Gosh, I wish either Hwang Jung Eum wasn’t playing the leading lady role in Lucky Romance, or the genders were swapped in the drama story so the female lead was the cold stoic one. Otherwise it’s three times in a row that poor Hwang Jung Eum is playing what is essentially the same caricature of a spastic woman. Sure the … Continue reading →
Leave it to Korea to mash up 28Â Days Later and Snowpiercer, and then make me salivate to what what is essentially a derivative disaster thriller movie. The teaser is out for this summer’s big budget K-movie Train to Busan, starring my cinematic husband Gong Yoo in one of his most heroic incarnations ever. Train to Busan is about a virulent … Continue reading →
How time flies is a total understatement when it comes to Lee Min Ho. I swear I just saw him for the first time in Boys Before Flowers, and yet it’s been close to 8 years since that drama aired in 2009 and introduced the greater Hallyu world to this talented young man. Sure he’s been hit or miss since then … Continue reading →
Picky is a good thing when it comes to acting projects because there is simply too much detritus out there. With that said, I’m a tad disappointed to hear that Jin Goo has passed on doing the upcoming SBS Wed-Thurs drama Wanted. Maybe the drama isn’t as promising as it sounds, or the role of a dogged detective is too … Continue reading →
I love a good comeback story, especially for the ladies out there who want to keep the faith about second chances career-wise. K-actress Heo Yi Jae may be an unfamiliar name to more recent K-drama converts but in the late 2000s she was a leading lady headlining prime time dramas, most notably in Goong S (where Park Shin Hye was … Continue reading →
There’s been a niggling visual sense of deja vu with upcoming MBC Wed-Thurs drama Lucky Romance. It brings back many reminders of MBC’s unexpected buzzy rom-com last year She Was Pretty, and it’s not just due to both dramas airing on the same network and having the same leading lady in Hwang Jung Eum. She’s sporting the same very short … Continue reading →
The banality of naming a drama about doctors Doctors still frustrates me, especially when the original title was the plucky Female Gangster Hye Jung. Sure that might be misleading since the gangster part was the female lead’s high school days and the present is about her life as a neurosurgery resident, but it’s still leaps and bounds better than a … Continue reading →
We’re heading into the summer season in the Northern hemisphere and with it comes the inevitable slew of weddings, celebrity or ordinary folks. K-ent has been buzzing about the end of May wedding of Gu Hye Sun and Ahn Jae Hyun, but lesser discussed but earlier to take place is the wedding of formerly Jewelry member turned actress Park Jung … Continue reading →
Chinese period story fans are have very very high standards when it comes to opinions about onscreen period beauties. There’s modern beautiful which doesn’t always dovetail with period beauty wondrous, and in between plenty of pretty actresses have flailed in both acting and visuals when stepping in the long flowing locks and colorful gowns of the past. C-ent frequently updates … Continue reading →
This trend of aging up teen actresses really needs to be stopped. There isn’t a lack of talented actresses in their twenties who would shine when made up to that age group, but the new 1st Look pictorial featuring 16 year old Kim So Hyun with so much makeup she’s veering into sageuk gisaeng territory makes me wince. She’s so … Continue reading →
Fans of Taiwan pop and dramas were in luck this weekend when two heavyweights in the industry reunited even for a brief evening out. Actor-singer Show Luo and actress-singer Rainie Yang, long time friends and drama costars, were in attendance at the Beijing Music Radio China Top Awards and happily hung out. It’s been years since Hi My Sweetheart and the … Continue reading →
Seeing more of the teasers and behind-the-scenes look at upcoming jTBC fantasy-tinged sageuk Mirror of the Witch slowly eases me into anticipation. The real life major age gap between back from the army Yoon Si Yoon and teenage Kim Sae Ron has been discussed enough so I won’t rehash it, drama wise he’s playing younger than his age as Heo … Continue reading →
Part of what prompted this article update on Taiwanese actress-singer Amber An makes me want to smack a netizen, but then also serves as a great reminder to send support when it’s needed. Amber recently attended PR events where she’s looking gloriously svelte, and when asked about her recently slimming down, not a lot but noticeable, she explained that she … Continue reading →
