The drama gods have finally steer Kim Dong Wook into a romance drama and this one sounds very swoony and potentially sad. Kim Dong Wook is in talks for MBC drama The Way He Remembers, with likely leading lady Moon Ga Young. In the typical drama opposites scenario, he’s a news anchor afflicted with a condition where he has a … Continue reading →
I found the nominees released last week for the 2019 Korean Drama Awards already super meh and now the winners mostly meh as well. The only worthwhile wins went to veteran leading man Choi Soo Jong for SBS hit weekend drama My One and Only taking home the Daesang Award and to ratings smashing cable drama Sky Castle in winning … Continue reading →
I can’t believe it’s been 14 years now since the then upstart and rather random Seoul International Drama Awards started. The 2019 ceremony was held this week in Seoul, of course, and the winners from the K-drama side was Fiery Priest for top excellence drama followed by Dr. Prisoner. In the acting categories, Kim Dong Wook and Kim Nam Gil … Continue reading →
The trio of priest, cop, and taxi-driving shaman is reuniting for the big screen and I have mixed feelings about it. OCN horror drama The Guest was a riveting watch for me last year and one of my favorites from 2018, and it ended with a cliffhanger on one hand with the big bad and a sorta happy ending for … Continue reading →
Time for an eyeball cleansing break courtesy of K-actor Kim Dong Wook in the first stills from upcoming MBC drama Special Labor Inspector (Jo Jang Poong). Unfortunately Item is turning out to be rather disjointed so that’s a bummer but the first week of April the next Mon-Tues drama will be cutie patootie earnest to a fault Kim Dong Wook transforming … Continue reading →
If the just premiered tvN Wed-Thurs rom-com Touch Your Heart feels like a total throwback to what a drama rom-com a decade ago looks like, then the upcoming movie Trade Your Love gives off the same vibes and I’m not complaining. Trade Your Love is about an immature heir to an airline chaebol who has to get married to inherit … Continue reading →
This is a great time to strike while the iron is hot for K-actor Kim Dong Wook, coming off a critically lauded and ratings successful turn in the horror thriller K-drama The Guest. His oeuvre has never been mainstream or prime time driven but his next drama may bring him back to the forefront of the big three networks. He’s … Continue reading →
I went into recently finished OCN supernatural thriller drama The Guest for Kim Jae Wook and left adding Kim Dong Wook to my stable of charismatic leading men who happen to be great actors. I’m thrilled Kim Dong Wook is getting so much attention and love for his role as psychic medium turned taxi driver Yoon Hwa Pyeong, a role … Continue reading →
There’s probably a joke somewhere about a taxi driver, a priest, and a cop walking into a place together, but for OCN thriller drama The Guest it just means they are about to kick some supernatural baddie’s arse back to the depths of hell. The drama was excellent from beginning to end and honestly I can’t recommend it enough, even … Continue reading →
I’m so sad to say goodbye to OCN Wed-Thurs spooky thriller drama The Guest but goodness does everyone need a break from the intensity and sadness. I think all the leads Kim Dong Wook, Kim Jae Wook, and Jung Eun Chae need counseling after doing this harrowing and emotionally draining drama, but seeing them happily buddying around during the filming … Continue reading →
The newly premiered OCN Wed-Thurs drama The Guest (or Hand: The Guest) feels like it came one month late. It should have premiered in August during the traditional lunar new year ghost month because it is hella creepy and thoroughly perfect for sending shivers down the spines of viewers. I’ve watched the first two episodes and loved it but goodness … Continue reading →
Cable channel OCN has really cemented itself as a legit player in the K-drama industry with a slew of hit shows that focus on the thriller or procedural genre. It’s branching out of the existing K-drama airing time slots to launch a new broadcast on Wed-Thurs nights, leading off with the religious and supernatural tinged detective procedural called The Guest … Continue reading →
The drama with one of the worst sounding titles is off to start with one of the best casts around, insofar as it makes for somewhat of a Coffee Prince reunion. OCN religious and supernatural themed police thriller Hand: The Guest will star Kim Dong Wook and Kim Jae Wook as a psychic and a priest, respectively, like two cute … Continue reading →
