Hana Kimi

Rate 8.3/10
Cast

• Horikita Maki as Mizuki Ashiya
• Shun Oguri as Izumi Sano
• Ikuta Toma as Shuichi Nakatsu
• Hiro Mizushima as Minami Nanba
• Yusuke Yamamoto as Taiki Kayashima
• Masaki Okada as Kyogo Sekime

Episodes : 12

Mizuki Ashiya (Horikita Maki) transfers school from California to Osaka High School. But it's not an ordinary school, it's an all male high school. Cutting her hair short, she disguises herself as a boy. She does that to get closer to Izumi Sano (Shun Oguri), a high jump athlete who stops to do high jumps after his legs injured. Problems ensues, when Sano finds out that she's a girl but she didn't know it. Things got more confusing as Shuichi nakatsu (Ikuta Toma) falls in love with her without knowing that she's actually a girl.

I freaking love this drama! the main characters are amazing and the side characters couldn't be better. Everyone has a unique traits that makes it easier to recognize even the minor characters. Every single episode is hilarious with a tiny little bit of romance. I love how the boys seem so cool in front of girls but they turn out to be weird, funny, and not that cool after all. Nakatsu's crazy antics can make you fall in love with him right away. I really like the school's crazy competitions and festivals (they seem to never study at all).  And when the drama ends, I couldn't help but to want more. I hope there'll be season 2, but sadly it didn't happen. The only thing I hate from this drama is Sano's hairstyle. God, I want to cut it right away. If you want a comedy drama, this is it, full hilarity right from the start.
     
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Beyond The Memories

Rate 8.2/10

Cast

• Masami Nagasawa as Kanna Seto
• Masaki Okada as Roku Akazawa
• Kengo Kora as Kazue Haruta
• Haru as Tomomi Kawaguchi
• Aoi Nakamura as Toshikuni Mayama
• Yuki Furukawa as Kiyomasa Komine

Kanna Seto (Masami Nagasawa), a cheerful girl who works in a movie advertising company hides something from her past. When she was in high school, her crush and best friend died in a car accident. She seems all right and unbothered by it, but she actually still feels guilty about that incident.

Roku Akazawa (Masaki Okada), a friendly editor in a publishing company has an almost similar story with Kanna. When he was in primary school, he accidentally pushed his friend and she was hit by a car. He still carries his guilt all the way to his adulthood. When these two meet can they heal each other's wounds?

My two favorite actors as the main lead! They bring out the characters really well. I can feel their love, heartache,guilt, pain, sadness and all their emotions throughout the movie. This movie is very touching and it's done beautifully. The relationship between each character feels so deep and I can't help but falling in love with the main characters. It's the kind of movie that can make you feel sad and hurt without showing too much tears. It's perfect (for me).   

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Shut Up! Flower Boyband

Rate 7.7/10

Cast

• Sung Joon as Kwon Ji Hyuk
• L (Kim Myung Soo) as Lee Hyun Soo
• Lee Hyun Jae as Jang Do Il
• Yoo Min Kyu as Kim Ha Jin
• Kim Min Suk as Seo Kyung Jong
• Jung Eui Chul as Yoo Seung Hoon
• Jo Bo Ah as Im Soo Ah
• Lee Min Ki as Joo Byung Hee
• Kim Ye Rim as Ye Rim

Episodes : 16

This series tell the story of a high school rock band, Eye Candy, led by Joo Byung Hee (Lee Min Ki), an eccentric vocalist of the group. The other members are Kwon Ji Hyuk (Sung Joon), Lee Hyun Soo (Kim Myung Soo), Jang Do Il (Lee Hyun Jae), Kim Ha Jin (Yoo Min Kyu), and Seo Kyung Jong (Kim Min Suk). When their school is forced to close down, they transfer to the reputable Jungsang High School. There, they find their opponent, Strawberry Fields band. 

This drama is really great! The actors carry out the plot nicely. The characters are really good and they have good chemistry. And the soundtracks are great, I downloaded their songs because of this drama. Sung Joon's voice is nice for a model-turned-actor. How I wish they're a real band so I could hear more of their songs. This is not your typical asian drama as it doesn't only focus on romance. I recommend this one.
    

