodness the streaming platform is really testing the break point before a good majority cancels. It’s still in the far horizon but as long as the company invests in exclusive dramas and movies there will always be a fresh reason to watch, case in point the holiday season release of period thriller … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhang Jin Yi is Reportedly in Talks for Period C-drama Opposite Xiao Zhan

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So the C-drama that Xiao Zhan is signed up for with the Chinese title translated tentatively as Tibetan Sea Opera and the English title Legend of the Hidden Sea has a new female lead name attached. Originally the female leads were rumored to be either Li Qin or Li Yi Tong, but now it looks like the role will go … Continue reading →