Wounds are Pried Open so Hopefully Characters Can Move Forward in Episode 10 of It’s Okay to Not be Okay with Ratings of 4.212% and 5.481%

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For much too long all the characters in It’s Okay to Not be Okay have been in stasis, in suspended animation if you will. Going through the motions, surviving and succeeding, but never addressing a boatload of childhood trauma and adult exhaustion. I think everyone should check into It’s Okay Hospital stat, but it’s Sang Tae who gets an overnight … Continue reading →

OCN Drops Teaser and Script Reading Stills for Action Drama Search Starring Jang Dong Yoon and Krystal

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It’s time for these folks to put on their army fatigues and strap on their monster radars for upcoming OCN action drama Search. Jang Dong Yoon and Krystal lead a team of South Korean army soldiers trying to hunt a mysterious “monsters” in the DMZ. It’s a survival and supernatural tinged drama and the leads are both young and pretty … Continue reading →

Married K-stars Kim Moo Yeol and Yoon Seung Ah are Selected to Promote the 2020 Korea Art Week

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I was surprised and so pleased to see an event tap into the adorable potential that is the married K-star couple of Kim Moo Yeol and Yoon Seung Ah. The good looking pair has been married since 2015, no kids yet, but clearly still so lovely dovey and low key. The couple has been selected as the face of the … Continue reading →

Happiness and Then Heartbreak Elevates Episode 9 of It’s Okay to Not Be Okay to New Emotional Heights with Ratings of 4.995% and 5.814%

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I think both Kim Soo Hyun and Oh Jung Se just submitted their names for the 2021 Baeksang Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in the drama category with today’s episode 9 performance It’s Okay to Not be Okay. The last 5 minutes are insane, absolutely a gut punch heartwrenching tour de force from both Kang Tae and … Continue reading →

Tribute to Miura Haruma and His Most Iconic and High Profile Movie and Dorama Roles from Koizora to Bloody Monday to Gintama

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In writing a blog there’s a desire to preserve a thought or the memory of a moment, so it’s only fitting that I write a post to remember J-actor Miura Haruma‘s most well known works from his very early breakouts all the way to his most recent projects. He was a child actor who started acting at 7 years old … Continue reading →

It’s Okay to Not be Okay Gets K-ent Praise for Ornate Set Design and Well Rendered Special Effects

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Sat-Sun tvN drama It’s Okay to Not be Okay rounded the midway point last week and is headed to the second half of its run, prompting the usual posts about what to expect and how well/not well it’s gone so far. One interesting perspective came from two recent K-ent articles praising the set design and special effects of the drama, … Continue reading →

J-ent in Shock and Devastation as Top Young Actor Miura Haruma Discovered Deceased in His Home at 30 Years Old

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I’ve watched J-doramas for over 30 years and this will go down as one of the most devastating events to occur in J-ent. Prolific and critically/ratings acclaimed young actor Miura Haruma has died. He was only 30 years old and that’s a stunning confirmation of how young he was when he started acting and how many doramas and movies he … Continue reading →

First Teaser for SBS Time Travel Drama Alice With Kim Hee Sun and Joo Won

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I totally lost track that this drama was on the horizon but that’s allowed me to be intrigued when I saw the first teaser dropped this week. The next SBS Fri-Sat drama is the sci-fi fantasy time traveling romance Alice starring Kim Hee Sun and Joo Won. He plays a detective that learns about the existence of time travelers from … Continue reading →

Short Hair Entertainment Goddesses Entice with Breezy Beauty Perfect for the Summer Heat

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I recently noticed that TW-actresses Janine Chang and Annie Chen cut off their decades long hair recently for new acting roles and it totally changes their aura and visuals. It’s been hot as Hades where I live and have been experiencing the usual summer pangs of desire to cut off all my hair, but I always resist because I’m a … Continue reading →

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 →