News bites: January 8, 2024
Advertisements News bites: January 8, 2024 by tccolb Bae Doona, Ryu Seung-beom, Baek Yoon-shik, Lomon, Lee Soo-hyun The thriller Family Planning will be coming to our screens on Coupang Play this year, headlined by Bae Doona (The Silent Sea), Ryu Seung-beom (Moving), Baek Yoon-shik (Vagabond), and Park Solomon (a.k.a. Lomon) (Revenge of Others), as well […]
Undercover missions with Esom and Ahn Jae-hong in LTNS
Advertisements Undercover missions with Esom and Ahn Jae-hong in LTNS by solstices A new teaser is out for TVING’s upcoming comedy LTNS (a.k.a. Long Time No Sex), starring Esom (Black Knight) and Ahn Jae-hong (Mask Girl) as a “sexless couple” whose passion has long since dried up. Amidst their barren marriage, a flash of ingenuity […]
News bites: December 27, 2023
Advertisements News bites: December 27, 2023 by tccolb Comforting our weary souls with ice cream and childhood nostalgia, a new poster has dropped for JTBC’s Doctor Slump, where Park Shin-hye (Sisyphus) and Park Hyung-shik (Our Blooming Youth) unexpectedly find solace in each other’s company. Slated to air on January 27, the rivals-to-lovers rom-com has PD […]
The Mysterious K-Pop Idol Who Disappeared Right After Debuting
Advertisements January 2, 2009, was the date Ori, real name Baek Ji Hyun, made her stage debut on KBS‘s Music Bank. It was her first and last performance before disappearing, never to be seen again. Your browser does not support video. Ori was also known by her Japanese name Tanaka Sori, which is where her stage […]
Esom and Ahn Jae-hong become blackmailing spies in LTNS
Advertisements Esom and Ahn Jae-hong become blackmailing spies in LTNS by tccolb A fun first teaser and poster have dropped for TVING’s new comedy LTNS (a.k.a. Long Time No Sex), where we’re introduced to our not quite happily married pair, Esom (Black Knight) and Ahn Jae-hong (Mask Girl).Opening with a quick backstory, we see and […]
Premiere Watch: Like Flowers in Sand
Advertisements I only lasted 4 episodes. I like Siwan, but not that much! Besides the fact that rural locations in Korea, whether on the coast or in the mainland, are just really beautiful and make for great cinematography, my (pretty obvious) take on this show and others about small towns is that kdrama writers are […]
Jang Dong-yoon blossoms Like Flowers in Sand
Advertisements Jang Dong-yoon blossoms Like Flowers in Sand by tccolb Heading into premiere week for ENA’s upcoming Like Flowers in Sand, in the newest teaser we tumble deeper into our story’s ssireum landscape, where a struggling Jang Dong-yoon (Daily Dose of Sunshine) is unexpectedly reunited with his childhood bestie Lee Joo-myung (Twenty Five Twenty One).As […]
Park Min-young reclaims her life in Please Marry My Husband
Advertisements I don’t mean to be patronizing to my fellow Beanies, but something makes me want to defend PMY. Yes I may be partial to her, but apart from that my empathy also comes from the fact that I HAVE ACTUALLY struggled with weight issues. So I know what a headache it is to manage […]
Park Ji-hoon wrestles himself in KBS’s Fantasy Sonata
Advertisements Ugh. Not sure if there are more straight up red flags here or concepts that would be catnips to me in the right hands, but are instead also red flags… I ask for more fantasy sageuks for years and then when Korea properly ventures into them more, and into more completely fictional, non historical […]