Secret Door: Episode 13
It definitely feels like we’re at the peak of the first half of our story, as every single conflict comes to a head in one gruesome trial, with one side willing to die to expose the truth, and the...
View ArticleSecret Door: Episode 14
A fresh chapter opens, and wowza are we in for some dramatic changes. It’s refreshing (and exciting) to see our biggest players developing into stronger, smarter, and shrewder people, marking a...
View ArticleSecret Door: Episode 15
There are some great moments between our prince and princess in this episode. (They touch! On purpose!) The rest, I could take or leave, since there’s a lot of setup and people shifting their...
View ArticleSecret Door: Episode 16
Despite being thrown into what seemed like a pit of quicksand leading straight to hell, our hero digs deep to solve the impossible problem, and to keep his soul while doing it. It’s a tall order, and...
View ArticleNews bites: December 20, 2014
Lee Je-hoon (Secret Door) and Go Ara (You’re All Surrounded) have not only confirmed Detective Hong Gil-dong, but they’ve already started filming — hooray! Go Ara will play a Watson-type to Lee’s...
View ArticleLee Je-hoon teams up with Misaeng PD for tvN’s Signal
I’m so glad that Lee Je-hoon hasn’t run away from dramaland to only do movies — it’s so my fear with good actors like him. His army comeback drama Secret Door might’ve been a disappointment, but maybe...
View ArticleJo Jin-woong to reunite with Lee Je-hoon in tvN’s Signal
It’s been nearly two years since Jo Jin-woong (Assassination) last took a break from films to do a drama (the melodrama Full Sun with Yoon Kye-sang), but it looks he might be returning next year in...
View ArticleKim Hye-soo completes main trio for tvN’s Signal
Well that’s an impressive cast lineup. It looks like a movie cast for starters, and a really good one at that. Kim Hye-soo (Chinatown, God of the Workplace) is the latest addition to tvN’s new crime...
View ArticleSignal’s past and present cops converge via radio
Here’s our first look at tvN’s Signal, the paranormal police drama from the PD of Misaeng and the writer of Ghost and Sign. It’s about cops both past and present who can communicate with one another...
View ArticleDesperate voice from the past sends clues to the present in Signal
I have to say, I’m drawn to the retro-nostalgia feel we’re getting in tvN’s cold-case investigation drama Signal—or at least in half of it, since it’s partially tied to the past though mostly set in...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 1
Heart-pounding and intense, tvN’s newest crime thriller Signal pulls out all the stops in its premiere, and boy am I diggin’ it. An unexpected connection is made when a two-way radio links the past to...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 2
I love it, I love it, I love it. Signal continues to impress as our core team is assembled to tackle the toughest of unsolved crimes. It’s a thankless job, but somebody’s got to do it. Even when the...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 3
I’m sure that when the cold case squad was tasked to take on the South Gyeonggi serial murders, none of them anticipated the possibility that any more lives could be at stake. But that’s the name of...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 4
The past begins to interweave with the present to the point where it’s hard to tell which came first—and if that sounds crazy, it’s because it is. Crazy good, that is. Aside from the truly stellar...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 5
If you thought things got real personal last week, things are about to cut even deeper into the heart. If there’s one thing anyone should know about time is that one little change can carry severe...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 6
Get a box of tissues at the ready before you watch this episode, because trust me—you’re going to need it. Being a cop is plenty hard enough as it is, and our two detectives will realize that tugging...
View ArticleTOP declines God of Noodles, Lee Je-hoon offered lead
Normally we wouldn’t post about news just to say “Hey guys, these people aren’t going to do this project!” but the upcoming KBS manhwa-adaptation drama God of Noodles has been in the news quite a bit...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 7
What seems like a simple open-and-shut case turns out have much deeper roots in the movers and shakers in society. Much like our previous cases thus far, there’s a link between the past and present,...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 8
Signal continues to do what it does best: churning out suspenseful, heart-stopping, and simply amazing television. Things get more complicated in this episode, as our cold case squad tries to peel...
View ArticleSignal: Episode 9
Just when I thought this show couldn’t get any better than it already is, Signal proves that it can outdo itself every week. Seriously, just thinking about this episode still sends chills down my...
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