Upcoming K-drama Pleasant Outcast has been invited to the Cannes International Series Festival (Canneseries). The K-drama tells the story of a group of students isolated in a school that has collapsed. It reveals their dark nature as they strive to survive in the dire circumstances. Pleasant Outcast was invited to the Out of Competition series section at the … Read more
(L to R) Liam Cunningham as Wade, Benedict Wong as Da Shi in ‘3 Body Problem.’ Photo: Ed Miller/Netflix © 2024. Launching on Netflix with all eight episodes on Thursday March 21st, ‘3 Body Problem’ represents two gigantic challenges all at once: how do the creators of the ‘Game of Thrones’ TV adaptation follow their … Read more
tvN’s Queen of Tears premiered on March 9, scoring ratings of 5.85% (nationwide) and 6.49% (metropolitan), a strong start for the tvN drama. Queen of Tears tells the story of Hong Hae In (Kim Ji Won), heiress of the Queens Group, and Baek Hyun Woo (Kim Soo Hyun), her husband and the legal director of Queens Department Store. … Read more
Millie Bobby Brown as Elodie in ‘Damsel.’ Cr. John Wilson / Netflix © 2023. “There are many stories where a knight saves a damsel in distress. This is not one of them”. The Millie Bobby Brown led fantasy adventure ‘Damsel’ lands on Netflix on March 8th, where she plays Elodie, a dutiful damsel set to … Read more
The upcoming South Korean horror movie The Sin has been confirmed to be released in theatres next month. The Sin follows the story of actors and production staff, who, upon arriving at a rural abandoned school for filming, find themselves enveloped in a mysterious energy from the first day of filming itself. The situation takes a drastic turn … Read more
Adam Sandler as Jakub in ‘Spaceman.’ Photo: Larry Horricks/Netflix © 2023. Launching on Netflix on Friday, March 1st, ‘Spaceman’ represents Adam Sandler headlining a very different sort of movie, something more along the lines of ‘Solaris’ or ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, but though it reaches for the sort of emotional and intellectual depths explored by … Read more
Actress Kim Ji Won comments about her character and working with Kim Soo Hyun in tvN’s Queen of Tears. Queen of Tears tells the story of Hong Hae In (Kim Ji Won), the chaebol heiress of the Queens Group family, and Baek Hyun Woo (Kim Soo Hyun), her husband and the legal director of Queens Group. Commenting about why she chose … Read more
Kate Winslet in ‘The Regime.’ Photograph by Miya Mizuno/HBO. Premiering on HBO and Max on Sunday, March 3rd, ‘The Regime’ is an attempt to create a new satirical series to fill the gap left by ‘Succession’, and also to provide another welcome starring role for Kate Winslet, who shines in an oddball role. Yet the … Read more
Robbie Amell as Connor in ‘Code 8: Part II.’ Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2024. On Netflix on Wednesday February 28th, ‘Code 8: Part II’ returns us to the world the fictional Lincoln City, a place where super-powered people are a dispossessed faction facing crackdowns from corrupt police officers and a wider population that either … Read more
(Left) Auli’i Cravalho as Jos Clearly on Prime Video’s ‘The Power.’ Credit: Katie Yu/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios. (Right) Auli’i Cravalho as the voice of Moana in ‘Moana.’ Photo: Walt Disney Studios. Preview: Voice actor Auli’i Cravalho is returning for the ‘Moana’ sequel. Disney had planned a TV series but has turned that into the … Read more