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The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones

Rate 7.8/10

Cast

• Lily Collins as Clary Fray
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace Wayland
• Kevin Zegers as Alec
• Jemima West as Isabelle
• Robert Sheehan as Simon Lewis
• Lena Headey as Jocelyn Fray
• Kevin Durand as Pangborn
• Aidan Turner as Luke
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Valentine

Clary Fray (Lily Collins), an ordinary teenager, suddenly seeing strange symbols around her. She doesn't really think much of it, but it all changes when she sees Jace Wayland (Jamie Campbell Bower) killing a man in front of so many people. Everyone around her doesn't realize what's happening, then it dawns on her that she's the only one who can see him. She then discovers that she's the descendant of Shadowhunters, warriors who protects people from demons. When her mother suddenly disappears, she joins with the other Shadowhunters to save her mother.

This is one of of my favorite movies. I admit I never read the book of this story, and I'm glad I didn't. Most of the time book-turns-movie are disappointing. I don't know about this one, but from a non-reader point of view this movie is awesome. I love how the story flows and the characters are great. It's exciting and very entertaining, you should try to watch this one.

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Blind

Rate 8/10

Cast

• Kim Ha Neul as Min Soo Ah
• Yoo Seung Ho as Kwon Ki Sub
• Jo Hee Bong as Detective Jo 
• Yang Young Jo as Myung Jin

A series of missing girls has made the police stuck in that case. Detective Jo (Jo Hee Bong), a lower rank detective, is assigned to a seemingly ordinary hit and run case. The only witness for the hit and run case is Min Soo Ah (Kim Ha Neul) who happens to be blind. Min Soo Ah states that she was picked up by a taxi when it hits someone. Detective Jo who's not really interested in the case in the first place dismisses it quickly thinking that the taxi might only hit a dog for Min Soo Ah can't actually see what the taxi hits. But then another witness came to the police, Kwon Ki Sub (Yoo Seung Ho) states that he saw the incident and it wasn't a taxi, but an imported car. Detective Jo, thinking that it might be related to the missing girls case, start investigating it with the help of Min Soo Ah and Kwon Ki Sub. They don't realize that a mysterious man is stalking Soo Ah.

This movie is really great, how they try to find the criminal with the help of a blind girl. It's very interesting as it shows the point of view of a blind person. The plot is very engaging and the actors are great. I honestly didn't expect much of a Korean thriller movie, it's the first that I watch, but it was good. Most Korean movies that I watch is usually romance and it gets boring sometimes. If you want to watch Korean but not the romance genre, you should try to watch this.   

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Plus Nine Boys

Rate 7.5/10

Cast

• Kim Young Kwang as Kang Jin Goo
• Oh Jung Se as Koo Gwang Soo
• Yook Sung Jae as Kang Min Goo
• Choi Ro Woon as Kang Dong Goo
• Kyung Soo Jin as Ma Se Young
• Yoo Da In as Joo Da In
• Park Cho Rong as Han Soo Ah
• Lee Chae Mi as Jang Baek Ji
• Kim Mi Kyung as Koo Bok Ja

Episodes : 14

Koo Bok Ja (Kim Mi Kyung), a mother of three, who believes in superstitions often asks a seer about her family's luck. The seer tells her that for the next year, the number "9" will bring a bad luck to her family. Coincidentally, her younger brother, Koo Gwang Soo (Oh Jung Se) will be 39 years old next year. Her oldest son, Kang Jin Goo (Kim Young Kwang), will turn 29. Her second and youngest sons, Kang Min Goo (Yook Sung Jae) and Kang Dong Goo (Choi Ro Woon), will be 19 and 9 years old. From then on, a chain of bad lucks approach the four boys in their work and love life. 

I watched this drama a few months ago and I still remember some of the scenes. I love the plot as it is something new for an Asian drama. It's not about a super rich boy who falls in love with a weak poor girl which is very common plot for Asian dramas. The characters are realistic, they have their good and bad sides, just normal people. The story is light and has its funny moments sometimes. Even when it's mainly focused on romance, it has strong backgrounds in other aspects as well, such as family, friends, and work. It's simple yet entertaining.
   

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ATM Error

Rate 8/10

Cast

• Chantavit Dhanasevi as Sua
• Preechaya Pongthananikorn as Jib

Just as the title says, this is a movie about an ATM having an error. Sua (Chantavit) and Jib (Preechaya) are employees in a bank. The company where they're working at doesn't allow its employees to have romantic relationship. But Sua and Jib have already secretly dating for 5 years. Wanting to get married, one of them have to resign from the job. But neither of the two are willing to resign. To solve this problem, they make bet. Whoever can solve the ATM error trouble in the company first will be the winner and he/she doesn't need to resign. They never knew that the ATM error is not as simple as they thought.

