Smile is hitting exactly the right notes for me. Though not wildly innovative, there's something organic and sweet about the pacing and tone that I really enjoy. When there's as...
How the mighty have fallen...
As soyjoy mentioned in her last recap, watching an episode twice makes the shortcomings glaringly obvious. This definitely isn't a masterpiece that needs to be...
SBS's new weekend drama Smile (or Smile, You) got off to a brisk start and seems to be poised to do decently. Is it wildly innovative or surprising? No --...
Aw, isn't little Wang Seok-hyun cute?
September 5 saw the end of the 17th Chunsa Film Festival and its closing-night awards ceremony, which was held in Icheon, Kyunggi-do. The winners list...
Actress Choi Jung-yoon is receiving positive reviews and lots of applause for her stage debut role in a play called My First Time -- which, yes, refers to sex. (The...
I foresee this may start getting repetitive, but here's another red carpet from the Pusan International Film Festival (we saw opening night's red carpet yesterday).
This time, the event was...
It's kind of unnerving how all the news right now is either Choi Jin-shil's sudden death or the 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and sometimes while looking through the...
There's something to be said for a drama that ends just the way you expected but manages to be satisfying just the same. Which doesn't mean it was flawless (and...
When I first started watching cable drama Romance Hunter, it was mainly out of curiosity, since I hadn't heard anything about it. (I was surfing clubboxes for something else, and...
Smile: Episodes 13-14
by soyjoy
Smile is hitting exactly the right notes for me. Though not wildly innovative, there's something organic and sweet about the pacing and tone that I really enjoy. When there's as...
Tags: Choi Jung-yoon, Jung Kyung-ho, Lee Min-jung, Smile
Smile: Episodes 7-8
by dw4p
How the mighty have fallen... As soyjoy mentioned in her last recap, watching an episode twice makes the shortcomings glaringly obvious. This definitely isn't a masterpiece that needs to be...
Tags: Choi Jung-yoon, Jung Kyung-ho, Lee Chun-hee, Lee Min-jung, Smile
Smile: Episodes 1 & 2
by javabeans
SBS's new weekend drama Smile (or Smile, You) got off to a brisk start and seems to be poised to do decently. Is it wildly innovative or surprising? No --...
Tags: Choi Bool-am, Choi Jung-yoon, first episodes, Jung Kyung-ho, Lee Kyu-han, Lee Min-jung, Smile
17th Chunsa Film Festival
by javabeans
Aw, isn't little Wang Seok-hyun cute? September 5 saw the end of the 17th Chunsa Film Festival and its closing-night awards ceremony, which was held in Icheon, Kyunggi-do. The winners list...
Tags: awards, Cha Seung-woo, Choi Jung-won, Choi Jung-yoon, film festivals, Go Eun-ah, Im Joo-eun, Jo Ahn, Jung Jun-ho, Jung Soo-young, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Ji-suk, Lee Mi-yeon, Park Chan-wook, Park Hee-soon, Shin Mina, Song Chang-eui, Song Kang-ho, Wang Seok-hyun
Choi Jung-yoon’s First Time
by javabeans
Actress Choi Jung-yoon is receiving positive reviews and lots of applause for her stage debut role in a play called My First Time -- which, yes, refers to sex. (The...
Tags: Choi Jung-yoon
More PIFF red carpet at APAN’s Star Road
by javabeans
I foresee this may start getting repetitive, but here's another red carpet from the Pusan International Film Festival (we saw opening night's red carpet yesterday). This time, the event was...
Tags: Choi Jung-yoon, Daniel Henney, film festivals, Jung Ryeo-won, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Ji-soo, Kim So-yeon, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Min-ki, Lee Wan, Oh Man-seok, Park Jin-hee, Song Chang-eui, Yeh Ji-won, Yoon Jin-seo
Pusan International Film Festival’s opening night
by javabeans
It's kind of unnerving how all the news right now is either Choi Jin-shil's sudden death or the 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), and sometimes while looking through the...
Tags: Baek Sung-hyun, Cha Seung-won, Choi Jung-yoon, Choi Kang-hee, Eom Ji-won, Eugene, film festivals, Go Ara, Gong Hyo-jin, Han Eun-jung, Hyun Bin, Jang Dong-gun, Joo Ji-hoon, Jung Ryeo-won, JYP, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Ji-soo, Kim Jung-eun, Kim Rae-won, Kim So-yeon, Kim Sun-ah, Lee Bo-young, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Jin, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Seon-kyun, Lee Wan, Lee Yeon-hee, Oh Ji-ho, Park Eun-hye, Park Hae-il, Park Jin-hee, Shin Hyun-joon, Shin Mina, Song Chang-eui, Yeh Ji-won, Yoon Jin-seo
The Last Scandal of My Life: Episode 16 (Final)
by javabeans
There's something to be said for a drama that ends just the way you expected but manages to be satisfying just the same. Which doesn't mean it was flawless (and...
Tags: Byun Jung-soo, Choi Jin-shil, Choi Jung-yoon, Jung Jun-ho, The Last Scandal of My Life
The Last Scandal of My Life
Tags: Choi Jung-yoon, comedy, drama, Han Bo-bae, Hwang Jung-eum, Jung Jun-ho, Jung Woong-in, romance
Romance Hunter: Episodes 1-5
by javabeans
When I first started watching cable drama Romance Hunter, it was mainly out of curiosity, since I hadn't heard anything about it. (I was surfing clubboxes for something else, and...
Tags: cable programs, Choi Jung-yoon, first episodes, Jeon Hye-jin, Romance Hunter