Tag: review
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HanCinema Review: Entertainers Episode 3
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) As with all of the strongest dramas, Entertainers has begun to put together the one thing that always grabs at hearts and convinces the viewer to invest into it. It has created a family, a band family. A group of hurting misfits…
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HanCinema Review: Entertainers Episode 2
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Entertainers came in at 6.6%, but the rating does not reflect the quality of this show, its premise, or the performances of the cast. If episode 1 was dead on in its pacing and emotional delivery, then episode 2 can only be…
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HanCinema Review: Entertainers Episode 1
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Wow. I really like Entertainers. It delivered the necessary introductory episode with panache and Ji Seong hit his character Sin Seok-ho right out of the park. Hyeri as Green, who doesn’t look like she’s just recovered from a very serious disease,…
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HanCinema Review: Jackpot Episode 8
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Although Jackpot‘s rating lowered to 8.7%, it’s plot has stabilized and become much more cohesive. Save for a few moments, it has ditched the exaggerated antics that defined it in its earliest episodes. There are a lackluster backstories for our characters,…
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HanCinema Review: Jackpot Episode 7
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Jackpot has calmed in its erratic plot flailings and settled into a steadier pace, which was very welcome. It came it a 9.1%, higher than the last episode, but still behind its Monday competitors. The calmer pacing allowed for the actors…
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HanCinema Review: Jackpot Episode 6
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Ratings are dropping steadily for Jackpot. Today’s episode clocked in at 8.4% and I can’t blame viewers. Besides the beautiful music and solid cast, this drama doesn’t have a lot going for it right now. It’s what I feared when I…
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HanCinema Review: Jackpot Episode 5
(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.) Although there was a strong sense of the ridiculous in Jackpot‘s fifth episode, there was a touch of realism as well. It could be because of Yeo Jin-goo’s spot on acting or a bit of logical writing from Kwon Soon-gyoo. Jang…
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