Vasia Orion's Articles, Reviews

Vasia, also known as Orion or Ori online, is currently doing opinion pieces and database upkeep. She has a love for good TV and a penchant for rambling in written form. Vasia can be contacted via vasia@hancinema.net.
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[Orion's Ramblings] "Kingdom - Season 2" Announces Release Date, Teases Ample Bloodshed in New Video and Posters
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[Orion's Ramblings] "The Cursed" Delivers Occult Chills in First Teaser and Poster
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[Orion's Ramblings] Tragedy Strikes in First Teaser for "Nobody Knows"
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[Orion's Ramblings] Ok Taecyeon and Lee Yeon-hee Challenge Fate in First Teaser and Stills for "The Game: Towards Zero"
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[Orion's Ramblings] "Nobody Knows" Releases Heartbreaking Teaser Poster, Confirms March 2020 Premiere
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[Orion's Ramblings] Jang Dong-yoon Courted for OCN's Fourth Dramatic Cinema Project, "Search"
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[Orion's Ramblings] Kim Tae-hee and Lee Kyu-hyung Confirmed as Leads in TvN's "Hi Bye, Mama!"
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[Orion's Ramblings] Cho Yeo-jeong and Kim Kang-woo Are Stylish and Loaded in New Posters for "Woman of 9.9 Billion"
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[Orion's Ramblings] Kim Dong-wook and Moon Ga-young Up for "Find Me in Your Memory"
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[Orion's Ramblings] Go Soo, Lee Sung-Min and Shim Eun-kyung Cast in TvN's "Money Game"
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[Orion's Ramblings] "Dr. Romantic 2" Reveals Familiar and New Faces
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[Orion's Ramblings] "Secret Boutique" Teases Intrigue in Character Posters and Descriptions
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[Orion's Ramblings] Kim Hye-soo and Ju Ji-hoon Accept Offer to Lead "Hyena"
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[Orion's Ramblings] Park Sung-woong and Choi Jin-hyuk Courted for OCN's "Rugal"
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[Orion's Ramblings] "Vagabond" Sets the Sky Ablaze in Dramatic First Poster
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[Orion's Ramblings] Kim Sun-ah and Chang Mi-hee Gear Up for Melodramatic Showdown in "Secret Boutique"

Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. He also has a substack at williamschwartz.substack.com where he discusses the South Korean film industry in broader terms and takes suggestions for future movies to review.

Journalist, drama lover, and foodie, Lisa enjoys exploring Korea, speaking the language, and soaking in all that dramaland has to offer. Her Korean husband laughs that she knows more than he ever will about dramas and K-pop. Lisa Espinosa can be contacted via lisa@hancinema.net.

Made in Korea, Raised in Hawaii, Living in Utah. She is an aspiring flight attendant who loves traveling as much as watching K-dramas. Historical romances are her favorite and she will forever be an IU fangirl. Lily Lee can be contacted via lmauliolav@gmail.com.

Panos Kotzathanasis is a film critic and reviewer specialising in East Asian Cinema. He is the founder of Asian Film Vault, administrator of Asian Movie Pulse and also writes for Taste of Cinema, Eastern Kicks, China Policy Institute and Filmboy. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Panos Kotzathanasis can be contacted via sinkazama82@gmail.com.

Ishani Sarkar is a Writer, Editor and Hallyu journalist with years of experience in writing about Korean art, entertainment and culture, editing and managing content as well as interviewing Korean artists and celebrities. Ishani Sarkar can be reached at ishani.specter@gmail.com.