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TV Review – Strong Girl Bong Soon
Co-posted at Heroic Cinema 2017 – 16 episodes This is for all the women who want some vicarious ‘beating the crap out of everyone who’s ever looked at me sideways’ enjoyment. It’s also a whole sack full of fun even… Continue reading
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Mamamoo – Strong Girl Bong Soon OST (with lyrics)
Tomorrow’s review will be Strong Girl Bong Soon, so for the OST pick I’ve gone with a song from the classic girl group Mamamoo. It’s rare for me to choose girl group music, so enjoy it while you can, folks.… Continue reading
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TV Review – The Master’s Sun
Co-posted at Heroic Cinema 2013 – 17 episodes This is just stitched together from a whole steaming pile of wrong. It can’t seem to decide what it is, so it veers between Cinderella rom com, mystery, and episodic ghost series,… Continue reading
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DinDin – Insomnia (feat. Lee Hong Gi of FT Island)
This is mellow pastel DinDin pining, not for the fjords, but for a girl. He’s assisted in his pining by the dulcet tones of Lee Hong Gi from FT Island, who provides a calming counterpoint to DinDin’s melancholy musings. Continue reading
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TV Review – My Shy Boss
Co-posted at Heroic Cinema 2017 – 16 episodes The world’s most introverted over-thinker meets the world’s most outspoken non-thinker – what could go wrong? Fortunately it gets better than that, because if it was just “Genius introvert falls in love… Continue reading
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Sandeul – My Shy Boss OST (with lyrics)
Confession time: I started watching the series because of this song. Yes, tragic, I know. But I’m unrepentant – Sandeul’s glorious vocals make everything better, and the song appears frequently throughout the series at appropriate moments. It’s a gentle, lyrical… Continue reading
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TV Review – You’re All Surrounded
Co-posted at Heroic Cinema 2014 – 20 episodes It looked like just another cop drama, but this little gem ticked all the boxes on my Cracking Good Series bingo card. For starters, the cast: Lee Seung-gi as Kim Ji-young/Eun Dae-gu,… Continue reading
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Lee Seung Chul & San E (feat. Kang Min Hee) – You’re All Surrounded OST
Two songs this time, both strangely enough about love, which is odd for a cop show. Heigh ho. I’m not particularly enamoured of either, but providing them for your delectation nonetheless. Continue reading
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TV Review – You Are Beautiful
Co-posted at Heroic Cinema 2009 – 16 episodes Everyone involved in this debacle should cower under the Doona of Shame for all eternity. I’m even embarrassed to say I watched it. What a complete dogs’ breakfast – the script was… Continue reading
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TV Review – Secret Garden
Co-posted at Heroic Cinema TV drama – 20 episodes OST That Woman/That Man by Baek Ji Young/Hyun Bin Japan may have Godzilla, but Korea has an equally fearsome monster. The chaebol mama may not trample buildings, but she has a… Continue reading
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