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Movies

Vietnamese BL Movie: Hey Rival, I Love You | Tình địch anh yêu em [Review]

The story of boy meets boy gets an interesting twist with the Vietnamese short film "Hey Rival, I Love You." Two attractive men meet by chance as they discover the two are dating the same girl. Deciding to expose her…

bestwishes1986January 27, 2021

Pinoy Series Impressions

GagaOOlala: Happenstance [Initial Review]

Magic is an unusual and unpredictable happenstance of events that can surround a person. It's not just fireballs or witches but sometimes simpler, more unusual things like a letter from 1970 falling out of a ceiling today. No one was…

bestwishes1986January 8, 2021

Pinoy Series Impressions

Why Love Why – Episode 1 [Review]

It's rare for a show to turn away from the status quo established by the countless ones that came before. "Why Love Why" does just that in two diverse settings in its first five minutes of screen time—one of wealth…

bestwishes1986December 25, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Better Days (2020) – Episode 2 [Review]

Episode 2 starts with Kian looking for Aron, who he finds deep in contemplation, applying for the scholarships. Aron hides the application from Kian, and the pair head out for a walk. During the walk, Kian attempts to shoot a…

bestwishes1986December 1, 2020

News Pinoy Casting

UPDATED: Pinoy BL Series from GagaOOlala: Happenstance

"Happenstance" director Adolfo Alix Jr spoke with us about his new series and revealed more details about the lovers. Lovers who cross time to experience a love that heals their broken souls and hearts. In two separate periods of time,…

bestwishes1986November 30, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

Chance To Love (LBC2) – Episode 8 [Review]

After last episode's conclusion of Tin and Can becoming a couple, everyone else deals with losing the soccer championship in various ways. While Tin and Can are having romance, Techno is rejecting Kengkla over his lies. To make Can feel…

bestwishes1986November 13, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Better Days (2020) – Episode 1 [Review]

Directed by Carlo Obispo comes the Pinoy BL web series "Better Days" available via YouTube at the UnframedFilm channel. This series tells the story of Kian and Aron as they work together to bring back to life a failed restaurant.…

bestwishes1986November 13, 2020

Thai Casting

News: New Thai Boys Love Lakorns (2020)

Boys Love Lakorns, or Thai drama series where men kiss, have taken the world by storm. In the past, you were lucky if a popular drama featured a gay couple at all. However, this changed with the unprecedented break-out success…

bestwishes1986November 11, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

Chance To Love (LBC2) – Episode 7 [Review]

Beginning where "Love by Chance" ended for Can and Tin with the boyfriend question. Can plays dumb while Tin patiently weeds through his many questions on why they should change their status. Can politely refuses again and finds advice from…

bestwishes1986October 29, 2020

Opinion

The Shipper, 3rd Party & the Pretty Eye Candy

A Perspective on Girls in BL Series BL means Boys Love or a series of fictional or true dramatizations of love stories between men. But what about the women and girls who exist in these series? These characters who are…

bestwishes1986October 26, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Gaya sa Pelikula (2020) Episode 4 [Review]

Fresh off another invitation to live with him, Vlad returns to the apartment to find it decorated for Christmas, much to his chagrin. He voices this to a confused Karl, who has no idea why Vlad is so against the…

bestwishes1986October 22, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Gaya sa Pelikula (2020) Episode 3 [Review]

Our day is beginning with an unanswered alarm and a grumpy Karl hunting for the source. It belongs to a sleeping Vlad who has left the downstairs a mess. Vlad awakens and leaves on a mysterious mission. Returning to the…

bestwishes1986October 16, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Gaya sa Pelikula (2020) Episode 2 [Review]

Fresh off Judit, Vlad's elder sister, writing Karl a check covering his first month's rent. Karl is free of stress for a few moments. Then Vlad begins to unpack his things, believing that the check covered his living there as…

bestwishes1986October 11, 2020

Thai Casting

Lovely Writer the Series นักเขียนที่น่ารัก (2021)

Coming in 2021 from Channel 3 is the new BL series "Lovely Writer the Series," and it looks like it's going to be a hit. Starring new actor Up Poompat as seasoned author Gene, who is trying to get his…

bestwishes1986October 8, 2020

Vietnamese Series Impressions

Tiến Bromance | Episode 10 [Review]

