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[TVBS Weekly] Ivy Chen: I can marry Bolin!

With a title like that of course I’m going to take notice!!! Campus Confidential (愛情無全順) has been doing pretty well in the Taiwan box office grossing over $20 million (TWD) and the reviews have been pretty positive. (Although I’m warning everyone – DO NOT read the review by TaipeiTimes.com because it gives the ending away!!! […]

December 19, 2013
[Review] Firestorm (HK-2013): Let’s blow up Central!

As human beings, to strive for continuous improvement is an admirable trait. But as movie audiences, our increasing appetite for bigger and better experiences isn’t necessarily bringing out the best in our filmmakers. Amongst the explosions, 3D effects and flying bullets everywhere, we seem to have forgotten a strong storyline is the essential ingredient for […]

December 16, 2013
TVB unites stars from HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan for Time of Love

Traditionally, the time around Chinese New Year is considered to be a low ratings period for HK dramas. So anything released during that time are thought of as ‘fillers’. But next year, things will be different as it is reported TVB will be investing over $10 million (HK dollars) in “Time of Love” – filming […]

December 15, 2013
Fortnightly Roundup No. 9 – 13 December 2013

Hrm… Another 2 weeks gone already? I think it’s about right… originally I planned to post on Sundays, then it was taking longer and became Monday… the last one was on Friday? So maybe if I start the post on Wednesday, we’ll eventually be back on schedule again??? LOL. WATCHED DRAMAS Bounty Lady Eps […]

December 13, 2013
New Theme (sort of holiday related)!

I remember Heisui wrote a post a few months ago about choosing the right theme, and I was thinking about how much I usually dread changing themes. So I’m also quite surprised the last one was only up for about 5-6 months? (Especially when I actually paid for it argh.) I have this problem where […]

December 7, 2013
Fortnightly Roundup No. 8 – 29 November 2013

I’m been a slacker lately, feel like I’ve been procrastinating a lot plus I’m stuck on a post for a few days now. >< It has also been a time of ‘drama changeover’ so to speak, with Just You & Dragon Gate finished airing (even though I kinda stopped watching Just You for many weeks […]

November 29, 2013
Just another Bolin Chen picspam

OK I started this post last week and didn’t want to abandon it so everything might be a bit disjointed!! This is like a spin-off from the Fortnightly Roundup because I was rushed for time and I kept finding stuff to add to it. So this post of random was born. Well, in this blog we don’t […]

November 18, 2013
What? We’re going back to Dragon Gate?

I don’t usually follow ancient / wuxia dramas but these stills caught my eye because – what? Dragon Gate? Again? Last week the Taiwanese modernised version / spin-off / inspiration / trainwreck had just finished airing and now there are news that a new drama based on the 1992 movie New Dragon Gate Inn / […]

November 15, 2013
Fortnightly Roundup No. 7 – 11 November 2013

Finally I feel like I’m making progress on drama-watching! LOL. With the end of Dragon Gate and the final bunch of eps of Loved in the Purple, I can catch up on some other dramas!! (Although my original plan of just keeping to one ‘live watch’ drama kinda backfired since I only found out about […]

November 11, 2013
Tian Xin and Xiu Jie Kai in upcoming drama Marry or Not

After watching a few episodes of A Good Wife, I haven’t had the chance to get back to it yet but it looks like my plans will be delayed again because a new drama starring Tian Xin and Xiu Jie Kai titled Marry or Not (結婚好嗎?) is starting on November 19! Airing at the 8pm […]

November 10, 2013

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