I love the colors of upcoming tvN Sat-Sun drama Hotel Del Luna. The hotel itself is saturated bold colors of orange, yellow, purple and contrasted nicely with many outside night scenes pleasingly lit to actually see what’s going on. The latest 4th preview for the drama is it’s most substantive yet, showing multiple scenes lifted from the early episodes that … Continue reading →
I’m pre-loving the set up for upcoming tvN drama Hotel Del Luna. It subverts the more prevalent of K-drama tropes with the male in charge and the woman as the straight man character to marvel at the extremes around him and course correct to make him the perfect guy for her. Here it’s IU as the thousands year old bossy … Continue reading →
Upcoming Hotel Del Luna is looking better and better with each teaser and preview. Sure I said the same with the Hong Sisters last drama Hwayugi (A Korean Odyssey) and it ended up being super fun for the first four episodes before flaming out. What still made it worth watching was how interesting the Sisters world creating was and I’m … Continue reading →
Summer is travel season and also the 7th month of the year is known as ghost month in certain Asian cultures so the arrival of tvN supernatural drama Hotel Del Luna feels especially timely. It takes over from the first season of Arthdal Chronicles in a few weeks and the production released a third teaser today that’s so perfectly moody. … Continue reading →
I realize why actors and actresses continue to work for the wildly inconsistent Hong Sisters. It’s because viewers will always blame the Sisters for their writing when one of their dramas falls apart and even their failed works don’t stain the resume of any leads so it’s a good gamble to try on one of their creative projects for size. … Continue reading →
In the Hong Sisters fantasy dramas they often pair a supernatural being with a human as the basis of the opposites attract and cannot be together tension ramped up to eternal. The same looks to happen again in their upcoming Hotel Del Luna set to premiere in July on tvN. IU plays a bad tempered thousands year old ghostly proprietress … Continue reading →
The 2019 Baeksang Arts Award was actually good for once, the winners moreso than the fashion which remains an uninspiring and safe sea of black and white gowns. Veteran queen Kim Hye Ja deservingly took home the Daesang (Grand Prize) for the television drama section for her performance as the older female lead in The Light in Your Eyes (Dazzling). … Continue reading →
I’m a little surprised to hear that singer-actress IU has never been on the big screen before. She’s been in the industry for nearly ten years and I totally thought she would have done a movie by now, if not as the lead then as a supporting role like she did working her way up in dramas. Turns out she’s … Continue reading →
The Hong Sisters are going a lot younger in lead ages with their upcoming drama, a fantasy and supernatural yarn atmospherically titled Hotel de Luna. The moon hotel in question appears only to ghosts and houses only the undead, owned by a thousands year old cranky and greedy ghost spirit played by IU. Her character ends up working with the … Continue reading →
I’ve seen singer-actress IU perform live on stage and she’s got an incredible screen presence for one so petite not to mention singing solo without the flanking of an idol group. She spent her Christmas holidays in Taipei, holding a two night concert on the 24th and 25th as part of her 10th Anniversary Concert tour, with plenty of tracks … Continue reading →
Two new Hong Sisters drama related news dropped and I’m good with both. Actress-singer IU has reportedly been offered the female lead role in the Hong Sisters’ next drama scheduled for 2019. The news reports claim she has accepted but her agency said it’s just one script out of many she’s currently considering. This probably means Jeon Ji Hyun has … Continue reading →
The Asia Artist Awards are the true purveyors of a popularity contest and if it wasn’t for actors and actresses getting random awards along with the idol and pop stars I’d probably not cover it. This year the highlight was the four very very famous idol-actresses above showing up at the same event – IU in white, Suzy in grey-moss, … Continue reading →
The fans of K-drama Moon Lovers (Bu Bu Jing Xin: Ryeo) have a new treat to check out as leads Lee Jun Ki and IU have reunited to guest star on the variety show Knowing Bros. The structure of the show is set in high school so its adorable to see Jun Ki and IU don high school uniforms, and … Continue reading →
