iQiyi Announces December 15th Premiere of Xianxia Drama Song of the Moon with Zhang Bin Bin and Xu Lu

There will be one more xianxia C-drama to arrive before year end, maybe another one but for viewers will have a new one to munch on heading into the holiday stretch. iQiyi announced earlier this week the premiere of later in the week on December 15th the xianxia romance Song of the Moon with Zhang Bin Bin (VIn Zhang) and Xu Lu. I watched the preview and found it unexpectedly comedic and the two leads showed good chemistry even if normally I don’t get the urge to watch their dramas. The story is your usual love crossed former life couple still dealing with the machinations of the immortal realm in this lifetime stuff so it’s really whether on the execution and if the two leads make it worthwhile to add another fairly standard xianxia story to this genre.

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Fashion Goes Playful as Does the Prize at the 2017 C-star Awards

I love self-deprecation especially in the entertainment industry since it can get too pompous and self-congratulatory. The 2017 C-star Awards were a blast to watch because it was just stars being sincerely thankful to be popular and having fun being … Continue reading

Once Promised with Huang Xiaoming, Victoria Song, Sheng Yi Lun, and Xu Lu Gets New Chinese Title and Starts Filming

A name change for a novel to drama adaptation is so common these days, and increasingly the character names are changed as well and only the story outline remains the same. It’s likely to avoid Chinese censors if the story … Continue reading

Nichkhun Makes Major Acting Debut as Lead in C-drama One and a Half Summer with Jiang Jing Fu and Xu Lu

There’s a new college idol C-drama coming and this one might pique the K-fans interest because there are two K-pop idols in the main cast. The upcoming C-drama One and a Half Summer (一又二分之一的夏天) premieres June 23rd with a cast … Continue reading