Posts Tagged ‘Jung Bo-seok’

Drama Casting & News
MBC’s upcoming weekend sageuk God of War
by | January 22, 2012 | 35 Comments
MBC’s preparing another big-budget special production sageuk drama, titled God of War, to occupy weekends starting next month, and recently released a full set of promotional posters. The drama is set in the Goryeo (Koryo) era, which preceded the Joseon Dynasty (Goryeo spanned 918–1392) and stars Kim Joo-hyuk as a man named Kim Joon who... More »


Drama Casting & News
2011 MBC Drama Awards
by | December 30, 2011 | 121 Comments
Oh, MBC. I can always count on you for some awards-time whatthefuckery. Three years ago it was split Daesangs (daesang = Grand Prize), giving the same award to Kim Myung-min and Song Seung-heon and doubling awards in every category. Two years ago, there were more split awards, and last year we had the bizarre “Character... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
47th Baeksang Arts Awards
by | May 26, 2011 | 195 Comments
It’s too bad that Hyun Bin was missing from the 47th Baeksang Arts Awards, since he and his drama picked up a bunch of awards. (Alas, there’s that whole mandatory military thing.) Not only did he grab a Daesang in the TV portion (film Daesang went to Lee Byung-heon for his thriller I Saw the... More »


Drama Casting & News
MBC cuts another drama short, angers people
by | January 11, 2011 | 53 Comments
I have not followed the drama Stormy Lovers, but I admit my interest is piqued by the latest news that the MBC drama is being cancelled, cut short by more than half its run due to low ratings. Stormy Lovers is a daily drama, which means it airs Monday Through Friday (in the 8 pm... More »


Drama Casting & News
2010 SBS Drama Awards
by | December 31, 2010 | 188 Comments
There are lots of awards handed out, for sure, but at least SBS has some strong shows this year, with great performances all around in the competition. Go Hyun-jung stacks up another Daesang for her turn as the first Korean female president in Daemul, which if I’m to go based on all the parodies, involved... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
2010 Editors’ Picks [Year In Review, Part 5]
by | December 26, 2010 | 382 Comments
Here we are, Part 5! As girlfriday said in her review, I’d also like to thank guest bloggers Dahee Fanel and thunderbolt for participating in this year’s year-in-review roundup. A particular thank-you goes out to GF herself for being so game to jump into this whole world of crazy with me, and I think you’ll... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
High Kick 2 fills out its new cast
by | August 3, 2009 | 19 Comments
Shin Se-kyung, Seo Shin-ae, Daniel Choi I wasn’t excited to hear about the upcoming Season 2 of family sitcom Unstoppable High Kick, which would cast an entirely new crop of actors (the only exception being veteran Lee Soon-jae, the grandpa of the original series, who will be in the second season as well). But I... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
High Kick Season 2 coming in September
by | July 3, 2009 | 22 Comments
The young cast of “Unstoppable High Kick” Season 1 Hmm….. When it was announced that the popular family sitcom Unstoppable High Kick was thinking of another season, I was skeptical that it would actually happen, if only because a great part of its charm was its hot young cast of new faces, and they’ve all... More »