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…
Continue reading ➞ Under the Queen’s Umbrella | Series Review
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…
Drama Profile Title: Big Mouth (English title) / Big Mouse (literal title)Main Cast: Lee Jong-suk, Yoona, Kim Joo-hunWriter: Kim Ha-ramPD: Oh Choong-wan (Start-up)Timeslot: Friday and Saturday, 22:00Network: MBCEpisodes: 16Genre: Noir Crime Thriller Plot Synopsis: A lawyer with a ten-percent winning rate is caught up in a murder case and becomes the notorious and genius con…
It took me a while to finally finish this series, and I’m completely taken aback by the complexity of it all. The entire drama screams women empowerment, and though it’s not perfect, it definitely raised some important points. The drama’s main suspense was the guessing game on Han Ji-yong’s (Lee Hyun-wook) real killer. Among the…
Drama Profile Title: MineMain Cast: Lee Bo-young, Kim Seo-hyung, Lee Hyun-wook, and Ok Ja-yeonWriter: Baek Mi-kyeong (Melting Me Softly, Lady in Dignity, Strong Woman Do Bong-soon)PD: Lee Na-jeong (Love Alarm, Fight for My Way, Oh My Venus)Timeslot: Saturday and Sunday 21:00Network: tvNEpisodes: 16Genre: Melodrama, Murder Mystery, Thriller Plot Synopsis: Featuring the high society's enormous lifestyle, the drama follows two strong and ambitious women who are trying…
"It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you." ― Ian McEwan, Atonement The finale episode of Two Cops revealed the biggest challenge for our dynamic duo, it's not just…
Just when we thought everything has been revealed in the previous episode of Two Cops, the K-Drama genies decided to throw us another big revelation . The Cruelty of the Fates After Cha Dong-tak's action-filled adventure to arrest Soo-ah a.k.a. the Real Angel and successfully "arresting" Chief Prosecutor Tak for questioning, he and Gong Soo-chang…
Continue reading ➞ K-Drama Reaction: Two Cops | Episodes 29-30
The day we've all been waiting for has finally come. And at last, the real angel has been unmasked. With a few episodes left, let's see the face behind the black helmet. Uncloaking the Angel of Death It's not Tak Jae-hee. It's someone who has always been there but people may have barely noticed. While…
Continue reading ➞ K-Drama Reaction: Two Cops | Episodes 27-28
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