Jang Nara and Daniel Choi‘s Baby-faced Beauty released its second teaser trailer today. While it’s not as cute and whimsical as the first trailer, and confirms the tone of the drama for me (I see broad slap stick shenanigans coming a mile away), if the execution is breezy and competent, chances are it’ll be a fun drama for some folks to watch.
Continue reading →Truth be told, episode 11 of 49 Days was a damn good episode, one that would have been great if only the writer could refrain from piling on the heavy handed dialogue and narrative constructs. But I appreciate how the story is finally spinning tight enough to feel cohesive, and that the extended set up sequence from the early episodes … Continue reading →
While I may have problems with the execution and plotting of 49 Days, I really do love the story it is attempting to tell. It takes the topics of life and death and actually tries to have a meaningful discussion about them. If anything, perhaps watching 49 Days reminds us all to cherish our life and the things we take … Continue reading →
The amount of news overdrive coming out of Taiwan entertainment is causing me to have some slight blurry vision from reading too much newsprint. Luckily, a look at my goddess Ariel Lin makes my eyes refocus again. GTV‘s upcoming drama In Time With You starring Ariel and Bolin Chen commenced production this week, and I’m eager for the first stills to … Continue reading →
In addition to being Taiwan’s child actor du jour, Xiao Xiao Bin shall henceforth also be known as “the exclusive child to F4”. Having already played Vanness Wu’s son in Autumn’s Concerto, as well as Jerry Yan’s nephew in Down with Love, the much-too-adorable kid is adding a third F4 daddy to his resume (the most coveted F4 daddy if you ask me) by … Continue reading →
Can’t say I’m surprised by this news – Wu Zun has officially dropped Absolute Darling, the TW-drama adaptation of the manga Zettai Kareshi, co-starring Gu Hye Sun. Apparently GTV is furious, but Wu Zun’s publicist lays the blame on the repeated delays by GTV to start production, as well as a consideration that Wu Zun wasn’t right for the role … Continue reading →
Wow. That’s my first and last impression on the ladies gracing the pages of the May edition of Cosmopolitan Korea. All the pictures are sexy, evocative, yet never trashy (unlike its US counterpart, which I only read when I have no other alternative while stuck at my nail salon). Bringing you Gong Hyo Jin (whose pictures stand in such sharp contrast … Continue reading →
If you asked me to fantasize about an uber-delicious K-actor doing a particular activity in a drama that would make me swoon – Lee Min Ho riding an elephant in Thailand would NOT be on the list. In fact, said scene would be banned from my list, because it’s just weird, not to mention totally random in the context of … Continue reading →
Okay, maybe we’re really on a roll here with 49 Days, because the preview for episode 11 was freaking awesome. Forward plot momentum, please don’t die on me or roll backwards like Sisyphus. This is the first time in 10 episodes I am actually excited about the upcoming episode, and I couldn’t be happier. I also am back to luuuurving … Continue reading →
Tee hee, this picture is SOOOOO ridiculously cute. Best Love released the first official couple still of Gong Hyo Jin and Cha Seun Won. Between anticipating this and Lie to Me (not to mention watching TW-drama Drunken to Love You), I feel like I’m floating in a weightless chamber of bliss. While I think Cha Seung Won’s top star look and … Continue reading →
One episode in and I am totally in love with Drunken to Love You. This might be a new record, or else I’m getting easier with age (probably the former, since my crabby nitpicky mood towards many dramas recently negates the possibility of the latter). DTLY is magical, wonderful, sublime – a rom-com that can be crass, whimsically funny, and … Continue reading →
Newsflash – Rainie Yang and Joseph Chang’s Drunken to Love You episode 1 premiered at a 2.98 ratings (comparatively, Sunny Happiness has been the ratings champion for 8 weeks straight averaging only about 1.60 in ratings). I think we have a new crack TW-mania drama, folks – but can it break Fated to Love You‘s 10.91 all-time ratings high? With … Continue reading →
While episode 10 of 49 Days really was the best episode to date, I don’t want to get my hopes up that episode 11 will continue to be so dense in plot movement. With that said, I love Ji Hyun’s growth as a character, from the dense and frivolous, albeit truly kind-hearted, girl in episode 1 to this steely and … Continue reading →
