I still remember the heyday of the 2000s when MBC sageuks were the sageuks to rule them all. Sadly the long form slow burn and more accurate to history sageuks were replaced by more youth romance and fusion sageuks but it appears MBC is going back to the original formula for the upcoming K-drama My Dearest (Lovers). Starring Namgoong Min … Continue reading →
tvN has been releasing promos for Useless Lies since early June when the drama isn’t even airing until the end of July but I’m not complaining, it’s definitely on my must watch list. The production released new stills this week with female lead Kim So Hyun and all I can see are her blunt bangs and how good she looks … Continue reading →
I wanted See You in My 19th Life to be better than it is but what it is remains worth watching. The Sat-Sun drama is now through episode 6 and the ratings are high 4% on Saturdays and low 5% on Sundays consistently. But the story feels like it’s stuck in Shin Hye Sun‘s characters 18th life and she’s not … Continue reading →
There is additional movement with the upcoming Hong Sisters modern drama Can This Love be Translated, after Son Seok Gu turned down the male lead role it’s now being offered to Kim Sun Ho. The story is about a polyglot translator and his romance with a top actress. Kim Sun Ho’s antagonist return in the thriller K-movie The Childe has … Continue reading →
When young people tend to take things for granted but living through changing tides allows appreciation in the moment. Rom-coms used to be a dime-a-dozen in K-drama land and honestly most were meh and only some exceptional but even the meh ones were worth watching as time wasters. Then the great rom-com demise of the 2010s happened where a decade … Continue reading →
Well this was a good hour’s worth of entertainment between the release of the first report and the follow up from their agency. A news report claimed that top idol-actors Junho and Yoona are dating in real life, and on top of that they accepted jTBC romance drama King the Land so they could act together because they are dating. … Continue reading →
So I’ll keep shilling for Revenant until more people watch to enjoy this slow burn with me. Screenwriter Kim Eun Hee hit various base hits with Kingdom, Signal, 3 Days, Phantom, and Sign but her most recent drama before this was the highest profile and most problematic with Mount Jiri (Jirisan). So it’s a relief and treat to see her … Continue reading →
KBS is prepping for a late summer 2023 K-drama Pure Boxer which was announced earlier in the spring starring Lee Sang Yeob and Kim So Hye. The story is adapted from a novel about the life of a genius young female boxer who suddenly disappears at the height of her success about to win a Grand Slam. A top sports … Continue reading →
So I’m watching both Sat-Sun new dramas See You in My 19th Life and King the Land, enjoying both for their different aesthetics and lures. I thought I would wait to marathon recently premiered SBS Fri-Sat horror drama Revenant (The Devil or The Demon) because summer isn’t exactly conducive to scary stories for me and also I didn’t want to … Continue reading →
Man, this drama is totally going to be a waterworks fest. For me at least, I loved national treasure grandpa Lee Soon Jae, I’m a crazy dog mom, and I have elderly parents so just combining all that into a story about a solo living old grandpa and his derpy dog that he has to take care of because his … Continue reading →
The motto of Squid Game 2 is clearly go big(ger) or go home because holy is this an insanely packed drama cast. The main leads attended the script reading and Netflix released the pictures showing Lee Jung Jae and Lee Byung Hun as the two heavyweight A-list leads with returning Wi Ha Joon and new arrivals Im Shi Wan, Kang … Continue reading →
I feel like tvN has gotten its hands on a sure fire IP with airing the second season of The Uncanny Counter, with the first season of the webtoon adapted drama making waves on OCN. The second season called The Uncanny Counter 2: Counter Punch brings back all five main leads and adds on four new villains played by high … Continue reading →
tvN drama Useless Lies is still a whole month out premiering at the end of July but I’m really stoked to see Kim So Hyun back on the small screen and with cutie pie Minhyun as her male lead. The three new drama posters are kinda mid but it’s not that big a deal this drama doesn’t seem to need … Continue reading →
