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Yoo Yeon Seok and Lee Chung Ah Continue Their Great Collaboration for Eddie Bauer Sportswear in March 2021 1st Look Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 27, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 27, 2021
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Fans of Yoo Yeon Seok or Lee Chung Ah already know that the two talented stars are good friends in real for going on 18 years. They are also so visually compatible and coupled with their BFF chemistry it’s no wonder sportswear brand Eddie Bauer selected them for the brand a few years ago and continues to use them. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Lee Chung Ah, Yoo Yeon Seok

Seo Kang Joon Signs on for Secret Forest Screenwriter’s New Thriller Sci-fi Drama Zero

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2021
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I thought Seo Kang Joon‘s last drama would have been totally up my alley but who knew it just didn’t connect with me. When the Weather is Fine costarred Park Min Young who I really like and seemed like that sorta of melancholy quiet emotive romance that would really usher me into a warm place of comfort. But it ended … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Seo Kang Joon, Zero

First Look at Lee Min Ki, Nana, and Kang Min Hyuk in MBC Wed-Thurs Rom-com Oh My Ladylord

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 26, 2021
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MBC took a break in the Wed-Thurs time slot after The Spies Who Loved Me but next month in March will premiere a new drama called Oh My Ladylord (Oh! Master). I hate the title lol but the cast is promising with leads Lee Min Ki, Nana, and Kang Min Hyuk. However the premise sounds so much like a prior … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kang Min Hyuk, Lee Min Ki, Nana, Oh My Ladylord

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 26, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 25, 2021
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged All of Us Are Dead, D.P., Hell, Hellbound, Kingdom: Ashin of the North, Move to Heaven, Now at Our School, Sea of Silence, So Not Worth It, Squid Game

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 25, 2021
Dramatic scenes featuring intense characters and action.

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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Sisyphus: The Myth

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 25, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2021
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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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Bum Soo, Nam Ji Hyun, Off Route, Park Ji Young

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2021
Dramatic scene with varied characters and actions.

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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jo Seung Woo, Park Shin Hye, Sisyphus: The Myth

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 24, 2021
Young man smiling in denim jacket.

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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Affection, Nam Yoon soo, Park Eun Bin, Ro Woon

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 24, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 23, 2021
Historical scene with traditional Korean buildings.

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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Dong Yoon, Joseon Exorcist, Park Sung Hoon

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 23, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 23, 2021
Nighttime confrontation between two young villagers

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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged River Where the Moon Rises

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 23, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 22, 2021
Four male actors posing for a group photo.

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 →

Posted in Films | Tagged Jang Dong Yoon, Seo In Guk, Wolf Hunt

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 23, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 22, 2021
Close-up portrait collage of four men

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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Cha Eun Woo, Hyun Bin, Lee Jong Seok

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%

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 22, 2021 by ockoalaFebruary 22, 2021
People interacting in a historical village scene.

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 →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ji Soo, Kim So Hyun, Lee Ji Hoon, River Where the Moon Rises

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