Lee Sung-min returns in Shadow Detective 2 by lovepark After ending on a cliffhanger, Shadow Detective 2 is back with familiar faces as well as a few new ones. Reprising the role of exhausted and dogged Lieutenant Kim Taek-rok is Lee Sung-min (Reborn Rich), and this time around, our hero has a different question plaguing […]
Netflix whets our appetite for the rest of their 2023 K-content
I’ve been anticipating “Daily Dose of Sunshine” for months, “Gyeonseong Creature” looks amazing, and “Song of the Bandits” is set in my favorite period so I’m in for that reason alone. I avoided “DP” for a long time because I worried I wouldn’t be able to sleep after watching, and that turned out to be […]
L must choose between people and money in Numbers
L must choose between people and money in Numbers by Jenzy In the fifth teaser for Numbers: Watchdogs in a Concrete Jungle, we get to see L (Secret Royal Investigator) grapple with the morality of his job as an accountant at a big-shot firm.The teaser opens with L’s character Jang Ho-woo starting his new job […]
News bites: June 17, 2023
News bites: June 17, 2023 by tccolb It’s official! After rumors and rumors of rumors, full Squid Game 2 casting is confirmed for Netflix’s sequel with Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-heon, and Wie Ha-hoon reprising their roles. And for the much-anticipated new players, we have — wait for it — Im Shi-wan (Summer Strike), Kang Haneul […]
Premiere Watch: See You in My 19th Life
Definitely a good balance of excitement for both an actor and an actress. I’m always here for people being equally or more excited about a female protagonist. Drama anticipation comes off as so male-centric a lot of the time, its a refreshing change of pace. You could also say there’s a good balance in the […]
Sooyoung becomes Jeon Hye-jin’s daughter in ENA’s Strangers
Sooyoung becomes Jeon Hye-jin’s daughter in ENA’s Strangers by tccolb The first promos have arrived for ENA’s upcoming Strangers, with cute new posters of our mother-daughter pair along with stills from the comedy’s first script reading.Based on an acclaimed webtoon by the same title, the drama adaptation has Jeon Hye-jin (Uncle) playing the free-spirited and […]
News bites: June 14, 2023
1. I made the smart decision to drop Uncontrollably Fond pretty early on so I don’t have the baggage with this pairing as others do. I’ve warmed up considerably towards Suzy over the last couple of years and honestly, I’m just so, so happy Kim Woo-bin is back. And in a romcom too! The screenwriter […]
Jo Byung-kyu gives his Counter Punch in The Uncanny Counter 2
Jo Byung-kyu gives his Counter Punch in The Uncanny Counter 2 by tccolb Our superpowered demon hunters have returned, moving from OCN to tvN for the fantasy’s second season, titled The Uncanny Counter 2: Counter Punch. This time, the team has grown from four to five and we get our first peek in the colorful […]
Jo Boa and Kim Ro-woon are Destined with You
Jo Boa and Kim Ro-woon are Destined with You by lovepark Jo Boa, Kim Ro-woon What is the best way to a man’s heart? According to JTBC’s newest fantasy romance Destined with You, the answer is curses. When a 300-year-old forbidden book comes into a civil servant’s possession, she takes it upon herself to free […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of June 5-11, 2023
I thought “Mother” would do well domestically, and I’m glad to see I was right about that. To me, it was a drama that delivered on a lot of fronts. It had flaws, but kept up the dramatic tension until the end, and featured a central romance and characters who I found (for the most […]