One of my favorite Thailand actors, Chantavit Dhanasevi, is back! And he's as funny as always. This movie is one of the best romantic comedies. I love every moment of it. The actors are great, the plot is simple but amazing, everything mixes in flawlessly. I don't want to say too much, it will spoil the movie for you. Thailand sure knows how to make great romantic comedies.

    

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Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers)

Rate 8.3/10

Cast

• Mao Inoue as Makino Tsukushi
• Jun Matsumoto as Domyoji Tsukasa
• Shun Oguri as Hanazawa Rui
• Shota Matsuda as Nishikado Sojiro
• Tsuyoshi Abe as Mimasaka Akira

Episodes : 9

Makino Tsukushi (Mao) is a young hard-working girl who attend an elite school for the rich by a scholarship (sounds familiar? this drama actually came out earlier than The Heirs). The school is ruled by F4, Domyoji Tsukasa (Jun), Hanazawa Rui (Shun), Nishikado Sojiro (Shota), and Mimasaka Akira (Tsuyoshi). They are the richest students at school. They bully everyone who stands in their way. Everyone at school is afraid of them for they're the sons of the most powerful people in Japan. But one day, when Domyoji bullies Sanjo Sakurako, Makino stands up to defend her friend. From then on she receives a red tag (an order from F4 for other students to start bully her) and her days at school will never be peaceful anymore.

Hana Yori Dango, the drama where the original F4 boys come from. If you haven't heard of F4, you must've never seen Boys Before Flower (Korean remake) or Meteor Garden (Taiwan remake). Which I suggest, don't watch those remakes, the Korean one is a total failure in my opinion and the Taiwan is not that bad but not that good either. Hana Yori Dango is the best one compared to those remakes. The plot is good, the actors can bring out the characters really well, and there's no unnecessary side plots. And it doesn't drift away too far from the manga. The story didn't get draggy like the remakes, everything fits in perfectly.

  

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The Heirs (The Inheritors)

Rate 7/10

Cast 

• Lee Min Ho as Kim Tan
• Park Shin Hye as Cha Eun Sang
• Kim Woo Bin as Choi Young Do
• Kang Min Hyuk as Yoon Chan Young
• Kang Ha Neul as Lee Hyo Shin
• Krystal as Lee Bo Na
• Kim Ji Won as Rachel Yoo
• Park Hyung Sik as Jo Myung Soo
• Jeon So Jin as Kang Ye Sol
• Choi Jin Hyuk as Kim Won

Episodes : 20

One Who Wants to Wear The Crown, Bear The Crown is another title for this drama. As it says, it tells the story of the students in an elite high school for rich kids. The students in the school divided into four groups. First, the top group, the heirs of huge companies, they're born rich and don't even need to study hard as they will be bosses once they graduate. The second group, they don't have big companies, but they have lots of stocks which pretty much the same thing. The third, they are the children of high-rank state officials, lawyers, etc. And the last one, the students who get into the school by scholarship, in other words commoners. They are the group which often bullied by the first three groups.

Cha Eun Sang (Park Shin Hye) is a new student who happens to be in the fourth group. Having a feeling to her, Kim Tan (Lee Min Ho) tries to protect her by saying that she's a "new money" or someone who recently got rich. But Choi Young Do (Kim Woo Bin), Kim Tan's rival, suspects Cha Eun Sang's real identity and after some time falls in love with her as well. Problem arises with Rachel Yoo (Kim Ji Won), Kim Tan's fiancee, who bullies Cha Eun Sang.

At first, I watch this drama because of the casts (I'm a fan of Kim Woo Bin and Park Shin Hye), very popular actors and actresses and famous kpop idols, wow. And that's the only thing that kept me watching it till the end. Who doesn't know the old Cinderella story? A poor girl meets a rich boy and bullied by evil girl, the main plot is so overused. I love Park Shin Hye, but I really hate her character in this drama. She cries every single time! It's rare to see her smiling in this drama. And, come on, it's not even that sad. Everything is just so cheesy and predictable. And somehow it seems like they only used one song for the soundtrack, I cringe every time Love is the moment... comes on. The side stories and characters are much more interesting and lovable. If you want to watch a drama with a good plot, don't watch this. But if you want to see pretty faces and luxurious places, you're in the right place.  

