Through the Darkness -- Episode 3 & 4: Through the Darkness to the Truth
Through darkness comes light, through fear comes love, and through pain comes triumph.” ― Lilly Atlas, Acer. All predators are evil, but...
Live: A More Humane Side of Policing -- Series Review
I've been meaning to write a review of this series for a while, but never got the chance until now. Like every Korean drama I randomly...
Through the Darkness -- Episode 1: Are Serial Killers Made or Born?
Where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy -- St. Francis of Assisi. Kim Nam Gil as a...
The Silent Sea -- Moral Simplicity: Series Review
When I read The Silent Sea's drama plot, I was intrigued. And then I found out the cast and immediately knew it was a drama worth...
The One and Only -- Episodes 3 & 4: Coping with Death in all its Forms
This drama is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I love how the drama beautifully balances the darkness in it with some fun moments,...
Uncle -- Episodes 3 - 6: Family is where Life Begins and Love Never Ends
I can't stop pondering what would cause some people to think pretending to live a perfect illusion of a life makes them superior to those...
The One and Only -- Episodes 1 & 2: When You Know Death is Coming for You
Everything about The One and Only is emotionally hard to watch, from the terminally ill to the violence and abuse, but most of all the...
Melancholia -- Episodes 11 - 16 (Finale) : Greed, & the Mathematics of Love
It's crazy that even four years later, everybody was still threatened and jealous of a potential relationship between Yoon Soo and Baek...
Uncle -- Episodes 1 & 2: When the Uncle meets the Nephew
When I first heard the British sitcom Uncle was to get a South Korean (S.K.) remake with the same title, I was beyond excited, especially...
Chimera -- Episodes 11--14: Chimera: the past and the present
I like Jae Hwan as a character a lot, and it's why I sometimes find myself frustrated by the choices the writer makes for him. For a...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 19 & 20 (Finale) No Evil Deed Goes Unpunished
I decided to watch this drama firstly because it's a sageuk, and secondly because of Rowoon and Park Eun Bin, and the story at its...
Happiness -- Episodes 9-12 (Finale): There is Human in Humanity
How can one resident building hold so many devious people, from the creepy lawyer to the psychotic killer, and the con artist resident...
Melancholia -- Episodes 9 & 10: Pitless Ambition
I loved teenage Seung Yoo, but adore the adult version of him even more. The way he came flying out of the restaurant to come between...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 17 & 18: Holding on To Grudges
For the first time, I agree with everything Commander Jung did and said this episode. Yes, he may have done it all to protect his family...
Melancholia -- Episodes 7 & 8: Righting the Wrongs of the Past
Neither Noh Jung Ah nor Ye Rin nor her parents can escape Seung Yoo's shadow, even now four years later. It's clearly all over Ye Rin's...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 15 & 16 : A Time for Reflection
What I've always admired about Ji-un is his courage, same as our Lady King. She rocks. Ji-un's first open and calm conversation with his...
Chimera -- 9 & 10: Chimera of the Past Revealed
History seems to want to repeat itself. The same people who framed Lee Joong Yeop's father as the Chimera of the past are now seeking to...
Happiness -- Episodes 5-8: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions.
I can't say who is worse in Yi Hyun and Sae Bom's apartment building. It's truly a toss up between psycho wife killer Joo Hyung, the...
One Ordinary Day -- Episode 1 & 2: Life Changes In a Blink of an Eye
Cha Seung Won is such a prolific actor who can play any genre thrown at him, and it's what compels me to watch him in any role he takes...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 13 & 14: The Greed of Men
What makes The King's Affection stand out is it's more than just a love story of a wronged princess turned prince and ultimately King....
The Bride for Rip Van Winkle (J-Movie Review)
A friend recommended this movie based on my fascination with the Korean drama Human Disqualification (Lost). They figured I would...
Melancholia -- Episodes 5 & 6 : Tolerance is a Double Edged Sword that Leads to Cruelty
I enjoy how Melancholia's story flows, and that's a credit to the writer, but also the director and actors. Brilliant storytelling, Im...
Chimera -- Episodes 7 & 8: Ghosts of the Past
Everything from the past seemed to slowly converge this week. Some identities were revealed, past connections were made, but mainly the...
Hellbound -- Depicts Cult-like Mentality and Behaviors Prevelant in Everyday Life (Series Review)
Hellbound's opening scene is awesome, it is everything a last call to judgment doomsday prophesy should be if one existed. Everything...
Melancholia -- Episodes 3 & 4: Lack of Common Decency
Watching this drama, one would presume the parents sent these kids to this school for their own gain. It's distressing watching how...
