Another year, another Christmas Eve delivery completed!
Not gonna lie, recent years haven't been the rosiest for Old Saint Nick, but this year, I decided to do something about it....
SBS's mystery-thriller Village: Secret of Achiara wrapped this past week, which means we have a slew of interviews from its director and writer to read through for extra insights. The...
Time to say goodbye to Village: Secret of Achiara, which turns out a pretty satisfactory finale episode that not only answers questions of plot but, more importantly, does a good...
Just when I thought we'd all had Village figured out, the drama throws in a curveball, and it's a doozy. You won't hear me complaining about tossing in a late-game...
You've gotta hand it to Village—it sure doesn't lack for twists. Some of them are more surprising than others (and some aren't very surprising at all), but I respect...
So-yoon persists in digging and digging, despite the fact that nearly the whole town is determined to stonewall her. She may not be the shrewdest investigator around (her tactics can...
The delusion, it runs deep in this town. That certainly explains how the secrets have remained under wraps for so long—with this amount of willful ignorance going around, it's...
And we're back! Fyi, Village will have a few scheduling irregularities heading into its final weeks -- yesterday's episode was pre-empted so we're only getting Episode 11 this week. Next week...
Aw, our gullible, simple-minded petty officer is growing up, even if it's in tiny little baby steps. Though I did find his naivety mildly frustrating in past episodes, the more...
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Dramabeans Podcast #31
by javabeans
It's a new year, and we're eager to get through all of our backlog so we can start fresh again! We have a lot of catching up to do in...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, Awl, Bubblegum, Cheese in the Trap, D-Day, featured, Imaginary Cat, Oh My Venus, Remember—Son's War, Sassy Go Go, Village: Secret of Achiara
Santa goes Zen [Year in Review, Part 8]
by Santa Claus
Another year, another Christmas Eve delivery completed! Not gonna lie, recent years haven't been the rosiest for Old Saint Nick, but this year, I decided to do something about it....
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Angry Mom, Answer Me 1988, Awl, Bubblegum, D-Day, Ex-Girlfriend Club, featured, Girl Who Sees Smells, Healer, I Remember You, Imaginary Cat, Kill Me Heal Me, Let's Eat 2, Mask, Oh My Ghostess, Oh My Venus, Remember—Son's War, Sassy Go Go, Scholar Who Walks the Night, She Was Pretty, Six Flying Dragons, The Producers, The Superman Age, The Time I've Loved You, Valid Love, Village: Secret of Achiara, Warm and Cozy, year in review, year in review 2015, Yong-pal
Village: Thematic messages, casting, and comic sidebars
by javabeans
SBS's mystery-thriller Village: Secret of Achiara wrapped this past week, which means we have a slew of interviews from its director and writer to read through for extra insights. The...
Tags: interviews, Moon Geun-young, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae
Village: Secret of Achiara: Episode 16 (Final)
by javabeans
Time to say goodbye to Village: Secret of Achiara, which turns out a pretty satisfactory finale episode that not only answers questions of plot but, more importantly, does a good...
Tags: featured, Jang Hee-jin, Moon Geun-young, Ohn Joo-wan, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae
Village: Secret of Achiara: Episode 15
by javabeans
Just when I thought we'd all had Village figured out, the drama throws in a curveball, and it's a doozy. You won't hear me complaining about tossing in a late-game...
Tags: featured, Moon Geun-young, Ohn Joo-wan, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae
Village: Secret of Achiara: Episode 14
by javabeans
You've gotta hand it to Village—it sure doesn't lack for twists. Some of them are more surprising than others (and some aren't very surprising at all), but I respect...
Tags: featured, Moon Geun-young, Ohn Joo-wan, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae
Village: Secret of Achiara: Episode 13
by javabeans
So-yoon persists in digging and digging, despite the fact that nearly the whole town is determined to stonewall her. She may not be the shrewdest investigator around (her tactics can...
Tags: featured, Moon Geun-young, Ohn Joo-wan, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae
Village: Secret of Achiara: Episode 12
by javabeans
The delusion, it runs deep in this town. That certainly explains how the secrets have remained under wraps for so long—with this amount of willful ignorance going around, it's...
Tags: featured, Moon Geun-young, Ohn Joo-wan, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae
Village: Secret of Achiara: Episode 11
by javabeans
And we're back! Fyi, Village will have a few scheduling irregularities heading into its final weeks -- yesterday's episode was pre-empted so we're only getting Episode 11 this week. Next week...
Tags: featured, Moon Geun-young, Ohn Joo-wan, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae
Village: Secret of Achiara: Episode 10
by javabeans
Aw, our gullible, simple-minded petty officer is growing up, even if it's in tiny little baby steps. Though I did find his naivety mildly frustrating in past episodes, the more...
Tags: featured, Moon Geun-young, Ohn Joo-wan, Shin Eun-kyung, Village: Secret of Achiara, Yook Sung-jae