‘Legend Of The Blue Sea’ arrives this week with Lee Min Ho and Jeon Ji Hyun

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Finally it’s here! One of the most anticipated dramas of the year is arriving this week on SBS — Legend Of The Blue Sea. The leading actors are the reason for its hype — Lee Min Ho and Jeon Ji Hyun star in this fantasy romance where she plays a mermaid and he is a con artist. The writer is another factor, who wrote superhit You From Another Star and last year’s The Producers, with older shows like Queen Of Housewives and You Who Rolled In Unexpectedly under her belt. I love how her dramas have lots of humour and heart and fun and that is what I’m expecting from this latest one as well. Continue reading

‘Golden Pouch’ is the new daily drama for MBC

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I’m not their target audience but daily dramas have their own attraction and charm. One enters into their realm knowing perfectly well that they will encounter one cliche after the other on their way but I think there is fun in enjoying those overused tropes and there is that emotional connection with the characters as the viewers spend Continue reading

Korean remake of ‘Entourage’ premieres today on tvN

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We have seen remakes of Japanese dramas in K-dramaland but it seldom happens that there is a Korean remake of a western show. After remaking The Good Wife, tvN is now bringing another remake in the form of Entourage. I haven’t seen the original Continue reading

‘This Week, My Wife Will Have an Affair’ started this Friday

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A Japanese drama remake titled This Week, My Wife Will Have an Affair just premiered this weekend (yesterday) on JTBC and stars Lee Sun Kyun and Song Ji Hyo (The Ex-Girlfriend’s Club) in the lead roles. I think this show had relatively less buzz in its promotion but the plot sounds interesting. It’s great to see Lee Sun Kyun making a drama comeback as his last show was Miss Korea in 2013-14. Continue reading