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
When you are talking about OCN, I think it’s redundant to mention thriller as a genre. But recently the cable network, known for its gritty, edgy crime dramas, has experimented with broadcasting a romcom (My Secret Romance). One more in line, if not strictly, is new weekender Black. It is a romance drama albeit embellished with Continue reading
I hope it doesn’t sound like a broken record when I say I’m not a sageuk fan. But I do give them a try once in a while if they garner my attention for one reason or the other. Usually it’s the fusion sageuk aka historical drama with modern elements that makes me interested. I recently watched Moonlight Drawn By Clouds and looks like I’m going to add one more in my micro-list — Hwarang: The Beginning, the new drama for KBS. It is fully pre-produced and it’s giving a youthful, light vibe so far. Continue reading
The new season of dramas has begun and although Big Man and A New Leaf have made their entrance, SBS dramas Doctor Stranger and You’re All Surrounded are both premiering next week. I’m equally excited for both — they are as different in terms of tone and story and genre as night and day. The former is looking quite dramatic and embedded with lots of fantastical story arcs, characters and treatment, even if the plot includes Continue reading
Dramaland never rests and keeps on producing more and more and more dramas! As always, I’m looking forward to most of them with great enthusiasm, all due to several different reasons. It is pretty late to post the script reading pics of cop drama You’re All Surrounded as it is premiering soon (April 30) and currently busy filming but better late than never. The show is about policemen but not a thriller or an investigation based Continue reading
