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[Review] Snowfall in Taipei (TW-2009)

I’m trying to catch up on some of the older movies Bolin Chen has made, actually Taiwan movies in general! There’s a few recent ones that look interesting but I haven’t had a chance to see them yet. One of these is Snowfall in Taipei (台北飄雪) which was made in 2009 or 2010, shown in…

November 6, 2013
Dylan Kuo pairs up with Gui Gui for upcoming C-Drama Slacker’s Food Diary

Filming has recently begun for C Drama “Slacker’s Food Diary” (懒人美食日记) starring Dylan Kuo and Gui Gui! Dylan must be used to the height difference with his lead actresses by now right, since he’s 187cm and she’s 163cm! I’m looking forward to this new pairing – potential cuteness! Planned number of episodes: 30 (45…

November 2, 2013
Black & White 2: The Next Episode – Mark Chao teams up with Lin Geng Xin instead

I have a lot of respect for Taiwanese director Tsai Yueh-Hsun (蔡岳勳). His previous works include Meteor Garden, MARS, The Hospital and Black & White. Although I’ve only seen the last two they were both extremely well made and definitely recommended. With the success of the Black & White movie prequel (The Dawn of Assault)…

October 30, 2013
Fortnightly Roundup No. 6 – 27 October 2013

Thought I might change this to ‘fortnightly’ roundup from now on, it probably works better this way. Although I have a bad memory and some things I wanted to include might have been forgotten by the time I write this post. >< I might need a system in place! Why the Triumph in the…

October 27, 2013
2013 Golden Bell Awards Picspam! Congrats Zai Zai!

YEAAAHHH!! Vic Chou / Zai Zai finally wins Best Actor this year! *throws confetti* The winners of the major awards were: Best Drama: Falling (含苞欲墜的每一天) Best Actor – Drama: Vic Chou – Home Best Actress – Drama: Miao Ke Li – Falling Best Supporting Actor – Drama: Li Li Ren – Home Best Supporting…

October 26, 2013
Hello, 100th post!

(Technically, this is the 103rd post but since I transferred three of the posts from my old blog to here, this is the 100th, written for this drama-focused blog!) I started this post on Monday, and now it’s Thursday and still I’m struggling with it! It’s supposed to be an ‘anything goes’ post but…

October 24, 2013
The Pursuit of Happiness Episode 1 – ITWY comparisons and some thoughts

TTV is on a roll. Its Friday night drama “A Good Wife” has recently finished airing and the last episode was at its highest rating of 2.41, beating popular fluff “Just You” on SETTV. Hoping to continue this run “The Pursuit of Happiness” starring Sonia Sui and Tony Yang has just aired its first episode…

October 17, 2013
(Not so) Weekly Roundup No. 5 – 13 October 2013

Maybe realistically I should aim for a fortnightly instead of weekly roundup?! Time passes by way too quickly and suddenly it’s another Sunday! WATCHED DRAMAS Dragon Gate Ep 9 to 11 – well, the ship I had some hopes for (Xiao San / Ai Xin) sunk quite spectacularly! More like it exploded. Suddenly it…

October 13, 2013
Bolin Chen’s next role could be… a schizophrenic assassin?

DISCLAIMER! It looks like this project is still at its infancy (or is it more like an embryo?) so yes – it’s really an excuse for me to post some Bolin pictures and think about the possibilities IF he does star in it! Not to mention Bolin said he has watched Lanling Wang and thinks…

October 9, 2013
[Review] Love SOS (TW-2013)

Love SOS (愛情急整室) ended quite a few weeks ago and given how I feel about it, I wasn’t very motivated to write this review. But at least I will have something to show for after spending so many hours watching it? When it was announced originally I actually had a little hope for it, and…

October 8, 2013

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