I will admit that I had zero interest in the MBN drama Graceful Family, it looked makjang and I am not fans of leads Im Soo Hyang and Lee Jang Woo. But the drama has become the can-do drama of summer 2019, with ratings starting at 2% which is already good for MBN and passing 7% last week to it … Continue reading →
A drama is the work of tens if not hundreds of people, with the high profile cast only the tip of the iceberg. I hope the recent tabloid glare on male lead Ahn Jae Hyun doesn’t negatively impact his upcoming MBC drama People With Flaws costarring Oh Yeon Seo. It actually sounds kinda stupid in concept – a woman who … Continue reading →
Stories don’t need to be emotionally safe to be told, and some are going to rile folks up. Popular Korean novel 1982 Born Kim Ji Young is a best seller but reviled by certain segments of the male population for being a feminist novel whatever that means. Even when a female star posts that she’s read it or reading it … Continue reading →
In conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival, a new awards show was launched call the Asia Content Awards. It’s not terribly long but does put a lot of television shows across Asia and small screen acting performances as the centerpiece rather than films across the greater festival. Winning the inaugural 2019 ACA for Best Drama was 2018 hit cable … Continue reading →
I just want this whole ordeal to be over because the folks involved and now the public has morphed from having an opinion to knives out. K-actress Gu Hye Sun is in the middle of a high profile divorce with fellow actor and husband Ahn Jae Hyun. She laid down for about three weeks but on the same day that … Continue reading →
One big name leading man is passing but another one has thrown his name in the mix. Hit drama screenwriter Noh Hee Kyung‘s upcoming 2020 drama about people working for an overseas NGO initially had her reuniting with former male lead Jo In Sung after working together twice already with That Winter, the Wind Blows and It’s Okay, It’s Love. … Continue reading →
The cross-over of Taiwanese and Korean stars is happening so much lately, and this week we have Jung Hae In over in Taiwan attending the Golden Bell Awards while Roy Qiu was in Korean at the Busan International Film Festival. Roy has been more prominent in movies the last three years, his hit movie Dear Ex last year got him … Continue reading →
This weekend was the 2019 Golden Bell Awards in Taiwan, their version of the Emmy’s feting the best of television for the year. The big winner was, not surprising at all, cable drama The World Between Us (Our Distance to Evil) which won 6 awards including Best Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Actress to Alyssa Chia, Best Supporting Actor to James … Continue reading →
This weekend saw the premiere of jTBC sageuk drama My Country, the latest sageuk we’ll see this year and hopefully turns out to be the best we’ve had so far. The ratings are solid for the second largest cable network coming it at 3.512% and 3.846% for the first and second episodes. Early reviews are promising but more for the … Continue reading →
If the old-fashioned look is in then Korean idol-actress Yoona has achieved the remarkable win over a very difficult to conquer style. Yoona and her hit movie Exit costar Jo Jung Seok and the director all attended an Open Talk session at the 2019 Busan International Film Festival two days after walking the opening night red carpet. The movie is … Continue reading →
Okay, we’ll know we just have to wait and see. Days after K-ent reported that Park Shin Hye and Jo Seung Woo had been offered the leads in upcoming cable drama Sisyphus: The Myth, both have accepted. It’s a done deal so no need to sling positive or negative predictions, Jo Seung Woo will head into filming after he’s done … Continue reading →
My growing frustration with SBS Fri-Sat drama Vagabond is that it could be so much better. There is a compelling conspiracy and tight action sequences, but the writing is in all CAPS with no subtlety or depth because everything still goes a mile a minute. I’m exhausted watching, without the pauses there is no time to absorb what is happening … Continue reading →
K-actress Park Shin Hye is in drama news this week for possibly working with award winning veteran leading man Jo Seung Woo in a cable network thriller sci-fi drama Sisyphus: The Myth. I hope she accepts and gets to work with such an immense talent as Jo Seung Woo, not to mention a cool sci-fi drama concept. She was out … Continue reading →
