Archive for April, 2010
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Oh My Lady: Episode 7
I find that my interest in this drama fluctuates wildly, not from one episode to the next, but within each hour. Overall it’s cute and it has a benign sort of charm to it. The conflicts work for this style of drama, but we all know they’re pretty lightweight and the stakes and angst factor... More »
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Lee Jia added to Athena
Lee Jia has been cast as the other female lead in the IRIS spinoff Athena, alongside the previously cast Jung Woo-sung, Cha Seung-won, and Su Ae. (And… meh.) Well, you can’t win ‘em all? She’ll play a character named Han Jae-hee, who is a special agent in the European office of the National Anti-Terror Service.... More »
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Wed-Thurs battle heats up as ratings numbers rise
Two weeks have given our new Wednesday-Thursday dramas a chance to get settled and establish their stories, and today’s (Wednesday) fifth episode offered the series something of a new direction as they kicked off major storylines. (This isn’t very spoilery if you’ve seen the episodes from last week, but if you don’t want to know... More »
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Jung Ryeo-won in Sleeping With the Enemy
Jung Ryeo-won is coming back with a new movie, Sleeping With the Enemy, which co-stars Kim Joo-hyuk (Terroir) and is set during the Korean War. Her character meets his North Korean soldier character when his troops are given an order to retreat to a small village, and the two fall in love. With the 60th... More »
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Kim Nam-gil rumored to add one last film before enlistment
Having come into overwhelming mainstream popularity just as his mandatory military service approaches, Kim Nam-gil is trying to squeeze in as much work as he can before he has to take his acting hiatus. In addition to an upcoming drama series (SBS’s Bad Guy), rumors are currently swirling that Kim will also take on a... More »
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Cinderella’s Sister: Episode 4
It’s a popular opinion, I know, but it has to be said: Moon Geun-young blows me away. She isn’t afraid to take Eun-jo to the darkest places, and doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to her misplaced anger. She gets ugly and mean, and human, but then when she’s light, she becomes young, fragile,... More »
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Prosecutor Princess: Episode 3
¡Hola, amigos! Well, well, well, we left episode 2 with Hye-ri being taken by the police, accused of trying to have some unhealthy fun with two kids. Can an hour of korean television be heartbreaking, fun and hate-inducing at the same time? Yes, and this episode is just another proof of that. SONG OF THE... More »
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Lee Dong-wook makes his directorial debut
Lee Dong-wook is currently serving in the military, but it turns out he has another work to unveil. Before he enlisted, he had made his directorial debut with a music video for new singer Zozo; the video for the song, called “Dandelion,” has now been released. (Watch below.) In addition to Zozo’s rapping, the song... More »
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Kim Sun-ah returns to television in I Am Legend
A year after her last drama, the successful SBS series City Hall, Kim Sun-ah is returning in a new drama, I Am Legend [나는 전설이다]. The title is a pun on her character’s name, which is the word for “legend” (kdramas really love name-title puns, don’t they?). In I Am Legend, Kim Sun-ah plays the... More »
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Personal Taste: Episode 4
While Personal Taste is generally playing it safe in the traditional man-will-teach-bumbling-woman-how-to-live setup, we do start to see some cracks in Jin-ho’s armor, which makes me warm up to him a little more. Nobody likes a know-it-all who actually knows it all. In this episode the roommates start to bond, and we finally get an... More »
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