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If 2016 turned out to be the year of Gong Yoo‘s career resurgence with a hit drama and movies, hopefully 2017 will be the same for Hyun Bin. First up is the January release of his movie Cooperation with Yoo … Continue reading
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Even without SBS drama Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim being a big ratings hit, MBC is still woefully bringing in negligible viewership for its Mon-Tues drama Night Light in the low single digits. There’s still another month to go before the … Continue reading
The 2016 year end K-drama awards for the big three networks came and went last weekend, smack dab in the middle of me heading off for my trans-pacific flight, taking said long flight, traveling back home from long flight, and … Continue reading
It feels like Legend of the Blue Sea is treading water, which is such a shame because the narrative crescendo ought to be building but the writing remains subpar for a drama with such big name leads and publicity. I … Continue reading
Well things certainly took a turn in less than a day from the news that the K-drama adaptation of manhwa Bride of the Water God was scheduled for February 2017 filming. Now comes the first casting news – Nam Joo … Continue reading
The first big entertainment news of 2017 is here and happily it’s a joyous one. HK-actress turned director Charlie Yeung has confirmed the recent speculations that she is expecting her first child with her Singaporean husband of three years Khoo … Continue reading
Promotions are ramping up for the C-drama premiere of fantasy romance Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Mile Peach Blossoms, airing on January 30th with a head start on the movie version which doesn’t hit the theaters until summer of 2017. … Continue reading
Week 5 of Goblin aired during the year end holidays but didn’t have a dent on the ratings, with episodes 9 and 10 remaining steady in the 12% range. I remained equally thrilled that the drama is such a hit … Continue reading
I’ve heard so many drama friends raving about Lee Je Hoon ever since the war movie The Front Line back in 2011, which he then followed up with the hit Introduction to Architecture. On the drama front he didn’t make … Continue reading
I’ll believe it when I see it has been my approach with the long discussed K-drama adaptation of this well known manhwa, but then 2016 made a K-version of Bu Bu Jing Xin a reality and succeeded in producing two … Continue reading
I was nearly bored to giving up on TW-dramas this year in 2016, the only one I finished entirely was Love @ Seventeen with Lego Lee and Nikki Hsieh. The depressed ratings for domestic dramas speaks the same for audiences … Continue reading
Most sequels tend to disappoint regardless of whether the original cast comes back. It’s hard to make lightning in a bottle twice but I’m mildly optimistic about the upcoming period C-drama Nirvana in Fire 2. It’s from the same production … Continue reading
Na PD kept this project under wraps so well because the first preview is out just a day after news came out that his next variety reality show will be following newlywed K-ent couple Gu Hye Sun and Ahn Jae … Continue reading