The makjang rich-versus-poor formula hits another jackpot and this time for one of the Big Three networks on prime time. SBS Mon-Tues drama Penthouse (Penthouse: War on Life) premiered with 6.7% ratings and this most recent episode 9 followed a steady episode increase to reach 16%. There hasn’t been much for the mainstream channels to smile about this year in … Continue reading →
One of the first K-dramas to arrive in 2021 will be jTBC romance drama Sunbae Please Don’t Put on that Lipstick, taking over the Mon-Tues timeslot from high school broadcasting drama Live On. I’m still majorly enjoying the last bits of the 2020 dramas so haven’t been too focused on next year, but Sunbae is one of those dramas that … Continue reading →
I liked the premise of C-drama Go Princess Go better than the execution, because goodness was it so low rent it was basically rent-a-costume with whatever haphazard acting could be summoned up for the plot. But the “what if” was so fun to ponder – a modern day playboy male transported in soul back to the past into the body … Continue reading →
While COVID-19 has been in the news for a full year now there are ebbs and peaks depending on so-called spikes which seems to be like Groundhog’s Day. It feels like things are getting better and then it gets worse again and on and on the cycle goes. We’re in a bad cycle again, in the US for sure, but … Continue reading →
I want to put MBC in the corner because they keep screwing the excellent Mon-Tues drama Kairos and thereby screwing themselves for ever trying to regain viewers. The network is preempting the show AGAIN this Monday, due to a baseball game, but will air two episodes tomorrow 7-8 rather than just one episode like they did the last two weeks. … Continue reading →
I’m not holding high high hopes for upcoming KBS sageuk Secret Royal Inspector as it seems to be taking a more light and hokey approach than I would have preferred but low expectations means this drama need only be pleasantly non-sucky and it would be a win. I do like the first drama poster, definitely different from the usual pose … Continue reading →
Oh my what an excellent episode 12 for Start-Up, dropping what felt like an exclamation mark but then telling us there is much more ahead. Four more episodes left and I think it’s just the right amount for the story head, a lot of hard lessons where learned by EVERYONE in this episode but then each person made the right … Continue reading →
Everything about The King: Eternal Monarch felt like a twilight zone version of a Kim Eun Sook penned drama, like everything was off kilter and none in a good way. One sad aspect was the total wasted use of second female lead Jung Eun Chae, normally all KES dramas propel the second female lead to stardom but this one took … Continue reading →
Right before Christmas might not be the best time for a drama about end of days and battling monsters but hey call it counterprogramming. Netflix will drop Sweet Home on December 18th, adapted from the same name webtoon and coming with high artistic expectations. It’s from the PD of Goblin and Descendants of the Sun working with a writing team … Continue reading →
It’s back to business in episode 11 of Start-Up, like the last two emo-laden episodes were the brief respite the leads needed before rolling up their sleeves and focusing in the task at hand. I enjoy seeing both sides but it could have been better incorporated. Samsan Tech and In Jae Company continue to be pitted against each other, solely … Continue reading →
Two for the price of one should be the marketing slogan for upcoming sci-fi thriller movie Seobok. Audiences get Gong Yoo and Park Bo Gum like polar opposite flavors of ice-cream as one plays a retired intelligence agent with a medical date with death and the other is the first human clone that gives rise to the possibility of living … Continue reading →
It’s been a week of streaming platform news coupled with some long awaited movie release dates. On the Hollywood front, Wonder Woman 1984 is finally getting released on Christmas Day with simultaneous broadcast on HBO Max. Wish it was on Netflix lol because I pared away HBO a few years ago. On the Korean cinema side, big budget sci-fi movie … Continue reading →
What I love about ALL the characters in Start-Up is that everyone is scrappy and survivors in their own way. Dal Mi from the divorce and then losing her dad after her mom and sister move away, Ji Pyeong from being an orphan to pulling himself up from is bootstraps with a sprinkling of Grandma magic dust called love, Do … Continue reading →
