First script reading for tvN’s ‘This Life Is Our First’ with Lee Min Ki and Jung So Min

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2017 seems like a year with copious quantity of fantasy and thrillers in terms of drama genres, but if you think about it, the year has also had a fair share of quintessential romantic comedies — Fight My Way, Strongest Deliveryman, Introverted Boss, The Liar And His Lover, My Secret Romance — and there are many in the works to be Continue reading

MBC kicks off September with weekend drama ‘Man Who Sets the Table’ arriving this week

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It’s a fact that weekend dramas basically are a cavalcade of same characters, same situations, same relationships, same scale and same patterns. But there is a kind of comfort in the familiar and also they tend to be more warm and cheery in some cases rather than imposing annoying and makjang items on the viewers. MBC is bringing a new drama for Saturdays and Sundays this week, titled Man Who Sets the Table. The prime reason for me getting excited about it is Sooyoung, who I greatly adore Continue reading

REVIEW: Goblin / Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016)

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Goblin premiered in the tail end of 2016. It grabbed the headlines the moment it was announced, having plenty of reasons: star writer Kim Eun Suk (penning her second drama on the heels of smash hit Descendants Of The Sun in the very same year), top leads Gong Yoo (returning to small screen after a long time since 2012’s Big) and Kim Go Eun (mostly a movie actress and winning hearts with drama debut in Cheese In The Trap) and a fantasy filled premise. And as expected, Goblin went on to become a smash hit, hitting the right notes for the most part as it is certainly not without flaws.

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Buoyant, easy-going posters and character stills for medical drama ‘Hospital Ship’

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Medical dramas are something that elicit a yawn from me. They all look as if cut from the same cloth and very episodic, not to mention peppered with hospital politics (a must!) that is as annoying as hearing the sound of nails scratching a blackboard. Hence, it’s a good thing that Hospital Ship, the upcoming MBC medical drama, is at least adding something new to the stale genre. The drama tells about a group of Continue reading