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Forecasting Love and Weather (2022) Where to Watch: Netflix Number of Episodes: 16 Netflix Summary: " Inside a national weather service, love proves just as difficult to predict as rain or shine for a diligent forecaster and her free-spirited co-worker. "  Starring: Park Min-young, Song Kang, Yoon Bak, Yura Creators: Cha Young-hun, Kang Eun-kyung, Sun Young MyDramaCritic Rating: Watch MyDramaCritic Short Review: Forecasting Love and Weather (2022) surprised me.  I had put the show on in the background and expected a cut-and-dried romantic comedy.  However, the show quickly developed into a well written examination of love, dating and marriage in modern South Korea. The show follows several couples through various stages of dating, break-ups, marriage, and divorce.  Despite being a romantic comedy, the writers were able to show the difficulties of balancing a career, marriage and parenthood in South Korea today.  The serious subject matter balanced well with the ...

Sweet Home (2020) Where to Watch:  Netflix Number of Episodes: 10 Netflix Summary: "As humans turn into savage monsters and wreak terror, one troubled teen and his apartment neighbors fight to survive - and to hold on to their humanity." Starring: Song Kang, Lee Jin-uk, Lee Si-young Creators: Lee Eung-bok, Hong So-ri, Jang Young-woo, Kim Hyeong-min, Park So-hyeon, Park So-jeong My KDramaCritic Rating: Watch KDramaCritic Short Review:  Sweet Home (2020) puts an original spin on the typical zombie horror narrative.  The individual character development and plotlines carry the show.  As with all zombie stories, the exploration of humanity in a crisis is fascinating. It's hard to say more about it without spoilers.  I will add that the dog survives and a second season has been announced.  There is a fair amount of gore in this series.  Personally, the worst scene was early on when a cat head rolls past the camera, but thankfully the show does not rely too ...