The votes are in for a big audience poll assessing how South Koreans view the drama and pop stars of 2018 thus far. The Best Actress list starts with Son Ye Jin at the top, followed by Jung Yumi, Kim Nam Joo, and IU. Best Actor sees Park Seo Joon on top, then Jung Hae In and Jo Jing Woong. … Continue reading →
Last weekend the jTBC drama Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (Something in the Rain) signed off with a scene in the rain, apropos for the PD to really commit to a thematic element throughout the drama. But the drama itself couldn’t commit to a narrative path whether sweet romance or family melodrama, stumbling a bit in the final episodes … Continue reading →
Timing was perfect for the rise of Jung Hae In as the current K-drama It Boy with three hits in a row thanks to While You Were Sleeping, Prison Playbook, and now Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (Something in the Rain). It remains to be seen if the effect of his controversy at the 2018 Baeksang Awards will have … Continue reading →
I still vividly remember the three-way epic K-drama showdown way back in 2010, during what will now be remembered as the tail end of the Hallyu drama heydays. Three high profile prime time dramas premiered on the exact same day with Cinderella Unni, Personal Taste, and Prosecutor Princess. Each would have their strengths and weakness, and rabid fanbase, and I … Continue reading →
The fashion do’s and don’ts remain my favorite past time for awards shows, mostly because I can’t bother to care about winners that sometimes feel arbitrary or tied to popularity. The 2018 54th Annual Baeksang Arts Awards took place Thursday night on May 3rd in Seoul and the award winners were actually quite spot on picks for the most part. … Continue reading →
The last time the Hong Sisters wrote a halfway decent K-drama it was with Gong Hyo Jin paired with So Ji Sub in The Master’s Sun so it’s a nice treat five years later to see the two in the same project albeit in a cameo settling. Gong Hyo Jin made a guest starring appearance in the romance fantasy movie Be … Continue reading →
The ratings are out for the premiere weekend of jTBC romance drama Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (Something in the Rain) and the cable network continues to deliver hits. The first episode got 4.008% and the second episode dropped slightly to 3.752%. Even better is the audience feedback is really enjoying this slice-of-life vibe with a real connection to … Continue reading →
Man, these two make me grin cheek-to-cheek. The black and white couples outfits! The cute pink and white background! Their hand holding and sweet grins! Son Ye Jin and Jung Hae In may still have to content with the ratings uphill battle that all romance K-dramas have been dealing with these past few years when Pretty Noona Who Buys Me … Continue reading →
Rain has been noticeably present from the very first teaser of jTBC romance Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food all the way through two of the three drama posters released showing the leads walking under an umbrella. Now the network has made it even part of the title as the official English title of this drama will not be the … Continue reading →
I’ll continue to rain praises on PD Ahn Pan Seok‘s upcoming take on the noona-dongsaeng romance Pretty Noona Buys Me Food. He’s already done the women older age gap romance with Secret Love Affair but that was more like aunt-nephew not to mention the whole marital infidelity bit. Here it’s just a woman a few years older than a very … Continue reading →
I love that jTBC romance Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food has the frequently used noona-dongsaeng romance troupe from K-dramas but doesn’t feel so obvious or jarring. Perhaps it’s with the perfect casting of leads Son Ye Jin and Jung Hae In, a few years apart in real life enough to make it clear she’s older than him but without … Continue reading →
A weepy romance movie starring So Ji Sub and Son Ye Jin, of course the VIP movie premiere for Be With You would be bursting at the seams with celebrity guest attendees. Song Seung Heon looked his preppiest best at the event, there to support both his best guy friend So Ji Sub and his former weepy romance drama costar … Continue reading →
Leave it to PD Ahn Pan Seok to immediately remind me why I adore his directorial hand in dramas. The first teaser for jTBC romance drama Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food softly exudes a lovely mood, at times hesitant but still very palpable. It also brings back everything positive about the noona-dongsaeng romance sub-genre, when Jung Hae In calls … Continue reading →
