Gosh darn it, I hope Park Seo Joon signed his contract for The Marvels (Captain Marvel 2) with full knowledge of what his character was going to look like because good golly is this epic levels of bad. It may even out-ugly all his ugly hair looks in youth sageuk Hwarang a few years ago. K-netizens are not happy that … Continue reading →
So top actress Kim Tae Ri is first going to scare our socks off in her next drama Demon airing on SBS, but then after she’s going all old school rah rah female empowerment angle with the period drama Jung Nyeon. It sounds like a bigger female supporting cast will be assembled and the first two joining her are Shin … Continue reading →
So Lee Do Hyun has done this type of role again, the second chance do-over and he was so amazing the first time in 18 Again as an adult husband and father getting to re-live his high school heyday. Now’s going for it in The Good Bad Mother as a successful prosecutor with a bad relationship with his single parent … Continue reading →
In the two years since Disney+ ventured into financing or licensing its own exclusive K-dramas the platform hasn’t gotten the breakout it is likely looking for. There have been K-dramas well received and reviewed that aired solely on Disney+ but the reach still seems niche much like in the early days of a smaller cable network. But if ENA can … Continue reading →
I’m such a sucker for a good period costume and the ones on display for upcoming tvN drama Tale of Gumiho 1938 are right up my alley. Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum are back as the gumiho brothers this time they cross paths with Kim So Yeon with Ryoo Kyung Soo as this story’s chief antagonist. K-supernatural and folklore … Continue reading →
This drama flew under my radar but is coming out next week so let’s take a peek at ENA rom-com Bora! Deborah. Starring Yoo In Na as the titular character, she’s normal gal Bora who is a top selling romance self-help book writer and dating coach under the pen name Deborah. She gets involved with Yoon Hyun Min who is … Continue reading →
So this drama is actually premiering next week on April 12th in the Wed-Thurs time slot on tvN taking over for The Holy Idol and holy moly it came out of nowhere for me. The drama is Stealer: The Treasure Keeper which feels like a amalgam of all those amazing thief steals treasures for the greater good type stories like … Continue reading →
Lots of chatter in K-ent today with the reported salary news around singer-actress IU and her payment for upcoming drama You Did Good (Thank You for Your Hard Work) with Park Bo Gum. Earlier this week the news came out that the drama will likely air in the beginning of 2025 with simul-stream on Netflix. Now K-ent is saying that … Continue reading →
I feel like all of K-netizens grievances have been laid out about how they are sooooo disappointed in singer-actor-host Lee Seung Gi marrying actress Lee Da In, so I hope on their wedding day tomorrow April 7th the online commentary can at least not spend too much time rehashing it. The Nation’s Son-in-Law is actually getting married as the South … Continue reading →
The love to and from the cast of Netflix drama The Glory continues as the series continues to bask in the great reviews and high streaming viewership since the second half premiered in early March to wrap the series. Publicity was further buoyed last week when news broke that two of the leads Lim Ji Yeon and Lee Do Hyun … Continue reading →
I still remember being hooked on K-drama medicals in the late aughts but then the genre just fell off my radar not for being bad but likely due to proliferation. The upcoming SBS drama Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 3 (Dr. Romantic) will be the first medical K-drama to go three seasons, though it was a different supporting cast in the … Continue reading →
If this was happening between the two leads of an upcoming drama of opposite genders then fans would think this was real life “some” unfolding before our eyes. But instead its the dual female leads of the upcoming thriller drama The Price of Confession with Song Hye Kyo and Han So Hee putting on what feels like genuine excitement to … Continue reading →
The gumihos are going back in time as the second season of tvN fantasy drama Tale of Gumiho takes the two gumiho brother male leads to 1938 and follows their adventures. Tale of Gumiho 1938 (Tale of the Nine-taled) follows Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum’s characters as they time travel prior to the first drama to the 1930’s period … Continue reading →
