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Room No. 9 Is About Fairy Tale Redemption

October 29, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

In Room No. 9, Kim Hee Sun's character, Hae Yi, a brilliant, but heartless lawyer, and Kim Hae Sook's character, Hwa Sa, a woman unjustly accused of murder, switch bodies because of some spooky magic. In this Freaky Friday-style sci-fi mystery, …

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Filed Under: kdrama, Korean drama Tagged With: kdrama, Kim Hee Sun, Kim Young Kwang, Korean drama, Room No. 9

The Player: Who Are The Real Con Artists?

October 23, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

The Player, starring Song Seung Heon and Krystal, is a crime-fighting drama with some unlikely players—prosecutors partnering with a band of talented swindlers. Plots with con men hijinks and car chases don’t usually make the top of my kdrama watch …

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Filed Under: Korean drama, Uncategorized Tagged With: f(x), kdrama, Krystal, Song Seung Hoon, The Player

Men With Secrets: Seo In Guk Is Mesmerizing In The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

October 9, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

In The Smile Has Left Your Eyes Seo In Guk’s character uses a kitten to evoke sympathy. Yet while he’s cradling that innocent stray, it’s easy to recognize something monstrous in him. Kim Moo Young may be so kind-hearted that he risks his own life to …

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Filed Under: Korean drama, Uncategorized Tagged With: Jang Hyuk, Jung So Min, kdrama, Lee Je Hoon, Seo In Guk, The Smile Has Left Your Eyes

Sung Hoon Is The Model Of A Romantic Prince In “My Secret Romance”

August 12, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

“My Secret Romance” is a shoujo manga, a love-comic k-drama that manages to run through every k-drama rom-com trope in the first half hour. That’s not a complaint. The fluffy, enjoyable rom-com unabashedly and comically celebrates the genre …

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Filed Under: Korean drama Tagged With: k-drama, love comic, shouju manga, Sung Hoon

Are You Human Too? It’s A Good Question

July 11, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

  When I first interviewed Seo Kang Joon on the DramaFever Awards Ceremony red carpet, he didn't strike me as leading man material. Recently debuted with the actor-idol group 5urprise, the newbie actor had not yet made his mark on drama land. …

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Filed Under: kdrama Tagged With: 5urprise, Are You Human Too?, kdrama, Seo Kang Joon

“Come and Hug Me” And The Ghost of Collective Punishment

June 22, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

It’s a common plot device for k-drama lovers to be conflicted between filial duty and romantic love, especially when one of the lovers is somehow complicit in crimes against the other lover’s family. Being complicit does not necessarily mean …

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Filed Under: Korean drama Tagged With: Come and Hug Me, Jang Ki Yong, kdrama

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