K-actress Song Hye Kyo has had a quiet 2020 so far, good for her as her 2019 was tumultuous in personal life as 2020 akin to what it has been for the world this year. She’s long since grown out her very short bob from filming 2019 drama Boyfriend (Encounter) and traded the stodgy straight laced outfits of her character … Continue reading →
There’s a lot going on with upcoming KBS drama Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol and it feels like there should be something for a lot of different tastes going in. It’s male lead Lee Jae Wook‘s big promotion to first lead after breaking out last year with Extraordinary You, and a return to rom-com for Go Ara after … Continue reading →
Congrats is in order and honestly I’m even a little envious of how well these two have managed their careers and personal life together. Married K-ent couple actor Jo Jung Seok and singer Gummy welcomed the arrival of their first child this week, a baby girl. Cue the awwwwwwws from here to infinity because Jo Jung Seok is so going … Continue reading →
It’s finale weekend for weekend drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay, and it’s been a fantastic ride even with the rather unorthodox turn in last weekend’s episodes. Since it’s live streamed on Netflix I watch it on TV rather than my computer and oftentimes Mr. Koala and the Koala Teens wander by and watch a few minutes and ask … Continue reading →
Well this is certainly big casting news. On the heels on earlier reporting that top movie actress Jeon Do Yeon is coming back to the small screen soon, now she’s got a leading man and he’s quite the quirky charmer. Ryu Jun Yeol is in talks to join the award winning Jeon Do Yeon in the upcoming drama Disqualified From … Continue reading →
This past weekend I caught up on Flower of Evil, and all that kissing and making out between the OTP aside, the first 2 episodes were merely good. A lot of stage setting and hints but we don’t get to form an emotional connection right off the bat with the characters. Lee Jun Ki‘s Hee Sung is too “acting evil” … Continue reading →
I was really impressed with the young male leads of last year’s cult hit drama Extraordinary You, mainly because I had zero expectations. I’m going into upcoming jTBC drama Number of Cases (Probability) the same way with respect to male lead Ong Seung Woo, he’s so rising profile these days being a Wanna One member and later pursuing his main … Continue reading →
South Korea has been hit with the longest monsoon summer season in 7 years, with now 42 consecutive days of heavy raining leading to major flooding and landslides. As of today, 14 people have died and 1,500 are displaced from homes. On top of COVID-19, the country now has to mobilize disaster relief efforts for the impacted citizens and many … Continue reading →
This the most entertaining C-ent news story of the week, probably of the month for me for how embarrassing it must be for the rich men involved and the ladies unable to deny the exact same pictures. Like, the picture above I’ve now seem three different women in the exact same shot and that poor apple! The whole table is … Continue reading →
I love the South Korean predilection for smushing two unlikely things together and calling it a drama topic. We have Vampire Prosecutor and Vampire Idol and now Zombie Detective. Starring Choi Jin Hyuk and Park Joo Hyun, this has to be a super silly drama but it also could be unintentionally funny by trying to be silly, I don’t know … Continue reading →
Thanks to the addicting and well-drafted parallel worlds thriller drama Train, I’m over my Kyung Soo Jin allergy and reinvigorated with my Yoon Shi Yoon love. The drama is tightly compacted in its mythology about the parallel worlds and probably falls apart in wider focus but it does so well in picking a central focus with Yoon Shi Yoon’s Do … Continue reading →
A trio of big names are joining the world of what-if when a disaster fells South Korea and there are tons of such movies but each a different enough to be interesting still if done well. Lee Byung Hun, Park Seo Joon, and Park Bo Young are joining forces to stay alive and safe in Concrete Utopia, a disaster movie … Continue reading →
I feel like actor-singer Jang Geun Seok came back from military service with one of the most changed vibes I’ve seen from all my boys that have gone off to the army over the last decade. He’s still doing many of the same things but I feel he’s really grown up and grown out of the wild rocker boy experimental … Continue reading →
