Two brothers. One girl. Clearly someone is getting his heart broken, and I can’t say I’m happy to see either guy suffer, even if I know both will. How can so much cuteness be built upon impending (and present) heartbreak? Episode 4 of The Moon that Embraces the Sun finds taciturn King Sungjo getting hit up by every one of … Continue reading →
You know a drama has been filming for quite a long time if both leads manage to celebrate their birthday on the set. Office Girls has been filming for over half a year now, and first Roy Qiu celebrated turning 30, now he’s followed by his leading lady Alice Ke celebrating turning 27. I can’t image a better way to … Continue reading →
Will the insanity of this story never end? Much as I deem Sealed with a Kiss the drama for being utterly distasteful in concept, apparently the viewers in China disagree and can’t get enough of it. It was a ratings hit, and leads Hawick Lau and Ying Er have been voted in some end-of-the-year awards as best drama couple. Excuse me … Continue reading →
Better and better. The Moon that Embraces the Sun continues to envelope me in great storytelling and beautiful directing. My heart is completely lost to Prince Yang Myung in his teenage incarnation, with the little smidgeon of hope he harbors in his heart daring to come out when it comes to Yeon Woo. I’m a sucker for hurt boys, and … Continue reading →
I hate to drop a drama recap when the first episode was so darn satisfying that I was all primed to love it wholeheartedly. But the subsequent two episodes of Skip Beat have once again confirmed my gripe with this story. The concept and set up is impeccable, but the execution fails to focus on the material elements of the … Continue reading →
Ring Ring Bell ended this past weekend. *birds chirping* Yeah, I’m assuming Jia Kai and Xiao Xiang got their happy ending after all those random kidnappings and strange illness issues flew out of nowhere and hijacked the drama from sweet OTP love to WTF-is-going-on insanity. But no harm done, I still love Janine Chang and Peter Ho, who were wonderful … Continue reading →
Director Doze Niu‘s pet project LOVE the movie has finally released it’s official full trailer as it prepares for a Valentine’s Day premiere across Asia. The movie looks fabulous, a Chinese version of Love Actually with a smaller scope and cast. I pretty much like every single actor in this movie, and watching them love, fight, and make out in … Continue reading →
C’mon, you know you want it. More The Moon that Embraces the Sun, that is. All I know is that this drama is going to make us all hurt so good, in the way that only a gripping sageuk can do. I figure that if the Hwon-Yeon Woo-Yang Myung love triangle is going to give me heart pain, at least … Continue reading →
Athena: Goddess of War really is this undead zombie that won’t leave my consciousness. After seeing all the main leads move on to other more sane drama projects since they did Athena, most of the cast and crew reunited this week in Saitama, Japan for a press conference to promote the Japanese release of the Athena DVD. I love Jung … Continue reading →
Not sure what to say about episode 21 of Office Girls, other than plot development-wise I’m not certain this drama can wrap up with two more episodes to go. Which is where I ought to tell you all that both PPTV and Baike have just revised OG as ending in 30 episodes, though there has been no official confirmation from … Continue reading →
I would have never checked out the original Dream High had some first impressions not been so positive. Even with the original cast including Kim Soo Hyun, I was totally rolling my eyes at the premise. Of course I ended up loving it, but for the sequel Dream High 2 (Dream Higher – okay I made that up), I’m dialing … Continue reading →
Happy Camp is one hot variety program, landing celebrity after celebrity from all over Asia to arrive on their stage. Lee Da Hae famously showed up last Summer and did an entire program without a Korean interpreter since she has been studying Chinese for the past 5 years. Following suit is the couldn’t be more popular in China Lee Min Ho, … Continue reading →
I went to see a musical today, which reminded me that I haven’t gotten around to posting an update on the recently discharged from the military Joo Ji Hoon. Originally there was talk last September that he was doing a drama when he returned (the SBS sageuk Dapyungsu, which is currently in the hands of my Lee Jun Ki and … Continue reading →