Palace life is challenging enough, but now Rim and Hae-ryung must face the reality outside its walls, which they no longer have the luxury to ignore. Rim faces both true...
In a month packed with drama premieres, Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung wasn’t even really on my radar, but this delightful, smart, and surprisingly funny fusion sageuk has unexpectedly captured...
This fun, breezy premiere promises a satisfying if somewhat conventional rom-com. We meet the heroine during what's likely the worst day of her professional life, while the hero is at...
Memories of Murder is Bong Joon-ho’s 2003 retelling of the real-life Hwaseong serial murders which occurred from 1986-91 in the rural city of Hwaseong, in Gyeonggi Province. The case is...
It was early 2009 and I was in college; living by myself in a different country from my family. At the same time I was dealing with a devastating long-term illness...
Our heroine Ta-mi settles in at her new workplace, but it's not an easy road--in either work or love. Her colleagues at her old job are looking for any opportunity...
The second half of this delightful rom-com explores Deok-mi and Ryan's feelings for each other, their journey together as a couple, and some long-delayed reckoning with the past. The couple...
Looking back on 2018, at first it was hard for me to see any unifying theme, until I realized that consistently this year, nothing was as I'd expected. It's been nearly...
Last year's I Can Speak, from director Kim Hyun-seok (C'est Si Bon, Cyrano Agency) and starring Na Mun-hee and Lee Je-hoon, is a comedy-drama that takes its viewers on an...
Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung: Episodes 13-16 Open Thread
by Anisa
Palace life is challenging enough, but now Rim and Hae-ryung must face the reality outside its walls, which they no longer have the luxury to ignore. Rim faces both true...
Tags: Cha Eun-woo, Lee Ji-hoon (2), Park Ki-woong, Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung, Shin Se-kyung
Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung: Episodes 1-4 (Review)
by Anisa
In a month packed with drama premieres, Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung wasn’t even really on my radar, but this delightful, smart, and surprisingly funny fusion sageuk has unexpectedly captured...
Tags: Cha Eun-woo, featured2, first episodes, Lee Ji-hoon (2), Park Ki-woong, Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung, Shin Se-kyung
Level Up: Episode 1
by Anisa
This fun, breezy premiere promises a satisfying if somewhat conventional rom-com. We meet the heroine during what's likely the worst day of her professional life, while the hero is at...
Tags: Baro, Danny Ahn, featured2, first episodes, Han Bo-reum, Kang Byul, Level Up, Ryu Seung-soo, Sung Hoon
[Movie Review] Memories of Murder captures the lingering brutality of the Hwaseong killings
by Anisa
Memories of Murder is Bong Joon-ho’s 2003 retelling of the real-life Hwaseong serial murders which occurred from 1986-91 in the rural city of Hwaseong, in Gyeonggi Province. The case is...
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Song Kang-ho
[Community] Falling sideways into healing
by Anisa
It was early 2009 and I was in college; living by myself in a different country from my family. At the same time I was dealing with a devastating long-term illness...
Tags: Theme of the Month
Search Query: WWW: Episode 3
by Anisa
Our heroine Ta-mi settles in at her new workplace, but it's not an easy road--in either work or love. Her colleagues at her old job are looking for any opportunity...
Tags: Im Soo-jung, Jang Ki-yong, Jeon Hye-jin, Ji Seung-hyun, Lee Da-hee, Search Query: WWW, Woo Ji-hyun
Her Private Life: Episodes 9-16 (Series review)
by Anisa
The second half of this delightful rom-com explores Deok-mi and Ryan's feelings for each other, their journey together as a couple, and some long-delayed reckoning with the past. The couple...
Tags: Her Private Life, Kim Bora, Kim Jae-wook, Park Jin-ju, Park Min-young
Her Private Life: Episodes 2-8 (Series review)
by Anisa
When I first heard the premise for this show, I was wary of how a story about a fangirl falling in love with her boss might go wrong, but Her...
Tags: Her Private Life, Kim Bora, Kim Jae-wook, Park Jin-ju, Park Min-young
[2018 Year in Review] I, who didn’t expect poetry
by Anisa
Looking back on 2018, at first it was hard for me to see any unifying theme, until I realized that consistently this year, nothing was as I'd expected. It's been nearly...
Tags: Theme of the Month, year in review 2018
[Movie Review] I Can Speak tells the story of a woman finding her voice
by Anisa
Last year's I Can Speak, from director Kim Hyun-seok (C'est Si Bon, Cyrano Agency) and starring Na Mun-hee and Lee Je-hoon, is a comedy-drama that takes its viewers on an...
Tags: Lee Je-hoon, Na Mun-hee