Those lamenting that K-dramas don’t make ’em like they used to anymore has a lot of truth to it, even if the current fare still has gems and hits it’s just not as many nor as consistently satisfying. That’s why the recent 10th reunion specials of past K-dramas feels so good such as Answer Me 1988 and Goblin casts all … Continue reading →
So if the K-drama version does get made this it may fill in some of the disappointment still lingering over the inability to air the completed C-drama Night Wanderer. This week K-ent is reporting that Park Bo Gum and Shin Ye Eun are in talks for the K-drama adaptation of the source C-novel, which was adapted back in 2021 into … Continue reading →
So K-movie land will have two movies the same year dealing with the same era of Joseon royal history, and the first to arrive is actually chronologically later in period than the later one that is premiering. 2026 has seen the first mega hit movie in years with The King’s Warden starring Yoo Hae Jin and Park Ji Hoon, with … Continue reading →
So it’s been both a relatively uneventful year in K-dramas (to date) with both buzzy hits and critically acclaimed releases. I still think when When the Stars Gossip premiered on January 4th, 2025 it just jinxed the entire year lol. Anyhoo, the Joynews poll of over a hundred K-ent insiders released their picks for Best K-drama Couple and it’s none … Continue reading →
I long ago stopped believing that stars I like are necessarily good human beings in real life, I sure hope so but keep my expectations low. But it’s always a harsh reality when any popular star turns out to have skeletons in the closet and it also ruins any ad campaigns with said star. Which is me saying that brands … Continue reading →
The beauty of the Answer Me/Reply series of three K-dramas was the family, the romance, the nostalgia, and the evoking of memories in the passage of time. So looking back it’s wild that 2012-2015 may have been THE heyday for K-dramas in terms of sheer quality when PD Shin Won Ho went back-to-back-to-back with Answer Me 1997, then Answer Me … Continue reading →
I totally know who should play the Korean version of Superman/Clark Kent if there was ever a K-version. K-actor Park Bo Gum delivered the perfect normal nerdy guy and intense good boy dual covers for the 30th anniversary edition of Cine21 Magazine that makes me wish Korea could do their own superhero movies. He’s kinda pulling the same double duty … Continue reading →
Finally! This weekend its time for some Good Boy! The sports and police procedural themed K-drama premieres this last weekend of May on jTBC led by young leads Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun along with veteran stars Lee Sang Yi, Heo Sung Tae, Oh Jung Se, and Tae Won Seock. The preview looked sharply executed yet emotionally resonant, … Continue reading →
We’ve passed the midway point of May woo hoo which means it’s closer and closer to the premiere of jTBC drama Good Boy. I’ve been in such a K-drama slump since When Life Gives You Tangerines and it’s only fitting that another Park Bo Gum drama will bring me back to K-drama land from his prior one. Good Boy isn’t … Continue reading →
The cast of Answer Me 1988 is/was very close and in the past would get together from time to time in the intervening 10 years since the drama aired. I say was now because two costars dated and then broke up so not sure if the full group hangouts be happening go forward. But I rarely saw leads Park Bo … Continue reading →
Ooooh, I love this gritty and bold vibe for the character posters just released by jTBC for the K-drama Good Boy. The six main leads are Park Bo Gum, Kim So Hyun, Lee Sang Yi, Heo Sung Tae, Oh Jung Se, and Tae Won Seok with the majority playing former Olympic level sporting champs turned cops. It’s been a few … Continue reading →
There is a first for everything and it looks like Good Boy is indeed the goodest of boys what with the broader than usual release. The jTBC airing K-drama will be available for streaming on both Netflix and Disney+ in Korea at the same time, the first that the competitor platforms have agreed to a simulstream situation. This will only … Continue reading →
It’s May, hurray! I hate the fast passage of time most of the time except when it harkens the arrival of a drama or movie I’m anticipating. And this end of May will see jTBC drop Good Boy finally, and with it hopefully kickstarting a good summer in K-drama land. The drama stars Park Bo Gum and Kim So Hyun … Continue reading →
