Category: Special Features
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The Waeguk-Saram’s Guide to Korean Products
The Asian Market Chronicles Presents: A Waeguk-Saram’s Guide to Korean Products at your local Korean Market —————————————————————————————————————————————- Minute Curry You want great food quick? Impossible, there is no such thing as this you indolent person (that means lazy for those too lazy to pick up a dictionary). But Minute Curry is a decent option…
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Friday Drama Review: “Shark”
Hae-woo: What do you like most in the world? Yi-soo: Sharks. Sharks don’t have swim bladders. Hae-woo: Then how do they live? Yi-soo: To live, they must swim endlessly since if they stop swimming, they die. Even when they sleep, they must keep moving. Hae-woo: They lead very tiresome lives. Yi-soo: Still, sharks are the…
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Sunday Drama Review – I Hear Your Voice
(너의 목소리가 들려) I Hear Your Voice The mouth can lie, but the mind can’t. Summary: Park Soo-ha is a high school boy who has the unusual ability to read people’s thoughts by looking into their eyes. He develops this ability after getting into a car accident with his father at ten years old, the same accident…
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Millie’s Top Ten July K-Pop Music Videos
Millie’s Top Ten July K-pop Music Videos July gave an overload of Summer K-pop Music that made it hard to keep up. But among the pack of flashy videos, there were a lot of unique videos that caught my eye at first glance. With rookie, and veteran girl groups dominating my music charts. 10. Kim Hyun…
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Movie Review: “National Security” a.k.a. “Namyeong-dong 1985”
Even Director Chung admits he may have gone a bit too far. When asked if he would do anything different if he had it to do over, he responded “No,” but admits the film might be a little over the top. Director Chung Ji-young was in Irvine on Sunday, August 11for the Silent…
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Anime Expo Con Recap (Continued): Catching up with the AX KPOP Dance Finalists
Anime Expo Con Recap: Catching up with the AX KPOP Dance Finalists by Eli Shand Last year I had the chance of reporting on the 2012 Anime Expo convention held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and let me say that this installment will be full of Hallyu goodness! For the first time, Anime Expo has…
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Friday Drama Review: “Monstar”
A little music… A little drama… A lotta fun! Storyline/Synopsis: My Rating 6/10 Min Se-yi is a transfer student from New Zealand, of all places. There she herded sheep and recuperated from the trauma of losing her father. Back in Korea once again, she cheerfully attends school and quickly makes a name for…
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Friday Drama Review: “I Hear Your Voice”
(Even the one in your head!) I had to remind myself a number of times that this was, in fact, a fantasy drama (as a genre, I mean!) I think that as an audience we are so used to ‘reading the character’s mind’ that Soo-ha’s ability did not always appear very…
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Sunday Drama Review – Coffee Prince
(커피프린스 1호점) The First Shop of Coffee Prince One sip is all it will take to become addicted to this drama Summary: The First Shop of Coffee Prince (or better known shortly as “Coffee Prince”) tells the story of Go Eun-chan, a 24-year-old tomboy who is the “head” of her household and has many odd…
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“Secretly and Greatly” Returns to AMC Fashion Valley
Didn’t get the chance to see “Secretly and Greatly” at last weekend’s premiere, or did you enjoy it so much you wish you could see it again? No worries! This film will once again be showing from Friday, July 26th through Tuesday, July 30th. The following are the daily show times:
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