The Golden Eagle Awards are held every 2 years and the Golden Eagle Goddess selected also every 2 years. It’s basically a sign that C-ent thinks you’re the Current Drama It Girl. This year 2020 has selected Victoria Song as the Golden Eagle Goddess and she follows in the footsteps (reverse order) of: Dilraba Dilmurat (2018), Tang Yan (2016), Zhao … Continue reading →
Some dramas star a fan’s favorite star and the lengths by which I hear devotees try to rationalize the bad writing, lackluster directing, and even bland acting doesn’t make it actually any good. tvN‘s latest Sat-Sun drama Start-Up is the opposite for me, I could write it off easily but it’s just so so sooooo good, with a story that … Continue reading →
She’s back!!! Screenwriter Park Hye Ryun I mean and she’s firing on all cylinders and arguably better than ever with her new tvN drama Start-Up. I watched episode 1 and immediately beelined to write about it. Well, after I stopped crying and it’s a total deju vu from my experience watching the first episode of Pinocchio years ago. Park Hye … Continue reading →
I’m having flashbacks to Sungkyunkwan Scandal and this isn’t even a sageuk pictorial. That was the breakout role for Yoo Ah In and probably when I thought he was the most young and handsome, because he’s such an auteur he disappears into whatever role is required which mostly doesn’t do justice to his good looks. This menswear pictorial is totally … Continue reading →
I totally forgot it was premiere weekend for tvN and confess that I haven’t had a chance to watch the first episode yet so will reserve my opinion and commentary until tomorrow. This Saturday saw the premiere of new tvN weekend drama Start-Up and the initial ratings are on the low side for this time slot on the network. Starring … Continue reading →
The arrival of fall feels welcome after a scorching summer and with it a breath of fresh air to don warmer threads. K-actress Song Hye Kyo has been dropping a succession of footwear ads in the last three months and each set is as lovely as the others. This latest batch released this week skew towards darker tones of black … Continue reading →
I feel like Im Joo Hwan was hired to be the sacrifice in upcoming MBC drama The Spies Who Loved Me as the barrier between ex-spouses Eric and Yoo In Na getting back together. That’s fine as long as he has a great role and interesting narrative, but ooomph is it going to hurt to watch. Eric is so good … Continue reading →
SBS Fri-Sat drama Alice would have benefited so much from airing on OCN and being a tight 12-episodes like Train. I’m making this conclusion even though it’s not finished yet because the last few episodes have felt like much ado about not a lot, dragging things out to fill screen time when it could be much tighter to maintain the … Continue reading →
I wonder if its time to change the name of upcoming jTBC drama Run On, to Run Stop Run Stop. It’s unfortunate because I’m really looking forward for this drama starring Im Shi Wan, Shin Se Kyung, Sooyoung, and Kang Tae Oh with a refreshing two sets of OTP structure. The filming stopped once in August due to an actual … Continue reading →
Ooooohhhhh, I totally lost track of this drama so it’s such a treat to see promos for this randomly this week. The upcoming November jTBC drama Live On has released first stills, script reading, and a teaser preview already and I’m totally vibing with it. The cast is young and a visual treat with leads teen actress Jung Da Bin … Continue reading →
The Tale of Gumiho turns out to be as old as time, heh. Boy loves girl, boy loses girl, boy waits for girl to reincarnate, oh and boy misplaces younger brother who turns into a single minded revenge asshole. That about sums it up. Episode 4 continued the strong balance of practical mystery solving, and our female lead Ji Ah … Continue reading →
The lambs are all lined up for the makjang slaughter to come, lol. The leads and full cast have been confirmed for crazy (in drama and real life) screenwriter Im Sung Han‘s comeback drama Marriage Story. She wrote New Tales of the Gisaeng which a lot of people loved, and her even earlier dramas The Jewel Family and Miss Mermaid … Continue reading →
Movie going in 2020 with COVID-19 has been wildly up and down to say the least. In South Korea the theaters stayed open with social distancing of every other seat remaining empty which cut into admissions and tickets sold. Basically every K-movie released this year with have an asterisk next to it but that’s ok, we can at least look … Continue reading →
