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Chained To My Bully Stepbrother (AI Vertical BL Drama)

By Golu
This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat.  The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
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My Lockdown Romance (Filipino)

By Golu
We all have gotten very accustomed to a new style of film making that is told through the social media and online conference calls, courtesy pandemic. GameBoys was definitely a pioneer in that sense. This film, I felt, was so much similar to the film is many ways that the comparison is inevitable. This film explores how once broken relationships can be repaired even during these trying times.

Tom is a closeted gay man who lives alone in his Manila. Courtesy pandemic, he wants to be extra careful not meeting anyone. His only company being his best friend Gad and video calls with her. She knows he is gay. Unexpectedly, Tom's long-lost college buddy Kendrick, reconnects with him, and he is now back from Hawaii. Tom has always been secretly in love with Kendrick and this reconnection is a bittersweet feeling for him and all his emotions keep coming back. He hopes that maybe he has a chance, until Kendrick admits the reason for his homecoming is that his girlfriend broken his heart. Tom decides to keep his distance but when he learns that Kendrick got Covid, he is willing to risk to visit and help Kendrick heal.  He also musters enough courage to finally admit to Kendrick how he feels, before it becomes too late.

The film, in my opinion, was strictly ordinary. Again, had I seen the film a year ago, before some of the better filipino shows gained immense popularity, my views would have been different, but at this point I feel there was nothing special about this. Yes, the film talks about dealing with emotions and inner demons and looking for love, but we have seen enough of these things already. How many more shows and movies can you watch about people connecting over internet and realizing they are in love. Something different and extra needs to be given to the audience. Also, was Kendrick really in love with Tom or just using him for his loneliness. It wasn't very clear. Ignore the badly made poster, but the actor playing Tom is extremely extremely cute ad the only reason the film holds any charm. Kendrick is strictly ok. Gad playing the best girlfriend just seemed a poor copy of Pearl from GameBoys. Its a strictly average fare. I can recommend much better newer Pinoy BL shows and films. (4.5/10)
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