Archive for November, 2011

Drama Casting & News
Kim Soo-hyun takes the lead in fantasy sageuk romance
by | November 11, 2011 | 80 Comments
Casting has been revealed for the upcoming sageuk drama Moon That Embraces the Sun, which is adapted from a novel by Jung Eun-gwol, the writer who wrote The Lives of Sungkyunkwan’s Scholars, the novel that gave us Sungkyunkwan Scandal. Phew, that’s a mouthful. Basically: Sungkyunkwan Scandal v.2.0 in the works? Yes, please! Kim Soo-hyun will... More »


Drama Recaps
The Musical: Episode 10
by | November 11, 2011 | 62 Comments
ZOMG! You know what the biggest bombshell of this episode was?! JAE HEE HAS A SISTER. Uh-huh. You read that right. A sister. Who holds the purse strings. And has the bank manager wrapped around her pinky. Yup. Let the showdown begin. I can’t wait for a smackdown in the likes of Tsubaki versus Tsukasa in... More »


Open Thread
Open Thread #213
by | November 11, 2011 | 612 Comments
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Drama Casting & News
Lee Shi-young cast as lead in Wild Romance
by | November 11, 2011 | 75 Comments
Actress Lee Shi-young, who’s just come off of action series Poseidon, has been cast as the lead in upcoming romantic comedy drama Wild Romance, set to begin production early next week. She’ll be going straight from playing a marine cop to a judo-athlete-turned-bodyguard, because apparently, everyone likes watching Lee Shi-young kick ass. No complaints here.... More »


Drama Recaps
Tree With Deep Roots: Episode 10
by | November 10, 2011 | 59 Comments
Mind = Blown. Every time this show chooses to reveal a part of its many mysteries, I’m consistently left floored and wondering why I don’t just watch mysteries. It’s easy to forget how great a brilliant mystery can be when they don’t set themselves up as well as this… because then we forget just how... More »


Drama Casting & News
SBS’s History of the Salaryman finalizes its cast
by | November 10, 2011 | 19 Comments
Jung Ryeo-won, Hong Soo-hyun History of the Salaryman is the SBS drama coming from the producers of last year’s hit Giant, and after teasing cast possibilities for a while, the drama has now finalized its main cast. Lee Beom-soo, who also starred in Giant, was an early lock for the series, with Jung Ryeo-won (Pain,... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Additional preview and stills from quirky comedy Chilling Romance
by | November 10, 2011 | 56 Comments
Release day is approaching for Chilling Romance, the romantic comedy starring Sohn Ye-jin (Personal Taste) and Lee Min-ki (Quick) that looks hilarious and kooky. Here are more stills and another poster and trailer for the movie, in which she plays a woman who sees ghosts everywhere (which is probably why she’s always in the drinky)... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Wonderful Radio pushes back premiere
by | November 10, 2011 | 22 Comments
Looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer to see Wonderful Radio, the romantic comedy starring Lee Min-jung (Midas) and Lee Jung-jin (Runaway). Man, we’ve been on pins and needles to see it since the project was first announced. Boo. It was originally scheduled to be released by the end of the year, but... More »


Drama Recaps
Me Too, Flower: Episode 1
by | November 9, 2011 | 99 Comments
Me Too, Flower premiered on MBC today and got off to a slow start, both ratings-wise and plot-wise. (It recorded a 6.8% viewership rating, against Tree With Deep Roots‘ 19.1% and Man of Honor’s 12.9%). It took a while for the story to get going, and the first half of the episode was lightly amusing,... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Yoo Ji-tae’s directorial feature and wedding plans
by | November 9, 2011 | 47 Comments
It’ll be a busy winter for actor Yoo Ji-tae (A Star’s Lover, Oldboy), whose feature directorial debut is about to start filming, just a month after his upcoming wedding to actress Kim Hyo-jin (Mary Stayed Out All Night), who’s pictured with him in this wedding-themed shoot for Harper’s Bazaar. Yoo has been directing shorts for... More »