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http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/10/the-cast-of-heirs-turn-into-royalty-for-the-drama-posters

Now You See Me

Rate 8.3/10

Cast

• Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas
• Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes
• Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney
• Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves
• Dave Franco as Jack Wilder
• Melanie Laurent as Alma Dray
• Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley
• Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler

Four magicians, Daniel Atlas (Eissenberg), Merritt McKinney (Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Fisher, and Jack Wilder (Franco) are mysteriously invited to a meeting in an apartment. A year later, and they reappear as famous and successful group of magicians called The Four Horsemen. At one of their shows in Las Vegas, they rob a bank and give the money to the audiences. Only thing is, the bank is actually robbed for real. An FBI agent, Dylan Rhodes (Ruffalo) and his partner, Alma Dray (Laurent) of Interpol are send to investigate the case. But they couldn't solve the case and there's no proof that The Four Horsemen really steal the money. Stuck in the mystery of the case, they seek help from a professional illusion exposer, Thaddeus Bradley (Freeman). The investigation leave Dylan and Alma to keep wondering which is illusion and which is reality.

I really really love this movie. It keeps me wondering who is the real bad guy the whole time. And the plot twist! Ah, the twist! It fooled me all right. I knew that there will be some twist at the end of the movie, but I didn't know that it would be that kind of twist. Arrrgh I felt stupid somehow after watching it. I don't want to spoil the movie for you, so you better watch it for yourself.   

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21

Rate 8.2/10
Cast

• Jim Sturgess as Ben Campbell
• Kevin Spacey as Micky Rosa
• Kate Bosworth as Jill
• Laurence Fishburne as Cole Williams
• Liza Lapira as Kianna
• Jacob Pitts as Fisher
• Aaron Yoo as Choi

Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), a student in MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), is accepted in Harvard Medical School. But Ben can't afford the $300,000 fee. Micky Rosa, one of his professors, recognizes his intelligence in class and invites him to his secret team. A small team of students which trained to win black jack by counting cards. Interested in the large sum of money he could get, he joins the team. Rosa takes the team to Las Vegas where they make thousands of dollars on weekly basis. Ben, drowned with his non-stop winnings doesn't realize that Cole Williams, a security chief, has been watching him all the time.

I watched this movie years ago and it's still one of my favorite. I love the storyline and when I know that it actually based on a true story, wow it blew my mind. A group of students won thousands of dollars in a casino by counting cards? They must be real geniuses. And this movie portrays it really well. Although I admit, I don't understand the part where they start counting and stuffs, but I can enjoy it. And I think that's the importance of a movie, to make people actually enjoy watching it. So, if you haven't watched this movie, you should. 

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Hormones The Series Season 2

Rate 6.5/10
Episodes : 13
Cast

• Pachara Chirativat as Win
• Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha as Kwan
• Sutatta Udomsilp as Toei
• Chutavuth Pattarakampol as Phu
• Shiracuch Chientaworn as Mhog
• Gunn Junhavat as Tar
• Sananthacat Thanapatpisal as Dao
• Thanapob Leeratanakajorn as Phai
• Supassra Thanachat as Sprite
• Sedthawut Anusit as Thee
• Napat Chokejindachai as Pop
• Kemisara Paladesh as as Koi
• Thiti Mahayotaruk as Non
• Pearwah N. Chatchaipolrat as Kanompang
• Narikunn Ketprapakorn as Oil
• Teeradon Supapunpinyo as Sun
• Thanaerng Kanyawee as Jane

After the incident at the end of the first season, Win (Pachara) moves to U.S. Mhog (Shiracuch) develops new feelings for Kwan (Ungsumalynn) and Tar (Gunn), finally gains his own popularity, has a new fan girl, Kanompang (Pearwah). With everything that happened last year, their lifes once again, entangled.

Aside from the main characters from the first season, here are the new characters and some side characters in the first season that now becomes main characters.

• Thee (Sedthawut), a homosexual boy who has a difficulty forgetting his ex, Phu (Chutavuth). And there's a first year boy called Non (Thiti), who might have feelings for him.

• Pop (Napat), the school reporter whose sister joins in the school this year.

• Koi (Kemisara), Dao (Sananthachat)'s bestfriend who falls in love with Dao after being teased by her friends that they would be cute if they were a couple.

• Non (Thiti), Thee's new best friend who clings to him all the time.

• Kanompang (Pearwah), a fan of See Scape band who later falls in love with Tar. She's bright and cheerful and she hasn't showed her bad side yet.

