Everyone’s search engine best friend Google is out with the top Korean drama searches in South Korea in 2022 and it’s a list of mostly top hits with a few surprises. Leading off is the tiny ENA drama that could Extraordinary Attorney Woo which I gather is far and away the most searched thanks to it’s actual popularity and the … Continue reading →
Well this movie isn’t going to offend anyone, unless one is a member of a small terrorist group in Afghanistan in 2007 that kidnapped over two dozen South Korean missionaries and held them hostage. The first movie posters are out for The Point Men (Korean title Bargaining) starring Hwang Jung Min as a diplomat and Hyun Bin as a South … Continue reading →
K-actress Han So Hee broke out in a big way with The World of the Married despite playing the eternally hated mistress character and since then she’s really validating the praises on her star appeal. This week she is in London attending the British Fashion Awards with the Charlotte Tillsbury brand as a spokesperson and she really wowed the global … Continue reading →
So I guess fans of Love Like the Galaxy will NOT be seeing any reunion onscreen of leads Zhao Lu Si and Wu Lei, at least anytime in the near future. Perhaps a long ways out but there was talk of the two being offered the leads to a modern romance C-drama and both doing it. This week a popular … Continue reading →
So January 2023 and after if you’re visiting South Korea or live there I think it’s a can’t miss appointment with the stage performance of Shakespeare in Love. I’m a huge theater fan and this one has a really well-written story and three sets of talented star leads trading off the roles. The pair ups will be Kim Yoo Jung … Continue reading →
I continue to believe it when I see it with upcoming C-drama airings but it’s useful to check in occasionally. For December 2022, there are a slew of on deck dramas both period and modern, more modern ones but for the higher profile period C-dramas there are Forbidden Love with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi as well as Back … Continue reading →
The costar swapping is strong on this most recent casting carousal. Bai Lu and Zhang Ling He filmed the period C-drama Story of Kunning Palace which is yet to air and both moved on to their next dramas with the leads from Love Between Devil and Fairy in Dylan Wang and Yu Shu Xin. Bai Lu and Dylan are filming … Continue reading →
Another 2023 premiering C-drama wrapped filming recently, the live action adaptation of Chinese Paladin 6 video game called Sword and Fairy. It stars Xu Kai and Yu Shi Xin (Esther Yu) and for the former he looks like he just swapped sets from his other upcoming drama Wonderland of Love and she’s doing another xianxia drama with Fairy in the … Continue reading →
A well crafted high stakes life as a game concept will always have room for variations that deliver fun and catharsis. I still remember the one-two punch of K-drama Sweet Home and J-dorama Alice in Borderland when both were released around the same time in December 2020, the perfect holiday binge watch during the height of COVID-19 stay home era. … Continue reading →
So this is definitely history in the making, we may actually see a Korean cable drama break 30%. The World of the Married came close with its final episode at 28.371% and today’s episode 8 of Reborn Rich (The Chaebol’s Youngest Son) got another major ratings jump to 19.442% with still another 8-episodes left to air. And here I thought … Continue reading →
The promos for this C-movie keep saying 2022 but it’s like less than a month left and I don’t see a release date in theaters yet. Yesterday Once More starring Chen Fei Yu and Zhou Ye as wholesome young lovers dealing with time as their invisible enemy is a remake of a hit Japanese movie My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday, the … Continue reading →
I can taste the salty tears and hear the little Karen-shrieks of outrage from the far right faction of Japan but in this case it’s shooting itself in the own foot. I also need to say that China and South Korea do the exact same thing when their thin patriotic skins are offended so it’s a three Spiderman showdown between … Continue reading →
It’s such a pleasure to live watch an excellent drama, it’s why I can’t quite K-dramas despite most disappointing me. Episode 7 of Reborn Rich (The Chaebol’s Youngest Son) hit an astonishing ratings of 16.102% thanks to upping the ante again with Song Joong Ki revealing that he’s the biggest shareholder in the investment company that’s been cockblocking Sunyoung Group … Continue reading →
