K-actor Ryu Jun Yeol just won the Best Actor Award at the 2023 Baeksang Awards in the film side for sageuk thriller The Night Owl so it’s rather fitting that the movie is being discussed as the last “hit” domestic film in Chungmuro for the last 6 months. The Night Owl sold 3.23M tickets and made a profit so is … Continue reading →
This weekend showed that the time slot remains strong for K-dramas, it’s like the weekday viewers all left but some went over to the weekend while the traditional weekend viewers are still there. The biggest news remains jTBC drama Doctor Cha which hit a new high of 16.181% in this Sunday’s episode 8. It’s definitely prime to break 20% and … Continue reading →
Last month in April 2023 two top C-drama actresses happened to start new drama filming at the same time so it’s getting busy in Hendian again. Dilraba Dilmurat came back from a hiatus last year and is all cylinders firing with CFs and attending events and back to drama filming. She’s in a kidnapping detective procedural titled Sword Rose about … Continue reading →
Normally when big melons get rolling it still takes time before the official news ends the speculation but this time it’s pretty fast. This weekend director Tsui Hark confirmed that he’s next movie will be the first of his planned three movie adaptation of Legend of the Condor Heroes with the first being called Legend of the Condor Heroes: The … Continue reading →
Man, I hope Allen Ren (Ren Jia Lun) doesn’t follow up a turd with another turd. I surprisingly enjoyed The Blue Whisper hence got all excited for Thousand Years for You which felt like Thousand Years of Dull when it arrived. He’s got The Demon Hunter’s Romance (Wu You Du) with Song Zhu Er just filmed and now he’s filming … Continue reading →
I feel like Lee Seung Gi and Lee Da In‘s wedding venue and decorations just got preserved for a few weeks and used here for Se7en and Lee Da Hae‘s wedding lol, it looks exactly the same! It’s clear K-weddings of the rich and famous all have the same look – walkway ringed by flowers and more flowers with dimmed … Continue reading →
So it feels like the pendulum has swung back to normalcy in C and K netizen chatter, for awhile the two sides were always against each other and their respective cultures and productions seemingly for the sake of it due to real life geo-political tensions. Now I see more actual substantive commentary and for the upcoming C-drama remake of My … Continue reading →
I was just writing about weekend jTBC drama Doctor Cha which has broken 13% ratings and is a massive hit for the cable network with many more episodes left. Then I looked over and the same network has another hit in the Wed-Thurs time slot, the same time slot that tvN announced it was abandoning and the other three network … Continue reading →
So…….I find myself quite looking forward to the next Youku xianxia C-drama Back From the Back after the latest preview came out this week. The drama is confirmed for a May 10th premiere after the (rocks fall down?) ending of Till the End of the Moon next Tuesday. The latest preview is just adorable, leaning heavily on the stoic dragon … Continue reading →
I don’t know if the two diametrically opposite review camps for xianxia C-drama Till the End of the Moon are just the fandom and the anti-fans being the most vocal or there are actually casual viewers who think either way. Because this drama is my definition of mid (borrowing youth lingo here) – nowhere near as bad as most xianxia … Continue reading →
This rumor has been making the rounds in C-ent and has been gaining steam so it’s time to talk about it. HK-director Tsui Hark is reportedly making a new C-movie adaptation of Louis Cha‘s epic novel Legend of the Condor Heroes in a three film series. The first movie is called Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero and … Continue reading →
I just realized Song Hye Kyo‘s look at the Met Gala 2023 was actually straight from a specific time period that I lived through lol. The early aughts with the lingerie as dress look and this Fendi blush and lace frock takes it to formal gown form. She shared BTS pictures this week and it actually makes the dress on … Continue reading →
Well this boy is certainly heading off to do his national duty on a major high note. Jinyoung (Park Jin Young) who started off in Got7 and has transitioned nicely into an acting career is enlisting this weekend on May 8th. Last week he won the Best New Actor in the film category at the 2023 Baeksang Awards so congrats … Continue reading →
