Tag: k drama
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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: “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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[Get Drama] Friday Drama Review – “What’s Up”
And on to the genre of Musical Dramas. An absolute sleeper of a drama, “What’s Up” definitely has some great vocals, given that Kang Daesung, main vocalist for Big Bang has a starring role. Due to an unusual number of setback and struggles, the drama was finally aired months after the final episode was…
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Friday Drama Review – “Vampire Prosecutor”
Suffering serious culture shock, the Soju DramaQueen segued from Classic Historical Drama last week to edgy Crime Sci-Fi Fantasy this week. How exactly does one adequately transition from Dae Jang Geum to Vampire Prosecutor? It’s a valid question. The two dramas could not possibly be more different. Honestly, I was really expecting to not like…
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Friday Drama Review – “That Winter, the Wind Blows”
Classic Melodrama – Prepare to Cry. High-tension melodrama may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but add a few gangsters, throw in a spunky, in-your-face wanna-be girlfriend, exploit great cinematography and put it together with fabulous music and you might even entice the most hard-core melo-haters. Superb performances by Song Hye Kyo and Jo…
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Friday Drama Review: “World Within”
Uaka “The World They Live In” – Hidden Jewel Among Dramas [Soju Drama Queen] Review of “The World that They Live in 그들이사는세상” Falling under the heading of “How in the heck did I miss this one?”, ‘World Within’, also known as ‘The World That They Live In’, is a hidden gem, to be sure.…
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“Countdown to Lee Min Ho” Drama Review: “Faith – The Great Doctor”
Excitement builds. The countdown is concluding. Sunday, March 10th, I will meet Lee Min Ho, up close and in person. The car is gassed up. My wardrobe is selected. Cameras and phone are charged. Extra memory cards ready to go. Voice recorder in my purse. The final installment of the ‘Countdown’ will now commence. Following…
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Friday Drama Review – “Hong Gil Dong”: Nearly Caused My Demise
셰릴씨의 ‘드라마가좋다’ – ‘홍길동’ 그녀가 최고로 꼽는 사극 중 하나인 ‘홍길동’의 평을 들어보자 Quite some time ago now, I had decided it was time to conquer a new genre of Korean drama and, never having seen a historical drama, I set about reading synopses. Hong Gil Dong looked to fit the bill — a Korean Robin…
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