I loved Why Secretary Kim but legit do not even remember this scene this is how random and minor it is. The drama starred Park Seo Joon as an uptight and controlled CEO with a very emotionally scarring backstory and aired to great popularity back in 2018. In the drama his character goes to a popular soy sauce raw crab … Continue reading →
The baseball themed K-dramas have traditionally done well with the biggest critical and commercial hit in recent years being Hot Stove League of course. Fans have asked for a second season of HSL but that’s not happening. What is happening is a new baseball themed K-drama Your Ground that is in the news this week with an offer out to … Continue reading →
So I love the dark as hell drama title Mary Kills People and also love amazing as heck female lead Lee Bo Young. But I have rarely been this triggered by a godawful hairstyle in a drama as whatever unholy in her eyes frizzy shit is on her head in these first stills. Yes, she plays a very good doctor … Continue reading →
The cast of tvN K-drama Miss Undercover Boss has been finalized but the drama won’t arrive until early 2026. That sounds far but not really since we’re now officially in the second half of 2025 already. The leads will be Park Shin Hye as the titular miss undercover boss with a reunion with her Flower Boy Next Door third male … Continue reading →
Cable network tvN started off 2025 with a giant turkey that was mega budget sci-fi drama When the Stars Gossip, but has now found redemption with what is being called the best reviewed terrestrial K-drama of this year so far midway through. When Life Gives You Tangerines was the critical and audience fave banger on streaming platform Netflix but now … Continue reading →
So Song Kang being in the military has totally been out of sight out of mind for me. He was ubiquitous in drama after drama for the three years prior to enlisting and most of them with Netflix, garnering him the nickname of Netflix’s Son. He was always serviceable for me but I agree that he’s not a strong actor, … Continue reading →
It’s the end of Squid Game, or is it? You’ll have to watch to find out as Squid Game 3 premiered this Friday on Netflix to wrap up the internationally popular K-drama. SG3 is really part 2 to Squid Game 2 rather than a standalone season, and the 6-month gap between the two may have played a part in how … Continue reading →
So the bullying allegations against K-actress Go Min Si that emerged last month in May during the airing of her rom-com drama Tastefully Yours has the first professional change in her career. She was set to be the female lead in the Hong Sisters next fantasy romance drama Grand Galaxy Hotel opposite male lead Lee Do Hyun, but will now … Continue reading →
The cast has been assembled and what’s left is to see how exactly a live action K-drama version of manhwa Remarried Empress will turn out. The over/under on hot mess versus unexpectedly compelling starts now. That it could even be good comes from a strong and very famous foursome cast of Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, and … Continue reading →
A new K-drama is being cast and this one at least on paper sounds interesting and potentially thrilling. Webtoon A Bona Fide Killer is getting a live action adaptation and in talks for the leads are Gong Hyo Jin and Jung Joon Won. It’s the story about a killer for hire who gets married to a reporter and after being … Continue reading →
Oh I really like this set up! Time travel K-dramas more frequently feature a modern person going back to a historical or fantasy period but the few where a period person comes to modern era has been super fun. I’m thinking The Story of Park’s Marriage, and Live Up to Your Name famously did both way travel. There is now … Continue reading →
This is only the beginning part of any lawsuit so don’t take it as a sign of which way the cases will be adjudicated. There are so many lawsuits in the mess of a scandal that arose from allegations last March that top actor Kim Soo Hyun dated now deceased actress Kim Sae Ron when she was underage and just … Continue reading →
Trends and statistics are important for a reason, it’s not always accurate but has predictor functionality. This weekend SBS premiered the prestige melodrama romance Our Movie on the Fri-Sat night time slot. Starring Namgoong Min and Jeon Yeo Bin, it was scheduled to succeed with a summer release and an award winning cast. The premiere got 4.2% which is low … Continue reading →
