Premiere Watch: Dr. Brain, Happiness
Premiere Watch: Dr. Brain, Happiness by missvictrix More dramas coming in hot! This week’s drops are quite interesting ones — we have the first-ever drama production from Apple TV+ (all eyes on how that goes), and an apocalyptic infectious disease-themed drama that feels way too close to life to be entertainment. But we’ll watch anyway. […]
Premiere Watch: Crime Puzzle, Inspector Koo, Chimera
Premiere Watch: Crime Puzzle, Inspector Koo, Chimera by missvictrix We might be getting too used to a drama smorgasbord every time we have a new round of premieres, because this week we only have one flavor to choose from: crime. Each drama brings something different to the table, but it’s still not the genre hodgepodge […]
Yoon Kye-sang turns into a killer for new drama, Crime Puzzle
Yoon Kye-sang turns into a killer for new drama, Crime Puzzle by tineybeanie Upcoming mystery-thriller drama Crime Puzzle features Yoon Kye-sang (Chocolate), Go Ah-sung (Life on Mars), and Yoon Kyung-ho (My Name), in its latest teaser. The main character is a criminal psychology professor who suddenly confesses to a murder. Yoon Kye-sang plays Han Sung-min, […]
Premiere Watch: The King’s Affection, Reflection of You, My Name
Premiere Watch: The King’s Affection, Reflection of You, My Name by missvictrix After a brief respite from our fall premieres, there are three new shows on the way, each offering something quite different. We have Netflix’s next original (sure to get extra buzz after Squid Game, right?), our latest romance and gender-bending sageuk, and some […]
Premiere Watch: Dal-li and Gamjatang, Hometown
Premiere Watch: Dal-li and Gamjatang, Hometown by missvictrix Have you survived the deluge of new weekend shows? Well, now it’s time for the mid-week drop! We have a silly rom-com and a mystery-thriller headed our way, and they seem like they might be a good pairing: one to scare you, and another to calm you […]
The Power of Vulnerability in “My Mister”
Paulo Coelho, author of the modern classic The Alchemist, became a fan of Korean entertainment after watching Old Boy back in 2001. About My Mister he said: “It was a masterpiece. It’s one of the best works I’ve seen recently. It shows the intricacy of human psychology and … it is a flawless description of […]