Chungmuro/Film News
Lee Hong-ki and Baek Jin-hee in Warm Goodbye
by | May 7, 2013 | 36 Comments
Here’s a look at the new feel-good comedy starring Lee Hong-ki (You’re Beautiful) in his feature film debut. The movie is called Warm Goodbye, and stars Hong-ki as a troublemaker idol who gets sent to do community service at a hospice center to repair his public image, very much against... More »


Drama Casting & News
Lee Jun-ki picks Two Weeks as next drama
by | May 7, 2013 | 149 Comments
Lee Jun-ki has announced his next drama project, and it’ll be a thriller for MBC called Two Weeks, which may sound familiar as it’s the drama from the 49 Days, Prosecutor Princess, and My Daughter Seo-young writer that takes place within a two-week time span. Yay for Lee Jun-ki coming... More »


Drama Recaps
Gu Family Book: Episode 9
by | May 6, 2013 | 184 Comments
Cute. Now that Kang-chi has a new home to settle into, there’s a little breathing room for comedy and relationships to develop. Not to worry though—there’s still a spot of life-threatening violence to keep things interesting, not only for Kang-chi but for Yeo-wool as well, who finds that staying out... More »


Celebrity News
Kang Ji-hwan’s post-Money interview and photo shoots
by | May 6, 2013 | 67 Comments
Ah, that time after an actor wraps a drama and finally has time to give tons of interviews and shoot photo spreads… Kang Ji-hwan recently finished up his weekend revenge-and-money-and-corruption drama Incarnation of Money, and we’ve got a slew of interviews and photos, like the cover he recently shot for... More »


Drama Casting & News
Im Joo-hwan, Kang So-ra’s Watch Out For Fools
by | May 6, 2013 | 49 Comments
Im Joo-hwan (What’s Up) is back on television, and here are the pretty first stills from his new SBS drama starring opposite Kang So-ra (Dream High 2). They look lovely and fresh and ready for spring, but I’ll say it again: daily drama booooo. The title is Watch Out For... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
Barefoot Friends logs perilously low ratings
by | May 6, 2013 | 100 Comments
javabeans: New Sunday variety show Barefoot Friends premiered to lowish numbers three weeks ago, but the real test was whether it would be able to climb up from its initial 5.6% numbers to challenge Dad! Where Are We Going?… but instead the numbers have dropped. Yesterday’s Episode 3 pulled in... More »


Drama Casting & News
Kim Bum confirms Goddess of Fire
by | May 5, 2013 | 131 Comments
Kim Bum (That Winter, The Wind Blows) has confirmed that he’ll be starring opposite Moon Geun-young (Alice in Cheongdam-dong) in his first historical drama, upcoming MBC sageuk Goddess of Fire Jung-yi. The project stars Moon as Joseon’s first female potter, and Kim Bum will play the warrior who’s been in... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Jung Jae-young, Han Ji-min in opposites-attract romantic comedy
by | May 5, 2013 | 20 Comments
Newly announced romantic comedy Plan Man sounds pretty awkward as a movie title, but it does offer an amusingly literal conflict when the hero — an uptight, planning-obsessed germophobe — gets his world shaken up by (who else?) a heroine who lives her life planlessly. Aw, the ol’ opposites-attract number,... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
Running Man: Episode 143
by | May 5, 2013 | 43 Comments
Time to loosen those vocal chords and get that tambourine ready for a noraebang experience you likely won’t ever forget. The godfather of variety pays our cast a visit to train their sharp wit, fine-tune their physical gags, and bring out a new persona. Some things don’t ever change, and... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
1 Night 2 Days: Episode 436
by | May 4, 2013 | 68 Comments
EPISODE 436. Broadcast on April 28, 2013. girlfriday: Time for dinner bokbulbok games, brought to you by mud, mud, and more mud. javabeans: Let’s hope there’s a decent meal for all at the end of the mud train, because lunch was really sad. girlfriday: I don’t know what Hae-jin is... More »