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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 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…
Lisa Espinosa 