Island Part 2: Episodes 7 & 8: The Past Shapes the Future
It's terrific to have Kim Nam Gil (Van) on my screen again. I hadn't realized how much I missed him until I saw him. It is also good to...
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Drama Banter
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Love to Hate Him -- Series Review: unexpectedly delightfully .
I am a huge Kim Ok Bin fan. The first time I saw her was in The Villainess, and she was brilliant -- a true villainess. And I have since...
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Drama Banter
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Voice 4: Judgment Hour -- Series Review
To think that this season is based on a true event is mind-boggling; that a Dong Bang Min existed in this lifetime is horrific. To...
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Drama Banter
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Sweet Home Season 1 -- Series Review
My favorite characters in this series were Jung Jae Heon (Kim Nam Hee) with his samurai sword, Han Du Sik (Kim Sang-Ho) with his...
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Drama Banter
- Jan 16
- 4 min
The Glory -- revenge is best served cold, indeed: Series Review
The Glory; what a drama; I was not planning on watching this series, as I am not much of a Song Hye Kyo fan. But a trusted friend told me...
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Drama Banter
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Island - Episodes 3 & 4: The Priest, the Savior and the Anti-Hero
Fighting evil with evil in the multiverse of madness is an intriguing concept that works beautifully for Island. Many say there are no...
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Drama Banter
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Island – Episodes 1 & 2: Lustful Demons
Okay, I am a complete sucker for anything Sci-fi and/or fantasy, and those two genres combined in a series featuring Kim Nam Gil in any...
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Drama Banter
- Dec 28, 2022
- 2 min
Big Bet - Episode 1 and 2: From Rags to Riches
Watching this series was a no-brainer as nothing keeps my attention like a thrilling action crime series. The series tells the story of...
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Drama Banter
- Dec 25, 2022
- 3 min
The Man from Nowhere -- a 2010 Korean Movie Review
The Man From Nowhere stars Won Bin as Cha Tae-Sik in a movie written and directed by Lee Jeong-Beom. The film follows the story of a...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 29, 2022
- 4 min
Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba -- Series Review
To give an introduction to this, astutely eye-opening six episode drama, Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba is adapted from the 2009 Japanese...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 27, 2022
- 3 min
May It Please the Court -- Episodes 1 and 2 Review Only: Is Justice Really Blind
I am a huge crime/law/courtroom drama buff, and May It Please the Court does not disappoint in its opening. I decided to watch this drama...
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Drama Banter
- Jun 13, 2022
- 4 min
My Liberation Notes -- Episodes 10-16 (final): Life is What We Make It to Be
This drama takes me places I only imagined, and I love it for doing that. Let me just start by saying I love that Gu is a big boss. That...
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Drama Banter
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
My Liberation Notes -- Episode 6, 7, 8, 9: Relationships are Hard
Week to week, I live vicariously through this drama. It says and does the things I want to say and do, and I love it. It's fascinating...
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Drama Banter
- Apr 17, 2022
- 3 min
Our Blues -- Episodes 3 & 4: Never Judge a Book by It's Cover
I love that Our Blues gives us snippets of our main characters, followed by plenty of individual time and space to get to know them, not...
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Drama Banter
- Apr 17, 2022
- 3 min
My Liberation Notes -- Episodes 3 & 4: Free Your Mind, and The Rest Will Follow
Change is hard. We hear that often, so much so that we start to believe it, yet we know that without it, nothing ever gets better....
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Drama Banter
- Apr 16, 2022
- 3 min
Tomorrow -- Episodes 5 & 6: The deeper the love, the deeper the pain
Tomorrow gets better, by the week, the fantastical forces, and editing, directing are superbly done. The Lee Soo Hyuk and Yun Ji On fight...
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Drama Banter
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
Our Blues -- Episodes 1 & 2: Soul Searching: Finding Oneself
I knew of Our Blues over a year before its release, and was excited by its star-studded line up. How often can one boast they watched a...
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Drama Banter
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
My Liberation Notes -- Episodes 1 & 2: Dead-end Life
There is so much to say about My Liberation Notes, starring Lee El (Yeom Ki Jung), Lee Min Ki (Yeom Chang Hee), and Kim Ji Won (Yeom Mi...
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Drama Banter
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
Tomorrow -- Episodes 3 & 4: Saving Souls
I read somewhere that the business of saving souls has no ethics, and I found myself agreeing with that statement as I watched Goo Ryun...
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Drama Banter
- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
Tomorrow -- Episodes 1 & 2: Suicide Is Not a Choice but a Desperate Cry For Help
Tomorrow, the drama is finally here, and it has everything I like. From the beautifully talented Kim Hee Sun to the pleasing Rowoon, to...
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Drama Banter
- Mar 26, 2022
- 3 min
Pachinko: A Limited Series -- Episodes 1 - 4: A Generational Saga
I'm finally out of my drama slump. Pachinko is here, and it doesn't disappoint one bit. The different synopsizes I read don't do it much...
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Drama Banter
- Mar 14, 2022
- 4 min
Through the Darkness -- Episodes 7-12 (Finale): Through the Darkness Comes Light
I loved that this drama focused on the profiling techniques to identify and help capture vicious criminals, and the heavy weight and...
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Seni Seni
- Feb 26, 2022
- 3 min
Juvenile Justice (Drama Review) -- The Effects of Juvenile Delinquency and the Role Society
Per the synopsis of this drama Juvenile Justice follows the story of Shim Eun-Seok (Kim Hye Soo), an elite judge with a cold and distant...
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Drama Banter
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
Thirty-Nine -- Episode 1 & 2: Long-time Friends are Family that We Choose -- First Week Review
Within the first five minutes of Thirty-Nine, I was already hooked, not just because it features Son Ye Jin, Jeon Mi Do (how I've missed...
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