So this is just the jury votes and doesn’t mean the movies are bad if its gets on the low side of the marks, it just isn’t as good as the higher voted ones. Of the two K-movies in contention at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival they occupy the top and bottom of the vote spread. Korean direct Park Chan … Continue reading →
Haha, this is like every K-drama noona romance paired with Kimi wa Petto but she acquires a fake husband instead of a pretend pet. Upcoming Tencent modern C-drama romance She and Her Perfect Husband (爱的二八定律 Love’s Two Eight Principle) caught my eyes because ahhhhh Xu Kai holy perfect flower boy loverboy in the making. The drama has Yang Mi as … Continue reading →
The Lee Jun Ki Show SBS drama Again My Life is coming to an end this weekend and what a solid win for the network and the cast. This Friday’s episode 15 got 12% ratings and it’s the highest rated prime time drama for the network this year, just above A Business Proposal which got the highest to 11.6%. I … Continue reading →
The breakout from Squid Game has vaulted Lee Yoo Mi to the headlining spot and she’s signed on for the upcoming Strong Woman Kang Nam Soon, the sequel to the Park Bo Young and Park Hyung Sik drama Strong Woman Do Bong Soon. The male lead will be Ong Seung Woo with Byun Woo Seok as the second male lead, … Continue reading →
This weekend is Mother’s Day and a warm thank you and celebration for all the mothers out there, and everyone who loves them. Brunch and presents big or small is the expectation and the Stonehenge brand always delivers right around the various holidays. It’s when the CFs trot out new looks featuring brand spokesperson Jeon Ji Hyun and she never … Continue reading →
Okay, not to be confused with the Netflix K-drama adaptation of Money Heist, there is another upcoming streaming drama called Money Game that is in the works. It’s in the news today for a leading lady swap – IU has dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and will be replaced by Chun Woo Hee. The drama is adapted from the … Continue reading →
At this point I do want the C-drama adaptation of Lost You Forever (Chang Xiang Si) to go forward because then it would be done and I don’t ever have to wonder what it would have been like. Despite not feeling the main four cast whatsoever and having this sinking feeling that the drama is going to be nothing like … Continue reading →
The drama casting gods have spoken and there is a big modern era period drama in the works that has the main cast now. KBS is planning Oasis for the latter half of 2022, set in the 1980’s into the 1990’s, and already I’m getting major East of Eden and Giant vibes in a good way. The drama will star … Continue reading →
Oh this sounds like a cool pairing and an interesting story. K-ent is reporting that Son Seok Gu and Choi Woo Shik will be teaming up to headline the Netflix K-drama Murder DIEary. It’s adapted from the same name webtoon about an average joe who accidentally kills a serial killer and then cop who is investigating this killing. Choi Woo … Continue reading →
The new crop of C-drama actresses that have up come up big in the last few years have done so because the last gen hasn’t been doing as many C-dramas, it’s one gen takes the myriad opportunities that arise. But the last gen is still doing dramas from time and time and it gets a lot of press, case in … Continue reading →
There are plenty of good (and bad) K-dramas that slip through my cracks, even ones I intend to watch. It’s a thing called real life other stuff and timing, and sometimes I’m glad I avoided a hot mess. This weekend I learned in this case goodness I missed out on TWO YEARS of the best most nnnnnnggggg where have you … Continue reading →
Who says awarding winning top K-director Park Chan Wook can’t keep surprising this long into his exceptional career. His first movie in 6 years since The Handmaiden debuted at the Cannes Film Festival this week to thunderous reception, with a 5-minute long standing ovation by the audience after the screening of Decision to Leave. While this movie has thriller elements … Continue reading →
The production of upcoming thriller movie The Witch: Part 2: The Other One has gone out of its way to keep “the other one” hidden until now. The first stills are out of new female lead Shin Si Ah, who plays a different character than the titular witch in the first movie which starred Kim Da Mi. There was always … Continue reading →
