Excellently Spooky Teaser Posters for OCN Ghostly Detective Drama Missing: The Other Side with Go Soo and Heo Jun Ho

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The Train just left the OCN station last weekend for the parallel worlds serial killer drama but it’s a shorter than usual run with 12-episodes so promos are starting for the followup drama Missing: The Other Side. I remember when networks would traditionally run ghost/supernatural/horror dramas in August to align with lunar ghost month and Missing definitely has ghosts, an … Continue reading →

Park Bo Gum is a Modern Dapper Gentleman in Vogue Korea August 2020 Edition

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K-actor Park Bo Gum seems like an old soul in a young man’s body, or a goofy big boy with a lot of intensity. He’s so creative and self-challenging when he picks his acting roles, Hello Monster anyone?, and now he’s a major drama male lead I’m glad he’s not pigeon holing himself into genres. From last year’s slow quiet … Continue reading →

Creative and Striking Official Episode Posters for Sci-fi Anthology Drama SF8

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Sci-fi has been one of the least mined genres in K-dramas so it’s a treat to see what’s in store for upcoming anthology series SF8. It contains 8 different single episodes each with a different cast and story and directed by a different movie director as this project is in collaboration with the Directors Guild of Korea. The solo posters … Continue reading →

Ji Hyun Woo and Kim So Eun Both Disdain Romance in First Teasers for K-drama Love is Annoying, But I Hate Being Lonely

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I think good things only come with hard work, and that includes romance/life partnership/marriage. It’s not supposed to be easy and that shouldn’t be reason enough to eschew it, especially if the fall back option is being lonely potentially for life. That point of view will be explored in the upcoming MBC Every1 drama Love is Annoying, But I Hate … Continue reading →

Gu Hye Sun and Ahn Jae Hyun’s Divorce Finalized in Court

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I’m sure this is a relief for the stars involved and for the netizens this is closure on what was an unnecessarily public event what should be personal. The divorce proceedings between stars Gu Hye Sun and Ahn Jae Hyun were finalized this week in Seoul, capping off 7 months of legal affairs to conclude the three year union of … Continue reading →

Kim Ha Neul is a Beautifully Put Together News Anchor in First Drama Stills for 18 Again

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The casting of Kim Ha Neul as the female lead for the K-drama adaptation of Hollywood movie 17 Again feels so perfect and it’s not because she’s vibing off original female lead Leslie Mann. Kim Ha Neul’s two decade career trajectory saw her get a major hit as the teacher in the teacher-student drama Romance and from then on she … Continue reading →

Kim Soo Hyun and It’s Okay to Not be Okay Top the Good Data Drama Search Rankings for the 2nd Week of July 2020

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It’s definitely the dog days of summer swinging right through the second week of July already. I think there is plenty on the small screen right now for K-drama viewers, lots of selection in different genres. Topping the viewer interest in internet searches remains It’s Okay to Not be Okay on the drama front, followed by weekend stalwart Once Again … Continue reading →

Poster and First Look at Much Anticipated tvN Drama Secret Forest 2 with Jo Seung Woo and Bae Doo Na

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I need to thank Bae Doo Na for growing out her hair for the second season of hit drama Secret Forest (Stranger). For Secret Forest 2 she has long hair so it’s easy to search for stills and news and determine if its from the first or second season. Most of the cast is back along with Bae Doo Na … Continue reading →

Kim So Hyun Looking Uber Fresh Modeling Simple White T-shirt Perfect for Summer

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The simple white t-shirt is problematic for me, too thin and it’s see through and too thick it looks chunky. That sucks because the white t-shirt and denim shorts look perfectly encapsulates summer chic. Kim So Hyun totally pulls it off in her latest clothing CF modeling a white t-shirt with an orange slice in the middle but randomly the … Continue reading →

Park Eun Bin and Kim Min Jae Lead the Script Reading for SBS Mon-Tues Drama Do You Like Brahms

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There are two music themed dramas line up and Do You Like Brahms is the second one I’m covering in the same week after Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. The two won’t go head to head as that drama airs on KBS Wed-Thurs while Brahms will return the SBS Mon-Tues time slot back to dramas after the network took … Continue reading →

Tense OCN Drama Train with Yoon Shi Yoon and Kyung Soo Jin Grabs Me for Ride on its Dark Parallel Tracks

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This past weekend it was a two-fer for me, with an emotional meal on the new episodes of It’s Okay to Not be Okay and then snacking as late night treat the OCN mystery parallel worlds drama Train. The first two episodes got 1.367% and 1.443% for the cable network best known for procedurals and gritty fare and Train continues … Continue reading →

TW-stars Go For Glittery or Oddball Looks at the 2020 Taiwan Film Awards

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This red carpet for the just held 2020 Taipei Film Awards feels like a wash, I mostly hated the outfits but enjoyed actually seeing some because it’s pretty unexpected. Like, Joanne Tseng‘s lace pantsuit is on par with historical epic fails in every way from cut to fit to sheer fugliness. I don’t know why Ariel Lin decided to come … Continue reading →

Big Leaps Forward in Hair Cuts, Pillow Fights, and Running Away in Episode 8 of It’s Okay to Not be Okay with Ratings of 4.744% and 5.634%

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It’s midpoint time for tvN Sat-Sun drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay and at this point a viewer is either in or out. I watched with a giant grin on my face through the entirety of episode 8, it was that good. From Moon Young not wanting a mushroom haircut from Kang Tae, to Daniel Choi‘s purposely smarmy and … Continue reading →