I didn’t follow the K-movies this year so I don’t even know if any of the winners were the right ones lol but I still love awards ceremonies for the glitz and glamor. It was the usual level of awards show dressing for the 2023 Blue Dragon Awards which fetes the best in film with plenty of A-list and rising … Continue reading →
Who knew throwing some guyliner and fur on Zeng Shun Xi (Joseph Zeng) would make him for the first time seem quite an attractive leading man to me haha. The first stills are out for wuxia X-drama Seven Nights of Snow and it’s perfect timing to be released now in the winter. Starring Li Qin and Zeng Shun Xi, these … Continue reading →
Say what you will about rating websites be it Rotten Tomatoes for movies in the US or Douban in China for dramas but it serves at least a central aggregate of consumer feedback. I find the public ratings more or less accurate, sometimes it’s higher or lower than my personal opinion but never wildly inaccurate. It’s also rare to not … Continue reading →
Method acting is one of the regularly lauded performance commitments for actors and actresses and it’s understandable when one goes to a physical transformation for a role. But I don’t understand why Park Min Young went full cancer patient in her upcoming tvN K-drama Marry My Husband, because it’s just not needed. This is not an Oscar prestige film like … Continue reading →
I heard Netflix is raising prices again and goodness the streaming platform is really testing the break point before a good majority cancels. It’s still in the far horizon but as long as the company invests in exclusive dramas and movies there will always be a fresh reason to watch, case in point the holiday season release of period thriller … Continue reading →
So the C-drama that Xiao Zhan is signed up for with the Chinese title translated tentatively as Tibetan Sea Opera and the English title Legend of the Hidden Sea has a new female lead name attached. Originally the female leads were rumored to be either Li Qin or Li Yi Tong, but now it looks like the role will go … Continue reading →
Goodness is this one of those castings where I think one half is just so woefully miscast I don’t even know how the end result could possibly come out. Upcoming xianxia C-drama Shui Long Yin (Water Dragon Chant) has cast the leads with Luo Yun Xi and Lin Yun (Jelly Lin), with the former capable of overacting but no one … Continue reading →
Call this one gum gate, haha. And I just find it gross more than problematic but C-netizens don’t see it that way. C-actress Zhao Lu Si was spotted in BTS footage during her photo shoot this week with Wang An Yu as the pair ramp up promotions for their upcoming xianxia drama The Last Immortal. Normally the BTS stuff is … Continue reading →
This week the C-drama Amidst a Snowstorm of Love got its airing permit with 32-episodes scheduled, a cut down from the original 40 filmed. The word on the street is that this drama may be one of those sudden airings on Tencent especially as winter arrives the the whole backdrop of the overseas scenes was filmed in the dead of … Continue reading →
So a bit of “what happened behind the scenes” is out for the whole drama on finding a new male lead for C-drama The Golden Compass with female lead Yang Zi. It’s been languishing since OG male lead Wu Yi Fan got arrested and now sentenced for a host of crimes including rape. There were various male actors discussed to … Continue reading →
I find Lee Jong Seok‘s career a very steady and more selective since he came back from military service in 2021. He used to do at least one K-drama if not two a year and that made sense since he was building and cementing his acting resume. Since discharge he did the successful thriller drama Big Mouse in 2022 and … Continue reading →
Another xianxia C-drama just cast its leads with the pairing of Hou Min Hao and Lu Yu Xiao. He’s been the male lead for a few dramas already while she’s getting her first elevation to female lead after My Journey to You. The new drama is called Love in the Clouds (Chinese title Entering the Blue Clouds) and is slated … Continue reading →
Whomever is in charge of the media release of C-drama Immortality is the best kind of genius or troll. How else to explain the first release of a new still in over a year and the context is where Chen Fei Yu is choking a bloodied and chained up Luo Yun Xi mwahaha. This is straight up geared to to … Continue reading →
