“Last Twilight” is a heartfelt romance between Mhok (Jimmy Jitaraphol) and Day (Sea Tawinan) who meet because Mhok lands a position as Day’s caretaker, as Day is going blind due to infectious keratitis. The two take each other on a journey of overcoming adversity, acceptance and personal growth. Throughout the series, Day has to come to terms with his eyesight getting worse and worse, but also getting over this and moving on with his life, forgiving his family, maturing in his worldview and starting a career for himself. While Day’s character develops, and so does Mhok’s the way they handle conflict was supposed to be in line with the growth that their characters experience, however, they do not and this leads to an unsatisfactory conflict plot line that did not make sense for the characters.
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“Eileen” Movie Review
NB: I have not read the book, and this review is based solely off the film.
“Good Grief” Movie Review
“Good Grief” is your quintessential made for TV romcom, that is easy to follow, fun and funny with little depth to it. The movie follows Marc (Daniel Levy), whose husband suddenly dies in a car accident. While grieving, he embarks on a journey in which he finds healing, takes a carthatic trip to Paris with his best friends in an attempt to forge his way into the future and find himself and love again. The title poses an oxymoron “Good Grief” being the grief we experience because we loved and lost, and this encapsulates the main theme of the movie.
“Dead Friend Forever” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)
“Dead Friend Forever” (DFF) is a slasher/horror series, about 8 friends who take a trip to a vacation house as a farewell to their friend who is going to study abroad. While on the trip, in the middle of nowhere, it becomes clear that there is a sinister presence that is attacking the boys, and past secrets seem to be haunting them. The boys now have to play a game of cat and mouse with the killer, while some of them are hiding their secrets, about what really happened to their friend, and a “Lord of the Flies”-esque survival game becomes afoot, as the original crew Top (Jet Bundit), Por (Us Nititorn), Tee (JJay Patiphan), Fluke (Bump Pawat), Jin (Copper Phuriwat) and Tan (Mio Athens) tries to hide their acts, from their partners Phi (Ta Nannakun), White (Fuaiz Thanawat) while the audience try to figure out what really happened and what is causing the killings.
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“Saltburn” Movie Review
“Saltburn” is a drama/gothic thriller that follows Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), an Oxford scholarship student who becomes seemingly enamoured with Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi) and the two strike a friendship. Oliver infatuated with Felix and his entire lifestyle, orchestrates a plan that sees him going from a reject in their class to joining the inner circle as Felix’s friend, which gets him an invitation to Felix’s family home, Saltburn, where Oliver begins to manipulate his way into every Catton’s graces.
“Fellow Travelers” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)
“Fellow Travelers” takes us on a journey through the lives of Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer), a closeted gay man working for the State Department, Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey), who meets Hawkins during his stint working at the State Department where the two fall in love during the McCarthy administration. Marcus Hooks (Jelani Alladin) and Frankie (Noah Ricketts) a couple of black queer men also find themselves in each other’s orbit and fall in love despite their differences and the need for self-preservation in a time of racism as homophobia puts a wedge in all relationships.
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“Last Twilight” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 3)
Mhok (Jimmy Jitaraphol Potowihok) a young man who is in financial constraint due to his criminal record, which renders him almost completely unemployable, meets Day (Sea Tawinan Anakoolprasert) an ex-badminton player who is losing his vision and is in need of a new caregiver to navigate his normal life. Mhok, who is in heavy debt and is in need of a stable, high-paying job, stumbles upon Day and his family, and despite being rough around the edges, Mhok tries to put himself in Day’s shoes and be more empathetic towards him, while also being the only person who doesn’t outright “pity” Day.
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“You Are Mine” Series Review (Ep.3 to 10)
“You Are Mine” started out as your typical office romance, which, although overdone, is an easy and reliable (vanilla) romance story. While the story had a strong set up, by the 3rd or 4th episode, it was clear that there was barely anything solid to the story, which undermined the chemistry between the main characters and left us with a flavorless romance. The chemistry between the leads was unfortunately not enough to carry us through the show that barely had any plot. Considering the caliber of the BL series, we have in 2023, and in Taiwan, this was a rare miss.
“Kiseki Dear to Me” Series Review (Ep.3 to 13)
“Kiseki Dear to Me” had such a strong start, the plot and the time jump that was established earlier on was a strong foundation for the show to bring the whole story together, and yet, somewhere in the middle it managed to lose momentum, focusing on the wrong points and ended up giving us a bland story, which certainly did not match up to the strong start the show had. The story doesn’t quite pay off as much as it could have, and despite the actors’ strong chemistry and the overall compelling nature of the characters’ stories, there was something missing in the story. It was not developed well.
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“Fellow Travelers” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
“Fellow Travelers” follows the story of gay men during the McCarthy administration in America, when communists and gay men were being “witch hunted” and develops throughout the 1980s at the height of the AIDS crisis.
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