After a pretty meh 2008, I was ready for the drama landscape to fire back up with 2009. And while there were a number of misses and disappointments -- isn't there always?...
My pick for Drama of the Year: City Hall.
I’ll start of with an admission. When javabeans asked me to give my thoughts on 2009, I was pretty excited, and...
(I'm very pleased to introduce guest review #2, which comes to you courtesy of thunderbolt. Tune back in tomorrow for more! ---javabeans)
Have you watched The Good, The Bad, The Weird?...
With the year coming to an end, that means it's time to take stock of the past twelve months (well, eleven really) in kdramas. The broadcast stations will be holding...
Who knew that Kim Hyun-joo could sing? She's currently the star of the current KBS drama Partner, and now also makes her singing debut with a track for the series...
Partner got off to its start this week, and it was kind of like I expected: flawed but fairly entertaining. Not a fabulous story, and there are some pretty big...
With less than a week left till the premiere of new legal drama Partner [파트너], the cast was on hand at the series production press conference on June 19. The drama is...
KBS’s Partner is readying for its premiere next week and, to whet our appetites some more, has released yet more stills from the drama, which feature its stars goofing...
Law drama Partner really is promoting itself strongly, isn't it? I suppose it doesn't hurt that it's got such good-looking actors (although, really, what kdrama doesn't?).
Here we see some...
More new stills are out from law drama Partner, and feature main star Kim Hyun-joo (as an "ajumma lawyer") getting into the boxing ring -- with a middle school student....
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All told, a pretty fun year [Year in Review, Part 4]
by javabeans
After a pretty meh 2008, I was ready for the drama landscape to fire back up with 2009. And while there were a number of misses and disappointments -- isn't there always?...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Boys Before Flowers, Cinderella Man, Dream, Heading to the Ground, Hero, Hon, IRIS, Kyung Sook Kyung Sook's Father, My Fair Lady, Partner, Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Smile, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Story of a Man, Style, Swallow the Sun, Tamra the Island, Triple, Will It Snow For Christmas, year in review, year in review 2009, You're Beautiful
A newbie reviews 2009 [Year in Review, Part 3]
by samsooki
My pick for Drama of the Year: City Hall. I’ll start of with an admission. When javabeans asked me to give my thoughts on 2009, I was pretty excited, and...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Accidental Couple, Assorted Gems, Cinderella Man, City Hall, Friend Our Legend, IRIS, Job Well Done, Kyung Sook Kyung Sook's Father, My Fair Lady, Partner, Queen Seon-deok, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Story of a Man, Tamra the Island, Temptation of Wife, year in review, year in review 2009, You're Beautiful
The good, the bad, the middling [Year in Review, Part 2]
by thunderbolt
(I'm very pleased to introduce guest review #2, which comes to you courtesy of thunderbolt. Tune back in tomorrow for more! ---javabeans) Have you watched The Good, The Bad, The Weird?...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Accidental Couple, Again My Love, Assorted Gems, Brilliant Legacy, City Hall, Hometown of Legends 2009, Kyung Sook Kyung Sook's Father, Loving You a Thousand Times, Partner, Queen Seon-deok, Smile, Strike Love, The Man Who Can't Get Married, year in review, year in review 2009, You're Beautiful
How was 2009 for you?
by javabeans
With the year coming to an end, that means it's time to take stock of the past twelve months (well, eleven really) in kdramas. The broadcast stations will be holding...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, A Star's Lover, Accidental Couple, Angel's Temptation, Beanie Awards, Boys Before Flowers, Brilliant Legacy, Cain and Abel, Cinderella Man, City Hall, Dream, Friend, Heading to the Ground, Hero, Hon, IRIS, Ja Myung Go, Job Well Done, Loving You a Thousand Times, My Fair Lady, Partner, Queen of Housewives, Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Smile, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Story of a Man, Strike Love, Style, Tamra the Island, Triple, year in review, year in review 2009
Kim Hyun-joo featured on Partner OST
by javabeans
Who knew that Kim Hyun-joo could sing? She's currently the star of the current KBS drama Partner, and now also makes her singing debut with a track for the series...
Tags: Kim Hyun-joo, Partner, soundtracks
Partner: Episode 1
by javabeans
Partner got off to its start this week, and it was kind of like I expected: flawed but fairly entertaining. Not a fabulous story, and there are some pretty big...
Tags: Choi Chul-ho, first episodes, Honey Lee, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Hyun-joo, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Won-jong, Park Min-chul, Partner, Shin-yi
Partner production press conference
by javabeans
With less than a week left till the premiere of new legal drama Partner [파트너], the cast was on hand at the series production press conference on June 19. The drama is...
Tags: Choi Chul-ho, Honey Lee, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Hyun-joo, Lee Dong-wook, Partner, press conferences, Shin-yi
Stills from Partner’s courtroom
by javabeans
KBS’s Partner is readying for its premiere next week and, to whet our appetites some more, has released yet more stills from the drama, which feature its stars goofing...
Tags: Choi Chul-ho, Honey Lee, Kim Hyun-joo, Lee Dong-wook, Partner
Lee Dong-wook is a playboy and a snob
by javabeans
Law drama Partner really is promoting itself strongly, isn't it? I suppose it doesn't hurt that it's got such good-looking actors (although, really, what kdrama doesn't?). Here we see some...
Tags: Lee Dong-wook, Partner
Kim Hyun-joo puts up her dukes
by javabeans
More new stills are out from law drama Partner, and feature main star Kim Hyun-joo (as an "ajumma lawyer") getting into the boxing ring -- with a middle school student....
Tags: Kim Hyun-joo, Partner