Archive for June, 2011

Open Thread
Open Thread #192
by | June 17, 2011 | 1,286 Comments
  You guys are totally on a roll… How high will this week’s Open Thread go? Predictions? Wagers? Generationals – “Ten-Twenty-Ten” [ Download ] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] RELATED POSTS Open Thread #191 Open Thread #190 Open Thread #189 Open Thread #188 No tags for this post.... More »


Drama Recaps
Best Love: Episode 14
by | June 16, 2011 | 341 Comments
How can every new episode be the best episode ever? It seems statistically improbable, but here we are, beating the odds. And though I promised myself I wouldn’t cry, I broke like a dam of tissue paper against Niagara. Damn you, Drama! Tags: Best Love, Cha Seung-won, featured, Gong Hyo-jin, Yoo Inna, Yoon Kye-sang... More »


Drama Casting & News
Best Love’s Lee Hee-jin joins Last Secretary
by | June 16, 2011 | 29 Comments
Lee Hee-jin is on a bit of a roll: Currently playing best friend Jenny on MBC’s Best Love, she’s lined up her follow-up drama, which will be Choi Kang-hee‘s office-romance drama Last Secretary. That’ll be the third drama in one year for Lee Hee-jin — actually, just over half a year — since the former... More »


Drama Casting & News
Myung-wol the Spy heads overseas for shoots
by | June 16, 2011 | 83 Comments
More stills are out of rom-com Myung-wol the Spy, which is looking like it just may be the perfect fluffy summer romance. (I hope, at least.) And for some reason, the stills of Eric in particular make me giggle, though there’s nothing intrinsically funny about it. I just always enjoy when actors play versions of... More »


Drama Recaps
Best Love: Episode 13
by | June 15, 2011 | 309 Comments
I’m sort of in love with how the metaphors have blossomed (ooh, metaphor!) by this point. Rather than just sprouting up in haphazard patterns, they’ve actually managed to work their way together and grown into a whole new thing, proving that the sum is indeed greater than the sum of its parts. SONG OF THE... More »


Drama Casting & News
UEE and Joo-won cast in weekend drama
by | June 15, 2011 | 65 Comments
Though I’m still not sure what will eventually become of Birdie Buddy, it looks like we’ll be able to see UEE in a different drama first, as she’s just been cast in KBS’s upcoming weekend series Golden Pond, alongside Baker King Kim Tak-gu‘s fresh face Joo-won. UEE plays a young woman whose father has disappeared,... More »
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Drama Reactions & Reviews
I Need Romance: Episodes 1-2
by | June 15, 2011 | 95 Comments
New TVN cable drama I Need Romance premiered this Monday and Tuesday, and I checked it out because the premise — thirtysomething single women dealing with life and love – seemed like it had potential for fun. I was actually surprised to like it, and though I don’t have time to recap it (there’s just... More »


Drama Recaps
Miss Ripley: Episode 6
by | June 14, 2011 | 169 Comments
The final side of the love square is formed, and almost instantly, Miri finds out how difficult it is to juggle all the lies in her life. Not just the two men, but Hee-joo, who knows too much. And wouldn’t you know it, everything starts to close in around her. It’s like watching her walk... More »


Drama Recaps
Lie To Me: Episode 12 Open Thread
by | June 14, 2011 | 355 Comments
EPISODE 12 WEECAP At the Jeju resort, Jae-bum arrives to declare himself lost without So-ran, who’s moved by his admission that her departure sparked suicidal thoughts. Peas in a pod, these two. They think they’re Ike and Tina, but they’re really Spencer and Heidi. Tags: featured, Kang Ji-hwan, Lie To Me, Yoon Eun-hye... More »


Drama Recaps
Romance Town: Episode 10
by | June 14, 2011 | 62 Comments
Oh, Show – you good. You REAL good. I am impressed you manage to stun me with something every episode. Because the song shows up in one scene, and fits the series… SONG OF THE DAY “Price Tag” by Jessie J from “Who You Are” Album [download] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tags:... More »