Off Topic/Blog Stuff
Dramabeans 5-Year Anniversary Giveaway winner announced
by | January 29, 2012 | 101 Comments
girlfriday: Wheee! That was one long birthday party! I know we only turned five, but it feels like we turned 500! Thanks so much for all the love and support for Dramabeans all month long. javabeans: And while it’s the site having the birthday, we wanted to make the party... More »


Drama Casting & News
Trailers and posters for Feast of the Gods
by | January 29, 2012 | 60 Comments
Sung Yuri‘s new weekend drama Feast of the Gods is getting ready to premiere in a week, so here’s our first look at posters and teasers for the show. It’s a 32-episode drama about chefs who battle it out in the kitchen, and in this case it’s a specialty restaurant... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
Running Man: Episode 78
by | January 29, 2012 | 30 Comments
EPISODE 78. Broadcast on January 22, 2012. Happy Lunar New Year Running Man! The cast sends their warmest New Year greetings to their audience with a big bow (and Ji-hyo starts with a small one and belatedly switches to a big one). Tags: featured, Haha, Hong Soo-hyun, Ji Suk-jin, Kang... More »


Drama Recaps
High Kick 3: Episodes 82-84
by | January 28, 2012 | 31 Comments
Hearts are broken this week, along with mine. We’ve got a lighter load of three episodes and though I don’t mind a lesser workload, our story feels cut off and I feel a little short-handed. Each of these stories could stand on its own but please sir, I want some... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Ahn Sung-ki’s courtroom thriller Broken Arrow
by | January 28, 2012 | 12 Comments
Though the new year’s holiday box office was dominated by feel-good comedy Dancing Queen, the based-on-a-true-story courtroom thriller Broken Arrow (also called Unbowed) isn’t far behind. The film is gaining a lot of traction based on critical buzz, for the gripping portrayal of a real case that was steeped in... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Movie Review: Sweet Lie (Lost and Found)
by | January 28, 2012 | 62 Comments
Next up is a movie from a few years ago that always gives me the warm fuzzies: Sweet Lie, a romantic comedy that released in the winter of 2008, which also goes by the title Lost and Found (Sweet Lie being the literal translation of the Korean title, 달콤한 거짓말).... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
1 Night 2 Days: Episode 370
by | January 27, 2012 | 35 Comments
EPISODE 370. Broadcast on January 22, 2012. javabeans: The members gather at the studio to do their opening, and make the customary (lunar) New Year’s bow. Uh, what did Seung-gi do to that poor animal that died on his head? girlfriday: Oh, Puppy. What happened? Did you lose a bet?... More »


Drama Casting & News
Twelve Men in a Year adds to cast, releases preview
by | January 27, 2012 | 32 Comments
Twelve Men in a Year is getting ready to unveil next month, and here are some stills and the first preview for the rom-com drama starring Yoon Jin-seo as Miru, a writer who takes on the idea of dating a man from each zodiac sign. Hence, twelve men in a... More »


Drama Recaps
What’s Up: Episode 16
by | January 27, 2012 | 48 Comments
Whoa. I fervently request that all remaining episodes – however many it may be, because I REFUSE to count down – be 90-minutes long each. At it’s rate, it’s going to be difficult to resolve everything when each episode is only 45-50 minutes long, and the drama is just starting to... More »


Open Thread
Open Thread #224
by | January 27, 2012 | 617 Comments
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