This year is shaping up to be the lookalikes drama genre year, with both humans and robots doing double duty in swapping identities. SBS is doing it twice in the same time slot and same legal drama context, first with Switch: Change the World and now with the upcoming Your Honor (Dear Judge). Switch had Jang Geun Seok pretending to … Continue reading →
The leads have to be likable characters in the upcoming frozen in mental age drama Thirty But Seventeen because I can see lots of overly dramatic situations that could be annoying unless audiences are feeling the connection with the leads. I’m getting a good sense Shin Hye Sun and Yang Se Jong have that innate likability, a sweet vibe that … Continue reading →
The second week of airing solidified the ratings for tvN drama Mr. Sunshine, bringing in 10.082% for episode 3 and 10.567% for episode 4. It definitely keeps screenwriter Kim Eun Sook’s hit stream alive but doesn’t have the big jumps up that her last two dramas Goblin and Descendants of the Sun had. I don’t want to compare because I … Continue reading →
I love a validation no matter how long in coming, TW-actor Roy Qiu has been my all time favorite and now he’s getting the recognition on a stage that validates his career. Roy just won Best Actor at the indie Taipei Film Festival for his role in the film Dear Ex playing the gay lover of Joseph Huang. Roy is … Continue reading →
While top visual K-stars like Won Bin take extended acting hiatus and subsist on CF income, I’m way more impressed with how balanced Jeon Ji Hyun is in managing her career. She’s also an acknowledged top CF earner but she keeps working steadily without taking on too many projects that it would interfere with her personal life balance of being … Continue reading →
There’s now a trend I see with C-actress Gu Li Na Zha, she prefers very very feminine styles for her entertainment career dressing and I like that her one-track mind because it works best for her visuals. Unlike Fan Bing Bing who runs the gamut from striking to soft, Na Zha is basically the goddess fairy princess type among the … Continue reading →
Cable network jTBC ended its run of the Fri-Sat thriller police drama Sketch this weekend, averaging ratings in the 2.5% range which qualifies as a solid success for the cast and crew. Lately tvN and even jTBC have seen ratings upwards of 5-6% that it’s easy to forget these are paid cable networks so ratings are lower plus the some … Continue reading →
I’m relieved the additional drama posters for tvN‘s choice changing life drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Wife) turned out to also be as good as the initial teaser posters. After the trainwreck cut and paste photoshop of MBC drama Risky Romance, it’s a nice visual palate cleanser to see a drama poster be both pretty and forecast the story. The main … Continue reading →
I’m ambivalent about Kim So Hyun‘s last drama Radio Romance, despite liking both the story and male lead Yoon Doo Joon the romance didn’t fully gel for me. She really works best playing female leads closer to her age, early twenties, and less full grown professionals in the workplace. Her next drama sounds a lot more suited to her, a … Continue reading →
I’m a sucker for a good group selfie and this is just adorable as the cast of weekend drama Let Me Introduce Her (About Her) showed off their brightest smiles and best knee bends for the ladies. Even better is how perfectly the cast is color and outfit coordinated, this was a concerted group effort to dress in different colors … Continue reading →
Dang, I’m so pleased and onboard with this drama casting, it’s like the drama gods are righting a major wrong from last time with Ha Ji Won. K-actor Jin Goo has been confirmed for the upcoming action spy drama Prometheus, which had Ha Ji Won signed on but was looking for a suitable leading man after Joo Ji Hoon passed … Continue reading →
All eyes on Hyun Bin lately have been for his filming on upcoming K-drama Memories of Alhambra, but I don’t want to lose sight of the arriving first fall 2018 Joseon thriller action flick Rampant (Outbreak). The movie follows Hyun Bin as a Joseon era prince who also happens to be a kickass martial arts expert, I guess one had … Continue reading →
It’s a proper conclusion to a K-ent scandal case for once. This week K-actor Lee Seo Won plead guilty in court to charges of sexual harassment and threatened assault of a female K-star. He faced the media outside the court and apologized for his behavior, accepted responsibility, but then said he didn’t remember what happened since he drank too much. … Continue reading →
