Since the C-drama version of The Golden Hairpin will never see the light of day, all hopes to see the story adapted are on tvN drama Our Blooming Youth premiering in February 2023. The group poster is strangely like a youth sageuk, a high school drama-esque poster but set in Joseon era. I can see the blooming youth aspect for … Continue reading →
I can never accuse Ahn Bo Hyun is being typecast, he’s like the opposite of that. From the first time I took notice of him as one of the soldiers in Descendants of the Sun six years ago, he’s tried on a wide plethora of projects. It’s hard to find diametrically opposite male lead roles as Woon in Yumi’s Cells … Continue reading →
This drama was discussed towards the end of last year 2022 but what was certain then is no longer. The K-drama The Price of Confession was a high profile project with PD Lee Eung Bok and he was signed on. This week PD Lee has left the drama explaining that his filming for the consecutive filming of the second and … Continue reading →
It’s been a week since period romance C-drama Unchained Love (Forbidden Love) premiered and the first Douban audience ratings are out of a decent 7.3. It seems high to be since the reviews have been more negative but then again male lead Dylan Wang has an extraordinary level of popularity and fandom loyalty and this drama isn’t that bad, The … Continue reading →
You know something is well made when there are multiple areas to compliment, and for Netflix K-drama The Glory it’s been a nonstop discussion of the various aspects of the drama that are excellently done. One highlight is the seamless transition from the teenage high school cast to the adult cast through the drama flashbacks. each of the six younger … Continue reading →
I checked out of Alchemy of Souls after the first season but continued to watch season 2 as a casual bystander. Nothing that happens will upset me but I am curious to see what the Hong Sisters have in store and also whether the still loyal cadre of viewer fans are enjoying this season with the switched up female lead … Continue reading →
Talk about great casting choice and the right moment for a break out for actor Jung Sung Il. After the first weekend of airing of Netflix drama The Glory, he is unanimously the breakout and what K-netizens are all buzzing about. A combination of manly charisma onscreen and an unexpectedly great chemistry with female lead Song Hye Kyo in their … Continue reading →
Some viewers were perplexed why already female lead status young actress Kim Hye Yoon would take a second female lead role in jTBC drama Snowdrop but I always thought she was aiming to keep challenging herself first and foremost. She’s poised to really breakout in Chungmuro this year following her cult favorite breakout in television three years ago for Extraordinary … Continue reading →
Alirghty Airens, please explain what the heck is going on with Lee Seung Gi and his shaved head look? Is it a bout of lice, a second go-around in military service, for a new acting projects, or most likely heralding a new year new start? I was mostly interested in how round is head looked (so cute!) to care about … Continue reading →
Oh what a relief for the entire production involved for ambitious revenge K-drama The Glory, written by Kim Eun Sook and starring A-list actress Song Hye Kyo. The drama premiered it’s first season 8-episode drop on Netflix last Friday December 31st and over the weekend got to #9 on the Netflix worldwide rankings. Earlier in the week debut J-dorama Alice … Continue reading →
A lot of Year End Awards thunder was stolen thanks to MBC doing theirs the night before and Lee Jong Seok winning the Daesang where he thanked a special someone who turned out to be real life girlfriend IU. Like, that’s drama writing in a K-ent themed drama haha. New Year’s Eve saw SBS which had the most hits hold … Continue reading →
K-actress Kim Tae Ri has managed to make her more arthouse picks in dramas and movies into hits and that’s a double feat. She gets award winning cred and popular appeal. It’ll be cool if she can pull that off again for her next project the SBS horror drama The Devil. The network released the first teaser today to cap … Continue reading →
Terrestrial ratings are one thing but online buzz is different but also quite important metric in popularity and reach these days. Good Data released the buzziest K-dramas of 2022 per each network and showed how many weeks it spent in the #1 spot. Leading the way are Twenty Five, Twenty One on tvN and ENA‘s Extraordinary Attorney Woo, each spent … Continue reading →
