Category: Asian Drama Reviews and Recaps
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HanCinema Review: Beautiful Gong Shim Episode 4
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) There is a clear break between what is good and what is not so good in Beautiful Gong Shim“. What is good is so delightfully strong in content and execution while what is bad is draggy and dull. Any scene with…
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HanCinema Review: Beautiful Gong Shim Episode 3
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) Beautiful Gong Shim just keeps getting better. Yes, there are the usual doses of selfish rich folk, conniving siblings, and sad backstories, but the balance between them and the hearty stories behind our leads is pitch perfect. And we finally get…
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HanCinema Review: Beautiful Gong Shim Episode 2
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) Namgoong Min carries Beautiful Gong Shim from moment to poignant moment. Minah and On Joo-wan are delightful as well, but it is Namgoong who is the lifeblood of the drama. There is a freedom with which he plays the mysterious, slovenly, goofy,…
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HanCinema Review: Beautiful Gong Shim Episode 1
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) SBS’s new Saturday/Sunday twenty-episode drama Beautiful Gong Shim was much more than its lackluster promotion. It was zippy, fun, and put two unique characters at the helm, Gong Shim (Minah) and Ahn Dae-tae (Namgoong Min). I have to say that I hope…
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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…
Lisa Espinosa 