Happiness -- Epsiodes 1 - 4: When the Past Keeps Repeating Itself
I knew I would like Happiness, even before I watched the trailer, it could be because of the subject matter it handles, or simply my love...
Jirisan -- Episodes 7 & 8: Things They Gained in the Fire
I wondered what it must be like for Hyun Jo to wake and find his soul locked in his head locked to see everything going on around him, to...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 11 & 12: There is a Price to Pay for Every Choice
I don't think I felt this much admiration for a princess, well prince's character in a historical drama, as I do for our princess, and...
Chimera -- Episode 5 & 6: The TH-5 Project and Those Behind It
I've been trying to understand how Eugene connects to Chimera, and both Jae Hwan and Joong Yeop, especially now that flashbacks confirm...
Melancholia -- Episode 1 & 2: The Nature of Pretentiousness
Impressive opening episode for Melancolia. I am so excited to have Im Soo Jung, Lee Do Hyun and Choi Dae Hoon in one drama. But as...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 9 & 10: Entangled Affections
Things are slowly but surely coming to a head with the prince and Ji-un, but not only that, the prince and the need to decide on a royal...
Jirisan -- Episodes 5 & 6: What the Mountain Hides
Jirisan continues to surprise me with the direction it chooses to take as the story and mysteries within Mt. Jirisan slowly but surely...
Chimera -- Episodes 3 & 4: Not Who But Why
Chimera raises some compelling issues relevant to our world today. Everything from the workings of the criminal justice system: who...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 7 & 8: Ready to Fight: Protecting The Ones You Love
As usual, this drama delivers. I love that the crown princess is realizing her power, but not solely that exercising it too. The way she...
Chimera -- Episode 2: Who or What is Chimera?
Although there have been many dramas about serial murders, Chimera is unique in that the criminal uses home-made explosives with oxygen...
Jirisan -- Episodes 3 & 4: Secrets of the Mountain
Jirisan is not what I expected, but I am loving it. There is so much history on this mountain, and not all of it is good. The opening...
Chimera -- Episode 1: When the Past Catches up to the Present
Chimera's trailer definitely left an impression with me in the story of a past case returning to haunt the present. And despite the story...
Crime Puzzle -- Episodes 1 & 2 (First Week Review): Nothing is What it Seems
Crime puzzle, a psychological thriller that tells the story of a criminal psychologist, Han Seung Min (Yoon Kye Sang), who is sent to...
Toshi no Sakon -- Age Gap Marriage (J-Drama Review)
Toshi no Sakon, which literally translates to age gap marriage, struck me with its cinematography. It's beautifully shot, and I liked how...
The King's Affection -- Episodes 5 & 6: Perfectly Imperfect
There is so much to like about the story of The King's Affection and its characters. I enjoy Ji-un as a character, honest,...
Lovers of the Red Sky -- Episode 15 & 16 (Finale): Ending the Cycle of the Demon
They say better late than never, and I admire the King for admitting his complicity in what happened during the dragon rainmaking ritual....
Jirisan -- Episodes 1 & 2: Mt. Jirisan
There is so much to like about Jirisan as a story, everything from what the mountain actually means to the many who visit it, but more to...
Lost -- Episodes 15 & 16 (Finale): An Ending is a New Beginning
There is so much to say about this drama. I couldn't hold back my anxiety, as this episode opened not only for the heartache that was...
High Class -- Episodes 11, 12, & 13: You can Run, but You can't Hide Forever
High Class, a more suitable title would've been a third-level class, but regardless of that, it's one of the few dramas that I will say...
King's Affection -- Episodes 3 & 4: Convictions
King's Affection is not only compelling, but well done. It's only the third and fourth episodes, but it has far exceeded my expectation....
Lovers of the Red Sky -- Episodes 13 & 14: The Abusridity of it all: Aiming to Trick the Devil
Despite feeling like Lovers of the Red Sky is losing some ground, Ha Ram still continues to impress with everything he does -- grabbing...
Lost -- Episodes 13 & 14: Human Disqualification
Lost makes me feel like I find myself a little at a time with each episode. I'm not sure if that was the intention with the storytelling....
Black Sun -- Episodes 9 & 10: Memories Revealed
Everyone in this drama is flawed in varying degrees, some more than others. This is not to say their actions are excusable, as they say...
Reflection of You -- Episodes 1 & 2: The Past Informs the Present (First Week Review Only)
When I first read this drama is about a woman who leaves the conditioned life style of a wife and mother for a brief period and becomes...
