Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Days after a teaser video was posted online (watch below) without explanation, which has been stirring renewed interest...
And I ask that as a real question, not in sarcasm, because it seems the large-scale extravaganza is meeting with all sorts of "disheartening" setbacks and "embarrassments," as several articles...
Normally I wouldn't be terribly interested in yet another repetitive, recycled Andre Kim "fashion" show -- and I use that term loosely -- but hot dayum, this couple is stunning...
As you may know (because I keep harping on it), KBS's new drama Story of a Man has got me rather hooked, for several reasons. First, the direction of the...
Kim Hyun-joo is always so pretty, whether she's playing a rich third-generation chaebol (Boys Before Flowers), or a kind-hearted but damaged ex-convict (Insoon Is Pretty), or anything in between.
Here...
Just Looking [그저 바라보다가] is the new name for the drama formerly called Six Months, and while I think the title change -- especially so late in the game -- was unnecessary,...
Oh Ji-ho, Kim Nam-joo
After Boys Before Flowers left the air, MBC's Monday-Tuesday drama Queen of Housewives [내조의 여왕] shot up in the ratings, where it currently resides in the 22%-25% range....
There's an article in the Korea Times (in English) that points out some issues in Korean drama production and what could be improved by looking at the Japanese drama production...
The upcoming omnibus film Ogamdo [오감도] has a provocative new poster out, and the first question -- given its star-studded cast -- is which of its leading ladies is featured in...
You don't know how happy I was to see the most recent interview by the net-magazine 10 Asia focusing on Kim Kang-woo -- not just because I knew it would be...
F4’s “five years later” video to be a music drama
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Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Days after a teaser video was posted online (watch below) without explanation, which has been stirring renewed interest...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho, music videos
Who’s watching Ja Myung Go?
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And I ask that as a real question, not in sarcasm, because it seems the large-scale extravaganza is meeting with all sorts of "disheartening" setbacks and "embarrassments," as several articles...
Tags: drama ratings, Ja Myung Go, Jung Ryeo-won, Park Min-young
Joon and Nara: Andre Kim’s newest runway couple
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Normally I wouldn't be terribly interested in yet another repetitive, recycled Andre Kim "fashion" show -- and I use that term loosely -- but hot dayum, this couple is stunning...
Tags: Andre Kim, Jang Nara, Kim Joon
Park Ki-woong moved to tears at acting praise
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As you may know (because I keep harping on it), KBS's new drama Story of a Man has got me rather hooked, for several reasons. First, the direction of the...
Tags: interviews, Park Ki-woong, Story of a Man
Kim Hyun-joo in In Style
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Kim Hyun-joo is always so pretty, whether she's playing a rich third-generation chaebol (Boys Before Flowers), or a kind-hearted but damaged ex-convict (Insoon Is Pretty), or anything in between. Here...
Tags: Kim Hyun-joo, photo shoots
Just Looking at That Fool
by javabeans
Just Looking [그저 바라보다가] is the new name for the drama formerly called Six Months, and while I think the title change -- especially so late in the game -- was unnecessary,...
Tags: Accidental Couple, Hwang Jung-min, Just Looking, Kim Ah-joong, Six Months
Extension pending for Queen of Housewives
by javabeans
Oh Ji-ho, Kim Nam-joo After Boys Before Flowers left the air, MBC's Monday-Tuesday drama Queen of Housewives [내조의 여왕] shot up in the ratings, where it currently resides in the 22%-25% range....
Tags: Choi Chul-ho, Kim Nam-joo, Lee Hye-young, Oh Ji-ho, Queen of Housewives, Sunwoo Sun, Yoon Sang-hyun
What Korean dramas could learn from Japanese productions
by javabeans
There's an article in the Korea Times (in English) that points out some issues in Korean drama production and what could be improved by looking at the Japanese drama production...
Tags: drama production, j-doramas
Ogamdo features love five ways
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The upcoming omnibus film Ogamdo [오감도] has a provocative new poster out, and the first question -- given its star-studded cast -- is which of its leading ladies is featured in...
Tags: Bae Jong-ok, Cha Soo-yeon, Hwang Jung-min, Jang Hyuk, Jung Eui-chul, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Kang-woo, Kim Min-sun, Kim Su-ro, Lee Shi-young, Lee Sung-min, Shin Se-kyung, Song Joong-ki, Uhm Jung-hwa
Kim Kang-woo: Birth of a Devil
by javabeans
You don't know how happy I was to see the most recent interview by the net-magazine 10 Asia focusing on Kim Kang-woo -- not just because I knew it would be...
Tags: interviews, Kim Kang-woo, Story of a Man