This month in August 2023 K-actress Park Bo Young has a new movie out with Concrete Utopia, where she plays Park Seo Joon‘s wife as they deal with the aftermath of a major disaster in Seoul. With the promotion she has a new fashion pictorial for W Korea that I’m not sure if it was intentionally done in muted color … Continue reading →
So I thought with a two week break without a new period C-drama drop this summer of 2023 the premiere train stopped but today iQiyi doesn’t mind being late to the party as it premiered Love You Seven Times. Starring Ding Yu Xi and Yang Chao Yue, this is one lead pairing that has a negative appeal to me but … Continue reading →
So Junho is not taking a break after the hit jTBC drama King the Land and is already picked his next project. It’s the Netflix drama Cashero adapted from a webtoon story. His female lead in discussions is Kim Hyang Gi and she’s considering the offer. The drama is about an ordinary man who gains superpower strength with the more … Continue reading →
I mentioned its been a lackluster summer 2023 season for domestic K-movies to date but this upcoming one premiering during the family holiday Chuseok season seems primed to lure in audiences. Kang Dong Won may be solely a movie star but he’s not one to wait too long between projects and his next movie is Dr. Cheon and The Lost … Continue reading →
So there have been nonstop male lead casting rumors for Pearl Curtain Jade Curtain that the C-drama may break record for the sheet number of actors potentially cast as the male lead. It’s a hot project with female lead Zhao Lu Si signed on after she has three popular idol dramas in a row with Who Rules the World, Love … Continue reading →
A new likely prestige type K-drama is on its way and just cast the main lead trio. Scene-stealing veteran Kim Byung Chul will reunite with Yoon Se Ah from them working together on Sky Castle for the new drama titled Perfect Family. They will play a married couple with him as a top lawyer and the couple has an adopted … Continue reading →
So Lost You Forever male lead Tan Jian Ci is a regular cast member of variety show Hello Saturday so it’s only fitting that last month in mid July the drama cast went on to promote their show alongside. Also Dylan Wang is a regular cast member and seeing him with Yang Zi makes me think C-ent is overdue for … Continue reading →
It’s been a slower than usual summer season for K-movies, other than for the 3rd installment of The Roundup: No Way Out topping three weekends at the box office and Smugglers one weekend, it’s been Hollywood movies at the top. The next big name flick to try to lure audiences in will be Concrete Utopia, the disaster movie starring Lee … Continue reading →
Mark your calendars for September 9th as that is when the long planned second season to fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles hit the small screen on tvN in the Sat-Sun time slot. Starring Lee Jun Ki and Shin Se Kyung as the grown up versions of Song Joong Ki and Kim Ji Won‘s characters from the 2020 drama, with returning antagonists … Continue reading →
Reading Once Promised (Ceng Shu Nuo) and its direct sequel Lost You Forever (Chang Xiang Si) is like two flip sides of the same coin. There are so many parallels but the ends and choices are almost diametrically opposite. It goes to show that what happens to form a person’s life, personality, and background ultimately influences how choices in the … Continue reading →
I remember building a boat in AP Physics to get across the high school pool was the highlight of the year. Sure it was ramshackle but if it got across the pond completely it was a win. Period C-drama Legend of Anle was a boat that kept taking on water and disintegrated probably 2/3 into the paddling but the two … Continue reading →
K-actress Kim So Hyun is back on the small screen with tvN drama My Lovely Liar (Useless Lies) so that’s a nice 8 weeks with her presence. With it also comes pictorials and she has a solo one for Dazed Magazine and feels effortlessly beautiful. Nothing overly makeup or posed, just her natural youthful looks paired with cool chic clothes … Continue reading →
I explained clearly in my book translations that the story of Lost You Forever is Xiao Yao’s story and the male lead of her story is Cang Xuan/Zhuan Xu, her older brother cousin. The growth and evolution of his path to ruling the entire world mirrors Xiao Yao’s return and her trials and tribulations, so the male lead designation is … Continue reading →
