So the last three months I flew a lot to and from Asia and those long haul trans-Pacific flights were perfect for catching up on movies I’ve been waiting to watch because I’m too lazy to go to the theater. One movie that I have been meaning to watch as Alienoid Part 1 and it was the perfect plane movie, … Continue reading →
tvN has put the big budget big production K-drama The Queen of Tears on its 2023 schedule formally, squeezing it in at the end of the year in December 2023. The drama was already anticipated coming from screenwriter Park Ji Eun of Crash Landing on You, Legend of the Blue Sea, and You From Another Star, then it got even … Continue reading →
We all know stars are humans and are either on their SNS for professional reasons or just because they want to know what’s going on. And in the day since the released of the first trailer for Hollywood superhero movie The Marvels where Park Seo Joon gets his big US movie break all the commentary is about how derpy he … Continue reading →
Well these two continue to be married goals, from decent length of dating to honeymoon period baby to now celebrating their first anniversary with a quick fun jaunt to the current It Vacation Spot that is Japan. K-stars Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin were spotted in Japan recently with reports that they went their for their one year anniversary, … Continue reading →
Since I didn’t finish Taxi Driver (Model Taxi) despite liking the first few episodes (just lost track of it), the second season which premiered this past February was not a series I tracked. But for SBS, the decision to greenlight Taxi Driver 2 has paid off as the ratings for this season has surpassed the original with an episode high … Continue reading →
Well this is certainly a get for the Hong Sisters if this actor does indeed confirm for their next K-drama. Son Seok Gu is in talks for romance drama Can This Love be Translated, which is the next Hong Sisters drama and takes them back to pure romance land away from their previous three dramas which all had fantasy elements … Continue reading →
So this may be one of the toughest celeb military enlistment scandals that I can remember in terms of the severity of the punishment. K-rapper Ravi of the group VIXX and former popular member of variety 2 Days 1 Night was under investigation since last year after a group of brokers were captured by police as running a military service … Continue reading →
So xianxia (fantasy wuxia) C-drama fans have been on a tear the last six days thanks to the premiere of Till the End of the Moon with Bai Lu and Luo Yun Xi. I knew this drama would be a hit after watching the first two episodes and surprisingly liking to so much, xianxia rarely works for me since it … Continue reading →
The police and prosecutorial case against K-actor Yoo Ah In added another new illegal drug use into the mix. During his drug test, it was revealed that a 5th drug zolpidem was also detected in his system. Zolpidem is a prescription level powerful sedative for insomnia, in the US it’s most popular brand name is Ambien. If he was taking … Continue reading →
Gosh darn it, I hope Park Seo Joon signed his contract for The Marvels (Captain Marvel 2) with full knowledge of what his character was going to look like because good golly is this epic levels of bad. It may even out-ugly all his ugly hair looks in youth sageuk Hwarang a few years ago. K-netizens are not happy that … Continue reading →
So top actress Kim Tae Ri is first going to scare our socks off in her next drama Demon airing on SBS, but then after she’s going all old school rah rah female empowerment angle with the period drama Jung Nyeon. It sounds like a bigger female supporting cast will be assembled and the first two joining her are Shin … Continue reading →
So Lee Do Hyun has done this type of role again, the second chance do-over and he was so amazing the first time in 18 Again as an adult husband and father getting to re-live his high school heyday. Now’s going for it in The Good Bad Mother as a successful prosecutor with a bad relationship with his single parent … Continue reading →
In the two years since Disney+ ventured into financing or licensing its own exclusive K-dramas the platform hasn’t gotten the breakout it is likely looking for. There have been K-dramas well received and reviewed that aired solely on Disney+ but the reach still seems niche much like in the early days of a smaller cable network. But if ENA can … Continue reading →
