I’m in the minority as never having a problem with K-actor Nam Joo Hyuk in his dramas, sometimes he’s just passable but other times he’s perfectly cast and delivers. But he’s never bad to me ever since his School 2015 breakout. So having him cast with movie actress Kim Tae Ri who is one of the shining-est actresses of her … Continue reading →
So I’m all caught up on Snowdrop through this weekend’s episodes 8-9, which helps now to review the drama on its actual narrative, acting, and directorial merits rather than following along with the controversy. Main takeaways are that Jisoo is not good enough at acting to carry a serious drama as the female lead but nowhere near abysmally awful, her … Continue reading →
I’m glad it’s not all underwhelming or controversial dramas going on in K-ent right now, there is a big positive K-drama development that is finally getting mainstream recognition. Small cable network TV Chosun premiered the K-drama Uncle last month in December right before the holiday season ramp up and it started with 2.351% ratings. Not horrible for TV Chosun actually … Continue reading →
There an article by a K-ent reporter this weekend that is garnering feedback because she is surveying the current landscape of “acting idols” and lamenting that it’s one step forward two steps back still. She writes that Junho of 2PM has taken 10 years of being an idol and acting in over 10 movies/dramas in total mostly in supporting roles … Continue reading →
I love how some K-netizen comments on this casting are that he should be doing a KBS drama next, lol totally my thought that he should go for the Triple Crown. K-actor Namgoong Min is absolutely an A-lister in South Korean drama land and has his pick of whatever script he wants at this point. He won the SBS Daesang … Continue reading →
There are hot mess dramas and the just concluded SBS Fri-Sat romance drama Now, We are Breaking Up is definitely not that. It’s big problem was that it was pretentiously boring, it thought it was more than it was trying to be, and less than it actually delivered. It’s the even more heightened gap between expectation and reality. This weekend … Continue reading →
There are only a handful of true double threats in K-ent, a star that is a great singer/idol and also a great actor/actress. So it’s with great excitement within K-ent to welcome 2PM member Junho (Lee Jun Ho) to the elite group after the widely acknowledged success of MBC drama The Red Sleeve Cuff and the universal praise of his … Continue reading →
It’s only the third week of airing for jTBC Fri-Sat period romance and spy drama Snowdrop but goodness it feels like a lifetime’s worth of controversy and news ink spilled on said controversy. There was even a lawsuit and an injunction ruling all in the span of one week! I haven’t heard anymore complaints from K-netizens domestically this week but … Continue reading →
First off, I hate this new English title for the jTBC drama Office Romance Cruelty. I didn’t like the Korean title either but Weather People is way worse, I’m half expecting the characters to have weather related superpowers or turn into a weather horror drama ala Cat People and Lizard People. But Weather People it is but despite the whole … Continue reading →
Cable network jTBC has been besieged by bad publicity for the past month but there are still more dramas in the pipeline that I’m ready to welcome if not just to stop pounding the same complaints into the ground. In February 2022 there will be female-centric drama Thirty Nine with Son Ye Jin, Jeon Mi Do, and Kim Ji Hyun … Continue reading →
This week drama viewers were surprised with a reunion of a popular OTP from last year, namely Lee Do Hyun and Go Min Si from the period romance drama Youth of May. That was actually their second time working together as in December 2020 they did horror fantasy thriller Sweet Home together, but they played siblings in there. Now they … Continue reading →
This was one post-drama interview that felt intimate, meaningful, and adds additional depth to the drama. The screenwriter of The Red Sleeve Cuff, who also wrote Ruler: Master of the Mask and Gyebaek, shared her thoughts and insights on this production this week after the drama finished airing. She was approached to do it three years ago by MBC but … Continue reading →
New year means a new Lee Jun Ki drama to look forward to, so yayayay! He’s coming back sometime in the first half of 2022 with the SBS drama Again My Life, which has been filming for some months now but the official promos haven’t started yet. All we’ve seen are BTS pics and some posted by Lee Jun Ki … Continue reading →
