Till the End of the Moon is over, peeps! The best part is that it ended, we can be put out of our misery. The worst part is that it ended, we can never see what this drama could have been if it was done properly. The last month has been a fun ride for me, the strong buzz and … Continue reading →
From my title you can clearly tell whether I think my cutie succeeded, but I do give him props for trying! Park Bo Gum is in Paris and as a brand ambassador for Celine he shared some SNS pictures wearing the brand’s shiny gold letterman design jacket that goes from flashy to swaggy when you see the full tiger embroidered … Continue reading →
Oh this is big news, but probably no ripples for broader C-ent. This week Yang Mi dropped a big surprise in that she left Jay Walk Studios (Jiaxing), the company she established in 2013 with two other individuals. She established Jay Walk after leaving Tangren Entertainment and also establishing her own Yang Mi workshop which is very common with top … Continue reading →
K-actor Ryu Jun Yeol just won the Best Actor Award at the 2023 Baeksang Awards in the film side for sageuk thriller The Night Owl so it’s rather fitting that the movie is being discussed as the last “hit” domestic film in Chungmuro for the last 6 months. The Night Owl sold 3.23M tickets and made a profit so is … Continue reading →
This weekend showed that the time slot remains strong for K-dramas, it’s like the weekday viewers all left but some went over to the weekend while the traditional weekend viewers are still there. The biggest news remains jTBC drama Doctor Cha which hit a new high of 16.181% in this Sunday’s episode 8. It’s definitely prime to break 20% and … Continue reading →
Last month in April 2023 two top C-drama actresses happened to start new drama filming at the same time so it’s getting busy in Hendian again. Dilraba Dilmurat came back from a hiatus last year and is all cylinders firing with CFs and attending events and back to drama filming. She’s in a kidnapping detective procedural titled Sword Rose about … Continue reading →
Normally when big melons get rolling it still takes time before the official news ends the speculation but this time it’s pretty fast. This weekend director Tsui Hark confirmed that he’s next movie will be the first of his planned three movie adaptation of Legend of the Condor Heroes with the first being called Legend of the Condor Heroes: The … Continue reading →
Man, I hope Allen Ren (Ren Jia Lun) doesn’t follow up a turd with another turd. I surprisingly enjoyed The Blue Whisper hence got all excited for Thousand Years for You which felt like Thousand Years of Dull when it arrived. He’s got The Demon Hunter’s Romance (Wu You Du) with Song Zhu Er just filmed and now he’s filming … Continue reading →
I feel like Lee Seung Gi and Lee Da In‘s wedding venue and decorations just got preserved for a few weeks and used here for Se7en and Lee Da Hae‘s wedding lol, it looks exactly the same! It’s clear K-weddings of the rich and famous all have the same look – walkway ringed by flowers and more flowers with dimmed … Continue reading →
So it feels like the pendulum has swung back to normalcy in C and K netizen chatter, for awhile the two sides were always against each other and their respective cultures and productions seemingly for the sake of it due to real life geo-political tensions. Now I see more actual substantive commentary and for the upcoming C-drama remake of My … Continue reading →
I was just writing about weekend jTBC drama Doctor Cha which has broken 13% ratings and is a massive hit for the cable network with many more episodes left. Then I looked over and the same network has another hit in the Wed-Thurs time slot, the same time slot that tvN announced it was abandoning and the other three network … Continue reading →
So…….I find myself quite looking forward to the next Youku xianxia C-drama Back From the Back after the latest preview came out this week. The drama is confirmed for a May 10th premiere after the (rocks fall down?) ending of Till the End of the Moon next Tuesday. The latest preview is just adorable, leaning heavily on the stoic dragon … Continue reading →
I don’t know if the two diametrically opposite review camps for xianxia C-drama Till the End of the Moon are just the fandom and the anti-fans being the most vocal or there are actually casual viewers who think either way. Because this drama is my definition of mid (borrowing youth lingo here) – nowhere near as bad as most xianxia … Continue reading →
