The Leverton Review

  My Holo Love is a typical K-drama. There's an attractive male lead, and a woman, who is quite attractive, but due to her face-blindness is an outcast. The male lead is a hacker who lives with his adopted sister, who also plays a crucial role in the events of the drama. The hacker invents a hologram called Holo which can be used as a personal assistant. But Holo becomes an AI and falls in love with the face blindness woman. In the world of K-drama, this can't be left to stand, and she realizes that she doesn't actually love him, but his creator (who I didn't mention, looks exactly like him). The plot is very conventional, but this doesn't mean that it's bad. The most moving scene is when the woman with face blindness finally recognizes her mother's face after so many years. The villain of the piece, while completely predictable, is a delight to watch. Another good aspect to this particular drama is that it wraps up with one episode. Usually in K-dramas ther...

In 1993, Sean K. Ellis went to buy diapers for his cousin. When he got back, he found that both of his cousins had been murdered. Surprisingly, these murdered played only a small part in what happened to him next. He was interviewed by the police, and mentioned that he had gone to Walgreen’s to buy the diapers. He was then connected to the murder of a cop who was killed the same night. He was tried twice, which ended in a mistrial, and then at a third trial he was convicted. Then, after many years, this verdict was overturned because the cops who arrested him were corrupt, and the guy who was killed was also corrupt. The D. A. eventually drops the case, due to a lack of reliable evidence but still believes he is a killer. This is a fascinating look at the life of man who was punished for a crime he probably did not commit, and yet, in the eyes of many is a cop-killer.   Leverton Review:  4/5