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K-Movie Review: A Year End Medley

Happy New Year 2022!  For my very first post in a long time, I've decided  to share a review of a new  romantic comedy movie - "A New-Year Medley", that is perfect for the festive season.  "A New-Year Medley" is a special new year's eve movie directed by Kwak Jae Young (the same director who worked on many famous classic movies- My Sassy Girl, The Classic, Windstruck, etc.) This movie is  set at "Hotel Emross" and it tells the different stories of people who work and stay at the hotel during the year-end holiday season.  This movie stars a list of A-list Korean stars from Han Ji Min, Lee Dong Wook, Kang Ha Neul, ImYoona, and many more! With so many characters in the movie, be prepared for one of those movies where every character has a story and they all seem to interconnect at the end of the movie. While their stories were shown throughout the movie, I've separated the stories for a more comprehensive review.  (*spoilers ahead*)   The first ...

K-Drama Review: Graceful Family

Hey guys, so I actually finished watching this drama last year after completing Hotel Del Luna as I was looking for something to watch to get over my withdrawal syndrome! This review has been in my draft for quite some time now and I decided to share this with you guys since both Im Soo Hyang and Lee Jang Woo has recently come back with their respective new drama this year!  Graceful Family 우아한가 is a 16-episodes 2019 MBN drama starring Im Soo Hyang, Lee Jang Woo, Baek Jong Ok and many other veteran actors and actresses. Im Soo Hyang plays the lead role in this drama- Mok Suk Hee, the only granddaughter of MC Group, one of Korea's most powerful and largest corporations. However, unlike other chaebols, Suk Hee was banished to the United States when she was 15 years old after her mother was murdered in their home. After her mother's death, Suk Hee was not allowed to return to Korea as her whereabouts were tightly controlled by the head of MC Group- Han Jae Gook, potrayed by ...

K-Drama Review: Ms. Ma, Nemisis

  Hey guys, so I recently came across this 2018 drama, Ms. Ma, Nemisis by chance and I really enjoyed watching this drama! Unlike your usual Korean revenge and mystery dramas, this drama is different as it is not only based on the novel series "Miss Marple" by the famous crime and mystery writer Agatha Christie, but this drama also has a really unique style of directing and an incredibly unpredictable plot!  Ms. Ma, Nemisis is a 16-episodes SBS drama starring Kim Yunjin, Jung Woong In, Ko Sung Hee, Choi Kwang Je and many more veteran actors and actresses.  The story is about a woman (potrayed by actress Kim Yunjin) who has been falsely accused of murdering her own daughter in what appears to be a kidnapping incident. When all the evidences points to her as the sole suspect and murderer, she is sentenced to life imprisonment where she has been spending her life in prison for almost 9 years. The woman manages to escape from prison one day in order to reveal the truth about ...

K-Drama Review: Nobody Knows

Hey guys, I hope everyone has been well and staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. With so many countries going into lockdown since the beginning of the year, I finally have some time to catch up on some of the latest Korean drama! I finished watching Nobody Knows back was when it was broadcasted and surprisingly it turned out to be one of the my favorite K-Drama this year!  Nobody Knows is a 16-episode SBS Drama starring Kim Seo Hyeong, Ryu Deok Hwan, Park Hoon, and many more. I'm not usually a fan of mystery and crime drama but this drama was an exception as I really enjoyed watching this drama.  The story begins with 16 years old Cha Yeong Jin (portrayed by actress Kim Sae Ron) whose nest friend got killed by a serial killer in her place. After the incident, she received a phone call from her best friend's number believed to be from the serial killer who told her that there would be no more murders after her best friend. This made Cha Yeong Jin determined to catch the k...

K-Drama Review: My Unfamiliar Family

What is the meaning of family? Though the meaning of family is evolving and transforming in today's world, one thing that doesn't change is the question of how familiar are you with your  family members? It's a fact that we often take things for granted when it comes to our family without even realizing it and perhaps the closest people in our lives are actually the furthest strangers. My Unfamiliar Family is a 16-episodes TvN drama starring Choo Ja Hyun, Han Ye Ri, Kim Ji Suk and many others. I just finished watching this heartwarming family drama and decided to share a review on this drama!  The story is about your average family which consists of an elderly couple and their 3 adult children who are actually strangers to each other even though they are family. The eldest daughter, Eun Joo (portrayed by actress Choo Ja Hyun) is an ex-attorney who is now married to a renowned doctor. While the middle child and second daughter of the family, Eun Hee (portrayed by actr...

K-Drama Review: The King: Eternal Monarch

Hey guys, I finally finished watching The King: Eternal Monarch after stopping at Episode 5 when it first premiered a couple of months ago and decided to write a review for this drama. The King: Eternal Monarch tells the story of a parallel universe where Lee Gon (portrayed by actor Lee Min Ho) is a King in the parallel world, known as 'The Kingdom of Corea'. The drama started with 5 years old Lee Gon who witnessed his own uncle, Lee Lim (portrayed by actor Lee Jung Jin) killing his father who was the King of The Kingdom of Corea. After failing to kill Lee Gon, his uncle escaped after obtaining half of the Manpasikjeok, a mythical flute believed  to have mystical powers to travel between the two worlds and to obtain eternity.  Upon realizing the powers of the  Manpasikjeok , Lee Lim went to the other world and found out that the counterparts of his nephew and sister-in-law, and also his own counterpart was alive and living entirely different lives. He then killed his...

K-Movie Review: Tune in for Love

Hey guys, so I have been waiting for this movie to come out for quite some time as I have been a fan of Kim Go Eun's movie and I was super excited with her pairing with Jung Hae In after their appearance together as sunbae-hoobae in the hit TvN-drama Goblin.  I finally managed to watch this movie over the weekends and decided to share a review with you guys, especially for those of you who are interested in watching this movie!  *spoilers alert* This melodrama romance movie tells the story about how two people, Mi-Soo (portrayed by Kim Go Eun) and Hyun-Woo (portrayed by Jung Hae In) met at different phrases of their life and how their relationship developed each time they met.  Year 1994  The movie started one morning in 1994 with high school student Mi-Soo opening up the bakery when Hyun-Woo, an ex-juvenile convict came into the bakery to ask for some soy-based drink. Mi-Soo is the daughter of the bakery and she works part-time at the ba...