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Comedian Jang Do-yeon talks de-stressing and some of her current joys in life
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Oh Chang-seok talks about role prep and wisdom for budding actors
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Im Jung-eun talks about her rookie days, inspiration, and marriage
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Jo Yeo-jung talks work ethics, inspiration, and Parasite
Interview with Park Sun-ho
Park Sun-ho talks drama recommendations, singing, and more in this latest Ask an Actor video
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You Who Forgot Poetry's Lee Yubi talks about her desert island essentials, poetry, and acting
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[Movie Review] Minari paints a moving, vivid portrait of rural Korean Americana
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Dramabeans Podcast #26
by javabeans
First podcast of the year! It's a bit of an in-betweener, as we wrap up the year that just ended and catch up with what's on our plates currently, while...
Tags: featured, Healer, Misaeng, Pinocchio, Secret Door
2014 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 6]
by javabeans
And now for the Editors' Picks, which closes out another Year in Review series (and another year, which hardly seems possible, but apparently time stops for no one, no matter...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Guys, Doctor Stranger, Editors' Picks, featured, God's Gift – 14 Days, Liar Game, Marriage Not Dating, Misaeng, Plus Nine Boys, Records of a Night Watchman, Secret Door, Secret Love Affair, Surplus Princess, Three Musketeers, year in review, year in review 2014, You From Another Star
And the award goes to… [Year in Review, Part 4]
by girlfriday
The end of the year marks the beginning of awards season, where everyone hands out shiny trophies for the best of the best. Yes, but what about the middling, and...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A New Leaf, Cantabile Tomorrow, Discovery of Romance, Doctor Stranger, featured, Feel-Good Day, Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit, God's Gift – 14 Days, High School King of Savvy, I Need Romance 3, Let's Eat, Liar Game, Marriage Not Dating, Misaeng, Pinocchio, Plus Nine Boys, Reset, Secret Door, Secret Love Affair, Three Days, Witch's Romance, year in review, year in review 2014, You From Another Star, You're All Surrounded
Omg is it that time of year already? [Year in Review, Part 1]
by javabeans
How on earth has another year zoomed by already? It felt as though I'd only just recovered from banging my head against my keyboard over last year's year-end reviews when...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Birth of a Beauty, Cantabile Tomorrow, featured, Gap-dong, God's Gift – 14 Days, Golden Cross, High School Love On, Iron Man, Joseon Gunman, Liar Game, Marriage Not Dating, Misaeng, Miss Korea, Modern Farmer, Secret Door, She's So Lovable, Sly and Single Again, Surplus Princess, Three Musketeers, Trot Lovers, Wonderful Season, year in review, year in review 2014, You From Another Star
2014 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the year
by javabeans
The Beanie Awards are here! You know what that means -- the Dramabeans annual Year End Review Extravaganza is underway, with lots of reviews, Editors' Picks, and maybe even a...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A New Leaf, Age of Feeling, Bad Guys, Beanie Awards, Birth of a Beauty, Cantabile Tomorrow, Discovery of Romance, Doctor Stranger, Emergency Couple, Fated To Love You, featured, Full Sun, Gap-dong, God's Gift – 14 Days, Golden Cross, High School King of Savvy, High School Love On, I Need Romance 3, Iron Man, It's Okay It's Love, Joseon Gunman, Liar Game, Marriage Not Dating, Misaeng, Miss Korea, Modern Farmer, My Secret Hotel, My Spring Days, Pinocchio, Plus Nine Boys, Prime Minister and I, Records of a Night Watchman, Secret Door, She's So Lovable, Sly and Single Again, Surplus Princess, Three Days, Three Musketeers, Triangle, Trot Lovers, Witch's Romance, year in review, year in review 2014, You From Another Star, You're All Surrounded
Odd and Ends: Occupational hazards
by javabeans
girlfriday: You know, I never thought recapping would be back-breaking work, but as it turns out, it can literally break your back. javabeans: Or in other cases, your hip. Apparently...
Tags: conversation post, Odds and Ends, Secret Door
Secret Door: Episode 16
by javabeans
Despite being thrown into what seemed like a pit of quicksand leading straight to hell, our hero digs deep to solve the impossible problem, and to keep his soul while...
Tags: featured, Han Seok-kyu, Lee Je-hoon, Park Eun-bin, Secret Door
Secret Door: Episode 15
by girlfriday
There are some great moments between our prince and princess in this episode. (They touch! On purpose!) The rest, I could take or leave, since there's a lot of setup...
Tags: featured, Han Seok-kyu, Lee Je-hoon, Park Eun-bin, Secret Door
Secret Door: Episode 14
by javabeans
A fresh chapter opens, and wowza are we in for some dramatic changes. It's refreshing (and exciting) to see our biggest players developing into stronger, smarter, and shrewder people, marking...
Tags: featured, Han Seok-kyu, Kim Yoo-jung, Lee Je-hoon, Park Eun-bin, Secret Door
Secret Door: Episode 13
by girlfriday
It definitely feels like we're at the peak of the first half of our story, as every single conflict comes to a head in one gruesome trial, with one side...
Tags: featured, Han Seok-kyu, Kim Yoo-jung, Lee Je-hoon, Park Eun-bin, Secret Door