For me, the allure of Lee Jun Ki is his extraordinary unique looks and yet he always plays the everyman “professional” character onscreen. He’s an everyman because he doesn’t have super anything – riches, super intelligence, super power, super skill … Continue reading
If revenge is a dish best served cold it’s coming burning hot in upcoming tvN drama Again My Life courtesy of male lead Lee Jun Ki. I don’t think he can be cold even when he wants it, there is … Continue reading
I think Lee Jun Ki really stretched himself in his last drama Flower of Evil, as the maybe serial killer and also maybe loving husband, and perhaps both. It was subtle, nuanced, and exceedingly nerve tingling. This isn’t necessarily a … Continue reading
Clearly the Lee Jun Ki drama suffering streak will continue onwards with his next drama Again My Life. The observation is that Lee Jun Ki portrays angst and suffering so beautifully onscreen that he’s ALWAYS being made to fall into … Continue reading
New year means a new Lee Jun Ki drama to look forward to, so yayayay! He’s coming back sometime in the first half of 2022 with the SBS drama Again My Life, which has been filming for some months now … Continue reading
There seems to be a theme of the reborn/revived male lead fantasy element in a few upcoming 2022 dramas. There is Song Joong Ki in The Chaebol’s Youngest Son and also Rain in Ghost Doctor, and joining them in a … Continue reading
This is a funny and all too true post – K-netizens were discussing which actors have such a strong image because of a certain type of role and they uniformly landed on Lee Jun Ki and Lee Jong Seok in … Continue reading
The agency Namoo Actors has always been one of my faves because it’s stable of actors and actresses contained some of my baes and its always been steady in choosing going projects for its talent. This week five of its … Continue reading
A nicely laudatory ceremony for the 2021 Baeksang Awards wrapped up tonight in South Korea and I’m pretty happy with the results. The Daesang went to Yoo Jae Suk for his continued exemplary work as a variety star and host, … Continue reading
The absolutely a waste of talent Korean adaptation of Bu Bu Jing Xin (Scarlet Heart or Startling with Each Step) remains one of the saddest “What could have been?” productions. Moon Lovers (Scarlet Heart: Ryeo) had a powerhouse cast across … Continue reading
The 2021 Baeksang Arts Award nominations came out five days ago but I didn’t have a chance to write about it since the news was overshadowed by the hullabaloo that was the production of MBC drama Time and things surrounding … Continue reading
Another release is here from the Korean Actors 200 list, with the website continuing to do a great job of teasing the next release and then dropping just stunning pictures of the actors and actresses in each batch. This third … Continue reading
I can’t believe it’s already March 2021 and seeing these new pictures I know (1) I’m ready for another Lee Jun Ki drama and (2) I’m even more ready for a drama set on picturesque Jeju (or another outlying island). … Continue reading