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Chungmuro/Film News
Kim Soo-hyun plays the fool for Covertly, Grandly’s first teaser
by | April 17, 2013 | 79 Comments
Thank goodness Covertly, Grandly looks hilarious, which is a relief since there are two ways this kind of wacky, outrageous premise can go: awesome, or cringeworthy. The movie is a spy-action-comedy starring Kim Soo-hyun (The Moon That Embraces the Sun) as an elite, even legendary North Korean spy sent on a mission to South Korea…... More »


Drama Casting & News
Hitmaker writer follows Seo-young, 49 Days with Two Weeks
by | April 16, 2013 | 35 Comments
My Daughter Seo-young was one of the biggest drama hits of the past year — its finale hit 47.6% ratings — so there’s automatic interest in the news that its writer, So Hyun-kyung, is coming back to television with a new drama. (And if the mega-hit weekend series isn’t enough to get you onboard, perhaps... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim So-yeon returns to IRIS franchise with another cameo
by | April 16, 2013 | 46 Comments
Kim So-yeon was one of the original cast members of IRIS and returned to the franchise for a cameo in Athena, so it’s no surprise to hear she’s coming back again for IRIS 2. She’ll have played the same character across all three series — Kim Sun-hwa, the North Korean spy who (Athena spoiler?) then... More »


Drama Recaps
Gu Family Book: Episode 3
by | April 15, 2013 | 232 Comments
Now that our hearts have been thoroughly broken by the beautifully sad love story of our story’s prologue (seriously, I was pretty wrecked over it, having grown so invested in their relationship), it’s time to start mending them with the introduction of our actual main characters. I was so sucked into the world of the... More »


Drama Casting & News
End of the World halved due to poor ratings
by | April 15, 2013 | 80 Comments
Bad news for The End of the World, the cable medical plague drama that has picked up a mania following (i.e., a cult hit), though it hasn’t been able to carve out a space for itself in the ratings game. As a result, it’s getting cut early to nearly half its original length. The show... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Lee Min-ki releases movie MV Everything
by | April 13, 2013 | 50 Comments
The offbeat and foul-mouthed romantic comedy Temperature of Love has been racking up the box office numbers since its March premiere, having joined the 1 million club (in ticket sales) and potentially looking at breaking 2 million as well. The movie that stars Lee Min-ki and Kim Min-hee as its constantly breaking-up-and-making-up couple has now... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Eye Candy’s Yoo Min-kyu takes the lead in indie film One Night
by | April 13, 2013 | 23 Comments
I still think of Yoo Min-kyu as Ha-jin the bassist and flirty half of Shut Up: Flower Boy Band’s bromancing duo, and it’s for that role that I carry a lot of residual affection for him. He was picked out of the Oh Boy! series’ Flower Boy auditions (which won him his debut in Shut... More »


Drama Casting & News
Nam Sang-mi becomes Goddess of Marriage for SBS
by | April 12, 2013 | 85 Comments
New drama alert! It’s called Goddess of Marriage, and this one headlines three stars I like very much, which automatically makes me sit up a bit straighter and hope a little harder for a good result. I mean, I always hope for a good result, but when you’ve got Kim Ji-hoon (so gruffly sweet, as... More »


Open Thread
Open Thread #286
by | April 12, 2013 | 444 Comments
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Podcasts
Mystery Drama Theater 3000: Boys Before Flowers
by | April 12, 2013 | 173 Comments
In case you missed our first attempt at Mystery Drama Theater 3000, we’re bringing the concept back, only this time we’ve picked a less obscure show. For our first outing we picked a show that was less-watched because we thought it would be nice to weigh in on something we hadn’t previously talked about. However,... More »