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The Review Geek
3 days ago
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- The Review Geek
Our Unwritten Seoul – K-drama Episode 3 Recap & Review
Knock, Knock, Please Open Your Heart Episode 3 of Our Unwritten Seoul begins with Ho-su recognizing Mi-ji, though she successfully convinces him that he's mistaken. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn that Mi-ji and Ho-su had been close in high school until Mi-ji suspected Ho-su of dating Mi-rae. On the day of her important race, she spotted the two hugging from afar, lost her focus, and tripped, breaking her ankle. With her athletic career derailed, Mi-ji felt abandoned by everyone. In a desperate bid to return to form, she removed her cast prematurely and resumed training, ultimately damaging her chances of ever returning to the sport. Meanwhile, Ho-su jeopardizes a lawsuit by helping the victim involved in his client's case. His senior, Lee Chung-ku, a lawyer Ho-su has admired ever since seeing him give a lecture at university, immediately realizes Ho-su's involvement and excludes him from meetings and ongoing cases. Mi-ji, on the other hand, meets with the elderly restaurant owner, only to learn that the woman intends to officially decline the company's offer. Determined, Mi-ji returns multiple times, cleaning the restaurant in hopes of changing the woman's mind, but her efforts are fruitless. She even follows the owner to a poetry class, only to be caught. Seeking advice, Mi-ji turns to Ho-su. They discover that the restaurant owner is a well-known poet who has long supported students from single-parent families, Ho-su included. He had benefited from her sponsorship during his own academic journey. Elsewhere, Mi-rae continues working diligently at the strawberry farm. Her intelligence and intuition shine through in the way she selects saplings and nurtures the yield. After her shift, Se-jin offers her a ride home and is surprised by her excellent driving skills, especially since she doesn't even know how to ride a bicycle. Back at the law firm, Ho-su is excluded from a project he had been working hard on. Despite Chung-ku's orders, he asks his teammates to let him participate. Comically, this leads to him joining them on a triple date, where he runs into Park Ji-yun, a former high school classmate. They call Mi-ji to join them, since Mi-rae and Ji-yun had grown close after Mi-ji's athletic career ended. Later, Ji-yun gives Mi-ji a ride to the old restaurant. Mi-ji pretends the elderly woman is her grandaunt, but her real motive is to return a bathroom key she accidentally took after being scolded by the woman during one of her uninvited visits. Back at the firm, Lee Chung-ku introduces Ho-su to a humanitarian lawyer, suggesting he change teams. An argument breaks out, Chung-ku questions whether Ho-su is willing to abandon his ideals just to stay in his current position. Meanwhile, Mi-ji is pressured by her director to secure the old woman's participation in a redevelopment meeting. Coincidentally, Ji-yun also wants to cast the restaurant in her new project. Mi-ji races to the scene, only for the old woman to meet them both and discover Mi-ji's lie. Despite this, she plays along with the pretense. After Ji-yun leaves, the old woman agrees to meet with Mi-ji's company officials, if only to refuse the offer in person. Mi-ji feels grateful, knowing that technically she's fulfilled her assignment. While Mi-ji steps out to retrieve the bathroom key, Ho-su visits the elderly woman to thank her for sponsoring his education. Moved, he's the first person to ever thank her, she cooks him a meal. Elsewhere, Se-jin apologizes to Mi-rae after discovering she cleaned and organized the warehouse. He explains that the old chair she moved had sentimental value, it had belonged to his grandfather, whose farm he now tends. In the final scene, Ho-su reveals to Mi-ji (whom he still believes is Mi-rae) that he has quit his job and is ready to truly help her going forward. The Episode Review Episode 3 continues to explore the swapped lives of Mi-ji and Mi-rae. However, most of the plot twists involving Mi-ji and Ho-su serve as red herrings, and the narrative feels stretched thin. Mi-ji's repeated attempts to win over the restaurant owner start to feel repetitive, and Ho-su's internal conflict with Chung-ku lacks depth, many scenes and character decisions seem poorly justified or illogical, especially on Ho-su's part. That said, Mi-rae's quieter story at the strawberry farm stands out. Though she has less screen time, her storyline feels more grounded and emotionally rewarding. Removed from the city's chaos, Mi-rae slowly makes her mark through patience and capability, offering a compelling contrast to the tension surrounding Mi-ji and Ho-su. Overall, this is a decent episode but Mi-ji and Ho-su's story could use more urgency and narrative development. Hopefully, upcoming episodes will explore their evolving relationship in more meaningful ways. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
USA Today
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Ana de Armas teases 'Ballerina' faceoff with 'relentless' Keanu Reeves
