Pearl Cinema Review - Asian Dramas Worth Watching

I started watching this drama twice and left it for some of the other dramas I reviewed in this blog.  But the third time, I finally watched it from the beginning. Hyun Bin's part was so manly and strong.  and  Son Ye-Jin played beautifully the part of a successful business woman who had to come down to earth literally in a nation that was simple, kind and very humble.   It portrayed North Koreans as people who have the same emotions as people all over the world.  They love to laugh, love, sing, dance and of course eat.   What was nice in this drama that you saw at least four cameos of really big Korean stars playing a taxi driver, a secret agent, a movie star and a taxi driver.  Other notables were Captain Ri's father, actor Jeon Kuk-Hwan who is seen in many KDramas. Korean Dramas generally a well thought out stories with many twists and turns that somehow connect the characters together with destiny.  And, most of the time, although th...

This drama, Revolutionary Love, is a South Korean Drama.  The title is a little misleading.  It is not about a revolution in the political sense of the word but it is about the transformation of a young useless rich chaebol into a solid caring and courageous individual who takes on not only injustice, but his father and brother as well.  It is about three young people who's lives happen to intertwine in interesting look at parents, children and the conglomerate world of big business.  One thing that is very good about this drama is that it does have a redeeming ending as the crooked places are made straight and the good people remain good through the drama. It's fund to watch the character of Byun Hyuk and Kwon, Jae Hoon evolve.  The useless son, Byun Hyuk played by Choi Si-Won, the carefree part-time employee Baek Jun played by Kang So-ra and her long time friend and subservient character of Kwon, Jae Hoon played by Gong Myung.  Some interested oth...

I - LAND Viki.com's Successful New Reality Show I saw this post on Rakuten's VIKI.com channel and thought it was another sciene fiction drama or something to do with Noah's Ark.   I-Land is one of the best new ventures into reality television following the lives for 23 young lads who are competing to become the next big KPOP group.  This I-Land is a location especially built for this TV Reality Drama and has two sections.   Each week contestants have six days to practice a very difficult song and song routine selected by the judges.  Sometimes they compete individually, but most of the time they compete as a team.  The youngest contestant is 14 years old and the oldest 22 years old. The neat thing the judges are well known to the KPOP community they are Rain ( Jung Ji-hoon  ( Korean :  정지훈 , born June 25, 1982), better known by his  stage name   Rain  (Korean 비 IPA ['piː]), is a South Korean singer-songwr...