Tag: review
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HanCinema Review: Descendants of the Sun Special 1
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) For those of you dearly missing the grand romance of Descendants of the Sun, this special is for you. It recounts the key moments of Si-jin’s and Mo-yeon’s relationship from the moment they met until the moment they parted after the…
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HanCinema Review: Beautiful Gong Shim Episode 11
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) As Dan-tae takes off down the road of the weary, weighed down by his birth secret and the complications associated with it, Gong Shim becomes the breath of fresh air that he once was. Her blossoming love for Dan-tae, the man…
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HanCinema Review: Beautiful Gong Shim Episode 10
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) As Dan-tae tackles the deception that shrouds his kidnapping twenty-six years ago, we are treated to a B-rated detective mystery. The story is crafted around isolated events and the intrigue is instigated by the less-than-thrilling mechanizations of Joon-soo’s uncle and his…
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HanCinema Review: Beautiful Gong Shim Episode 9
(The text is a sample from my work on HanCinema.net and belongs to HanCinema.) This was Dan-tae’s episode as he explored the murky waters of his past. Although a little on the slow side, the episode allowed for Dan-tae to naturally flow through a hefty emotional cycle. It also gave Gong Shim ample opportunity to…
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HanCinema Review: Descendants of the Sun Episode 16 (final)
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Descendants of the Sun has come to an end and that fact feels a bit surreal as well as its rating of 38.8%. Not just as a viewer, but as a reviewer. Not just as a reviewer, but as an international…
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HanCinema Review: Descendants of the Sun Episode 15
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) In its penultimate episode, Descendants of the Sun tops itself with 34.8% ratings in spite of the fact that it was competing with South Korean elections. This drama suffers from too many tonal shifts, but the tone of this episode was…
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HanCinema Review: Descendants of the Sun Episode 14
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) For the second time in its fourteen-episode run Descendants of the Sun has experienced a ratings drop. It came in at 33.0%, 0.5% decrease. Perhaps it is the fact that the glamour and excitement of the foreign country was no longer present.…
Lisa Espinosa 