With a dash of changes the K-drama remake of the movie The Beauty Inside reverses the genders around and adds a longer period between switches in order to make it work on the small screen. The first teaser unveils the emotionally dreamy and visually jarring romance between top actress Seo Hyun Jin who changes forms once a month and her … Continue reading →
KBS had one of the better received in ratings and audience feedback office type dramas in recent years with Chief Kim so it’s possible this upcoming office drama from the network may also resonate with the viewers. KBS is casting for the fall 2018 drama Happy to Die adapted from a popular webtoon centered around an exacting and arrogant company … Continue reading →
Yassss, my drama queen is back! Fans have spotted Yoon Eun Hye and her male lead Chun Jung Myung filming their upcoming K-drama in Seoul this week, not yet in the same scene but it’s enough to get my toes tapping with anticipation. The drama is currently called Fluttering Warning (literal title) and has a top female actress and a … Continue reading →
I know Asians have their weird cultural belief that wearing face masks helps protection against getting a cold when it’s all about washing hands and staying hopped up on vitamin C and water. For Asian stars though, the face mask wearing is all about staying incognito and K-actor Kim Woo Bin went full blown incognito leaving the arrivals terminal at … Continue reading →
The end of September seems like such a perfect premiere date for upcoming K-remake of a dark and emotionally twisty J-dorama original. Hundred Million Stars Falling From the Sky (The Smile Has Left Your Eyes) dropped another visually stunning trailer this weekend, with so much depth in nuance from the camera angles, color palate, and subtle loaded expressions in the … Continue reading →
It certainly is a first ever for a K-actor and I couldn’t be happier that the cool honor goes to Gong Yoo. CGV cinemas is naming one of its houses in a newly build Hong Kong movie theater to one of the current reigning kings of Hallyu entertainment. Gong Yoo will have his very own Gong Yoo cinema in the … Continue reading →
The punny aspect of this K-drama is already cute enough to be in rom-com territory, and then the production made everything a million times better by casting my bae Yoo Seung Ho. He’s confirmed for upcoming SBS drama Bok Soo is Back, also called Revenge is Back since Bok Soo is how to pronounce revenge. He played a guy who … Continue reading →
The early creep of awards season is coming for K-ent and starting off the pack is the 2018 Seoul Drama Awards. It’s hardly prestigious but enough to get some big name stars to attend to receive their statues. The big winner was Lee Bo Young taking home Best Actress for her role in the K-remake of J-dorama Mother, with the … Continue reading →
This looks like the perfect movie for long flights, the kind of mindless and hopefully fun entertainment to help pass two hours quickly. Next week is the premiere of K-movie Monstrum with Kim Myung Min as a Joseon government official and warrior sent to slay an aquatic and land monster terrorizing the commoners and causing unrest for the nobles and … Continue reading →
This is a really cute couple, like a puppy dating a kitten and together they create more unicorned cotton candy energy for the world. K-actor Hyun Woo and young actress Pyo Ye Jin have confirmed that they are dating, a relationship of a mere three months but one that both are willing to admit it. He’s got a solid male … Continue reading →
I think if Song Joong Ki didn’t already do a drama with Song Hye Kyo then he’s actually my ideal pick for the character of the younger boyfriend in her upcoming drama Boyfriend which has cast Park Bo Gum. Whatever Song Joong Ki may be like in real life, and by all accounts he’s as conscientious, considerate, and nice as … Continue reading →
The first fan snapped pics from the drama filming of upcoming tvN melo-romance drama Boyfriend is out and we have separate sneak peeks at leads Song Hye Kyo and Park Bo Gum. This is a huge drama buzz-wise thanks to the pairing of two top K-ent stars, and with both choosing this as their comeback drama two years after respective … Continue reading →
I’m a sucker for gorgeous costuming in period dramas, appropriate to the context of course, because it’s visual porn akin to fawning over the British costumes in a Jane Austen novel adaptation. There a dreamy romantic element of the transportation to the past distinct from the narrative, and if done right really elevates the watch pleasure. Upcoming tvN sageuk 100 … Continue reading →
