The timing couldn’t have been better for Disney+ to premiere a new K-drama right after its male lead dominated all the K-ent news earlier in the week for a very cute and happy dating reveal. The drama The Impossible Heir with Lee Jae Wook, Lee Jun Young, and Hong Soo Joo was dropped today and honestly Lee Jae Wook’s dating … Continue reading →
The split reaction to recently airing C-drama Amidst a Snowstorm of Love shows that a beautifully seasonal backdrop does not automatically add points to a dramas watchability. I’m still yet to catch up on that one but the reviews were mixed and next winter I’m sure this drama will air to capitalize on yet another snowy romance season. Yu Shu … Continue reading →
So there is a type of drama called the modern period C-drama which is set in the modern-era (anytime after WWII) but goes through years if not decades. It’s basically the C-drama version of the Answer Me K-drama type of setting, it’s not olden times but it’s a period where our parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents lived through. Xiao Zhan and … Continue reading →
Well this is what happens when a person in the boat rocks it so hard it flips. Filming was supposed to start next week in early March 2024 for the C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land with Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Zhe Yuan and now the filming is delayed and the male lead may be different. This months fandom fighting … Continue reading →
So while fans of liuliang stars continue to pay more attention to the buzzier idol/xianxia/wuxia dramas, the mainstream dramas that air on CCTV and other established channels continue to be where the prestige is earned. It’s only two months into the new year 2024 but there is already a mega hit called Always on the Move (Chinese title Going South … Continue reading →
Oooooh this is a juicy and if true totally cute new dating couple. Dispatch released pictures and a news report that Lee Jae Wook is dating Aespa member Karina, and goodness are these two equally attractive in that tall, sleek, charismatic way. They couple reportedly fell for each other at first sight last month meeting at the Milan fashion show … Continue reading →
The doldrums of the South Korean box office was happily shattered this past weekend with what is now the biggest domestic Korean movie opening in more than two years since The Roundup: No Way Out in 2022. The occult supernatural horror movie Exhuma had over 2 million admissions in its opening weekend (2.29m from Thurs through Sunday) and also got … Continue reading →
So not every tax evasion scandal with C-celebrities have the same consequences and it really depends on severity and scope. C-actress Yuan Bing Yan‘s tax scandal details I won’t rehash but her case was actually on the not as severe side until her side decided to fight it with the government and argue her case. It was that response which … Continue reading →
So this is one of those cheaper to produce but could be a small hit C-dramas that are so prolific in C-ent. The reportedly soon to air college age romance C-drama Everyone Loves Me starring Lin Yi and Zhou Ye is adapted from the same name novel but honestly from the story line and previews borrows so many elements from … Continue reading →
This may be one of the most inadvertently apropos drama titles ever. The period spy thriller C-drama Deep Lurk was filmed in 20219 which is so far pre-COVID it was like a different lifetime ago. The drama stars Cheng Yi and Ying Er and if it’s Cheng Yi pre-Love and Redemption he hadn’t broken out yet. The drama is set … Continue reading →
In earlier days I would say the primarily critique of K-actress Moon Ga Young and her outfit at the fashion show would be that it was too risque and inappropriate. No one really thinks that in this day and age but the Dolce & Gabbana black bra top with hot pants and garter with what resembles pantyhose as waders look … Continue reading →
So another C-drama just started filming after the lunar new year holidays and it’s called Xiao Yao (逍遥 which means carefree). It stars Tan Song Yun as the titular Xiao Yao named female lead and Hou Ming Hao which for some reason evokes Hou Ming Hao and his last drama pairing with Zhou Ye in Back From the Brink. This … Continue reading →
I have a soft spot for K-dramas that deal with time travel or soul switching but used in a way that gives the leads more time with family and resolving unfinished business. 17 Again, Hello It’s Me, and Twinkling Watermelon are a few recent faves of mine. Upcoming tvN drama Lovely Runner (Running Away with Sun Jae on My Back) … Continue reading →
