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Good ratings for the premiere week of tvN’s ‘Romance Is A Bonus Book’ with Lee Na Young and Lee Jong Suk

28 Monday Jan 2019

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Romance Is A Bonus Book premiered last week on tvN as the new weekend drama on the network following fantasy Memories Of The Alhambra. Like its predecessor, the show received good ratings for its premiere week. For me, there are many reasons for getting excited to watch it — Lee Na Young‘s comeback to dramaland after 9 long years, Lee Jong Suk‘s charm and last Continue reading →

MBC premieres soul switching comedy ‘Spring Turns to Spring’ this week

24 Thursday Jan 2019

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Soul switching is nothing new in dramaland themes and we have one more new show to join the list of Secret Garden, Please Come Back Ajhussi, and the recent one, Room No. 9 — Spring Turns to Spring premiered this Wednesday on MBC and it stars Lee Yoo Ri (Father Is Strange) and Uhm Ji Won (Falsify) in the lead roles of women whose souls are swapped. The former Continue reading →

REVIEW: Memories Of The Alhambra (2018)

21 Monday Jan 2019

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(This review contains spoilers)

I’m not sure how to start this review. How to preface a post when you have a divided opinion about it. Is the ending everything? Or being great for the most part obliterates the sour taste that the culmination leaves? I don’t think we can see a show half and half. If you start something, it is the drama’s writer’s duty to end it in a satisfactory manner. Still I’ll try my best to jot down the pros as well as cons. Maybe this review will have a coherent end. Continue reading →

Jae Hee headlines daily drama ‘Blessing Of The Sea’ with Lee So Yeon

14 Monday Jan 2019

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Jae Hee has been a beloved actor ever since I watched him in my first drama Delightful Girl Choon Hyang. He is working in daily dramas mostly from past few years and that is all fine but I don’t watch dailies and hence I’m not able to see his wonderful acting as much as I want to. He last did a cameos in thriller Voice 2 and also appeared in 2018 movies Memento Mori and New Old Story. Continue reading →

This week saw the premiere of family comedy ‘What’s Wrong, Poong Sang’ on KBS

11 Friday Jan 2019

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In the sea of romantic comedies, sageuks and thrillers, we have a family comedy that premiered this past Wednesday on KBS. I’m actually surprised to see it in the weekday slot as these kind of shows are usually aired on weekends. Of course, What’s Wrong, Poong Sang seems quite different from the stereotypical weekend dramas. The show is about five siblings where the Continue reading →