Miss Ruth | Reviews

Photo: tvN Rating: ★★★★☆  Huhu meter: ▮▮▯▯▯  Genre: Action, Suspense, Comedy  Main Cast: Song Joong-Ki, Jeon Yeo-Bin, TaecYeon SYNOPSIS   A Korean-Italian lawyer based in Italy who works as consigliere in a mafia returns to South Korea. He aims to recover gold bars hidden in a building that's about to be demolished. The story unfolds as the tenants of the building get involved after learning that the purchase of the property they're in was done illegally. ✖️✖️✖️  Not that I hate it but slapstick comedy is a little too much for me. Some scenes made me laugh out loud and some were just alright. ✔️✔️✔️  The action scenes, for me, were greatly executed. The fall of the antagonists was also satisfying in my opinion. Ah, that final dance of the Zumba Queen.😁 There are a couple of key takeaways for me. First, nothing ever goes 100% according to plan. For every goal we have, there will always be roadblocks but it will be our determination and actions that will dic...

Photo: tvN Rating: ★★★★★  Huhu meter: ▮▯▯▯▯  Haha meter: ▮▮▮▮▮  Genre: Comedy, Historical - Fiction Main Cast: Shin Hye-Sun, Kim Jung-Hyun SYNOPSIS A present-day Blue House Chef gets into trouble and accidentally drowns while he was being chased by the police. When he wakes up, he finds himself inside the body of a Joseon Queen. THE GOOD IT. WAS. HILARIOUS. ALL CAPS para intense.😂 I don't think I've ever seen a South Korean drama that was as funny as Mr. Queen. But don't take this show lightly just because it's a comedy. If you watch it, you'll see that it's full of substance. I loved how cooking/food blended with its political theme because I personally believe that food can be a great instrument in achieving world peace. ✌  That's just me though.  Geun-de,  I've seen in MQ that it could actually be possible.  The actors, main and supporting, were all fantastic. No role felt irrelevant. Also, what added hilarity to the show were the characters that ...

Photo: OCN Rating: ★★★★☆ Huhu meter: ▮▮ ▯ ▯ ▯ Genre: Fantasy, Thriller Main Cast:  Joe Byeong-Gyu, Yu Jun-Sang, Kim Se-Jeong, Yum Hye-Ran SYNOPSIS A group of Counters are tasked to fight off evil spirits that possess humans with tendencies to commit crimes. When one of them dies in a battle with an extremely strong evil spirit, he was immediately replaced with a high school student.  The Counters are disguised as a family with a very popular hole-in-the-wall noodle restaurant. Their powers include sensing humans possessed with evil spirits, reading people's memories, extreme strength, and an ability to heal others quickly. THE GOOD The Uncanny Counter is an engaging thriller with satisfying fight scenes. The effects were pretty cool too. Actors: All actors, main and supporting, were great. Joe Byeong-Gyu was surprising for me since I just saw him with a fun role in Hot Stove League. Key takeaways: There were a lot of bullying scenes in TUC so this is one of the major takeaways...

Photo: KBS2 Rating: ★★★★ ☆ Huhu meter: ▮▯▯▯▯  Genre: Thriller, Romance, Comedy Main Cast:  Cho Yeo-Jeong, Ko Jun, Kim Young-Dae, Yeon Woo SYNOPSIS A best-selling crime novelist is married to a famous divorce lawyer. They have a notarized agreement stating that if the husband cheats, the wife will have authority over his body. Essentially, if he cheats, he dies. Their lives turn upside down when they become entangled with a murder case THE GOOD It's an engaging thriller but I love that there were a lot of funny scenes despite the gravity of the murder case and the seriousness of all the other issues tackled in this drama. I'm usually impatient with mystery shows but with COMIYC, I certainly did not mind that the case was resolved only in the last episode.  Actors: They were all fantastic but Cho Yeo-Jeong really stood out for me. Her role was complex as she had to appear murderous but also kind of naive. Ko Jun was funny and annoying. Kim Young-Dae can, as they usually say...

