I started this drama full of anticipation because both leads are some of my favorite stars. To think that the genre is also my cup of tea, I couldn’t be more excited. From the melancholic vibe, questionable morals, and annoying characters, Call It Love has left an indelible impression on me. Join me as I…
I finally got to watch The Glory Part 2! The highly anticipated series continues the captivating story of Moon Dong-eun (played by Song Hye-kyo) and her quest for revenge against the high school bullies, led by Park Yeon-jin (Im Ji-yeon). Drawing inspiration from the strategic game of Go, Dong-eun cleverly weakens her oppressors over time,…
Taxi Driver could have gone without a second season. The first season finale felt complete and had gone full circle with members of the Rainbow Taxi squad avenging all of their clients who suffered at the hands of evil criminals. But I couldn’t blame the producers if they decide to have a second season for…
At a time when drama slump had become my personality, this drama approached me and reminded me why I used to love them in the first place. Is it because of Lee Jae-wook? A big FAT YES. Or maybe also Go Youn-jung? Oh well, as a Law School defender, yes! Or is it Hong Sisters…
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If You Wish Upon Me has an interesting premise - a man with a troublesome past becomes a part of a group that grants the last wishes of hospice patients. From that alone, one could expect a character-driven storyline and scenes that would evoke buckets of tears and ponder about life while tackling death. The…
The more apt translation for Crash Course in Romance is One Hit Scandal because this tvN series starring Jeon Do-yeon and Jung Kyung-ho deals with so many other things aside from romance. The series centered around the relationship between former athlete turned banchan store owner Nam Haeng-seon (Jeon Do-yeon) and Math star teacher Choi Chi-yeol…
Behind Every Star has interesting original material to bank on. It’s an adaptation of a French comedy-drama series ‘Call My Agent’ which depicts the story of talent agents and their relationships with their actor clients. Behind Every Star took the essence of Call My Agent and use South Korea’s entertainment industry as its backdrop. The…
Drama Profile Title: Call It LoveMain Cast: Lee Sung-kyung, Kim Young-kwangWriter: Kim Ga-eunPD: Lee Gwang-young, Kim Ji-yeonTimeslot: Wednesdays 17:00Network: Disney+Episodes: 16Genre: Healing, Melodrama, Revenge Plot Synopsis: A story about two individuals who understand each other and transform gradually due to their harsh reality. Sim Woo-joo's father's affair and death lead to her being kicked out by her father's mistress, and in her quest for…
Our drunken avengers are back for the second season of TVING Original series, Work Later, Drink Now. In this season, we watch Ahn So-hee (Lee Sun-bin), Han Ji-yeon (Han Sun-hwa), and Kang Ji-gu (Jung Eun-ji) get back to their normal lives after the struggles they had to face in season 1. They gave us funnier…
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Seeing Kim Hye-soo and Kim Hae-sook in the cast roster of Under the Queen’s Umbrella gave me the impression that it would be a heavy sageuk drama filled with kimchi slaps and obnoxious bearded men deciding the fate of helpless female characters. But once its teasers dropped, I realized that it would be something different…
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We all love a good revenge drama. The Glory offers a well-established storyline that caters to a vengeance-obsessed audience and challenges our anger management issues. While I don’t agree with the move to split the drama into two parts, I believe this is more of an executive decision from Netflix to milk its depleting subscriber…
“This really is enough. I still haven’t figured out how I should live my life, but this is good enough. I shall live.” When someone reads this ending quote from the drama’s heroine, one would think that Summer Strike is a healing, slice-of-life drama about a burned-out city slave who seeks solace in a small…
Drama Profile Title: Summer Strike / I Don't Want To Do Anything (literal title)Main Cast: Seolhyun, Im Si-wanWriter: Joo Young-hyun (webtoon), Hong Moon-pyo, Lee Yoon-jung (The Lies Within, Coffee Prince)PD: Lee Yoon-jung (The Lies Within, Coffee Prince), Hong Moon-pyoTimeslot: Monday and Tuesday / 21:20 (KST)Network: ENA, Genie TV, SeeznEpisodes: 12Genre: Healing, Melodrama Plot Synopsis: A tired corporate worker leaves the demanding life in the city and…
K-dramaland has a reputation for labeling a series as women-centric but most of them would just end up highlighting stereotypes rather than breaking away from them. Little Women was one of the rare gems amidst the pile of faux female-led narratives. The series took inspiration from the classic novel of the same name by Louisa…
Big Mouth can be summed up into one word: enigmatic. From the start, it was able to build up its very promising main plot with its interesting characters, whom the audience had to guess which side they were really on. It anchored its story's foundation on the big mystery surrounding the case of Big Mouse…
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