Right now, 49 Days is entering its final stretch with heightened emotional intensity, Best Love premiered with both feet on the ground and is off running, Drunken to Love You is leaving a wake of TW-drama addicts pining for the next hit – all of this means I am recapping more (and longer) than I have ever done before. Starting next … Continue reading →
Oh this is priceless. Looks like peeps over at CTV heard the chatter about their ridiculous written previews (or shall I call them written recaps), because the preview for episode 4 of Drunken to Love You is witty but comparatively succinct. Part of me goes yay, part of me goes nay. What can I say? I’m a complicated person. … Continue reading →
Now that’s more like it, kids! After holding a fan meeting for Playful Kiss in Japan, where Kim Hyun Joong and Jung So Min were adorable together but less touchy-feely than I would have liked, the two of them attended a press conference the day after to answer more PK-related questions for the Japanese media. All I know is that … Continue reading →
[Update: shared my closing thoughts below, whatever that’s worth, heh] I’m running out of ways to explain how 49 Days keeps getting better and keeps changing the game. If the first eight episodes were like my dog Maru turning in circles chasing his tail (he’s not terribly bright, and the first 8 episodes of 49 Days were not terribly good … Continue reading →
The title of Best Love is a play on the name of heroine Gu Ae Jung. Ae Jung means love – so is Best Love supposed to mean Ae Jung is the best, or that a best kind of love this way comes for the characters? Let’s accept that it’s probably both, because the resident love herself, Ae Jung, is … Continue reading →
It’s a shame that Jeon Ji Hyun hasn’t done a K-drama in over ten years, and has made only a handful of K-movies since her career-making turn in My Sassy Girl. For a woman who doesn’t have that many projects under her belt, she’s as A-list as they come. Her latest pictorial for High Cut magazine remains us all why … Continue reading →
A couple of new pictures have been released of Jang Geun Seok and Kim Ha Neul in pre-production for their upcoming K-movie You’re My Pet. I really hope they style Seok differently, because right now he looks exactly like Kang Mu Gyul, and all I can think is “Mu Gyul is cheating on his Mae Ri – NOOOOO!” Kim Ha … Continue reading →
I loved this episode, just a remarkable feat of stringing so many developed plot points together. 49 Days continues to inch up little by little in ratings (hitting 14 today), and I would love if this drama ended close to 20, putting it alongside some of my favorite dramas which were dramas that got better episode-by-episode, with ratings that reflected … Continue reading →
I woke up this morning and knew I had better double shot my iced latte so that I can power through a busy day. After I started watching episode 1 of Best Love (also known as The Greatest Love), I realized that I forgot to order a downer shot on the side, because the added caffeine and adrenaline from watching … Continue reading →
That might look like the face of a cheerful oppa, but Kang Min Ho is no ordinary oppa, and his cheer is all for show. I think every actor should played a nuanced antagonist character at some point in his/her career. Both Bae Soo Bin and Seo Ji Hye are doing marvelous in breathing life into characters that are broken … Continue reading →
Already?!? The cast and crew of the red hot TW-drama Drunken to Love You held a wrap party yesterday night to celebrate the completion of filming. Well, I guess there goes the live-shoot component of this drama, heh. I’m thrilled it’s wrapped because this means there will be no chance the network will request an extension to milk it’s sure … Continue reading →
The cast of the upcoming MBC university-music-love drama You’ve Fallen for Me held its first script reading today, right as its predecessor drama Best Love is about to premiere. I love how studious everyone looks, and how right off the bat it feels like a more serious and thoughtful drama. Or perhaps I’m reading too much into a few pictures. … Continue reading →
49 days has six more episodes left, and I’m really curious how it’s all going to come together. Do I want it to unfurl in conventional ways that wrap up loose ends neatly, or do I want an out-of-the-box conclusion that makes me think afterwards but might not deliver the satisfaction I crave? I dunno – it’s been a pretty uneven ride … Continue reading →