On Location: K-dramas Go Global
Two of the most buzz-worthy dramas of 2018 premiered in the past fortnight to much hype and interest. Encounter, starring Park Bo-gum and Song Hye…
Drama
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes: Finding Beauty in the Pain of Facing Trauma
Is there such a thing as fate? Can a person truly change? Is a son destined to repeat the sins of his father? The tvN mystery drama The Smile Has …
Player, Ep 8-14: A Series of Cliches
This review contains spoilers from the drama. There are the dramas that leave you aching for more, and then there are the dramas that leave you…
The End of Dramafever And The Illusion of Mainstream
On October 16, drama fans the world over had their hearts broken when Dramafever, one of the biggest sites for Asian dramas, was shut down without warn…
Player, Ep. 1-7: Falling Short of Expectations
This review contains spoilers from the drama. If you’re looking for a fun, action-packed drama, then Player is the drama for you. This light-hearted c…
30 but 17, Ep 17-32: A Depressing Let Down
In the first part of 30 but 17, there were many mysterious occurrences and elements that intrigued the audience and kept the show from being just any o…
Your House Helper, Ep. 5-32: Commendable but Lacklustre
Composed of an oddly episodic presentation and an incidental sense of having no clear genre, Your House Helper traces the story of an uncommon guy: the…
Mr. Sunshine Ep 1-12: Are Kim Eun-sook’s Heriones Evolving?
The famous K-drama writer, Kim Eun-sook's female characters have always been a point of contention in her dramas. Particularly now with her new drama, …
30 but 17, Ep. 1-16: A Rom-Com Shrouded in Mystery
In the K-drama world, rom-coms are a dime a dozen, and while we all eat them up, they have the tendency of becoming repetitive. That's not to say that …
Life, Ep. 1-4: A True-to-Life Drama
Medical dramas are inherently ugly yet exciting and uplifting at the same time. The grotesqueness of illness and injury puts viewers on edge. The uncer…