Author Archives: Alison

TV Review – Something In The Rain

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Alison

Co-posted at Heroic Cinema TV drama – 16 episodes This is the hair shirt and barbed wire pants of K-drama – if you can get through all 16 episodes, you’re a better person than me. The first kazoo in the … Continue reading →

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B1A4 – Lonely

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Alison

Most Beautiful Songwriter On The Planet demonstrates the fine art of levitation, as the boys try not to freeze their bits off while filming outdoors in a Korean winter. If talents were apportioned fairly, Jinyoung would just be a pretty … Continue reading →

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Siusin And Heechul

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Alison

Siusin is bored with X-Men, and is now fascinated with K-pop. Maybe it’s the faces, maybe it’s the voices. Maybe she’s just humouring me to ensure an ongoing supply of tuna. Who knows, but it does play merry hell with … Continue reading →

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Ryeowook’s Hair and Shrieking At Siwon

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Alison

I now have Ryeowook’s lavender hair, and expect to acquire the matching angelic face and sublime voice imminently. Any. Minute. Now. At the moment, though, I’ve got a face for radio, and my vocal abilities can best be summed up … Continue reading →

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TV Review – Itaewon Class

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Alison

Co-posted at Heroic Cinema TV Series – 16 episodes I really didn’t want to love this so much. I didn’t even want to watch it. Let me explain… It started with a song. I’d never liked Park Seo-jun, but a … Continue reading →

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Gaho, Ha Hyun-woo – Itaewon Class OST

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Alison

30 seconds of this song made me watch a 19 hour TV series. That’s a pretty good ROI, don’t you think? This first song is so damn inspiring, it could make you stride out into the street to lead a … Continue reading →

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Taemin – Criminal

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Alison

Taemin’s back in the bondage closet, being dark, dangerous, and ever so enticing. In this MV Taemin becomes the poster boy for the B&D community, and possibly the S&M community as well. It does make you wonder what was going … Continue reading →

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BIBI – Life Is A Bi***

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Alison

Glorious BIBI – Ulysses would have had himself lashed to a mast to hear this voice. But then, given her predilection for singing about uncomfortable topics, he might have ended up lashing her to something afterwards. And by uncomfortable topics, … Continue reading →

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TV Review – Love In The Moonlight

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Alison

Co-posted at Heroic Cinema TV series – 18 episodes A historical entry in the “I fell in love with my eunuch” category, lifted above the ordinary by the quality of the whole cast. Kim Yoo-Jeong plays Hong Ra-on (or Hong … Continue reading →

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Sandeul, Ben – Love In The Moonlight OST plus promo teaser feat. Park Bo-gum

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Alison

Something a bit different this week – I’ve got a review for a K-drama series going up on Heroic Cinema today, so I thought I’d dig up a couple of songs from the OST for your delectation. And just to … Continue reading →

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