Ana de Armas teases 'Ballerina' faceoff with 'relentless' Keanu Reeves Show Caption Hide Caption 'Ballerina': Ana de Armas faces Keanu Reeves in 'John Wick' spinoff Ana de Armas plays a dancer-turned-assassin on a mission of revenge and Keanu Reeves makes an appearance as John Wick in the action movie "Ballerina." LAS VEGAS– Ana de Armas has a tense faceoff with Keanu Reeves in the action-packed "John Wick" flick "Ballerina." It's not the first time they've butted heads on camera: Ten years ago, she was making his domestic life hell in the thriller "Knock Knock." Even in those early days of the Keanussance, de Armas felt a connection with Reeves. "I've always admired him so much. just the way he approaches the business and his career, and just mostly how he treats people," she says. "I met him when he had just done the first 'John Wick.' We never imagined this is what the franchise was going to be." "Ballerina" (in theaters June 6) marks the first big-screen spinoff for the popular "Wick" series. While she does share the screen with the main man himself, de Armas – the first female winner of CinemaCon's action star of the year award – is very much the star of the movie. Her character Eve Macarro is a rookie dancer/assassin who comes up, like Wick, in the Ruska Roma organization, and Eve irks the wrong people when she goes on a mission of revenge. Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox "The opportunity to have my movie and actually just go for it, go crazy, it was a no-brainer," says de Armas, 36, an Oscar-nominated actress who's had action roles in "Ghosted," "The Gray Man" and the James Bond movie "No Time to Die." "I knew I wanted to be a part of that world, and that specific tone of 'John Wick' was really cool." "Ballerina" marks de Armas' third movie with Reeves – they also co-starred in the 2016 thriller "Exposed" – and he's as inspiring a presence as ever, she says. "Keanu is just relentless. It's never enough. He's very perfectionist, he wants to get it right. During rehearsals, every step of the way, he was down for everything. Any idea, he's happy to try everything. That kind of just giving yourself to the process and the project, it's just remarkable." 'John Wick 5' is officially happening: Keanu Reeves confirmed to return They share multiple scenes in the movie, as Eve asks for advice from Wick in the early days of her killer career, but Wick warns her of the "consequences" of her actions. De Armas teases a sequence glimpsed in the trailer where Wick is sent after her and he walks quietly through a snowy town at night. "I think this is the first time in history that no one is trying to kill him. He is actually looking around like, 'I've never been so calm walking down the street,' " de Armas says. "When they face each other, you can tell that these characters have so much in common. And you really don't know what's going to happen, who's going to hurt who."
The Guardian
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us review – party-starting nostalgist is as playful as ever
It's almost surprising that DJ Koze is only now, decades into his career, releasing an album titled Music Can Hear Us. The Hamburg-based producer has long advocated for the idea that music is a living, breathing organism: his dance tracks may be able to whip 70,000-strong crowds into a frenzy, but they're also oozy, globular things that seem to absorb the influence of anything they come into contact with. Koze is tricksy with the press – often making up stories about himself then debunking them years later – but his music is as good a form of memoir than any, each new album documenting his gradual transition from psychedelic oddball to pensive, party-starting nostalgist. Music Can Hear Us picks up roughly where 2018's now-classic Knock Knock left off: for the most part, it's warm and mellow, an album of hazy electropop songs interspersed with thumping house and techno tracks. It feels a little like walking around a city on the Sunday before a bank holiday, stopping at any bar or club you spy on your travels, thanks in part to Koze's deft incorporation of various global dance styles. Die Gondel, with longtime collaborator Sophia Kennedy, layers discombobulated baile funk atop what sounds like a sample of south Asian film music; the Damon Albarn collaboration Pure Love runs Albarn's iconic voice through Auto-Tune and pairs it with hypnotic amapiano, while Brushcutter presents a harsh, 90s take on drum'n'bass. All of this is filtered through Koze's warm lens, and if it doesn't feel quite as refined as Knock Knock – undoubtedly his most pristinely packaged record to date, with none of Music Can Hear Us's shagginess – it's still the kind of journey that only Koze can really take us on.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ana De Armas Recalls Finding 'Connection' With Keanu Reeves Beyond ‘John Wick: Ballerina' Fight Scene — CinemaCon
Although John Wick fans can expect a high-octane showdown between the pair, Ana de Armas was excited to connect with her Ballerina co-star Keanu Reeves through words. A decade after they starred together in Knock Knock (2015), the actress spoke to Deadline at CinemaCon about her 'very special' experience working with Reeves on her upcoming film From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, premiering June 6. More from Deadline 'Ballerina' Trailer: Ana De Armas Faces Off Against Keanu Reeves In John Wick Spinoff 'John Wick' Turns 10 With Festivities Planned Leading To 2025 Spinoff 'Ballerina' Kristen Wiig & Gloria Estefan Join 'Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie' - CinemaCon 'It was amazing to have him on set, honestly. The scene turned out to be longer than we thought it was going to be in the script originally and during rehearsals,' she explained. 