It’s been a slower than usual summer season for K-movies, other than for the 3rd installment of The Roundup: No Way Out topping three weekends at the box office and Smugglers one weekend, it’s been Hollywood movies at the top. The next big name flick to try to lure audiences in will be Concrete Utopia, the disaster movie starring Lee … Continue reading →
Call this one another unexpected hit for ENA, the small cable network that’s now on the radar thanks to the mega hit Extraordinary Attorney Woo and keeping up a steady pace with that momentum. Currently airing mother-daughter drama Not Others with Jeon Hye Jin and Sooyoung just hit 3.623% ratings in episode 6 which is really high for ENA. The … Continue reading →
Soooooo many memes work with this running joke about how poorly (selected) the South Korean stars look at red carpet events ranging from awards to festivals. It’s like they go out of their way to be beyond boring or intentionally fugly. The 2022 Asia Star Awards held at the Busan International Film Festival was like an episode of Project Runway … Continue reading →
More and more K-dramas are pre-filmed these days compared to even a few years ago, and some even get made without a network or time slot lined up. Such is the case with K-drama If You Say Wish which wrapped filming this week and currently is supposed to air sometime in 2022 but no work yet on which network or … Continue reading →
The success of tvN drama Hometown Cha Cha Cha could point to an opening for K-dramas set in the countryside with a coterie of eccentric down-to-earth villagers and two good looking sparky leads. The upcoming drama Accidental Country Diary sounded like it was a similar type of story with a Seoul vet who moves to the countryside and reconnect with … Continue reading →
OMgarsh, this totally feels like a throwback pairing and great potential for same gen chemistry. Sooyoung of SNSD will be the leading lady in upcoming Kakao TV streaming drama Unexpected Country Diary with male lead Jang Geun Seok. I expected the two to have worked together already what with over 15 years in the industry as same generation stars but … Continue reading →
The long (awaited?) saga of So I Married an Anti-fan has finally reached its conclusion. Three years after it was filmed, the Chinese-Korean jointly produced drama has premiered on streaming network iQiyi. Leads Sooyoung and Chansung were there but male lead Choi Tae Joon is still in the army, enlisting after he completed the drama, so the production went with … Continue reading →
A long time on the shelf is better than forever on the shelf and the cast and crew of the K-drama adaptation of manhwa So I Married an Anti-Fan will finally see the end product. The drama was filmed in 2018, a lifetime and one pandemic ago, starring Choi Tae Joon, Sooyoung, and Chansung. Even earlier there was a Chinese-Korean … Continue reading →
Another drama ended this week, and from the buzz (or lack thereoff), it appears jTBC Wed-Thurs romance Run On elicited audience interaction as light in touch as the slice-of-life it was presenting. This one I watched two episodes of and enjoyed it well enough and felt like I would like it more if I marathoned it since there wasn’t anything … Continue reading →
I’m so annoyed to be sooooo busy right now with work that I’m still behind on newly aired dramas, including the one I’m most excited about this December the double dose of OTP jTBC drama Run On. The network aired one of my favorite dramas of this year in 18 Again (so many tears and feels!) and Run On just … Continue reading →
I feel like upcoming jTBC drama Run On is the palate cleanser after the unnecessary shipping wars in recently finished tvN drama Start-Up. This one not only doesn’t even have the suggestion of a love triangle, the drama is actively promoting the two sets of OTP and I love it! The first couple is Im Shi Wan and Shin Se … Continue reading →
Aaaaahhhhh this feels nice, a sense of normalcy and nostalgia for how big this awards got in recent years and perhaps a nice slimming down to focus on just the core competencies. The 2020 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) went off this weekend with a huge red carpet and many stars walking it in person. This is foremost a music … Continue reading →
The last K-drama I’m anticipating for 2020 is the jTBC romance Run On, arriving on December 16th just in time to add to my roster for my usual holiday binge. The first posters featured the first OTP set with Shin Se Kyung and Im Shi Wan against a beautiful blue sky backdrop, very outdoorsy and fitting since he’s a runner. … Continue reading →
