Cameras have started rolling on the set of upcoming MBC sageuk Ruler: Master of the Mask. The big lead time start is good news, even though the drama doesn’t arrive until May it’s nice to get an early glimpse at a drama I’m super looking forward to. Starring Yoo Seung Ho, Kim So Hyun, L, and Yoon So Hee, the … Continue reading →
Sooooooo…….let’s get this out of the way – I am not a fan of how Kim Eun Sook decided to write the ending to her hit cable drama Goblin. This drama made me cry buckets of tears at various junctures and the entire final episode was awash with salty drops falling from my eyes. It was beautifully rendered and acceptable … Continue reading →
Pretty Park Shin Hye out and about is always a welcome treat for me. She made an appearance this past week at the Bruno Magli event in Seoul for the brand that she’s repped the accessories line for many years now. Initially her style seemed too youthful a fit with the traditional stylings of the brand but she’s been gravitating … Continue reading →
I’m a tad concerned for upcoming MBC Mon-Tues drama Rebel: The Thief Who Stole the People. The first trailer seems overwrought while the two leads feel green for their leading role debuts. Both Yoon Kyun Sang and Chae Boo Bin have been getting plenty of second lead roles in the last two years but it’s rather a big leap to … Continue reading →
The finale two-episodes of Goblin airing on Saturday is in good shape to wrap things up nicely. Friday’s episode 14 confidently brought back the vanquished Goblin not midway through with sass, not bothering to explain much other than little details were placed along the way to make it happen within the fantasy narrative. Episode 14 took a huge cable network … Continue reading →
MBC‘s new Wed-Thurs drama isn’t off to a soaring start with plane crash story Missing 9 rather taking the trajectory of the fated plane. But strong competition in ratings leader Legend of the Blue Sea ends next week so who knows is Missing 9 will fly higher with the one week buffer until KBS drops its new drama Chief Kim and … Continue reading →
Casting proceeded rather quickly from when tvN announced that it was adapting music themed manga She Fell in Love with My Lie into a K-drama She Loves Lies. The manga had a successful J-movie adaptation The Liar and His Lover starring Sato Takeru so I am a little underwhelmed with the casting of Lee Hyun Woo as the musician male … Continue reading →
There’s plenty of justification for K-drama fans to wish that singer-actress Suzy stick with the musical side of her entertainment career. Her drama outings have been mostly underwhelming, with the spots of success few and far between a tendency to emote flatly. I’m still okay with her getting cast in dramas, even opposite my favorite leading men, because the failed … Continue reading →
Looks like the imminent ending of Legend of the Blue Sea is making everything finally come together, or else I’m just so ready for this drama to end that everything feels like it’s finally clicking. Whatever the reason, episode 19 of Legend was lovely to watch and the audiences felt the same way, with ratings jumping all the way back … Continue reading →
There’s finally some solid drama casting news to savor rather than yet another slew of idols dipping their toes into acting. Upcoming SBS Mon-Tues drama Whisper, to come after Defendant with Ji Sung, is finding solid actors and actresses to make the comeback of Lee Bo Young as the female lead all the more assuring. In talks for the male lead is … Continue reading →
Talk about lightning speed, at least in terms of the news to happening gap. Dating turned engaged Korean top stars Rain and Kim Tae Hee are officially married! Yes, not two days after Rain wrote a heartfelt handwritten note to his fans that he was getting married to the love of his life, the couple have tied the knot in … Continue reading →
At this point everyone in Legend of the Blue Sea seems to be just going through with the motions, and the same can be said for the too flimsy plot now stretched so think it’s taken the idea of circular fate and made it feel like lazy writing. There was tons of exposition and bad guys behaving so moronically bad … Continue reading →
I don’t know how other fans of Goblin are handling the lead up to the finale three episodes but it’s been hard for me. Between rewatching the major moments from all the aired episodes, which actually makes the waiting worse, there’s a melancholy that comes from fretting that audiences won’t see anything as ambitious as this again soon. Screenwriter Kim … Continue reading →
