I put the best picture first from the press conference for KBS drama Descendants of the Sun, because laughing Song Joong Ki makes everything better and it’s rare to see Song Hye Kyo so openly exuberant in place of her usual calm contentment. Sadly for the most part the entire press conference come off like a faculty luncheon introducing new … Continue reading →
I don’t want to pile on what is happening currently to this unfortunate K-pop girl’s group, but then again maybe this is really a crafty self-aware case of viral programming and my writing about them is exactly what they would want. As the news cycle confirms over and over again, there is basically no such thing as bad publicity, only … Continue reading →
A brand with such good taste as to pair up new television darlings Park Bo Gum and Kim Go Eun for a ad campaign is certainly a savvy cookie in my eyes. Cable network tvN has been rolling in the ratings thanks to Answer Me 1988 and Cheese in the Trap, and while both are entire cast efforts for sure … Continue reading →
The ratings successes of Kim Eun Sook dramas have always come with a side of divisive opinion on the writing of her main characters. It’s never just about liking the drama as a whole or not, with it is invariably discourse and debate over the general level of alpha male assholery of the male lead and the female empowerment or lack … Continue reading →
I’ve had star sightings before where I don’t recognize the star in sight but know in my gut it must be a famous person. There’s just this indelible aura and carriage that famous people project, and with that sometimes it’s impossible not to zero in on them even in the midst of a crowd. Such is the case when I … Continue reading →
I’m loving this sweet and classy trend in Chinese cinema, which I first saw last summer but may have started even earlier than that. HK actor-producer-director Stephen Chow‘s top secret new movie The Mermaid premiered over lunar new year weekend in China and proceeded to shatter all premiere weekend records by a long shot. I figured it was only a … Continue reading →
Filming is underway for the next MBC mega drama, the Mon-Tues slated 50-episode Monster (Tyrant), which really can do with a better title if you ask me. My gut tells me MBC is trying to harken back to the glory days of dramas like Giant, behemoths that truly lived up to its larger than life narrative scope and garnered equal … Continue reading →
The first teaser is out for upcoming SETTV Sunday night drama Refresh Man with Aaron Yan and Joanne Tseng and it brings back all the right feels. It has the same bright effervescence of Just You, the drama with Aaron and Puff Guo which launched them into the top tiers of Taiwan drama stars. It also gives off the earnest … Continue reading →
Korean has the Mnet girl group music competition Produce 101, now comes the C-version that is getting way more attention for the producers and judges than the actual competition roster. It’s basically the bromance of the two Nics and I couldn’t be happier to check it out. HK singer-actor-entrepreneur Nicholas Tse is co-producing Lady Bees with TW singer-actor-producer Nicky Wu, … Continue reading →
I’m not sure who will end up making martial arts noodles but all I care about is the end product being tasty. KBS remains in search of a leading man for its upcoming Wed-Thurs drama God of Noodles, adapted from a manhwa of the same name. I do wonder if KBS won’t rethink this particular drama since its current martial … Continue reading →
The K-media is starting to write articles about the head-to-head competition next week of two high profile K-dramas. Descendants of the Sun and Please Come Back Ahjusshi would be fodder for competition simply by airing on the same Wed-Thurs time slot around the same time, the fact that it premieres on the same day rather than one or two weeks … Continue reading →
This recent C-ent awards season was all about the bromance of Hu Ge and Wallace Huo. Thanks to both having spectacular C-drama successes in 2015, it was easy to fete each individually while enjoying their camaraderie during the awards show circuit. Hu Ge won various recognition for The Disguiser and Nirvana in Fire while Wallace had the dual successes of … Continue reading →
The current bunch of prime time K-dramas hasn’t been all that buzzy but that doesn’t equate to failure. SBS leads the ratings for both Mon-Tues with Six Flying Dragons, and especially on Wed-Thurs with Remember (Son’s War), which was netting even better ratings than Dragons. In fact, the final episode of Remember which aired this Thursday broke 20% ratings, that … Continue reading →
