Category: Drama and Movie Reviews
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Friday Drama Review: “Jung-yi: Goddess of Fire”
A beautiful historical drama filled with the majesty and drama we have come to expect from this genre, Jung-yi was an epic tale worth the re-telling. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 8/10 Set in the Joseon Dynasty, Jung-yi is based on the story of a real historical figure: Baek Pah-sun, the first woman to become a…
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Friday Drama Review: “Good Doctor”
“A long time ago, my brother said, ‘No matter how scared you are, you have to accomplish what you want to. That the one who endures and gets past everything is the coolest person in the world.’ To me, people and the world are scary. I remember my brother’s words and I gain strength.” —…
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Friday Drama Review: “The Master’s Sun”
The Hong Sisters strike again with a quirky fantasy-style romantic comedy. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 The Master’s Sun was one of the new ‘Ghost Dramas’ of the season. Tae Gong-sil suffers an accident and is left with the unwanted ability to see ghosts. Alone, and suffering from insomnia (those pesky specters…
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Friday Drama Review: “Two Weeks”
Hold onto your hankies! Two Weeks is an action packed melodrama that tugs on all the major heartstrings: a (cute-as-a-button) dying child with just two weeks left to live unless a donor comes forward to save her; a father, who didn’t know he had a daughter, who has lived the wasted gangster life of…
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Friday Drama Review: “Sword and Flower” 칼과 꽃
Beautifully scripted and delightfully enacted, Sword and Flower was a moving melodrama placed in a historical setting. Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Also known as “Blade and Petal”, this drama recounts a story of two major political dynamos at odds with each other at the end of the Goguryo* period in Korean…
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Friday Drama Review: “Who Are You?” (후아유)
Crime, romance, fantasy and action combine to create an absorbing drama with appealing characters. So what if some of them are not quite alive?… Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 7/10 Detective Yang Shi-on awakens from a six-year coma to find her memory gone and the ability to see ghosts as an unusual replacement. Her coma…
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Exclusive Interview: Actor Kwon Hyun-sang and Director Jae Soh from “Let Me Out!”
Kwan Hyun Sang and Jae Soh sat down for an hour-long interview with Cheryl Dawley and Jini Shim of KKonnect. Here’s what they had to say about their upcoming movie,”Let Me Out” – coming to San Diego for one day one only – and more! Cheryl: Hyun-sang-씨, congratulations on your first leading role!…
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“Let Me Out” plays Sept. 25. Buy your tickets by the 18th!!!
The Korean Zombie comedy,”Let Me Out” plays for one showing only on Sept. 25. Theater: AMC Fashion Valley 18 Date: 9/25/2013 Time: 7:30pm Buy your tickets by the 18th! Tickets are available for purchase at the following website: tugg.com/events/5388
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Fall Drama Watch: What’s New To View This Season
If the reviews have been coming on a less regular basis, it is not for lack of viewing. We are currently in the midst of a whole slew of great new dramas for the fall season. And with nothing ending, it seemed appropriate to report on what is going on in the Korean drama world.…
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