• Oil (Narikunn), Kanompang's best friend, or so she thought. She seems quiet, but she wants attention more than anyone else.

• Sun (Teeradon),  a new vocalist of See Scape and Kanompang's classmate.

• Jane (Thanaerng), a girl who loves clubbing and happens to meet Win in U.S.

In my opinion, this series is not even close to the first season. The plot is far from good, there's no red line that connects all the characters and each story from each episode. There are too many unneccessary  side characters. And the new main characters are just so...plain. No strong backgrounds and some repeated plots. It got boring in the middle and the awaited main characters from the first season are rarely showed up. They got weaker stories and chaacteristics compared to the first season. I don't recommend you to watch this. Just stick to the first season only.

See also: Hormones The Series Season 1

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Hormones The Series

 

Rate 8/10

Cast 

• Pachara Chirativat as Win
• Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha as Kwan
• Sutatta Udomsilp as Toei
• Chutavuth Pattarakampol as Phu
• Shiracuch Chientaworn as Mhog
• Gunn Junhavat as Tar
• Sananthacat Thanapatpisal as Dao
• Thanapob Leeratanakajorn as Phai
• Supassra Thanachat as Sprite

Episodes : 13

Hormones is a story about the life of nine teenagers with their problems. This series depict teenagers' issues from their points of view such as school violence, teenage sex, family matters, etc. Each episode tells the story of a character and his/her problems and how they deal with it. Here are the main characters :

• Win (Pachara Chirativat), a popular rebellious boy who somehow everyone follows. He doesn't care about anyone else and always has everything the way he wants it.

• Kwan (Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha),  a smart girl who's always on the top of the class. She's seen as a "perfect" girl by her classmates. But, when a huge problem hits her, can she still stay perfect?

• Toei (Sutatta Udomsilp), a tomboy girl who has lots of male friends. This makes other girls accuse her of being a slut.

• Phu (Chutavuth Pattarakampol), a boy who's part of the marching band and plays saxophone. He is Toei's ex boyfriend. He's confused of his own sexual orientation when Thee, a male friend in marching band team, starts liking him.

• Mhog (Shiracuch Chientaworn), an introvert with an obsession in photography. He's a close friend of Win.

• Tar (Gunn Junhavat), a guitarist who's often overshadowed by his best friends' popularity, Win and Mhog.

• Dao (Sananthacat Thanapatpisal), an innocent first year who puts her fantasies of her own friends in an online romance novel. She has a very strict mother who'll become an issue later.

• Phai (Thanapob Leeratanakajorn), a bad boy whose days filled with fights with a rival school gang. He falls in love with Sprite who happens to be his gang leader's girlfriend.

• Sprite (Supassra Thanachat), a girl who's popular in school for being a slut. She has casual sex with her male friends even when she already has a boyfriend.

This series is very engaging despite its common theme : teenagers and their problems. It's interesting to see how very clueless they are when faced with romance issues, parents, friends, teachers. Just like how we're as teenagers, troubled and doesn't want anyone's help. To see each character deals with their problems and grow up is weirdly entertaining in this drama. I can relate with some of the characters. We always have those kind of people at school, the popular boy, the tomboy girl who every other girl seems to hate, the smart girl, the boys in a school gang. For me, it depicts teenage life perfectly, even when some parts are exaggerated.

See also: Hormones The Series Season 2

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12 Angry Men

Rate 8.8/10
Cast

• Martin Balsam as Juror #1
• John Fiedler as Juror #2
• Lee J.Cobb as Juror #3
• E.G. Marshall as Juror #4
• Jack Klugman as Juror #5
• Edward Binns as Juror #6
• Jack Warden as Juror #7
• Henry Fonda as Juror #8
• Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9
• Ed Begley as Juror #10
• George Voskovec as Juror #11
• Robert Webber as Juror #12

When a young boy accused of stabbing his father, 12 jurors are chosen to decide if he's guilty or innocent. If he's proven guilty, he'll get a death penalty. Every single evidence happens to point that this boy is guilty. So, the jurors decide that he's guilty and call it a day. But, one man stands up to the other 11 jurors stating that he's innocent. And they can  not penalize the boy unless all 12 jurors agree that he's guilty. This is a fight of a man against 11 others to save a boy's life.

