Mixed-up Investigative Agency: Case 11

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One thing I find striking about Mixed-up Investigative Agency is how it's able to convey such emotional intensity in its expressions of love -- but not heart-fluttery romance, or in-the-moment...

Tags: Lee Eun-sung, Lee Min-ki, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Ryu Seung-soo, Yeh Ji-won

Mixed-up Investigative Agency: Case 10

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I think Episode 10 was the first standout episode of Mixed-up Investigative Agency. Perhaps some other fans might feel it hit that point before this, but for me, I'd always felt...

Tags: Lee Eun-sung, Lee Min-ki, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Ryu Seung-soo, Yeh Ji-won

Alex pretending to be Tablo

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Singer Alex has admitted on the variety show Sang Sang Plus airing on the 20th that back before he was well-known, he'd once lied about his identity. And gave a...

Tags: Alex, Clazziquai, Epik High, Tablo

Mixed-up Investigative Agency: Case 9

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Mixed-up Investigative Agency really stepped up its game in Episode 9. From what I've seen in the next few episodes, the bar of the series has been raised in its latter...

Tags: Lee Eun-sung, Lee Min-ki, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Ryu Seung-soo, Yeh Ji-won

Cultivating the Lolita complex

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Wonder Girls: "Tell me!"   The following article brings up an interesting point but is ultimately pretty weak in its assessments. But it IS mainstream press, so I suppose that's...

Tags: Girls Generation, Wonder Girls, Yoo Seung-ho

Kim Jae Wook’s “ice fortress”

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The Dear Cloud music video that Kim Jae Wook, aka Coffee Prince's Waffle Sun Ki, had agreed to appear in for free (because the band members are his close friends)...

Tags: Kim Jae-wook, music videos

Insoon Is Pretty: Episode 2

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Huh. Well now, this is unexpected: I did not like Episode 2. I'm used to finding second episodes to be a marked improvement from the first, but rarely the opposite. It's...

Tags: Insoon Is Pretty, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Min-joon, Seo Hyo-rim

Open Thread #4

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Do you get Netflix guilt? I've had the same DVD for the past few months and I know what a horrible waste of money that is, but for some reason...

Mixed-up Investigative Agency: Case 8

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Ah, the great schism. Our band of misfits is, very temporarily, the disbanded misfits. Aw. Some pretty strong acting, mixed with angst and betrayal and byootiful scenery. Oh yeah, and...

Tags: Lee Eun-sung, Lee Min-ki, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Ryu Seung-soo, Yeh Ji-won

You be the judge: Lee Da Hae’s single

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Well, you've seen the photos, you've heard about the song, and maybe you've seen the clips of her video. But now you can listen to both versions of the Lee...

Tags: Lee Da-hae, singers