Author: Lisa
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HanCinema Interview with Jasper Cho
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Hello HanCinema fans! I am so pleased to bring you our interview with Jasper Cho, the talented young actor who just finished an amazing run as Dr. Daniel Spencer in the hottest drama of the year, Descendants of the Sun.…
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HanCinema Film Review: The Wailing
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Na Hong-jin (The Chaser, The Yellow Sea) has brought the world another blockbuster that screened at Cannes, was picked up by Well Go USA Entertainment, and released in North American June 3. Welcome horror mystery The Wailing to the ranks of…
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HanCinema Review: Entertainers Episode 16
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) Entertainers has fallen into a predictable pattern: the fallen will redeem themselves except for CEO Joon-seok, and not even that is set in stone. Characters aren’t developing as much as reacting to events. Tears are the main staple of emotional provocation. While…
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HanCinema Review: Entertainers Episode 15
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) The elements of Entertainers that make it poignant are also its weak points. Ji Seong is powerful in his delivery of melodrama and tears, the crying is appropriately moving, and the conflict is well set-up, if a bit slow. And that’s the…
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Dramaland in Review #3
Hi all. I’ve been watching loads of stuff lately and some of it I love and some of it I haven’t been able to finish. I know I’m not watching some of the mega-popular shows (like Oh Have-young), but a girl only has so much time! Without further ado, checkout my short review of what’s…
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HanCinema Film Review: Phantom Detective
So the New York Times didn’t like the film, but I sure did. People are so invested into adrenaline-pumping films nowadays that slower-paced films are often blindly dismissed. Don’t do that to “Phantom Detective!” Here’s a snippet of my HanCinema review: Director Jo Sung-hee’s Phantom Detective is a play on the crime noir complete with anti-hero…
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Raine’s Dichotomy has a Logo!
It’s been a long time in coming, but the Dichotomy finally has a logo! Thank you to the talented Elsa Riffe for making my vision come alive! IT’S ALIVE!!!!!! It’s only taken me five years to get it done! Without further ado may I present my logo in all of its variations: What do you…
Lisa Espinosa 