Korean Movie Review: #Alive (new Train to Busan?)

Movie poster from Asianwiki I love zombie movies, and I'm also a massive fan of Korean movies/dramas, so when the two are combined into one film, you know I have to watch it. #Alive (#살아있다 in Korean, pronounced "Salaissda," meaning "live") is a 2020 Korean movie following a young man stuck in his apartment when …

Chinese Drama Review: The Chang’an Youth

It seems like forever since I watched and thoroughly enjoyed a Chinese drama, and I've never actually individually reviewed one on my blog. However, since it is summer and I have a lot of time on my hands, I ended up binge watching this in the last two days. And, for all its faults, I …

Bollywood Review: Mohenjo Daro

I don't watch many Bollywood movies, but the main reason I snatched this one up at my local library because it is set during the Indus Valley Civilization in 2016 BC. The civilization spread through modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India. The title of this movie, Mohenjo Daro, refers to an actual ancient city in …

Korean Movie Review: Innocent Witness

It seems like forever since I talked about a Korean drama or movie. I've just been so busy with planning for college and moving before that that I haven't had much time to watch much of anything. Saying that, I watched this movie recently and I was so impressed by it that I had to …

I Finally Watched The New Aladdin Movie

I have an extremely mixed relationship with Disney live-action remakes. There are some I absolutely love (like Cinderella from 2015 and Alice in Wonderland from 2010). And then there are the ones I was extremely disappointed with (like Beauty and the Beast from 2017 and Maleficent from 2014). So when I heard that they were …

Movie Review: It (2017)

I'm not a massive fan of horror movies in general, but everyone keeps raving about this movie and, since the sequel will be coming out in September of 2019, I thought it was about time to watch it. A few months ago, I tried reading the book by Stephen King. It's a massive tome of …

TV Series Review: I Am The Night

The Black Dahlia Murder of 1947 has fascinated detectives and amateurs alike for years. There are few people in America who haven't heard of the horrific murder of Elizabeth Short, known more commonly as the Black Dahlia. But most probably don't know anything about one of the main suspects: George Hodel. I love true crime …

Korean Movie Review: Cheese in the Trap (the movie)

Original series poster Back in 2016, a Korean drama was released called Cheese in the Trap, starring Park Hae Jin and Kim Go Eun. On the surface, it was a college romance between a rich, popular guy and a poor, hardworking girl. If that sounds familiar, that's because there have been dozens of tv shows …

Kdrama Tag

We are back to our regular foreign drama-themed posts on Monday. Yay! Let's see how long that lasts. Anyway, out of all cinemas from around the world, Korea has to be my favorite for TV series (though China is a close second). I often do book tags, so I thought it would be fun to …

Movie Review: Escape From the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

In 1887, American journalist Nellie Bly, who was twenty-three at the time, decided to fake insanity to be admitted into the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island (right off the coast of New York City). She was inside ten days before she was rescued, and then she wrote of her experiences in the book Ten …