After learning that Ryo Narita has a BL movie, the exciting news is that award-winning actor Masaki Okada is also joining the BL trend. He co-stars Jun Shison in what can be considered a casting coup! (more…)
UPDATE: As of July 2020, NetFlix has made this movie available in Thailand for the viewing Audience Warning: This article contains sexually explicit materials. Translated in English as Sex and Dangerous Drugs, Sei no Gekiyaku is BL manga R-18 that…
I have no idea how many Engineers there are in Thailand. But it seems to me, BL storytellers are besotted with the very occupation itself. Why does it almost always seem to be "Engineers" serving as the object-of-affection for the…
After a rough start - with the cast having been altered a few times - My Engineer is finally on air! I made an effort to watch it via WEtv app and grabbed a VIP access to watch the 3…
5 April 2020 updates: It's incredibly unfair for this series to be ranked only #22 when it has VIP limitation. Plus the YT clips are not of the highest quality. While the actual series itself is getting better, it remains…
Your Name Engraved Herein is an upcoming Taiwanese movie inspired by a true story. It has a political theme about two students after martial law ended in Taiwan in 1987. According to Variety, the film was screened at the Berlin's…
First published 15 May 2019, updated 19 March 2020 This is a seemingly innocent topic to start with, but when you deal with fans and their personal preferences, it could get ugly. There is a misunderstanding with some people think…
First published 17 May 2019, updated 19 March 2020 In Part 1, we mentioned a list of outstanding BL films/series from across Asia - Thai, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese productions, including The Love of Siam, Night Flight, Lan Yu, Present…
Dir. Ma-Dew of The Love of Siam and Home fame reprises his cinematic magic in Dew (Let's Go Together). The flick is a sentimental and romantic drama about two young boys set in a not-so-friendly times for people of 'their…
Update: 17 March 2020 - Now available on Netflix but in Thailand only. Production team promises availability in other countries as soon as negotiation pushes through. Dew the movie tells the story of romantic love between two boys. But the…
I appreciate the fact that Kokliang - aside from being an awesome actor - is gracious enough to answer my inquiries. I know that I picked the perfect timing - when he's online, knowing that he appreciates his fans by…
Let me get straight to the point. Tine being dense and clueless ruins everything for Sarawat as he moves towards a more romantic atmosphere. By this time, everyone knows that Sarawat has the hots for Tine and it goes beyond…
From Japan, where BL (Yaoi) originates, comes a heartwarming tale of love, friendship, familial relationship, peer pressure and coming out. Daichi Kaneko, 24, plays the lead role as Jun, a closeted teenage gay, who is intimately involved with a matured…
While Luke Ishikawa Plowden has yet to appear in any Thai BL series, his casting in Ton Thanasit's video which is BL-inspired in its cuteness is good enough for me. (more…)
Casting news and buzz are becoming lightning fast, so this is a daily (or even hourly) update on what's happening - right here, right now! 13 March/2020 11:17 am BKK Zee Pruk as Fighter in WhyRU It takes a certain…
After the Takumi-kun craze in 2007, it was only Seven Days that kept the quality of Japanese BL above mediocre. Of course, the Yaoi animations remain at very consistent levels, but the BL live-action suffered tremendously. 2018-2019 appear to be…
Episode 7 of WhyRU is an acting highlight for Saint Suppapong as he says goodbye to his sister who has supported him throughout his young and eventful life. Zee's Fighter kept himself in the sideline amidst Tutor's emotional turmoils. Yet…
Someone said, spoilers are necessary to push the drama narrative. In the beginning, I would disagree but things have change in how we review, analyze and discuss series, especially BL (and gay for that matter). In Episode 3 of 2Gether,…
https://youtu.be/8gPJB4g5gzQ 11-year-old Tomo (Rinka Kakihara) lives with mother Hiromi (Mimura), but Hiromi decides to give up on her and leaves their home. (more…)
On the spotlight! (From top to bottom) - Mos Saksitt, Gulf Kanawut, Toy Thanaphat, Bright Vachirawit, Ohm Pawat, Mix Sahaphap, Seng Wachit, Ohm Thitiwat, Boun Noppanut, and Pavel Phoom Mos Saksitt appeals to me more from a male model standpoint.…
https://youtu.be/-jwXN2F_ddQ The film will discover the pieces of the broken hearts of “Toey” and “Oat”. They have to choose between “moral” and “desire”. Their love is meant to be beautiful, but it hurts their surrounded people. How they’re going to…
In celebration of PsychoMilk's 5th year, I'm doing a day-to-day, blow-by-blow account of why Saint Suppapong is a BL phenomenon. I know he will be celebrated by a wider audience sooner than later. And I have always wanted to chronicle…
The first 3-4 episodes of a series usually establish the norm - the kind of style, focus and flow it will take. There will be surprises and out of this world scenarios but overall most drama follow a proven formula.…
Let me start my review by a quote: Lie through your teeth - Today, it means to lie through a smile – easily and unashamed. But its origins go back to the 14th century, when the phrase was to “lie…
Episode 5 of WhyRU the Series represents a subtle departure from previous episodes as far as relationship development. Both our main couples - Zon-Saifah, Tutor-Fighter seem to have reached a turning point - perhaps its best to call it a…
The premise behind 2Gether the Series is quite flimsy- imagine a handsome young Thai named Tine (Win Metawin). He can't seem to find the right girl and in his pursuit of love, he was taken seriously by a gay guy.…
This is probably one of the best news to ever come out from Japan and from a BL perspective. Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Isao Yukisada is set to feature his 27th film entitled The Cornered Mouse Dream of Cheese. Aside from having…
First Update: 20 February 2020 Gun Atthaphan, 26, was in the news to have gone to a police precinct to report an online threat. This is an example of a direct assault to one of the Thai BL community's most…
Episode 4 of WhyRU The Series represents one-third of the whole, which means we have 8 more episodes to go. Episode 1 is not to my liking, yet I immediately sense a transition and the original intent of the filmmakers…
Based on the BL novel entitled The Red Thread by LazySheep, Until We Meet Again The Series is about the romantic relationship between Dean and Parm. There is also the topic of reincarnation. Update: Reports confirm that the series will…
Star Hunter Studio, the company behind SBFive and organizers of Thai BL actors' fan events is releasing a series of music videos entitled "The Moment: I Need You". (more…)
11 years have gone by since Love of Siam (2007), a gay love story made waves in Thai cinemas for the first time ever. While moviehouses still offer exciting new titles, topics such as BL (Yaoi) found different avenues to…
The curtain lifts, and we are immediately being engulfed in our memories from throughout the TharnType series. Watching this pulls us into the inevitable arrival of "goodbye," because we are finally at journey's end. (more…)
A kiss is not just a kiss. In Episode 3 of Why RU the Series, it is symbolic of the many aspects of a burgeoning intimacy between our two main couples. (more…)
This video is extremely exciting for me to watch since it stars Hiroya Shimizu, one of my ultimate personal bias among Japanese actors. Hiroya figured prominently in a couple of Japanese coming-of-age films including Solomon's Perjury, The World of…
Directed by Kiyoshi Yokoi. This is the fifth and most highly anticipated installment of the Takumi-kun series. This is also reportedly the last movie that Hamao Kyosuke and Daisuke Watanabe reprise their roles as the couple Takumi and Gii. What…
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