Year In Review: Korean Dramas in 2020

04 Monday Jan 2021

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A Piece of Your Mind, Because This Is My First Life, Because This Life Is Our First, Forest of Secrets, Forest of Secrets 2, Hospital Playlist, I’m Not a Robot, Itaewon Class, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Kairos, Secret Forest 2, Start-Up, Stranger, Stranger 2, The King: Eternal Monarch, This Life Is Our First, Touch Your Heart, Was It Love?

Happy New Year to my readers. I’m so thankful for this community which has motivated me to continue with The Drama Corner over all these years. This is my 8th Year In Review! Continue reading →

REVIEW: Kairos (2020)

02 Saturday Jan 2021

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Ahn Bo Hyun, Kairos, Kang Seung Yoon, Lee Se Young, MBC, Nam Gyu Ri, Shin Sung Rok, WINNER

Time is one theme that has always attracted cinema and TV auteurs. But as intriguing as time spin/ time travel sounds, it requires a skilled hand to make it a satisfying experience , devoid of confusions and half-baked treatment. Kairos is that rare TV series which handles its time twisting theme with perfection. Quite simply one of the best thrillers coming out of dramaland. Continue reading →

REVIEW: Hospital Playlist (2020)

30 Wednesday Dec 2020

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Ahn Eun Jin, Hospital Playlist, Jeon Mi Do, Jo Jung Suk, Jun Mi Do, Jung Kyung Ho, Jung Moon Sung, Kdrama, Kim Dae Myung', Kim Joon Han, Korean Actors, Korean Drama, Korean Films, Korean Movie, Shin Hyun Bin, Yoo Yeon Seok, Yoo Yun Suk

Hospital Playlist hits a home run with its brilliant concoction of the slice-of-life and medical genres, topped with oodles of warmth. It’s certainly one of my favorites this year. Maybe the most favourite. Continue reading →

Jo Seung Woo and Park Shin Hye headline JTBC fantasy drama Sisyphus: The Myth

24 Thursday Dec 2020

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Cho Seung Woo, Jo Seung Woo, JTBC, Kdrama, Korean Actors, Korean Drama, Korean Films, Korean Movie, Park Shin Hye, Sisyphus: The Myth

I love Jo Seung Woo and I love Park Shin Hye so count me in for being super excited for upcoming JTBC drama Sisyphus: The Myth that brings together the two stars. I’m so happy that after being mainly a movie and musical actor for many years, Jo Seung Woo is doing more dramas now. Park Shin Hye is also making a small screen comeback after 2 years since 2018’s Memories Of Alhambra. Continue reading →

Multi-starrer movie New Year Blues with Yoo Yeon Seok, Yoo In Na, Lee Yeon Hee, Kim Kang Woo and Sooyoung

22 Tuesday Dec 2020

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Chen Du Ling, Kdrama, Kim Kang Woo, Korean Actors, Korean Drama, Korean Films, Korean Movie, Lee Dong Hwi, Lee Yeon Hee, New Year Blues, Sooyoung, Yeom Hye Ran, Yoo In Na, Yoo Tae Oh, Yoo Yeon Seok

I love multi-starred movies and I also love romantic comedies, so it’s a natural deduction that I love rom-coms with many actors and multiple couples. Valentines Day, New Year’s Eve, He’s Just Not That Into You and Love Actually are some of the films I enjoy immensely. And now Korean movie New Year Blues is all set to join this category. The upcoming movie comes from the director of The Naked Kitchen and Will You Be There? who also directed similarly themed The Night Before the Wedding (Marriage Blue) back in 2013. Continue reading →