[Koala’s current mood: I feel faint. I feel confused. Did I just read that? Why? I want to wave my surrender flag. But I (and you all) need to keep the faith.] WTF!?! Okay, this post might contain expletives. Maybe a lot of it. I never profess to be genteel or polite. I can pound soju with my oppas and … Continue reading →
Best Love (The Greatest Love) wraps up today with a giant bow, a farewell flourish, and a parting kiss to all the viewers who were swept up by the story of a top A-list movie star who fell in love with a D-list entertainer. Episode 16 made me happy – a warm, soothing feeling of sincere joy. I don’t think … Continue reading →
Yay, the fourth trailer for the upcoming college music drama Heartstrings (formerly known as Festival and the Korean title is You’ve Fallen for Me) has been released and this time we hear people talk in it. I always need to hear dialogue to get a better sense of the general chemistry and vibe. I have to confess that based on … Continue reading →
Even though the penultimate episode of Best Love was somewhat of a letdown for some folks, myself included, nevertheless I was undeniably excited to watch the final episode. I did feel like I took a trip to a strange land much like Paul did (the comic Pil Joo uses as a reference to his situation in the drama). While the … Continue reading →
The first teaser trailer is out for Beautiful Spy (Spy Myung Wol), and I am completely sold. Looks like we’re getting a rom-com using a spy theme, with dashes of what might happen if Best Love‘s top star Dokko Jin ran into IRIS‘s North Korean spy Kim Sun Hwa. I love the transition between tense spy moments and complete and … Continue reading →
I posted about 3 weeks ago that Lie to Me was currently #1 on all the major Asian streaming sites and drama sites. China’s Tudou and Youku alone stream hundreds of millions of videos a day. While ratings for LTM domestically are nowhere near abysmal (that would be my darling Playful Kiss), it’s low for a drama starring Yoon Eun … Continue reading →
This episode of Best Love (The Greatest Love) was surprisingly low key, a little too low key for my tastes to be honest. It did end on a whopper of an ending that left me totally blubbering like an incoherent loon. But for the most part it felt like people were rehashing some of the same issues that ought to … Continue reading →
The first couple stills are out for Lee Dong Wook and Kim Sun Ah in the upcoming SBS weekend drama Scent of a Woman. Oh, and clearly this also means Lee Dong Wook is out as well – of the military, that is. I swear it was yesterday that Partner finished filming and Wook was shipped off, and yet here he … Continue reading →
I’m not surprised there has been no video preview or written preview from MBC with respect to Best Love. It keeps the mystery of Jin’s surgery alive, and fan fervor will hopefully push the drama way over the 20% ratings mark, making it I suspect the highest rated rom-com in 2011 so far. Well, MBC caved or just got nice, because … Continue reading →
I was supposed to be writing this recap, but instead I spent a good thirty minutes reading and laughing my head off, having heard whispers and now confirmation, that the plot of the second half of New Gisaeng Story went to the wolves. So some dude name Andre (*cough Thundie cough*) recapped NGS. Reading said recap made me realize once … Continue reading →
For naysayers who say Lie to Me doesn’t have a plot, I beg to differ. Oh, it has a plot alright, it’s just at times slow, at times fast, and mostly just there as a driver and not much of a navigator, leaving that to the two leads to shoulder on chemistry alone. Things happen, but the writer doesn’t properly … Continue reading →
This has got to be one of the best episodes of Drunken to Love You. From beginning to end, I was just hollering inside for the continued Song Jie Xiu brand of emotional pressure and breakthrough. This man takes no crap or bullshit from anyone. Not from ex-girlfriend Avril, stab wound guilt trip or not. Not from contract wife Xiao Ru, … Continue reading →
For a second episode in a row, we have Ki Joon and Ah Jung dating. ‘Tis true, they work and they date like normal people do, at least before the lie scandal explodes for real this time around. Strip away the overarching plot lines of the lie converging with Ki Joon’s business deal merging with Yoon Joo, Lie to Me could … Continue reading →