Last year in 2021 there were actually quite a few decent movies and one of the biggest hits (in a pandemic impacted box office) was Escape from Mogadishu. We will never know how much money this movie would have taken in during a normal era but it was still a success and got lots of nominations and wins in the … Continue reading →
Okay this one snuck up on me but seeing all the promos and previews in one batch got me more excited I think since the cast is just so-so for me. Disney+ streaming only drama Grid (original title was Zero) starring Seo Kang Joon, Kim Ah Joong, Lee Si Young. Kim Moo Yeol, and Kim Sung Kyun drops next week … Continue reading →
It’s not easy for a K-drama promo circuit to start off with as positive a bang as MBC is doing for its upcoming fantasy drama Tomorrow but I’m just too happy bemoan why this can’t happen more frequently. The poster has the four leads Kim Hee Sun, Ro Woon, Lee Soo Hyuk, and Yoon Ji On perched at the edge … Continue reading →
Seeing the just dropped suite of drama posters for upcoming SBS romance A Business Proposal (Office Blind Date) makes it actually seem cute in a derpy way. The adherence to the webtoon visuals was clearly the marching orders and while the OTP on with Kim Se Jung and Ahn Hyo Seob looked really flat and unappealing, the rest are actually … Continue reading →
There is casting news around the K-drama remake of hit Taiwanese drama Someday or One Day that makes me happy but doesn’t obviate my earlier concerns with the previous announced casting. Rising young actor Kang Hoon, who was one of the breakout stars in The Red Sleeve Cuff playing the King’s frenemy in the political subplot, has been cast as … Continue reading →
Wow, what a wonderful mentoring and magnanimous thing to say, but so true that as time passes whatever is THE BEST will be supplanted in ways that show growth and evolution. Top actor Lee Seo Jin came back to drama land recently with a TVing streaming drama Dr. Park’s Clinic and this week he gave press interviews during which he … Continue reading →
The upcoming tvN Mon-Tues drama Military Prosecutor Doberman tried so hard to be cute to its title but it really backfired for me in luring me in. The first posters above show Ahn Bo Hyun and Jo Boa split-face with two different personas. Her other persona screams German rave party girl but his other persona is a literal doberman. It … Continue reading →
This coming weekend two new K-dramas are premiering, with Twenty Five, Twenty One on tvN and over at jTBC it’s Forecasting Love and Weather. The two dramas will not be going head-to-head, Twenty Five airs at 9:10 pm and Forecasting takes over the 10:30 pm time slot, but a K-ent reporter is noting that the two dramas have younger leading … Continue reading →
I loved horror movies as a kid and teens, no thanks to older siblings that loved it and ergo it was on TV and forced upon me. But it was cool to develop that appetite because a good horror feels tingly, cathartic, and adds to the greater understanding of cinema and storytelling. Not everything is a feel good romance, yeah? … Continue reading →
Streaming service Disney+ is apparently still hemorrhaging viewers in South Korea, due to the lack of comparably large body of works and also nothing super popular with any new projects. But the company is big enough to subsidize a long term investment in the market even if it keeps losing money for the time being, the most net connected country … Continue reading →
The great Song Kang experiment of the last year and a half continues with his upcoming male lead role in jTBC weather station romance Forecasting Love and Weather (Office Romance Cruelty). While viewers may feel female lead Park Min Young has been playing the same role for many dramas in a row now, the capable office worker, Song Kang feels … Continue reading →
I don’t know what brain trust at tvN post-production decided this was a good idea, but on the positive side it may have inadvertently gotten more publicity for this underwhelming and comparatively low rated drama. This Sunday was the final episode of Bulgasal which plenty has been written about how it was so expensive to make and the reception as … Continue reading →
There is a female centric K-drama coming up that sends shivers of awesome down my spine. tvN Wed-Thurs drama Kill Heel drops later this month and portends layers of strong women badassery. I would love if leads Kim Ha Neul, Kim Sung Ryung, and Lee Hye Young team up to battle baddies but alas they are likely gunning for each … Continue reading →
