Sci-fi thriller The Silent Sea with Gong Yoo and Bae Doo Na premieres today on Netflix

24 Friday Dec 2021

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Bae Doo Na, Gong Yoo, Heo Sung Tae, Kdrama, Kim Sun Young, Korean Actors, Korean Drama, Korean Films, Korean Movie, Korean Series, Korean TV series, Korean TV shows, Lee Joon, Netflix, The Silent Sea

The top notch cast alone is enough to make me excited for new Netflix Korean drama The Silent Sea. But the plot sounds intriguing too. It’s a sci-fi thriller that takes place in the year 2075. Set in future, it tells about the time when earth has suffered severe climate change, leading to desertification. A team of elite scientists are then sent to an abandoned research station on the moon called The Silent Sea, in order to recover a Continue reading →

REVIEW: Forest Of Secrets 2 / Stranger 2 / Secret Forest 2 (2020)

10 Saturday Oct 2020

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Bae Doo Na, Cho Seung Woo, Choi Moo Sung, Forest of Secrets 2, Jeon Hye Jin, Jo Seung Woo, Kdrama, Korean Actors, Korean Drama, Korean Movie, Lee Joon Hyuk, Netflix, Secret Forest 2, Stranger 2, tvN, Yoon Se Ah

More often than not, the sequels or prequels or season extensions tend to disappoint, or fail to meet the expectations of an acclaimed and beloved movie or TV show. Forest Of Secrets (aka Stranger for Netflix viewers) aired in 2017 and it was a tall order to match its stupendousness. But the second season proves to be an exception by taking the praiseworthy elements of its predecessor and being a worthy story in its own right. Continue reading →

First Impressions: Stranger 2 / Forest Of Secrets 2

03 Thursday Sep 2020

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Bae Doo Na, Cho Seung Woo, Choi Moo Sung, Forest of Secrets, Forest of Secrets 2, Jeon Hye Jin, Jo Seung Woo, Jun Hye Jin, Lee Joon Hyuk, Netflix, Secret Forest 2, Stranger, Stranger 2, tvN, Yoon Se Ah

The second season of Forest Of Secrets (or Stranger for Netflix viewers), eagerly anticipated by the fans of the original installment, finally premiered after 3 years on tvN as well as Netflix and has so far aired 6 episodes. Though this post is based on the first 4 episodes as I have yet to catch up on the latest ones. Continue reading →

New Korean Dramas: August 2020

13 Thursday Aug 2020

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Alice, Bae Doo Na, But I Hate Being Lonely, Choi Jin Hyuk, Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol, Do You Like Brahms?, Forest of Secrets 2, Go Ah Ra, Go Ara, Ha Suk Jin, Hani, Im Soo Hyang, Ji Hyun Woo, Ji Soo, Jo Seung Woo, Joo Won, JTBC, KBS, Kim Bo Ra, Kim Hee Sun, Kim Joo Hun, Kim So Eun, Lee David, Lee Dong Hwi, Lee Jae Wook, Lee Joon Hyuk, Lee Si Young, Lee Yoo Young, Lonely Enough to Love, Love Is Annoying, MBC, Missing: The Other Side, Moon So ri, OCN, Park Gun Il, Park Joo Hyun, SBS, Secret Forest 2, Stranger 2, tvN, UEE, When I Was The Most Beautiful, Zombie Detective

August brings another bundle of Korean dramas and it is a huge bundle! Good thing is a lot of genres have been covered — romance, comedy, drama, music, sci-fi, thriller, horror. You name it, August dramas have got it. Confused to keep track of all these new premieres? Well, here is the list with enough details to make up your mind on what to keep and what to skip! Continue reading →

REVIEW: Forest Of Secrets / Stranger / Secret Forest (2017)

12 Friday Jun 2020

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Bae Doo Na, Cho Seung Woo, Forest of Secrets, Jo Seung Woo, Lee Joon Hyuk, Netflix, Stranger, Yoon Se Ah

It’s been 3 years since critically acclaimed as well as popular thriller Forest Of Secrets (also known as Stranger) aired but I only got a chance to catch up with it recently and wow, mind officially blown by its brilliance. Story, characters, subject, acting — everything is top notch. It’s a good thing I just finished this series as I wonder how I would have waited for three years for the second season, arriving this August.

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