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K-drama ● Review: The Fiery Priest
An excellent crime comedy-action in which an intolerant priest investigates a murder and beats up criminals.
Aug 21, 20224 min read


K-drama ● Review: Sell Your Haunted House
Attempts to be a supernatural thriller-drama. Formulaic in many respects. Nothing bad but nothing special either.
Aug 17, 20223 min read


K-drama ● Review: Hotel del Luna
My Verdict: An amusing supernatural-fantasy drama. Excellent cast. Beautifully lit and shot. But female lead’s past is not well handled.
Aug 7, 20223 min read


K-drama ● Review: You Are My Destiny
Remake of the 2008 Taiwanese series. Tries to be quirky as well as tragic. Drags on for too long. Annoying male lead. Avoidable.
Aug 6, 20222 min read


K-drama ● Review: Happiness
Interesting enough take on zombies with obvious social commentary. Nothing special but well executed in most respects.
Jul 31, 20224 min read


K-drama ● Review: All of Us Are Dead
A decent drama with solid performances from a young cast, but it is another zombie survival-horror caused by a virus.
Feb 16, 20224 min read


K-drama ● Review: Squid Game
Another game show survival thriller. Although generally predictable, it is amusing. Good production but I wouldn’t rave about it.
Feb 4, 20224 min read


K-drama ● Review: The Silent Sea
Despite some weaknesses in the opening and in characterizations, it is a well-produced sci-fi thriller that is interesting enough.
Jan 9, 20224 min read


K-drama ● Review: Hellbound
A supernatural force kills people whilst religious fanatics take advantage. Tries too hard, but well-paced with some dramatic suspense.
Nov 25, 20215 min read


K-drama ● Review: Sweet Home
Whilst it is another zombie apocalypse survival-horror drama, the series starts off with a strong atmosphere. The plot is...
Nov 2, 20213 min read


K-drama ● Review: My Name
A “revenge” K-drama version of Infernal Affairs with more action and violence.
Oct 22, 20213 min read


Asian Teenager Invokes “Science” to Finally Convince Parents
San Francisco, CA – Park Ji-eun, 14, finally convinced her parents that she was really sick and allow her to not go to school. “Normally,...
Oct 5, 20211 min read


K-drama ● Review: Love Alarm
Interesting premise with potential. It’s a show that I want to like, but some of the characters are difficult to sympathize...
Aug 13, 20213 min read


K-drama ● Review: Strong Girl Bong-soon
Mostly enjoyable romantic dramady and very funny at times, but the plotting and pacing plateau in the second half of the series.
Jul 7, 20214 min read


K-drama ● Review: Uncontrollably Fond
Attempts to be melodramatic emotion porn and fails. It’s not quite Uncontrollably Farcical but there are moments it’s so bad...
May 15, 20212 min read


Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking by Maangchi (with Lauren Chattman)
This is a comprehensive cookbook focused on Korean home cooking.
May 7, 20211 min read


#LoveDumbAsians
Given the current sentiments regarding #StopAsianHate—and there’s a few of us Asians here at Opinyuns—it’s time I add to it.
May 6, 20218 min read


K-drama ● Review: Crash Landing on You
Attempts to be the got-a-bit-of-everything romantic dramady. It somewhat achieves that, but the pacing is unnecessarily slow...
Apr 13, 20213 min read


Koreatown by Deuki Hong & Matt Rodbard
This is a cookbook by Korean-American chef Deuki Hong, first published in 2016, that introduces the basics of Korean cuisine and provides...
Mar 25, 20212 min read


K-drama ● Review: Gap Dong
Mostly nonsensical, try-hard crime-thriller drama that drags on for way too long.
Mar 14, 20213 min read


Film ● Mini-Review: The Villainess
In some ways the Korean version of La Femme Nikita. Nicely shot revenge flick but perhaps predictable.
Jun 7, 20171 min read
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