'And then on set, on the day, we just kept finding things and little moments between them, not just action, but the acting moments and the connection between these two characters and establishing what their relationship is.' De Armas continued, 'And I think in such a short time, we accomplished that very well. It's a good setup for who these two people are and what's going to happen with them. So, it was very special just to have that moment with him.' Set during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019), Ballerina stars De Armas as Eve Macarro, the titular dancer who begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma, setting out to exact revenge for her father's death. Ana de Armas on reuniting with Keanu Reeves for #BallerinaMovie and establishing the dynamic audiences will see between Eve Macarro and John Wick — Deadline (@DEADLINE) April 2, 2025 A trailer released last month shows Eve face off against Reeves' John Wick in an epic fight sequence. The movie also stars Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus and Ian McShane. Directed by Wiseman from a script by Shay Hatten and characters by Derek Kolstad, the Thunder Road Films/87eleven feature is produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Chad Stahelski. John Wick (2014) grossed more than $86 million worldwide, with the franchise crossing the $1 billion mark last year with John Wick: Chapter 4. The franchise will continue with Ballerina. Meanwhile, Donnie Yen is set to reprise his role as the highly skilled, blind assassin Caine in an upcoming Lionsgate film. A prequel anime film is also in development. In addition to last year's Peacock prequel limited series The Continental, the sequel series John Wick: Under the High Table is in the works. Best of Deadline The Best 7 New Movies To Watch On Netflix In April 2025 Everything We Know About 'Hacks' Season 4 So Far '1923' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
South China Morning Post
09-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
After taking his daughter to school, this Hong Kong dad stops to sketch Sai Ying Pun
Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we've written. Every day, Billy Wong Yin-chun travels from Kowloon to Sai Ying Pun to bring his nine-year-old daughter to school. Afterwards, he stops to sketch. 'Being a full-time dad made me feel a bit lost, so I started looking for something creative to do. I thought, why not take a sketchbook and draw Sai Ying Pun?' the 47-year-old parent recalled. With pencil, ink pen and watercolour, his artwork depicts old shops like Cheryl's Bakery, where his daughter enjoys jelly cups. Other drawings show the stone walls and ancient trees of Bonham Road, the old mental hospital on High Street, as well as flower shops and Thai grocery stores hidden in narrow alleys. So far, his drawings have filled three sketchbooks. Wong's first exhibition opened last month at Knock Knock, a bookstore in Sai Ying Pun, and will be on display until March 24. 'This is actually something I wanted to do when I was a child. I never imagined that at this age, in my forties, I'd suddenly be able to fulfil this dream,' said Wong, who previously worked as a graphic designer. Hong Kong art celebrates Tai Kok Tsui and its residents Look around you Another full-time father, Kenneth Tsang, is the curator of Wong's exhibition. Tsang, 41, used to own a local bookstore called Hiding Place. The two connected outside their daughters' school and talked about Wong's art. 'His artwork feels like a record of a space, a moment in time,' Tsang said. 'What stands out ... is how he blends greenery with historic buildings. His paintings capture the essence of this place.' After seeing Wong's paintings for the first time, Tsang felt inspired to be a curator again. 'I thought: 'This shouldn't just be for me. Hong Kong people need to see this too,'' he said. Both Wong and Tsang hope that these artworks encourage people to appreciate their own communities. 'At the heart of it, I just want to remind people to cherish their surroundings and their neighbourhood,' Tsang said. The view of a local father Wong has been drawing since he was a child. His first painting of Hong Kong was a gift for his brother, who moved away from the city. It showed a wide view from Mount Davis looking over Victoria Harbour. He said: 'My first sketches were for my younger brother and cousin after they emigrated. I wanted to send them something to remind them of home.' Before starting his current project, Wong was feeling lost after giving up his job to be a full-time father. Now, he has connected with other stay-at-home dads and found a new purpose that works with his schedule for taking care of his daughter. Ethnic minority seniors in Hong Kong find their voice through art His art has also helped him meet local residents who have told him about their memories of Sai Ying Pun. 'One elderly saw my painting of the hospital where he was born; he was deeply touched. He even asked to take a photo of it,' he said. 'I realised that my paintings, which are personal memories, could also become someone else's.' Wong's favourite drawing shows the Hong Kong Resource Centre for Heritage. 'It's a beautiful spot, but because it's tucked away and surrounded by trees, not many people notice it. Depending on the time of day and season, the scene changes,' he said. 'It's one of those hidden gems.' Reflect: What is your favourite neighbourhood? To test your understanding of this story, download our printable worksheet or answer the questions in the quiz below.
