I’ve checked out a slew of new dramas in the past few months but never write about them because its first episode simply failed to capture my interest. In the past I’d probably keep on watching, but lately I’ve got no motivation to plow forward. When I casually started to watch episode 1 of History of the Salaryman, which premiered … Continue reading →
It’s that time of the year again, resolutions galore about eating less and exercising more, and pretending there is a chance to watch less dramas in 2012 than the previous year. This week sees the premiere of four new prime time K-dramas, and concurrently a bunch of press conferences just took place. Wild Romance with Lee Dong Wook and Lee … Continue reading →
It sucks to be me, surrounded by family members who are so late on the Bu Bu Jing Xin bandwagon that I had another one marathon the entire thing in four days this week and then want to talk about it afterwards. I’m still vaguely dehydrated just thinking about it. But happiness abounds in my fantasy BBJX land, as Liu … Continue reading →
Office Girls isn’t just content on coasting by with its top-ratings, which is surging close to breaking 6 again, its actually trying to end the drama with a bang instead of a whimper. Episode 20 was great, taking the angst and filtering it into pushing Zi Qi and Xing Ren’s relationship forward past even the landmines Kai Er is building. … Continue reading →
The only drama Song Joong Ki did in 2011 was an extended cameo performance in Tree with Deep Roots, playing the younger version of King Sejong. His performance was so electrifying that it netted him an award at the year end SBS Drama Awards, which is just a pat on the back even if his was wholly deserving. He held … Continue reading →
The Da Ren Wu (Big Shot) Photo Charity Exhibition is still going on in Taiwan, and the organizers have released a few more pictures I haven’t seen before as well as a thrilling official making of video. It was a herculean effort that involved 72 behind-the-scenes talented artists plus 39 stars gamely doing whatever was asked of them. Li Wei, … Continue reading →
Since starting their acting career together ten years ago in the movie Blue Gate Crossing, Kwai Lun Mei and Bolin Chen have remained close friends even as they have gone their separate ways in acting projects. Producers would love to reunite them, and recently there was talk of the two of them being the leads for the upcoming drama Souls … Continue reading →
SETTV really knows how to cross promote. On the upcoming New Year’s special cooking program, the leading ladies of Office Girls and its follow up drama Walking Forward Towards Love gathered together for a PK cooking battle. So cute. Alice Ke and Tia Li were on one team versus Tammy Chen and Amber Kuo. When asked who could actually cook, … Continue reading →
Let’s just be honest here and accept that Love Rain with Jang Geun Seok and Yoona will be making buttaloadsa of moolah regardless of whether it turns out good or a teeming piece of crap. It has already been presold to tons of Asian countries, and the Japanese obasan audience is primed for a Yoon Seok Ho drama starring the … Continue reading →
If anyone ever wanted to cosplay Ariel Lin, your wish just came true. This week Ariel was revealed as the face of the new online RPG called “My Fox Girlfriend”, which is a total rip off of the My Girlfriend is a Gumiho concept except set in a fantasy realm. While the Koreans have the nine-tailed fox (the gumiho), the … Continue reading →
This is much better. After seeing only stills and teasers for The Moon that Embraces the Sun, I was starting to doubt the drama can pull it off with the adult cast. Thankfully the production just released the official poster making video of the four leads Kim Soo Hyun, Han Ga In, Jung Il Woo, and Kim Min Seo. The … Continue reading →
There was no preview for episode 20 at the end of last week’s episode 19 of Office Girls, which left me totally chafing at the bit. I take OG for granted, but the second something is gone, I feel bereft. Such is the strength of my affection for it. The previews are finally out, and it looks like a doozy. … Continue reading →
I get really sad when I don’t see friends or family for an extended period of time. The same thing goes for actors I love to watch onscreen. While some of my faves have done projects in 2011, if the end results sucked or it just wasn’t my cup of tea, I ended up not watching it. But there are … Continue reading →