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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 13, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 30, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 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
- Oct 26, 2021
- 4 min
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,...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 25, 2021
- 5 min
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....
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Drama Banter
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 24, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 19, 2021
- 4 min
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....
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Drama Banter
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Drama Banter
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
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....
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