Persona: Sulli -- Netflix Documentary
Persona: Sulli is a compelling Netflix documentary about Sulli (Choi Jin Ri), who began her career as a child actor in 2005, before...
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Drama Banter
Feb 265 min read
Daily Dose of Sunshine -- Netflix Drama
Wow, just wow, I am overwhelmed by this drama. What a gem! The story, the acting, the cinematography, the imagery, the colors, the...
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Drama Banter
Feb 258 min read
Tell Me That You Love Me -- Drama Review
Five minutes in to Tell Me That You Love Me, a Korean series based on the 1995 Japanese TV series Aishiteiru to Itte Kure, starring Jung...
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Drama Banter
May 26, 20233 min read
Dr. Romantic Season 2: Series Review
Becoming a doctor is a privilege, not just for the rich and powerful but for all those who desperately need it. Why and how one decides...
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Drama Banter
Apr 14, 20234 min read
Taxi Driver 2: The Important Message in the Second Leg of Revenge Taxi
This second journey of Taxi Driver and our beloved team of Avengers is reprised by the ever so enigmatic Lee Je Hoon as Kim Do Gi, Kim...
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Seni Seni
Apr 9, 20234 min read
Divorce Attorney Shin -- Drama Review
I love Cho Seung Woo as the corky Hwang Shi Mok in the Stranger series. It is the best he has ever done as an actor. Still, I would be...
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Seni Seni
Apr 5, 20235 min read
Call It Love -- Drama Review
I was unprepared for how much I liked this drama, especially since I've been in a somewhat prolonged slump in K-drama, so this was a...
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Drama Banter
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Island Part 2: Episodes 7 & 8: The Past Shapes the Future
It's terrific to have Kim Nam Gil (Van) on my screen again. I hadn't realized how much I missed him until I saw him. It is also good to...
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Drama Banter
Feb 19, 20234 min read
Love to Hate Him -- Series Review: unexpectedly delightfully .
I am a huge Kim Ok Bin fan. The first time I saw her was in The Villainess, and she was brilliant -- a true villainess. And I have since...
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Drama Banter
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Voice 4: Judgment Hour -- Series Review
To think that this season is based on a true event is mind-boggling; that a Dong Bang Min existed in this lifetime is horrific. To...
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Drama Banter
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Sweet Home Season 1 -- Series Review
My favorite characters in this series were Jung Jae Heon (Kim Nam Hee) with his samurai sword, Han Du Sik (Kim Sang-Ho) with his...
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Drama Banter
Jan 16, 20234 min read
The Glory Part One -- revenge is best served cold, indeed: Series Review
The Glory; what a drama; I was not planning on watching this series, as I am not much of a Song Hye Kyo fan. But a trusted friend told me...
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Drama Banter
Jan 6, 20233 min read
Island - Episodes 3 & 4: The Priest, the Savior and the Anti-Hero
Fighting evil with evil in the multiverse of madness is an intriguing concept that works beautifully for Island. Many say there are no...
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Drama Banter
Jan 3, 20233 min read
Island – Episodes 1 & 2: Lustful Demons
Okay, I am a complete sucker for anything Sci-fi and/or fantasy, and those two genres combined in a series featuring Kim Nam Gil in any...
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Drama Banter
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Big Bet - Episode 1 and 2: From Rags to Riches
Watching this series was a no-brainer as nothing keeps my attention like a thrilling action crime series. The series tells the story of...
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Drama Banter
Dec 25, 20223 min read
The Man from Nowhere -- a 2010 Korean Movie Review
The Man From Nowhere stars Won Bin as Cha Tae-Sik in a movie written and directed by Lee Jeong-Beom. The film follows the story of a...
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Drama Banter
Oct 29, 20224 min read
Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba -- Series Review
To give an introduction to this, astutely eye-opening six episode drama, Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba is adapted from the 2009 Japanese...
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Drama Banter
Oct 27, 20223 min read
May It Please the Court -- Episodes 1 and 2 Review Only: Is Justice Really Blind
I am a huge crime/law/courtroom drama buff, and May It Please the Court does not disappoint in its opening. I decided to watch this drama...
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Drama Banter
Jun 13, 20224 min read
My Liberation Notes -- Episodes 10-16 (final): Life is What We Make It to Be
This drama takes me places I only imagined, and I love it for doing that. Let me just start by saying I love that Gu is a big boss. That...
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Drama Banter
Jun 13, 20223 min read
My Liberation Notes -- Episode 6, 7, 8, 9: Relationships are Hard
Week to week, I live vicariously through this drama. It says and does the things I want to say and do, and I love it. It's fascinating...
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Drama Banter
Apr 17, 20223 min read
Our Blues -- Episodes 3 & 4: Never Judge a Book by It's Cover
I love that Our Blues gives us snippets of our main characters, followed by plenty of individual time and space to get to know them, not...
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Drama Banter
Apr 17, 20223 min read
My Liberation Notes -- Episodes 3 & 4: Free Your Mind, and The Rest Will Follow
Change is hard. We hear that often, so much so that we start to believe it, yet we know that without it, nothing ever gets better....
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Drama Banter
Apr 16, 20223 min read
Tomorrow -- Episodes 5 & 6: The deeper the love, the deeper the pain
Tomorrow gets better, by the week, the fantastical forces, and editing, directing are superbly done. The Lee Soo Hyuk and Yun Ji On fight...
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Drama Banter
Apr 11, 20223 min read
Our Blues -- Episodes 1 & 2: Soul Searching: Finding Oneself
I knew of Our Blues over a year before its release, and was excited by its star-studded line up. How often can one boast they watched a...
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