Hot dang it, China, why are you so ridiculously good to the fangirl in me. I’m bopping around the interwebz minding my own business scrounging for Da Mo Yao drama stuff when BAM!, all the C-entertainment portals lit up simultaneously. As if to out do her good friend Yang Mi (who only recently confirmed her real life romance with her drama … Continue reading →
Things may change with the passage of time, but what is unavoidable will come to pass no matter what. The higher Huo Qu Bing flies, the more the Emperor will want to clip his wings. The more Yu Er digs into her past and her present, the more she’ll only discover that a heart can grow bigger and love more, … Continue reading →
Having read all three of Tong Hua’s historical novels, I have to concede that Da Mo Yao is her weakest work. It lacks the intelligent depth of Bu Bu Jing Xin and the emotional range of Yun Zhong Ge. But it’s my favorite nevertheless. I’ve been waiting for Tong Hua to actually start on the final novel of her great … Continue reading →
Hot off the presses comes the first ever look at the poster for the upcoming Choi Dong Hoon blockbuster heist movie The Thieves. Billed as the Asian version of Ocean’s Eleven, the cast of Korean and Hong Kong actors find themselves on opposite sides of a jewel heist at a Macao casino. Filming was shot on location in Macao last … Continue reading →
It’s an understatement to say that Moon Chae Won had a great 2011. Last year was a critical breakthrough for her, as she had a record smashing movie Arrow: The Ultimate Weapon along with a ratings hit drama in The Princess’s Man. Since both projects are sageuks, and she cut her teeth on The Painter of the Wind, it’s not … Continue reading →
What a difference a few months make? Or perhaps the better statement would be, what a difference a missed opportunity makes? Yu Er and Huo Qu Bing finally return to Chang An in this chapter of Da Mo Yao, and the former tries to seamlessly and quietly return to her former life, while the latter is now the most sought … Continue reading →
Ella’s wedding is fast approaching, and her star couldn’t be shining any brighter. She just had a hit movie last month with Zai Zai, and already she’s off promoting her upcoming movie Bad Girls with Mike He. The movie comes out in April and is billed as a rom-com where Ella plays a high school tough girl who gets roped … Continue reading →
It takes a lot of self-confidence to rock a beauty mark, and Rainie Yang is on good company with some of the most famous beauties of yesteryears who have proudly sported a natural beauty mark and made it their own. It looks like Rainie planning to keep her hair short since she’s made no attempt to grow it out since … Continue reading →
Rooftop Prince might be the surprise of 2012 for me thus far, what with the inexplicablye ascent from meh drama prospect to salivating over every little tidbit of juicy goodies. I love how the drama seems both slightly serious but more just charmingly goofy. Yoochun and Han Ji Min continue to be so cute they give me cavities, while the … Continue reading →
The title for this chapter of Da Mo Yao is the ancient name for football (i.e. soccer for those in the States). One of the legends about Huo Qu Bing was that he loved playing football and forced his army to dig football fields and play with him. Tong Hua actually manages to explain away a lot of the historical tales … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago I had dinner with some girlfriends (wub you, LizzyD and Xiaoxin!) and discussed my Jun Ki’s first post-army project. We went through the available leading ladies and settled on Moon Geun Young or Yoon Eun Hye as great possibilities and prayed for that to happen. Fast forward a few weeks, and not only am I … Continue reading →
It’s nice to be well established movie stars in Korea, because when they pair up and have a movie premiere, all your pretty and talented colleagues show up to support you. Love Fiction with Gong Hyo Jin and Ha Jung Woo held its celebrity-filled movie premiere this past weekend and it was a veritable who’s who of attendees. The movie is … Continue reading →
Finally! After years apart and tons of unresolved issues, Yi Zhi Xie and Yu Er finally meet face-to-face. To no one’s surprise, the guy is clearly not over her, but whether it’s from guilt or love is hard to distinguish. It’s the old adage that with the pursuit of power comes the inevitable sacrifice. I think it telling that the … Continue reading →