You never know what you are going to get when you choose to watch a Korean action movie. Will it be all violence and no plot? Will you get bored because all there is going on is fighting (looking at you Wolf Warrior..) Come join Kmuse and Clkytta as they take a look at The Villainess then share their thoughts on whether this movie is worth a watch.
Who knew that the stand out drama of this last batch of releases would be the little promoted noiresque mystery Misty. Come join Kmuse & Drama Geek as they share why you should give this show a watch. Continue reading
Japanese dramas are usually not on my radar as much as Chinese or Korean. But every now and then something just catches my eye and I have to give it a try. OK, I’ll admit that I am watching this because the leading man looks really really hot in this poster. Luckily, the drama turned out to be top notch and I can’t get enough of Todome no Kiss. Come find out why I think you should join me for this fun and quirky descent into smooch induced time leaps. Continue reading
Are you in the mood for atmospheric winter shots that make you want to grab an extra blanket? Child Serial Killers with HORRID beards? A cast full of talented and adorable kids who may have done a better job than the adults? If you want any of those things, Erased is the right drama for you. Continue reading
I don’t even know why I decided to start Jugglers. To say that my drama watching schedule is over-packed would be an understatement. In the end, it just comes down to the fact that I can not let a possibly good drama remain unwatched. Before I knew what was happening I had pushed play for the first episode and here we are. So come join me and see if this is somehow going to become a staple in my schedule or if I decide it is an easy miss. Continue reading
Oh man, y’all — Signal was an incredible bit of storytelling. Thank you for choosing that drama for me! Fingers crossed for a season 2, right? Let’s chat about what I loved and why I think it DEFINITELY deserves a second season.
At least once a year this inevitably happens. I start watching a Korean crime drama and get so pissed off at police stupidity that I start searching elsewhere for my crime trope fix. Sure enough, I started Criminal Minds and within an hour I was yelling, “Nope, nope, nope.” and searching for something else. Just so happens that my all time Japanese bias had released a crime drama earlier in the year and it was completely subbed! It is amazing the things you miss when you actually have real life interfering with drama addiction. But in this case, it is a great surprise since I can now binge the heck out of Oguri Shun’s newest show Crisis. And that, of course, means writing a blog post to try and encourage all of my amazing readers to give it a try with me. Drama enabling is alive and well here at DWASOK. Continue reading
Drama Geek and I had a tiny bit of an impromptu dramathon this weekend. We decided to try the latest Chinese spy thriller Rookie Agent Rouge, thinking it could be a filler drama. 10 Hours later we are all caught up and ready to shout our love for this show. This might not be a drama for everyone, so come see if you might be interested in giving it a try (spoiler free). Continue reading