12 Angry Man is a classic movie that I watched recently. Despite it being released in 1957, the storyline is very engaging and every character stands out and have  really strong backgrounds. Even if it's still in black and white, it can definitely beat newer movies with better technology. I don't know who the actors are, but each one of them can bring out the characters' personalities really well. The entire movie takes place in the jury room. I don't know how the movie maker did it, but they really shoot the entire movie in just one single room and it turns out great. This is what current movie makers need to learn. It's old but gold.

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Anticipate Marriage

Rate 8/10

Cast

• Han Groo as Joo Jang Mi
• Yeon Woo Jin as Hong Gi Tae
• Jinwoon as Han Yo Reum
• Han Sun Hwa as Kang Se Ah
• Heo Jong Min as Lee Hoon Dong
• Yoon Soo Hee as Nam Hyun Hee

Episodes : 16

Joo Jang Mi (Han Groo) wants to get married with her boyfriend Lee Hoon Dong (Heo Jong Min). So she prepares a party to propose her boyfriend. Realizing what she's trying to do, Hoon Dong  asks his best friend, Hong Gi Tae (Yeon Woo Jin), to ruin the party so that he doesn't have to marry her. The plan succeeds, but Jang Mi who's feeling upset releases her anger towards Gi Tae. Gi  Tae's mother accidentally saw the incident and thought that Jang Mi is Gi Tae's girlfriend.  

Gi Tae's mother, thinking that Jang Mi's angry because Gi Tae refuses to marry Jang Mi, invites Jang Mi to her house and forces Gi Tae to marry Jang Mi because he has refused his mother's wish for him to get married quickly. His mother threatens him that if he doesn't want to get married, she will sell his apartment and force him to live in his parents' house again. Doesn't want to leave his apartment, Gi Tae makes a deal with Jang Mi to marry him in exchange of revenge for Hoon Dong. Trouble arises with Gi Tae ex, Kang Se Ah (Han Sun Hwa) who still has a thing for him and Han Yo Reum (Jinwoon), an employee in Hoon Dong's restaurant who seduces Jang Mi constantly.

This drama is not very popular, but it's surprisingly good. I doubted it at first because of the cast, they are not very popular in kdramas and I didn't expect much. But I was so wrong! After the first episode I can't stop watching. It's really really funny, I have to cover my mouth so I don't wake my sister up when watching it at midnight. It's really entertaining right from the start until the end, not boring at all for a 16-episodes-long-drama. I was blown away by this drama and I don't understand why is it only  a few people watched this. Popular actors and actress have nothing to do with the quality of a drama. It's the storyline and well, the act! You don't have to be popular to be able to act well. You guys really need to watch this drama.

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10 Things I Hate About You

 

Rate 8.5/10

Cast

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James
• Julia Stiles as Katarina Stratford
• Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
• Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford

Based on William Shakespeare's play "The Taming of The Shrew", 10 Things I Hate About You is a story about Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a new student in Padua High who falls in love with Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), a beautiful popular girl. The only problem is that Bianca is not allowed to date until her older sister, Katarina Stratford (Julia Stiles), does. Kat happens to be the kind of girl who doesn't even want to date and hates the idea of it. 

Cameron has to find a way to get a boyfriend for Kat. And his choice falls on Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), a bad boy with mysterious rumors circling around him. Will Kat fall for Verona? Will Cameron ever date Bianca? You have to watch this movie to find out!

Although this movie came out in 1999, I just watched it recently. And the first thing I noticed is teenage Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he's soo handsome and cute at the same time. And then of course Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, they really did good in this movie. It's not the kind of teenage movie that's exciting in the beginning and getting boring in the middle to the end. It's really entertaining and you can't help but want more of it. The dialogues really fits in and they even put some original dialogues from the play. I can't say more about it, you have to watch it to taste the awesomeness.   

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Hello Stranger

Rate 8/10

Cast 

• Chantavit Dhanasevi as young man with the alias Dang
• Nuengthida Sophon  as young woman with the alias May

Hello Stranger tells the story of a boy and a girl who coincidentally meet on their vacation in South Korea. Without telling their names to each other, they decided to travel around together. Their vacation turns out to be hilarious while visiting famous tourism spots in Korea. But, just like every other stories, their time together was coming to an end. Would they ever tell their names to each other?

Hello Stranger is one of the very first Thai movies that I've watched. And I must say it was AWESOME! The story was very simple but it was truly entertaining. Lots and lots of hilarious events and the two main characters (Chantavit Dhanasevi and Nuengthida Sophon)have their own charms which is the reason why this movie is great. I love this movie a lot and if you're looking for a good romantic comedy without being too cheesy, then Hello Stranger is the answer.

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