Photo: JTBC Rating: ★★★★☆  Huhu meter: ▮▮▯ ▯ ▯   Genre: Drama, Romance, Sports Main Cast: Im Si-Wan, Shin Se-Kyung, Sooyoung, Kang Tae-Oh SYNOPSIS A popular athlete for the National Team was forced to quit due to a controversy with his teammates. Together with an interpreter he met during one of his tours, he tries to discover a new career path. ✖️✖️✖️ The first few episodes were really slooooow. I almost gave up on it thinking the story wouldn't pick up but I was too intrigued with the pairing of the characters. ✔️✔️✔️ Once the pace picked up and the story was finally more interesting, it became a gift that keeps on giving. The lines in this show were very true to life. They're just like the conversations you have with your friends. I haven't seen any of the lead characters in any show before so that was refreshing for me. The soundtrack Run To You by LUCY was good.  There's an LGBT plot here and I loved how it was handled. Key takeaways from this show are mostly about...

Photo: KBS2 Rating: ★★★★☆ Huhu meter: ▮▯ ▯ ▯ ▯   Genre: Romance, Comedy Strongest Deliveryman tells a story about a young deliveryman who eventually started a food delivery app company. He had a lot of personal and professional challenges. On top of sustaining his business and helping small restaurants, he needed to compete  against a conglomerate that aims to shut them down. While I appreciate how it conveyed the importance of grit and determination when pursuing one's goals, I also liked the way it showed the reality that there are people who just feel hopeless in a place that's supposed to be their home. Some people prefer moving to a foreign land because they feel that their country and their government have failed them.   The issues addressed in the show may be serious but the delivery was actually entertaining. I just think that there wasn't enough chemistry between the main leads but, the entire cast made up for it. The lead couple was serious most of the time...

Photo: KBS2 Rating: ★★★★★  Huhu meter: ▮▮▮▮▯  Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance Angel's Last Mission is about a troublemaker-angel who was given another shot at moving to paradise after doing something forbidden - intervening and saving a human from an accident.  His  final mission is to make the person he saved, a blind and orphaned ballerina, fall in love. ALM had the perfect amount of fantasy, drama, comedy, and romance. The conflicts with the antagonists and between the leads weren't too annoying. All the actors played their roles perfectly.  Some details about a particular religion and about ballet may not have been accurately portrayed but that's just nitpicking since this is fantasy and fiction. The lessons, however, about learning from mistakes, sacrificing for love, trusting others, and changing yourself to become better were pretty real and on-point. F or me, it was a fun series with a smoothly delivered story. 

Photo: JTBC Rating: ★★★★☆  Huhu meter: ▮▮▮ ▯ ▯  Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Coming-of-age 18 Again is about a couple going through a marital rough patch. They filed for divorce but before their final hearing, the husband transformed into his 17-year-old physical body. He had to go through school again and there, he experienced being friends with his 2 kids. In his young body, he expressed how much he loves and values his family. He was there for them as a husband and as a father whenever they needed him, they just weren't aware. I didn't think  2 characters with about 20 years of age gap would be excellently portrayed on-screen but 18 Again's lead actors were so good. I didn't find their scenes together awkward at all. The show also had great supporting characters that made it fun and entertaining.  Aside from family matters, the show also tackled school bullying, how society judges women because of their age or personal circumstances, and politics in the workplace. There...

Photo: SBS Rating: ★★★★☆ Huhu meter: ▮▯▯▯▯ Genre: Sports A friend who was kind of into sports recommended this series but I wasn't sure if I would be interested in a baseball-themed drama. After 1 episode though, I just wanted to binge-watch. It was good and had very interesting twists.  Hot Stove League is about a newly-appointed General Manager of Dreams, a professional baseball team that has been ranking last for the past few seasons. He was tasked to rebuild the team and make it win in the coming season but he is given a hard time by the players, by some of the Management staff, and by the person who hired him.  Since hot stove league actually refers to baseball's off-season, this is what the series focuses on. Basically, just training and trading of players - with a lot of exciting drama in between. They showed a few actual games which I enjoyed but, I think having more of those would've been more entertaining.  I loved the characters and how they were portrayed by t...