It’s hard to really settle into the mere days long wait for the premiere of the K-version of Bu Bu Jing Xin, coming at the end of the month on August 30th, when the production has been in the works for well over a year. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (Bobogyungsim: Ryeo) waffles being playing up the sprawling cast of … Continue reading →
Someone stop the presses – we have the official candidate and front runner for cutest thing in K-drama land this year. Kim Yoo Jung in a pale pink sageuk, flower crown in her softly mussed hair, and cuddling a little puppy, is about the most wholesome visual nourishment to be gifted with. Not sure if her character in upcoming KBS … Continue reading →
Lee Sung Kyung is rather polarizing for me to watch as an actress, she’s definitely memorable onscreen but sometimes for the wrong reasons. The same came be said for Nam Joo Hyuk but in the exact opposite way, he’s definitely not memorable onscreen except in rare instances. That’s why it’s entertaining in a potential hot mess way that MBC has … Continue reading →
The first filming stills are out for the K-drama remake of classic early Hallyu wave K-drama 1% of Anything, with this remake hewing so close to the original that the writer of the source novel is adapting the story into the script for this go-around. The original was most notable for being movie actor Kang Dong Won‘s rare turns in … Continue reading →
The premise of currently filming period C-drama General and I is really one of female appreciation, and not with the visual gaze but with the mental connection. Adapted from popular C-novel A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to be Appreciated (Gu Fang Bu Zhi Shang), it’s a warring states star-crossed romance that makes the gorgeous male lead the eye candy while the … Continue reading →
I’m so pleased to do a blog post on the drama wrap party for KBS Mon-Tues medical drama Beautiful Mind. It was as lowly rated as it gets for a prime time drama, with ratings averaging in the 4% range, and ended up with the most ignominious and egregious treatment of all by its very own network with an episode cut. … Continue reading →
The first Korean-Chinese release since the purported Chinese government ban/suspension of Hallyu-related entertainment has arrived and doesn’t appear to be affected in the least. Romance movie Never Said Goodbye (Chinese title Lies in Sicily) starring K-actor Lee Jun Ki, C-actress Zhou Dong Yu, and TW-actor Ethan Ruan held it’s premiere press conference this weekend in Beijing ahead of its August … Continue reading →
The casting of Han Hyo Joo in currently airing MBC drama W: Two Worlds has ended rather anticlimatically considering the initial feedback. It was either a major win for MBC considering her last drama was four years ago with the highly rated sageuk Dong Yi, or a major fail with her detractors smarting over her lack of acting improvement or the … Continue reading →
Keep the goodies coming, K-version of Bu Bu Jing Xin, it’s a thirst quencher for a parched summertime Koala. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (Bobogyungsim: Ryeo) unveiled three new lead stills this week – Lee Jun Ki taking off his half mask as the intense 4th Prince, Kang Ha Neul writing as the refined 8th Prince, and ingenue IU in … Continue reading →
This is one drama that fell down on my interest radar after casting panned out, and has now started filming quite under the radar. Upcoming KBS Wed-Thurs drama On the Way to the Airport released script reading stills featuring leads Kim Ha Neul, Lee Sang Yoon, Shin Sung Rok, Jang Hee Jin, and Choi Yeo Jin, with the drama slated … Continue reading →
K-actor Yoo Seung Ho won’t be moving into the KBS house just yet, last week he’s officially declined the leading man role in the network’s upcoming Mon-Tues drama The Man Living in Our House. That’s okay, the offer is forever out for him to become the man living in my house. The drama is slated to follow Moonlight Drawn by … Continue reading →
Things are not well in Sino-Korean political relations and the first big casualty is the spread of Hallyu. Due to the Chinese government being disgruntled that the South Korean government is installing THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) to protect itself against mainly the threat that is crazy sibling North Korea, there is now a reported ban on all Korean … Continue reading →
This isn’t an I told you so moment, but I certainly called it way back when news broke the same week that in early July that Michelle Chen and Chen Xiao were expecting a baby and also Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo were expecting a baby. If this was olden days their babies could be betrothed at birth and create … Continue reading →