Last episode Tiến and Tai finally had their happy moment after so much anguish and pain. They even were engaged. But Phuong appeared and somehow was able to convince Tai that Tiến was engaged to her and he broke off…

bestwishes1986September 28, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Gaya sa Pelikula (2020) Episode 1 [Review]

Two men find themselves at new beginnings early in their 20's. Karl is stepping out of the nest and into adulthood as an independent online writer/editor. Vladimir is running from his mother's judgment by taking a trip to Bangkok. The…

bestwishes1986September 27, 2020

Opinion

Boys Love or Queer Cinema? An Innocent Question?

Everyone remembers their first BL. Whether it was "Love by Chance," "Lovesick," or "SOTUS." Or if you're younger, maybe "Slam Dance," "Together with Me," or "Tharntype" the Series." Whenever you started your activities as a viewer, you have fallen in…

bestwishes1986September 24, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

Chance to Love (LBC2) – Episode 4 [Review]

Beginning with Tin, Can, and Lay (Lemon, Can's younger sister using her nickname now) at a mall restaurant, details about Can are revealed. Tin's view of Can changes now aware of what a good person Can actually is. Techno learns…

bestwishes1986September 21, 2020

Vietnamese Series Impressions

Tiến Bromance | Episode 9 [Review]

Last episode, Tai realized that Tiến wasn’t to blame for the murder of his friend. At that moment, as if by magic, Tiến appears behind him and the two embrace. Everything Tai has assumed is proven wrong by the magic…

bestwishes1986September 17, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

Chance to Love (LBC2) – Episode 3 [Review]

Still smarting from the kiss with Tin, Can is confused. Thinking about it constantly while everyone around him wonders if he's crazy or in love. Meanwhile, Tin is continuing to deal with the mind games his family is playing with…

bestwishes1986September 13, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

Still 2Gether – เพราะเราคู่กัน (2020) Episode 3 [Review]

Episode 3 of the sequel to the hit series “2gether The Series” finds our cast of lovers dealing with the various changes to their lives from Episode 2. Tine and Sarawat adjust to their new roles as Directors of their…

bestwishes1986September 10, 2020

Opinion

Should the “Dark” Parts be Omitted From the Original Narrative? [Opinion]

We live in an age where people can pick and choose what to enjoy from the broadest selection of reading material or television in Human history. We have virtually limitless options of which book to read or show to watch.…

bestwishes1986August 29, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Sakristan (Altar Boy) – Episode 5 [Review]

Christian and Zach have come a long way on the journey of their love. From friends to tutor and student to each other's crushes and finally now they are boyfriend's. Their lives together are full of possibilities, but as more…

bestwishes1986August 23, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

Still 2Gether – เพราะเราคู่กัน (2020) Episode 1 [Review]

The Boys Are Back in Town “Still2gether the Series”, the sequel to the GMMTV series “2gether the Series” debuted today. All of the cast was back and this time in some different places in their lives, or in one couples…

bestwishes1986August 15, 2020

Movies

Uncontrolled Love (2016) – Part 2 [Review]

Uncontrolled Love tells the story of two men from different walks of life and all their preconceived notions of each other. Uncontrolled Love 2, the direct sequel picks up where the other one left off. Continuing Xie Yan and Shu…

bestwishes1986August 2, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

The Shipper – จิ้นนายกลายเป็นฉัน Episode 8 [Review]

Pan’s back in her body. P’Kim’s body is in a coma. Why? How? What? With P’Way set to act on his feelings for P’Kim, finally, what will this mean? Khet should already know everything by now, but does he? Phingphing…

bestwishes1986July 29, 2020

Movies

Uncontrolled Love (2016) – Part 1 [Review]

"Uncontrolled Love" or "Irresistible Love: Secret of the Valet" are two titles that mean different things for the same movie. Depending on who you ask, either title is right, or either is very wrong. The stylish Chinese movie centers around…

bestwishes1986July 28, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Sakristan (Altar Boy) – Episode 4 [Review]

