Archive for November, 2010
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Mary Stayed Out All Night: Episode 7
Finally, some DRAMA up in this drama! It’s certainly about time, I tell ya. Things finally come to a head, punches are thrown, lips get kissed, and everyone gets spun around due to the overabundance of those pesky feelings. The last episode sincerely had me believing the two boys were more into each other than... More »
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Behold, the tracksuit that would not die
[NOT REALLY SPOILERY BUT...] Oh, this just cracks me up. So. Hard. Secret Garden watchers will be familiar with Hyun Bin’s obsession (or rather, Joo-won’s) with his expensive, hand-stitched, sequined Italian tracksuit, which everyone else mocks as tacky and unfashionable. Despite the fact that Joo-won has been the butt of many jokes as a result... More »
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Lee Pil-mo re-teams with Sol Pharmacy writer
Lee Pil-mo has been cast in a new KBS drama, but first let’s get this out of the way: Where has that haircut been your whole life and why are you only trying it now? Yowsa. (I thought Lee was a pretty good-looking guy from his previous roles, but now I see that the assessment... More »
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Army enlistment day for Jung Kyung-ho
Another enlistment day for another actor: This time it’s Smile, You star Jung Kyung-ho, who headed off on the afternoon of November 30 for five weeks of training, to be followed by 20 months of active duty. Jung debuted in the 2004 drama I’m Sorry, I Love You, and has since appeared in dramas Time... More »
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Mary Stayed Out All Night: Episode 6
How can two characters be so incredibly cute, and the rest of the drama so boring? I wish the magnetism and chemistry of Moon Geun-young and Jang Geun-seok could somehow spill into the other parts of the drama when they’re not onscreen, but sad to say, the screen only lights up when they’re on it.... More »
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Runaway to end with a special broadcast
Although an extension for Runaway Plan B has been nixed, the finale will be pushed back a week thanks to a recent pre-emption; last week’s scheduled episode of Episode 18 was postponed because of the Asia Games. That means 18 and 19 air this week, and the finale broadcasts on Wednesday, December 8. Since most... More »
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Secret Garden: Episode 6
Oh, the goodness. There is SO MUCH of it to go around. I knew it’d be explosive when they started inhabiting each other’s bodies, but this? This is drama heaven. I can’t promise that the schtick won’t grow old, but if Hyun Bin and Ha Ji-won keep playing it up like they do here, they... More »
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[Commercial break] Giveaway and sponsored review
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Intel. As I mentioned previously, I was recently given the opportunity to participate in a BlogHer review program under the title “Do More, Faster.” I said yes because, hello! Doing more? Doing it faster? Now that’s the way to speak to a workaholic’s heart. (By the way,... More »
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Jeon Hye-bin is out for revenge in cable sageuk
What a gorgeous poster. It features actress Jeon Hye-bin (also previously known as simply Bin, from her pop-singer days) as the lead in a new cable drama, the action sageuk called Yacha or Demon [야차]. Jeon’s acted in a few sageuk dramas before — King and I, where she was a villainous character, and Hometown... More »
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Dramabeans Podcast #4
In which javabeans and girlfriday discuss: Frequently asked questions; kpop, new and old-school, and idol stars; some of our favorite plots and devices; favorite old dramas like Last Match and Propose; Runaway; anticipating My Princess; Bae Yong-joon and Hallyu; our Korean mothers and the dramas they watch; and body-swaps, Secret Garden, and Who Are You.... More »
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RECENTLY RECAPPED
