Netflix Holds Press Stage to Introduce Slate of 2021 K-dramas Including Sea of Silence, Hellbound, D.P., Kingdom: Ashin of the North and Many More

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Holy smokes what a diverse and rich line up Netflix has in store for K-drama viewers in 2021. The network held a press stages yesterday to showcase its upcoming dramas and released official stills for each, a veritable smorgasbord of something for someone. The dramas are (in order of where the stills appear in this post): Sea of Silence with … Continue reading →

Sisyphus: The Myth Episode 4 Ropes in 6.178% Ratings as the Leads Spend Entire Time Running Away From Two Sets of Pursuers and Still Not Sharing Full Information

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jTBC drama Sisyphus: The Myth is officially a totally dumbass drama. It’s so bad it defies sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, thriller, or even basic requirements of storytelling. It makes Alice storytelling look like a Pulitzer Prize winner masterpiece. The drama is the dude who goes through the uploader with a 10% chance of coming through and emerges as a blobby mess … Continue reading →

Nam Ji Hyun Searches for Her Runaway Groom in jTBC 1-episode Comedic Drama Off Route

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Get ready for mother-daughter bonding time and runaway groom chasing shenanigans. Nam Ji Hyun may be returning later this year with fantasy drama Come to Witch’s Restaurant but her fans will get to see her as soon as early March in the 1-episode jTBC Drama Festa project Off Route. She plays a bride-to-be whose groom runs away on their wedding … Continue reading →

Episode 3 of Sisyphus: The Myth Delivers More Preposterous “Action” Sequences and Halfway Exposition and Gets Ratings of 6.167%

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There are viewers that claim jTBC drama Sisyphus: The Myth is a fantasy drama and not sci-fi, and by episode 3 I not only have to agree I would say it’s straight up comedy. It’s funnier than anything I’ve seen recently and every scene is (un)intentional comedic gold because it defies human behavior and basic tenets of logic. This episode … Continue reading →

Rookie Actor Nam Yoon Soo Joins Ro Woon and Park Eun Bin in Sageuk Romance Drama Affection

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The news is slim on this one so let’s just take it for face value. K-news is reporting that rookie actor Nam Yoon Soo, who coincidentally I just watched onscreen for the first time last weekend with a memorable role as the junior police officer in Beyond Evil (Monster), is putting on his sageuk big boy pants in an upcoming … Continue reading →

Historical Landscape Painting of Palace Denizens Battling Zombies Makes Striking First Poster for Joseon Exorcist

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The first official drama poster is out for SBS zombie sageuk Joseon Exorcist and it’s gorgeous and creative enough to shine on its own. The production took a historical landscape painting style and created a poster showing the Joseon Palace and the denizens of the court. Instead of going about their daily lives they are instead battling zombies and maybe … Continue reading →

Memory Recovered Ga Jin Tries to Run Away From Her Princess Identity in Episode 4 of River Where the Moon Rises with 6.3%, 10% Ratings

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Four episodes in and I like but just can’t love KBS sageuk River Where the Moon Rises. Conversely I was madly in love with leading lady Kim So Hyun‘s prior sageuk Tale of Nokdu at the same point in the drama. All my earlier quibbles with this drama’s abrupt directing and rather skimpy storyline are still here but so are … Continue reading →

Seo In Guk and Jang Dong Yoon to Headline Sci-fi K-movie Wolf Hunt

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The charismatic hotties for the price of one movie ticket, oh heck yeah! Seo In Guk and Jang Dong Yoon are confirmed to star in action sci-fi thriller movie Wolf Hunt, set on a giant ocean freighter that is transporting prisoners overseas. Both actors will be playing prisoners on the ship and the movie is from the director of hit … Continue reading →

Japanese Women Pick Hyun Bin, V, Lee Jong Seok, and Cha Eun Woo as the New Four Hallyu Kings in 2021

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Well this is a random four-box selection lol. Not that I have a complaint about any one selection just never would have smushed them into the same group. Popular and long-running Japanese ladies magazine 25ans held a poll of its readers (skewing 30s-20s age bracket) to ask who are the new or current generation of the Four Hallyu Kings, OG … Continue reading →

Ga Jin Ends Her Assassin Life and Seeks Her Past Memories in Episode 3 of River Where the Moon Rises with Ratings of 6.4% and 9.2%

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I feel like River Where the Moon Rises is a cliff notes version of a K-drama sageuk. I know there is a broader/deeper story in there but the execution jumps briskly from scene to scene without delving further into the threads that would render a compelling story. I still like it, leads Ga Jin and Ondal are so adorable together, … Continue reading →

K-ent Gripped by Multiple School Era Bullying Accusations Including Jo Byung Gyu, Park Hye Soo, Kim Dong Hee, and Soojin of G-Idle

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This may be the next #MeToo movement in South Korean entertainment and the stars in question are all young actors/actresses/singers. Since two weeks ago and growing wider in scope by the day, there has been a series of bullying accusations lobbed by former school era (elementary, middle school, or high school) classmates against certain stars. Jo Byung Kyu is dealing … Continue reading →

jTBC Fri-Sat Thriller Beyond Evil is a Masterclass in Brilliant Male Lead Acting and a Shaky Story Construct

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I’m ambivalent about newly arrived jTBC Fri-Sat drama Beyond Evil (Monster) because it feels like it’s trying to be smarter than it actually is. Sometimes a good thriller is about following the breadcrumbs instead of feinting left, right, and all around to generate tension that feels overly staged. The drama premiered this weekend and got ratings of 4.451% in the … Continue reading →

Vincenzo Episode 2 Surges to 9.295% as the Mafia Lawyer Takes on Even More Lawless South Korean Rich and Powerful

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The second episode of tvN Sat-Sun drama Vincenzo can best be described by Song Joong Ki saying “I’m back, bitches!” and me saying “Drama gods almighty I have no f*cking clue what I am watching!” This drama is like Dong Ryeong from Answer Me 1988 got together with Jung Hwan’s dad and they wrote a script complete with 1980’s HK … Continue reading →