I don’t know if anyone in the cast and crew knew they were sitting on a goldmine when they signed up for Extraordinary Attorney Woo. That’s the best kind of success, unexpected and from a product made with love and care that is being appreciated. The drama wrapped filming this week, so it has plenty of time to make post-production … Continue reading →
The success of ENA drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo isn’t just a domestic South Korea event, on July 14th Flixpatrol has it number 6 on the worldwide top 10 streaming TV shows on Netflix so it’s getting worldwide views as well. K-news is reporting that the production has received offers from multiple platforms to remake the drama for the US market … Continue reading →
If you like whales, smart female leads, awkward bumbling cuteness, and a satisfying resolution each and every episode then come on down to join the Extraordinary Attorney Woo party! This Wednesday’s episode 5 almost doubled the previous episode with an astronomical 9.128%. It’s high for any cable network, usually jTBC and tvN gets these numbers a few times a year, … Continue reading →
It’s only aired two weeks and four episodes but now I’m way curious to see how high this little drama that could will go. ENA drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) has already broken 5% ratings for a relatively unknown and little promoted drama on a tiny cable network by episode 4. Now it’s out that the … Continue reading →
Watching the totally unexpected and frankly quite extraordinary ratings of ENA cable drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) will be a lot of fun in the coming weeks. And I definitely will check this out sooner rather than later so I can understand and partake of the hype. This Wednesday aired episode 3 and the ratings are … Continue reading →
This is probably the legal version of Good Doctor and like that drama seems off to a garnering great reviews. ENA cable network drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) premiered this week airing on Wed-Thurs and the first episode got 0.948% ratings but the next night the second episode doubled that to 1.805%. That is extraordinary in … Continue reading →
The production of upcoming thriller movie The Witch: Part 2: The Other One has gone out of its way to keep “the other one” hidden until now. The first stills are out of new female lead Shin Si Ah, who plays a different character than the titular witch in the first movie which starred Kim Da Mi. There was always … Continue reading →
So I was curious about this drama’s final casting and checked out the specs only to be surprised that it’s supposed to air in June 2022. That’s like a two weeks to six weeks away depending on when in the month and so far it’s been crickets on it. So it’s likely not coming in June but sometime later in … Continue reading →
K-actress Kim Da Mi debuted in 2017 with small roles in two movies before landing her break as the relative unknown female lead in horror supernatural thriller The Witch: Part 1: The Subversion. So it make sense that the upcoming sequel The Witch: Part 2: The Other One will also feature a total unknown as the female lead, her name … Continue reading →
The annual Baeksang Arts Awards was held this Friday night in Seoul and the 2022 edition totally dropped some surprises and some expected wins. In a first, the winner of the Popularity Awards Junho and Kim Tae Ri also won the Best Acting prizes in their respective categories. Junho took home Best Actor Drama for The Red Sleeve Cuff and … Continue reading →
Ooooh I didn’t know this was going to be a Netflix drama! That sounds even more fun as the tone and tempo will be must brisker and also it’s one of the genres Netflix hasn’t focused on. Kang Tae Oh has just been cast as the male lead for legal drama Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo (Strange Lawyer Woo Young … Continue reading →
The 2021 KBS Drama Awards was the surprising highlight for me of the three network ceremonies, there was so many of my faves in attendance and everyone looked great! Even the black dresses were uniquely cut so it wasn’t so boring, but most of the ladies took bigger fashion chances than the Korean actress contingent usually do. It was a … Continue reading →
The entirety of the run of The King’s Affection felt unexpected. The promos looked so good, lyrical and gorgeous, but I didn’t love the drama at the outset and the general viewing public didn’t love it either that much so the first four episode ratings were low. But then it started picking up slowly and then steadily until it hit … Continue reading →
