Posts Tagged ‘Seo Joon-young’

Drama Recaps
Sirius: Episode 4 (Final)
by | February 1, 2013 | 27 Comments
It’s time to face the music in this final chapter as Shin-woo chases after the answers to the questions that plague him. The truth rears its ugly head and rams into the stone wall of defense Shin-woo has built for himself. Learning who the true enemy is in this battle is only just the beginning... More »


Drama Recaps
Sirius: Episode 3
by | January 26, 2013 | 14 Comments
More revelations spill out in this episode as the brothers face new challenges ahead. A baddie like Boss Go is none to be trifled with as the show sets itself up for a final showdown. We learn even more about Eun-chang and Shin-woo now that their strings are somewhat cut from the smiling devil, giving... More »


Drama Recaps
Sirius: Episode 2
by | January 18, 2013 | 19 Comments
So the game begins and pieces are set into motion. Their identities now switched, old grudges bubble just under the surface while new misunderstandings take root. The brothers soon find themselves as marionettes caught up in the intricate web of the puppeteer’s strings. Pulling at one string tugs at another and now there’s no way that... More »


Drama Recaps
Sirius: Episode 1
by | January 11, 2013 | 54 Comments
Two brothers, both alike in vanity. In fair Seoul where we lay this majestic scene. Where ancient grudge breaks into new rivalry. Where civil blood make civil hands unclean. KBS kicked off its third season of its Drama Special anthology series this year with suspense thriller Sirius. Garnering critical acclaim for its directing, writing, and... More »


Chungmuro/Film Reviews
Movie Review: Bleak Night
by | January 6, 2013 | 61 Comments
Bleak Night is a remarkable film. So remarkable that it has languished in my drafts folder for a year, for fear that the review wouldn’t do the film justice. What finally spurred me to take it up again was the light bulb that went off in my head while watching KBS’s currently airing drama School... More »


Drama Casting & News
New season of Drama Special premieres with Sirius
by | January 5, 2013 | 61 Comments
A new year means a new season of KBS’s anthology series Drama Special, an umbrella for their short programming that varies in length from one to eight episodes per installment and launches new directors, writers, and lesser-known stars. This year they’re planning on six shows, and it kicks off with a 4-episode suspense thriller called... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Jung Jae-young stars in adaptation of Wandering Blade
by | December 1, 2012 | 16 Comments
Do you ever wonder who would headline all the crime thrillers if Jung Jae-young weren’t around? Good thing we don’t have to find out, ’cause he’s moving right along from I Am A Murderer to the new adaptation of Wandering Blade, alongside a promising supporting cast: Lee Sung-min (Golden Time, The King 2 Hearts) and... More »


Drama Recaps
To the Beautiful You: Episode 1
by | August 17, 2012 | 184 Comments
Have you ever experienced the excruciating pain to stay away from a 9 minute preview? And how satisfying it is to see the premiere in its entirety? We were promised lots of pretty and heartwarming moments, and we got those. But we also got some disjointed and jarring ones as well. I’d attribute this to... More »


Drama Casting & News
To the Beautiful You has its poster shoot
by | July 17, 2012 | 176 Comments
No, it’s not the final poster, but here’s the first official group still of the high school flower boys (and girl in disguise Sulli) of To the Beautiful You, the Hana Kimi remake about a girl who dresses as a boy to enter a boys’ athletic high school. From left to right in the above... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Dark indie film Bleak Night earns raves
by | March 12, 2011 | 37 Comments
Bleak Night is a movie that was quietly released a week ago, which caught my attention for its thoughtful, haunting indie vibe. Centered around a death at a high school, the film released a week ago on March 3, and has been building strong word of mouth among audiences for being “hair-raisingly, frighteningly realistic” and... More »