What was a great night for Korea’s top movie and drama awards for the 2026 Baeksang Awards has led to an unfortunate negative chatter. Veteran multi-award winning actor Lee Sung Min took home the movie side Best Supporting Actor for his role in No Other Choice and during his acceptance speech he said that when his costar Yeom Hye Ran, … Continue reading →
The 2026 Baeksang Arts Awards went off without a hitch today and the biggest win of the night was the Daesang for both categories going to individual stars (rather than project) and the two winners happen to be long time very good friends. Yoo Hae Jin took home the film Daesang for box office smash The King’s Warden while over … Continue reading →
I love this casting but am wary of this story set up. Jo Yu Ri andKim Dong Hwi are joining as second leads in the Jung Hae In and Shin Se Kyung starring K-drama Love Virus. With love in the title is is a romance drama but the story has the leads as a 9-year long time good looking and … Continue reading →
I do love me some old school casting and these two totally have the potential to be adorbs onscreen. Of course I say that often but then the script and characterization is terrible and even good chemistry can’t save a drama lol. But let’s start with optimism and I’m excited to hear that Jung Hae In and Shin Se Kyung … Continue reading →
So this may be K-actress Shin Se Kyung‘s last project sourced by agency EDAM right before she left so let’s see if it turns out a good pick for her. She’s in talks for the fantasy romance K-drama Human Starting From Today playing a loving carefree girl Gumiho just enjoying life before an unexpected entanglement with a top soccer star … Continue reading →
When K-actress Shin Se Kyung changed agency for the first time, it was three years ago when she left Namoo Actors for EDAM and that was a huge deal since she was with Namoo Actors for 19 years thanks to her child star entree into the industry. This week it was announced that she’s parted ways with EDAM and will … Continue reading →
So My Dearest ended the 2023 year strong for sageuks and now 2024 is off to a great start thanks to Knight Flower and also Captivating the King. The latter was more of a slow burn start and the ratings have only in the most recent episodes 9-10 nearly doubled from the premiere. The reviews are stellar for male lead … Continue reading →
So the slate of January 2024 K-drama are starting its promos and a big one will be tvN sageuk Captivating the King (Sejak or Spy) taking over after Welcome to Samdalri. Starring Jo Jung Seok and Shin Se Kyung, the drama looks visually gorgeous and the two leads are sageuk veterans and standouts in that era. He plays a prince … Continue reading →
The 2024 slate of K-dramas continue to bubble to the surface now that we’re at the end of 2023 and a big sageuk on deck next year will be tvN drama Sejak (meaning Spy). It’s totally a hate-love type of twisted romance with the King and the woman who tries to seduce him for revenge but ends up falling in … Continue reading →
So I finally checked out the first two episodes of Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun and I love it! Season 2 starts off by being directed better, less squinting of the eyes needed to see in dark scenes and a steadier hand in letting characters breath and flow. It’s an 8-year time jump in the drama narrative and picks … Continue reading →
So this weekend is the premiere on tvN of fantasy sageuk drama Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun, the continuation with a time jump of the 2020 drama that was always intended for multiple seasons but got derailed a bit due to lower than expected ratings and reviews. But a large scale drama intended for multiple seasons may have to … Continue reading →
This will be a weekend for me to see if season 2 of Arthdal Chronicles works for me. This Saturday tvN premiered Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun with aged up new leads Lee Jun Ki and Shin Se Kyung along with returning villains Jang Dong Gun and Kim Ok Bin. What is it that the nice folks grow older … Continue reading →
I see The Uncanny Counter 2 as the tvN Sat-Sun placeholder to the arrival of Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun. I can’t say AR2 is going to be better than the first season in 2020 but that drama set the bar so low it’s hard to imagine this aged up installment will fare worse. Leads Lee Jun Ki and … Continue reading →
