Answer first: IT IS! Oh my gosh, you guys have to watch Joseon X-Files (also titled Secret Investigation Record). It was flipping amazing when it came out, and if anything,...
Here we are, Part 5!
As girlfriday said in her review, I'd also like to thank guest bloggers Dahee Fanel and thunderbolt for participating in this year's year-in-review roundup. A particular...
This has been an exceptional year for kdramas. Just ask Kim Gab-soo, if you can catch him in an idle moment, that is. The man appeared in ten dramas this...
[Now that you've read what I've had to say about the past year of dramas, please join me in welcoming a couple familiar guest bloggers, who have graciously written up...
It's that time of year again, when we look back and size up the past twelve months of dramas. This is my fourth year (this is my fourth year?!) doing...
It's December, and you know what that means around these parts: Time to reflect on the past year and see how the dramas stacked up! And boy, were there a...
Finally, we reach the end of what I feel confident declaring one of the best shows I've seen in recent memory. I've seen a lot of dramas in the past...
Episodes 11 and 12 are really two parts of one story (as were Episodes 7 and 8 ) and aired on the same night, so I considered writing them up together. But I think there's...
I liked this episode a lot. I appreciate that the writers have taken the care to alternate lighter, funnier episodes with the darker, creepier, and/or more intense ones.
The...
This episode starts out seeming more disconnected from the others, making me think at first that it was a filler-type episode -- but trust this drama to find a way...
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[Revisiting Dramas] Is Joseon X-Files still brilliant 7 years later?
by javabeans
Answer first: IT IS! Oh my gosh, you guys have to watch Joseon X-Files (also titled Secret Investigation Record). It was flipping amazing when it came out, and if anything,...
Tags: Joseon X-Files, Theme of the Month
2010 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Here we are, Part 5! As girlfriday said in her review, I'd also like to thank guest bloggers Dahee Fanel and thunderbolt for participating in this year's year-in-review roundup. A particular...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Baker King Kim Tak-gu, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee House, Editors' Picks, Eom Ji-won, featured, Giant, Jang Hyuk, Jejoongwon, Joseon X-Files, Jung Bo-seok, Kim Gab-soo, Kim Hyun-joong, Lee Mi-sook, Micky Yoochun, Moon Geun-young, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Personal Taste, Rain, Runaway Plan B, Shin Mina, Sohn Ye-jin, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, year in review, year in review 2010, Yoo Ah-in
Heady with a chance of ho hum [Year in Review, Part 3]
by thunderbolt
This has been an exceptional year for kdramas. Just ask Kim Gab-soo, if you can catch him in an idle moment, that is. The man appeared in ten dramas this...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Chuno, Coffee House, Comrades, Dr. Champ, featured, Giant, Jejoongwon, Joseon X-Files, Mary Stayed Out All Night, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Oh My Lady, Secret Garden, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, Wish Upon a Star, year in review, year in review 2010
Finding the gems among the stones [Year in Review, Part 2]
by Dahee_Fanel
[Now that you've read what I've had to say about the past year of dramas, please join me in welcoming a couple familiar guest bloggers, who have graciously written up...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Chuno, Cinderella's Sister, Comrades, Drama Special, featured, Gloria, Joseon X-Files, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Pasta, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, year in review, year in review 2010
A year of surprises and disappointments [Year in Review, Part 1]
by javabeans
It's that time of year again, when we look back and size up the past twelve months of dramas. This is my fourth year (this is my fourth year?!) doing...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Guy, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee House, Dr. Champ, Drama Special, featured, I Am Legend, Joseon X-Files, Mary Stayed Out All Night, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Oh My Lady, Personal Taste, Playful Kiss, Runaway Plan B, Secret Garden, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, Wish Upon a Star, year in review, year in review 2010
2010 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the year
by javabeans
It's December, and you know what that means around these parts: Time to reflect on the past year and see how the dramas stacked up! And boy, were there a...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Guy, Baker King Kim Tak-gu, Beanie Awards, Chuno, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee House, Comrades, Daemul, Dong Yi, Dr. Champ, featured, Giant, God of Study, I Am Legend, Jejoongwon, Joseon X-Files, Mary Stayed Out All Night, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Oh My Lady, Pasta, Personal Taste, Playful Kiss, Prosecutor Princess, Road No. 1, Runaway Plan B, Secret Garden, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, Wish Upon a Star, year in review, year in review 2010
Joseon X-Files: Episode 12 (Final)
by javabeans
Finally, we reach the end of what I feel confident declaring one of the best shows I've seen in recent memory. I've seen a lot of dramas in the past...
Tags: featured, Im Jung-eun, Jo Hee-bong, Joseon X-Files, Kim Gab-soo, Kim Ji-hoon
Joseon X-Files: Episode 11
by javabeans
Episodes 11 and 12 are really two parts of one story (as were Episodes 7 and 8 ) and aired on the same night, so I considered writing them up together. But I think there's...
Tags: featured, Im Jung-eun, Jo Hee-bong, Joseon X-Files, Kim Gab-soo, Kim Ji-hoon
Joseon X-Files: Episode 10
by javabeans
I liked this episode a lot. I appreciate that the writers have taken the care to alternate lighter, funnier episodes with the darker, creepier, and/or more intense ones. The...
Tags: featured, Im Jung-eun, Jo Hee-bong, Joseon X-Files, Kim Ji-hoon
Joseon X-Files: Episode 9
by javabeans
This episode starts out seeming more disconnected from the others, making me think at first that it was a filler-type episode -- but trust this drama to find a way...
Tags: featured, Joseon X-Files, Kim Ji-hoon