Category: Review
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The Early Spring: The Chemistry, the Silence and Who Holds the Power
It has been a week since The Early Spring ended and I am still in my study wondering what is happening with me. On the acting, the silence, and who holds the power.
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Best of the Best: A Review
Netflix’s Bollywood-fusion dance comedy is deliciously campy, brazenly desi, and carries a friendship I will remember for a long time.
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Blossom: A Review
My pick for cdrama of the year: fantastic cast, tight pace, spectacular visuals, top-tier leads.
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My Troublesome Star: A Review
A delightful 12-episode drama that lets its older characters shine and refuses to airbrush its fifty-year-old lead.
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My Calorie Boy: A Review
An underrated high-school gem with rare nuance, for anyone who loved When I Fly Towards You or A River Runs Through It.
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Later I Laughed: A Review
A leisurely Shanghai slice-of-life about a doormat who learns to walk away, narrated against every rule and somehow it works.
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Mr. Plankton: A Review
Starts frenetic, mellows into a meditation on found family and death, and stumbles at the finish. Woo Do Hwan sparkles.
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Reset: A Review
A tight 15-episode time-loop thriller that kept me riveted, even if the stakes never quite matched the tension.
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Best Choice Ever: A Review
Starts fresh, mature and balanced, then an unnecessary subplot and a vague ending undo what could have been a winner.
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Alchemy of Souls: A Review
The hype is real. Fantastic production, tight writing, and world-building that earned a spot on my rewatch list.