It’s going to be a sageuk showdown on Wed-Thurs as new arrival Seven Days Queen (Queen for Seven Days) takes over the KBS time slot from recently concluded Queen of Mystery. Current time slot leading drama is the MBC sageuk Ruler: Master of the Mask while SBS is coming in third with quirky Suspicious Partner. Ruler has a three week … Continue reading →
Filming continues for summer SBS drama While You Were Sleeping, and from the looks of it entering the second half of the narrative based on the scenes glimpsed from lucky passerby footage. Leads Lee Jong Seok and Suzy have been seen filming in Seoul and their characters appear much closer than pictures from last month, now they are holding hands … Continue reading →
This Monday was the real test of the late spring prime time K-dramas, as time slot leader Whisper concluded last week and the successor drama premiered to compete with the two new arrivals from last week. SBS aired the sageuk adaptation of My Sassy Girl today and the drama premiered to 8.5% AGB nationwide ratings, putting it in the middle … Continue reading →
It’s harder for the male stars to change up their looks, there is only so much a guy can do differently with hair cuts and colors, and most often it’s the younger idols experimenting while the actors aren’t are daring. C-actor Hu Ge has been in the US studying for the past few months but recently returned to China for … Continue reading →
The medical and legal genre K-dramas have been a prime time ratings boon for SBS this past year and I’m not surprised MBC is scheduling a doctor drama coming up soon. The network is following up sageuk Ruler: Master of the Mask on Wed-Thurs with modern medical drama Hospital Ship, which generated buzz right off the bat last month when … Continue reading →
I’ve been eager awaiting what ratings queen screenwriter Kim Eun Sook has in store for her next K-drama after her last fantastic foray with Goblin. I love how hardworking she is, always following up quickly lest the iron heat of popularity cools down from her last drama. She’s confirmed that time and genre of her upcoming K-drama – it’s tentatively … Continue reading →
The upcoming KBS drama The Best Hit got on my radar when it cast cutie Yoon Si Yoon as the male lead, and has increased my interest thanks to cute teaser stills and now a set of fun drama posters and previews. The drama airs this coming Friday June 2nd in the same time slot that KBS aired the first … Continue reading →
I used to fashion tomes religiously but the lack of time and transition to digital data has mooted the experience of flipping through a freshly acquired magazine. Now I just use it to find the latest and greatest new pictures of stars I follow and there’s been no shortage of Park Shin Hye fashion spreads in recent years. She’s everyone but … Continue reading →
I did double take when I saw both the casting and the adaptation announced for an upcoming fantasy C-drama. The King of Blaze (Fire King) taps into an old school manga well in adapting the same name Taiwanese manga from the early 90’s (1992 to be exact) by writer You Su Lan. It’s the sequel manga to You Su Lan’s … Continue reading →
There are certain Hallyu fan daydream goals and as a girl it may be carrying Rain‘s baby and a dude may wish he snagged Kim Tae Hee as his baby momma. That these two popular stars are actually each other’s life goals now just make me happier for them, rising to the top of their professions through hard work and … Continue reading →
Marriage or shall I say weddings remains an ever joyful event and K-dramas have definitely tapped into that well of automatic happiness dust. This Friday’s wedding of acting stars Cha Ye Ryun and Joo Sang Wook really delivered on love meter, and succeeded in genuinely giving off the feelings of love. This is exactly what K-drama romances try to bottle … Continue reading →
Adaptations of Chinese romance writer Tong Hua’s novels have been mostly a miss. Other than Bu Bu Jing Xin all else have failed to tap into what made her stories come alive on the page. From Song of the Cloud (Love Yunge From the Desert), Ballad of the Desert (Sound of the Desert), Secrets Hidden by Time (Best Time) to the … Continue reading →
The time slot got changed but the K-drama remake of Criminal Minds is still barreling towards audiences with a July 2017 premiere date. The drama remains airing on tvN but the cable network has moved it from a weekend late night slot to a middle of the week late night slot, airing on Wed-Thurs at 11 pm. I get goosebumps … Continue reading →
