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Period C-drama Scent of Time Premieres to Decent Reviews but Female Lead Zhou Ye Gets Dogged by Usual Stiff Acting Criticism and Saddled with Incongruous Voice Dubbing

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So there’s a new period C-drama that premiered last few days, Scent of Time with Zhou Ye and Wang Xing Yue. That Zhou Ye already gets first billing is pretty funny to me, don’t get me wrong she’s so cute looking and has potential but her acting is still quite green. The drama has her female lead die after doing … Continue reading →

C-ent Upcoming Dramas Drop Romantic New Posters Celebrating 2023 Chinese Valentine’s Day on Lunar 7/7 Date

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Today on August 22nd is also lunar date July 7th which means Chinese Valentine’s Day, which remains a celebrated date but so does Western Valentine’s Day on February 14th so it’s like getting two V-days heh. Many of the upcoming C-dramas released cute couple featured dramas or BTS pics to promote their drama on this day and most are just … Continue reading →

Hou Ming Hao and Zhou Ye’s Xianxia C-drama Back from the Brink Drops New Posters

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So…….I find myself quite looking forward to the next Youku xianxia C-drama Back From the Back after the latest preview came out this week. The drama is confirmed for a May 10th premiere after the (rocks fall down?) ending of Till the End of the Moon next Tuesday. The latest preview is just adorable, leaning heavily on the stoic dragon … Continue reading →

C-netizens Discuss the Rumored Casting of Xiao Zhan and Zhou Ye in HK-director Tsui Hark’s Upcoming Legend of the Condor Heroes Movie

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This rumor has been making the rounds in C-ent and has been gaining steam so it’s time to talk about it. HK-director Tsui Hark is reportedly making a new C-movie adaptation of Louis Cha‘s epic novel Legend of the Condor Heroes in a three film series. The first movie is called Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero and … Continue reading →

Xianxia Romance Drama Back From the Brink with Young Leads Hou Ming Hao and Zhou Ye Scheduled for Premiere Following Till the End of the Moon

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Youku is following up xianxia C-drama Till the End of the Moon with Luo Yun Xi and Bai Lu with a kinda younger version of the same tortured fated love xianxia drama Back From the Brink with Hou Ming Hao and Zhou Ye I checked out the promos to see if it’s up my alley. Zhou Ye got her big … Continue reading →

Chen Fei Yu and Zhou Ye’s Fantasy Romance Movie Yesterday Once More Scheduled for April 28th Premiere in Theaters Despite His Recent Scandal Blip

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In C-ent the scandals are either catastrophic career ending ones or more blips with more negative buzz than actual ramifications. C-actor Chen Fei Yu recently went through the latter after pictures were released of him sleeping in bed taken by clearly a bed mate after intimacy and it appears that a twenty-something unmarried man having sex is not a cancellable … Continue reading →

High Profile Period C-dramas Forbidden Love and Back From the Brink are Supposedly on Deck for December 2022 Airing

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I continue to believe it when I see it with upcoming C-drama airings but it’s useful to check in occasionally. For December 2022, there are a slew of on deck dramas both period and modern, more modern ones but for the higher profile period C-dramas there are Forbidden Love with Dylan Wang and Chen Yu Qi as well as Back … Continue reading →

First Trailer for C-movie Yesterday Once More with Chen Fei Yu and Zhou Ye a Remake of J-film My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

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The promos for this C-movie keep saying 2022 but it’s like less than a month left and I don’t see a release date in theaters yet. Yesterday Once More starring Chen Fei Yu and Zhou Ye as wholesome young lovers dealing with time as their invisible enemy is a remake of a hit Japanese movie My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday, the … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si Sweeps the Top Three of the Most Recent Baidu Poll on Favorite 95-Flower Roles with Yu Shu Xin Making the List Not for Her Most Recent Hit Drama

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This summer of 2022 was really a two-horse race of Love Between Fairy and Devil and Love Like the Galaxy, and it wasn’t for television ratings are both are web dramas but for buzz and cache. My two cents says both dramas are male lead dominant, i.e. it benefitted Dylan Wang and Wu Lei respectively more than the female leads. … Continue reading →

Guan Xiaotong, Zhao Lu Si, and Yu Shu Xin Top Netizen Chart Making the Rounds Lining Up the Post-95 Little Flowers

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This certainly is a helpful chart (see below) and these will be like 80% of the leading ladies we see in C-dramas in the next 3-5 years in regular rotation. With the remaining the past and still current 4 Flowers like Yang Zi, Yang Mi, Dilraba Dilmarut, Liu Shi Shi, Crystal Liu, and Bai Lu who are even more in … Continue reading →

Chen Fei Yu and Zhou Ye Evoke Heady Young Romance in Poster for the C-remake of Japanese Fantasy Romance Movie My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

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A C-movie is coming that seems suitable as a remake thanks to some really prime young star casting. The movie is called My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday with the Chinese title Reverse Counting Love You, but the original Japanese movie is called Boku wa Ashita, Kinou no Kimi to Date Suru (Tomorrow’s Me, Went on a Date with Yesterday’s You). The … Continue reading →

Ode to Period C-drama Word of Honor, with Zhang Zhe Han’s Nuanced Performance and Gong Jun’s Charming Portrayal Created a Fresh Take on the Wuxia World

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I’ve had this post nearly written for months now and was just lackadaisical on finishing it for posting. So it’s with a heavy heart and a strange sense of serendipity over what has happened in one week to male lead Zhang Zhe Han in C-drama Word of Honor that I feel compelled to finish it as an ode to him. … Continue reading →