While I am nowhere near ready to start a new drama, and have so much backlog I’ll probably get to some by the year 2014, I do know that the early Summer drama I am most looking forward to is Heartstrings with Park Shin Hye and Jung Yong Hwa as students in a college musical department dealing with romance and … Continue reading →
This episode was so quiet and low-key, which stands out especially in stark contrast to the typical mile-a-minute narrative progression we’ve been getting in each preceding episode of Best Love (The Greatest Love). But it was a completely mellow episode like this that is the most memorable for me. I know it’s the calm before the storm, but I loved how we get … Continue reading →
If Kang Ji Hwan and Yoon Eun Hye don’t want me to blow a fuse in my shippy brain, they need to stop looking at each other the way they look at each other in BTS photos and videos of Lie to Me. It’s not good for my mental health, and I’ve pretty much lost all ability to discern the … Continue reading →
Taiwan news reports are confirming that TTV’s in development big-budget cultural rom-com (it’s being compare to the style and sophistication of Drunken to Love You) called Xiao Xian’s Beautiful Life has finally cast its two leads. I initially heard about this project when it was first attached to Ariel Lin and then Chen Qiao En, with the male lead always rumored to … Continue reading →
L.O.V.E. Just love. The first teaser trailer for the upcoming TW-drama adaptation of the popular Japanese manga Skip Beat has finally been released. The drama’s Chinese title is called 華麗的挑戰 (English literal translation being Extravagant Challenge) but it’s English title has been confirmed to mirror the manga and be called Skip Beat. The drama stars Ivy Chen (stepping in for … Continue reading →
As much as I enjoy watching a Hong Sisters drama, even the ones I liked tended to go downhill in the second half, some rather precipitously. I’ve been praying that Best Love (The Greatest Love) might end that trend for me, and I’m happy to report that episode 11 doesn’t dip a toe anywhere near a puddle of convoluted mess … Continue reading →
Okay, time to change gears and stop obsessing about a pair of lying liars and turn my attention to a pair of heart-crossed stars lovers. The Hong Sisters have thrown so many little nuggets of cuteness into Best Love that the word “recharge” no longer has a dry battery connotation. Pil Joo is going to be so stewing in frustration … Continue reading →
When the door closes for one person, its a chance for another to step into the void. Last week Jae Hee, who has been out of MS for over a year and finally picked his comeback project as the weekend drama Hooray for Love with Lee Bo Young, was injured on the set filming a windsurfing scene and had to … Continue reading →
In the blink of an eye, I’ve been blogging at the playground for a year now. June 8th is also another personal moment for me, but in the blog world it’s considered a bloggerversary. Over the past year, it’s been a pleasure sharing thoughtful and enthusiastic discourse about dramas and other sundry entertainment-related topics with new and old friends alike. … Continue reading →
I hate recapping even episodes of Lie to Me, because it’s a stark reminder that another long week of waiting is ahead. Unlike the ending to episode 8, which was truly an outstanding cliffhanger moment that spawned so many conjectures of what’s to come, episode 10 is less climactic. The drama is now all about the how and not the … Continue reading →
First off, the recap proper for Lie to Me episode 10 will be late today, cuz my baby boy Koala is graduating from Kindergarten so imma be busy with real life stuff. Might as well tell Best Love fans that tomorrow’s BL recap will also be late cuz my baby girl Koala is graduating from pre-school. Dayum they grow up so … Continue reading →
I truly savor the opportunity to watch each new episode of Drunken to Love You. I feel like I’m peeking into the most tender of love stories, so down-to-earth yet so magical. While Rainie Yang‘s acting continues to amaze me, it’s really Joseph Chang‘s Song Jie Xiu that’s running away with this drama (and all the ladies hearts). Episode 8 … Continue reading →
Ethan Ruan’s next project, the big-budgeted HK/C period movie The Flying Guillotine, has had its start date for filming pushed back a couple of times now. So Ethan’s been chilling by doing endorsements in the Mainland, and he recently filmed another CF for Pepsi as one of their Mainland spokesmodels. This CF marks Ethan’s first time in period historical attire for … Continue reading →