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 →
Yay, a legit big budget action and palace intrigue saguek to look forward to in 2021, with a dash of fantasy. The casting for Joseon Exorcist has been firmed up and my #1 excitement is seeing Jang Dong Yoon return to wearing sageuk garb. He will play a Joseon prince battling another Joseon prince played by Park Sung Hoon who … Continue reading →
It’s been nearly a year since K-actor Kim Woo Bin presented at the Blue Dragon Awards at the end of 2019 which heralded his healthy return to acting after over two years off for health reasons. I don’t mean to downplay his cancer diagnosis but he was so extraordinarily private as he put his health first and the medical condition … Continue reading →
Okay fellow Kairos addicts, who screamed at the end of episode 6 and then wanted to throw something at the TV because the next episode was preempted due to baseball and we had to wait another week. Maybe just me but I definitely have kindred spirits in K-netizens, the MBC portals comment boxes have lit up with fans praising how … Continue reading →
Top Korean actors playing killers is a totally “in” thing now and it almost always works because it goes against type, whether visuals or just the idea that an A-lister would deign to play the antagonist. Add another one to the list as K-actor Ahn Jae Wook has been cast as the serial killer antagonist in the upcoming 2021 thriller … Continue reading →
It feels like a match made in Heaven and perfect timing as well haha. Omega has announced a new global ambassador, i.e. spokesperson, and it’s the first time the brand has signed on a South Korean star. Their choice is none other than Hyun Bin, hot off his Crash Landing on You global fame and looking like he stepped out … Continue reading →
The school theme for K-dramas has been around since the start of, well, K-dramas lol, but every few years there does seem to be a concentration of them released around the same time. We’re seeing another wave with True Beauty and Live On, both dropping at the end of 2021, and in early 2021 there will be Dear M and … Continue reading →
Gah, I love this poster so much, thank you City Couple Way of Love! In my twenties I would have framed it for so magically capturing that ephemeral young girl dream. That I could have that perfectly framed moment, and look as radiant as Kim Ji Won, and that a man as handsome and adoring as Ji Chang Wook would … Continue reading →
Come one, come all, come get all your oppa and dongsaeng childhood pictures galore and marvel at how everyone grew up into the hotties we know today. It’s impossible to deny that many a K-actress got some surgical help to become the current day beauties so it’s safer to marvel at the men of South Korean entertainment that have parlayed … Continue reading →
I’m so excited for tvN sageuk Queen Cheorin that I’m not even annoyed it can’t settle on an English drama title. I think using the Korean title would be best but first it went with No Touch Princess and now it’s going to be Mr. Queen. That’s a little to cheeky and I won’t want to run afoul of the … Continue reading →
Dang, big news either way and honestly so wild that K-actress Lee Yeon Hee has been in the industry for 19 years! Lee Yeon Hee has elected not to renew her expiring contract with SM Entertainment, which has repped her since she debuted. She has signed with recently formed agency VAST Entertainment which was founded by Hyun Bin and has … Continue reading →
One thing Record of Youth did convey realistically is that K-ent is always primed for the next big thing, and in some ways retaining success is even harder than that serendipitous big break which feels in some way like luck. It’s safe to say K-actor Lee Do Hyun is one of the breakouts of 2020, like last year we had … Continue reading →
