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...
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Drama Banter
Oct 28, 20213 min
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...
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Drama Banter
Aug 23, 20214 min
Kairos is Masterful (Drama Review)
It's was so good to have Shin Sung Rok as Kim Seo Jin back on screen. I remember falling hard for him as Gi Tae Ung in Vagabond. It was...
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Drama Banter
Aug 23, 20215 min
Extracurricular: A Non-traditional High School K-Drama (Drama Review)
I never intended to watch Extracurricular, let alone review it. I did so at the behest of a friend, and I am glad I did. I enjoyed it for...
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Drama Banter
Aug 17, 20214 min
Bad Guys: Vile City -- Law, Order, Justice -- A Double Edged Concept (Drama Review)
Bad Guys: Vile City, written by Han Jung Hoon and directed by Han Dong Hwa, is a spin-off of the 2014 award-winning police procedural...
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Drama Banter
Aug 15, 20216 min
Kingdom 2: Excellence in Action (Drama Review)
Kingdom’s first season is set in the Joseon period and focuses on a kingdom defeated by corruption and famine. While a rumor of the...
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Drama Banter
Aug 4, 20214 min
Circle -- Two Worlds Connected (Drama Review)
I loved the opening sequence of Circle. Its concept of a two-world, past and present that connect through aliens in the form of humans...
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Drama Banter
Aug 1, 20213 min
Cross: God's Gift - The Crossroads between Sworn Oat and Revenge (Drama Review)
Cross has been on my watch list since I officially started watching South Korean dramas in 2018. When I started the drama as is typical,...
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Drama Banter
Jul 26, 20213 min
The Good Detective -- Episodes 4, 5, & 6: Each Betrayal Begins with Trust
Trust is earned; I don’t blame Lee’s daughter for not trusting the police; I cannot even imagine the life she’s had to live. However, I...
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Drama Banter
Jul 24, 20213 min
The Good Detective -- Episodes 1, 2, & 3: Lies and Hidden Truths
They say strengths lie in differences, not similarities, and that is precisely what Kang Do-Chang (Son Hyun Joo) a detective with 15 plus...
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Drama Banter
Jul 21, 20213 min
Itaewon Class - Episodes 15 & 16: The value of life
Oh My God, what a powerful and yet emotional ending to this wonderfully penned, directed, and acted drama. They definitely left the best...
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Drama Banter
Jul 21, 20213 min
Itaewon Class: Episode 11, 12, 13 & 14: Choices and Consequences
We are our choices, and Geun-soo's decision to work for Jangaa, despite not surprising, may one day come to haunt him. I had hoped he...
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Drama Banter
Jul 20, 20213 min
Itaewon Class -- Episodes 9 & 10: Lost the Battle but not the War
They say, the fear of being laughed at makes cowards of even the strongest of the strong. Jang Dae Hee as a president of such a huge and...
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Drama Banter
Jul 20, 20212 min
Itaewon Class -- Episodes 7 & 8: Survival of the Fittest or Is it the Smartest
Min Jung and Sae Royi teaming up was most definitely a good move. To defeat a more formidable enemy, Sae Royi has chosen to be extremely...
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Drama Banter
Jul 19, 20213 min
The World of the Married -- Episodes 15 & 16: Every Victim Was a Culprit, Every Culprit a Victim
The World of the Married does not disappoint at its ending week; it opened with a bang and ends with a bang -- with history repeating...
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Drama Banter
Jul 19, 20213 min
Itaewon Class -- Episodes 5 & 6: Sae Royi
When we first met Jang Geun Soo (Kim Dong Hee), I could immediately tell he had feelings for Yi-Seo, but I didn't expect him to be Jang...
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Drama Banter
Jul 19, 20212 min
Itaewon Class -- Episodes 3 & 4: The Truth Is In the Details
Another fantastic week with Itaewon Class, nothing about how this drama flows or the stories it tells fails. The character I was most...
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Drama Banter
Jul 19, 20213 min
Itaewon Class -- Episode 1 & 2: Sheer Will and Determination
I always go into a new drama with the least expectation because the less one expects much, the less disappointed one will be when it's a...
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Drama Banter
Jul 18, 20214 min
Hospital Playlist -- Episodes 10, 11, and 12 (final): Playlist for Life
Hospital Playlist, in its storytelling, is like a playlist for life, food for the soul. This was the episode of confessions. The writer...
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Drama Banter
Jul 18, 20214 min
Hospital Playlist -- Episodes 8 & 9: Friendships and Happiness Amidst the Everyday Chaos
Some episodes are filled with fun, while others weigh you down just as in life. Jung Won's rejection of Gyeo Wool asking him out to...
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Drama Banter
Jul 18, 20212 min
Hospital Playlist -- Episodes 6 & 7: The More You Know the More You Love
I am sure I am starting to sound like a broken record, but I will say it nonetheless, I love Jung Won’s mom and Ju Jong Su's...
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Drama Banter
Jul 18, 20213 min
Hospital Playlist -- Episodes 4 & 5: There is Beauty in Everything, Even in Silence and Darkness.
The more I watch Hospital Playlist, the obsessed I get. It's the gift the keeps giving, and with each new character comes great fun, and...
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Drama Banter
Jul 18, 20213 min
Hospital Playlist -- Episodes 1, 2 & 3: True Friendships
As is typical, one is always skeptical when they start on a new journey with a drama they aren't very sure of, especially when titled...
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Seni Seni
Jul 15, 20214 min
Stranger 2 -- Episodes 3 & 4: Sketchy Political Maneuvers
As much as I loved seeing Chief Prosecutor Kang Won Cheol (Park Sung Geun) reprise his role from last season, I was quite disappointed by...
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