After the lovingly crafted Episode 3 of Sakristan, beautiful camera work, amazing lighting, and well-acted, even if the script was a bit hard to understand, I am optimistic about this episode. Gone is the soft-focus camera work, actors staring off…

bestwishes1986July 23, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

The Shipper – จิ้นนายกลายเป็นฉัน Episode 7 [Review]

Episode 6 saw Soda shipping herself with P'Kim. Khet realizes he likes P'Kim even though they are brothers. P'Way even dumped his girlfriend so he could pursue his love for P'Kim. All of this because Pan is still in P'Kim's…

bestwishes1986July 20, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Sakristan (Altar Boy) – Episode 3 [Review]

Sakristan is the love story of two men from different walks of life. I know that sounds familiar. That it sounds like the plot for hundreds of Boys Love series but this one is different. By throwing convention out the window…

bestwishes1986July 16, 2020

Pinoy Series Impressions

Sakristan (Altar Boy) – Episode 2 [Review]

Beginning with the words on how the episode is a tribute to the unique and theatrical American musician Lady Gaga, anyone surprised its a musical needs to enjoy it with headphones. After the opening episode, "Touch - Move" had our…

bestwishes1986July 10, 2020

Vietnamese Series Impressions

Tiến Bromance | Episode 8 [Review]

Tiến Bromance reappears with Episode 8, literally moments before the cliffhanger like a Soap Opera. The punch displaying Tai's anger at the death of his friend destroyed Tiến's hope of a reconciliation. Now we are caught up, and it keeps…

bestwishes1986July 7, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

The Shipper – จิ้นนายกลายเป็นฉัน Episode 6 [Review]

At the end of Episode 5, we see Soda thanking God for showing her that her true love is P'Kim. Or Pan in P'Kim's body and despite everything that happened in Episode 5, like KimPan telling Soda that Pan is…

bestwishes1986July 4, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

The Shipper – จิ้นนายกลายเป็นฉัน Episode 5 [Review]

Episode 4 found Pan realizing first impressions are not always accurate. Finally, she learns that you can't judge a boy off how he looks, no matter how cute. In Episode 5, we see what she does with this information; however,…

bestwishes1986July 3, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

The Shipper – จิ้นนายกลายเป็นฉัน Episode 4 [Review]

Episode 4 of "The Shipper" doesn't have big shoes to fill as Episode 3 was a mess of perceptions of sexual and gender roles and lifestyles. While Episode 3 pushed shock value. Episode 4 takes the gauntlet of a more serious…

bestwishes1986June 30, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

The Shipper – จิ้นนายกลายเป็นฉัน Episode 3 [Review]

Every BL show has that episode where we see what we think is going on and what is really happening. Most shows do it midseason, but "The Shipper" does its game-changer early on in 3 and 4. In Episode 2,…

bestwishes1986June 28, 2020

Thai Series Impressions

The Shipper – จิ้นนายกลายเป็นฉัน Episode 2 [Review]

The second episode of "The Shipper" GMMtv's Friday BL series is back with the show right after Pan wakes up in the body of P'Kim. Queue massive amounts of insanity and funny, awkward moments as Episode 2 does what few…

bestwishes1986June 23, 2020

Vietnamese Series Impressions

Tiến Bromance | Episode 7 [Review]

Episode 7 of Tiến Bromance finds our two lovers not lovers anymore, but instead strangers in the same setting. How did they get to this point in their lives? …seeing each other as strangers or versions of themselves that aren't…

bestwishes1986June 23, 2020

Vietnamese Series Impressions

Tiến Bromance | Episodes 5 – 6 [Review]

Tiến Bromance went for a swirl into "Dementia Hit" territories for Episode 5 & 6. Quite an old concept, and the show's scriptwriters seem to have run out of original ideas. The popular series, which is ranking high because of…

bestwishes1986June 22, 2020

Vietnamese Series Impressions

Tiến Bromance | Episodes 5 – 6 [Review]

Tiến Bromance went for a swirl into "Dementia Hit" territories for Episode 5 & 6. Quite an old concept, and the show's scriptwriters seem to have run out of original ideas. The popular series, which is ranking high because of…

bestwishes1986June 18, 2020

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