Man, K-ent with its bombshell news cycles just love to screw with my sleep patterns. Before calling it a night, out came the news from Korea that the December SBS drama Man From the Stars has confirmed the long rumored leads in Kim Soo Hyun and Jeon Ji Hyun. As everyone knows by now, this would reunite them from the … Continue reading →
Go ahead, judge me all you want. The appreciation for male beauty needn’t be a shameful thing, as along as its acknowledged thusly and no further validation is added thereto. I’ve wondered why its taken so long since Song Seung Heon started his acting career for him to strip away any pretense that he can act and just let his … Continue reading →
I love that what’s happening in Two Weeks feels very emotional but isn’t actually motivated by the personal. It’s not about revenge or retribution, it’s about the ever present conflict between greed and justice and one very unfortunate Jang Tae San is caught in the middle of it. Unlike recent thriller dramas such as Cruel City and Shark, there isn’t … Continue reading →
There has been a sighting of one of those nearly extinct species known as the naturally good looking K-acting god. Hyun Bin, who has chosen as his first post-military project the sageuk movie A King’s Wrath, surfaced this past weekend at a Samsung event in Seoul. Binnie has been a Samsung spokesperson for years now, even before he enlisted in … Continue reading →
Sometimes it takes a whole lotta crazy and some tangential love to get my attention for a drama and by golly the upcoming KBS daily drama Ruby’s Ring hits it out of the park. I’ve been waiting for Park Kwang Hyun to come back to the small screen ever since he was seriously one of the few highlights of Cheongdamdong … Continue reading →
Over the weekend I was writing the recap for Two Weeks episodes 1 and 2, because this drama is totally jjangbak and it was siren calling me to recap it after it revived my enthusiasm post my disappointment with The Master’s Sun. Alas, I lost my recap in its entirety due to a freak computer outage. Instead of re-writing it when I … Continue reading →
Looks like the upcoming epic sageuk Empress Ki (formerly known as Hwatu but got its named changed to avoid confusion with the same-name Korean card game) may be the last time we get to see Ha Ji Won in a K-drama for the near future. She recently left her long time agency Wellmade STARM, which I totally support since it was … Continue reading →
Don’t worry, Jung So Min is not getting married. At least not that anyone’s aware of. I just love her bridal photo spread for a wedding magazine earlier this year and thought this would be the perfect post to use it. Even though she’s not getting hitched, she is getting a new professional home and hopefully with it her career … Continue reading →
Heeeeelp me. *weak voice* Save me from this wretched pedestrian boredom. Is there anyone out there writing about Goddess of Fire so I can stop? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? This drama’s ratings are sinking like a rock by the combination of less Tae Do and more Jung Yi-Gwanghaegun snorefest of a romance. I love that Tae Do brought Jung Yi flowers … Continue reading →
I guess it’s a good thing the upcoming KBS drama Secret is a modern story otherwise I can’t imagine how the production would fare if it was a sageuk and there is four weeks remaining before it’s scheduled to premiere after the end of The Blade and Petal. I never procrastinate and it’s actually a pet peeve of mine to … Continue reading →
Following along with the casting and filming of the upcoming period C-drama King of Lan Ling since the very beginning has made the wait feel interminable. So either I have prodigious patience I wasn’t aware of or time just flew by this past year because the drama is finally premiering on Wednesday August 14th on four major networks in China … Continue reading →
There is tiny part of me that hopes for a miracle with Goddess of Fire, a Flowers for Algernon like sudden spike in intelligence if you will. Characters would begin to behave like rational human beings (forget education or lack thereof, common sense is in dire scarcity in this drama), storylines would suddenly be taut and riveting, and the casts’ … Continue reading →
Won Bin might be the most reluctant movie star in South Korea. But I guess he can afford to be picky because he gets ton of CFs that can sustain a career when he’s not making movies. I know fans have been hoping he’d return to television but I’d say don’t hold your breath. The Korean media is reporting that … Continue reading →