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Stop! That! Train!

By Golu
Coming out of the same studio that gave us RuPaul's Drag Race, and stacked with a whole crew of former contestants, Stop! That! Train! plays like RuPaul basically taking a bow for the entire franchise she's built. It's not really a gay film in the traditional sense, but with so many drag stars from Ru's shows popping up alongside a few cameos from well known out gay actors, I figured it earns a spot on this blog anyway. The whole thing is completely over the top, packed with GenZ slang, loud flashy visuals, and humor that's constantly winking at you knowing how ridiculous it is. Going in you'd assume it's meant to be a laugh riot, and a lot of critics online seem to be eating it up, but I just couldn't get into it at all. I've never really been someone who vibes with campy silly stuff like this, so honestly my reaction doesn't surprise me one bit. The setup follows Tess and DeeDee, two low level stewardesses who sneak onto the fancy Glamazonian E...
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Evening Cafe (Thai Mini-Series)

By Golu
This mini series of 4 episodes of about 10-12 minuted each is a series that should never have been made. Done to the death story, bad acting and direction and totally senseless logic, makes even this short series a very tedious watch.

Tham, the handsome young barista works at a cafe. He has a simple, ordinary and uneventful life. Except a female customer who comes everyday to flirt with him hoping to take him out. Tham complains of to much work and he asks his boss to hire. Anew person. In comes Sakay. Tham doesn't have a good start with him and gives him a very hard time, but eventually when he gets to know of struggles that Sakay has been facing, he is ready to help him out. Clearly Sakay is trying to get close to Tham but Tham shows no feelings except friendship. One day when the duo are hanging out, the jealous girl takes their photo and posts only as a gay couple. Initially Tham is shocked, but then randomly Sakay says, now you can be my boyfriend, and Tham agrees! WTF!! The girl eventually apologizes.

The shows tries to hit many BL tropes, but without any substance or character development, none of them had any kind of significance or impact. Its amateurish at every level as I have mentioned above. There is no reason for Tham to behave so brashly with Sakay just because of a small incident. He comes out as a complete asshole with no charisma. No explanation for why Sakay has been following him since before job (just because of his looks) and the random twist at end to suddenly become boyfriends was total nonsense. There is absolutely no sort of character detailing. The boss is a big yawn and every level of annoyance. Seeing the coffee shop log like 5 times in every episode doesn't help either. I wonder if anyone actually watched the show as a final product from the production team!! As someone else said somewhere online about this show "I saw friends making tik toks with a more convincing acting and plot, and that itself should warn you." My feelings can also be summarized in the same vein. (1.5/10)
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