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On The Sea (UK)

By Golu
This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
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Swell (Web Series)

By Golu
I wont say that this show was bad, it was just silly in my opinion from every angle. Firstly I don't understand whats the point of making multiple episodes. There are 15 episodes of average 5 minutes duration and pretty much the episode starts where previous one left off. Could have as well released as a film. But even otherwise, there isin't really much that the makers are trying to show here.

Story is about 5 men living together on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. All claiming to be straight, we slowly find out how every single one of them is living a so called DL life. We meet Swell, who is visited by his secret hookup Brett, who wants more. Brett is married with kids and Swell has a girlfriend and neither of them wants to be known to have any gay tendencies. Then we meet to other slightly older guys talking about blowjobs. One of them convinces the other to try to go for a website and try it out. A couple of failed incidents happen for both of those men and some strangers as masseurs. We have Robert, a very straight man, who likes to be surprised. When his girlfriend brings a gay co worker in an attempt to try a threesome, it freaks him out. And finally we have their chef, a houseboy, who is also struggling with his sexuality. After a random encounter in a club where he pretty much gets raped, he comes out as gay and Swell tries to hook him up with a local guy. Brett's wife eventually figures out secret between Swell and Brett who by now are having some sort of affair and the three of them meet to dicuss what future holds for them.

Beyond the very high-level and insignificant one sentence background stories on each character, none of them seem to be fleshed out enough to understand why they share such a bond, why are they living together when they hardly spend any time. The series just moves right now. Clearly all the actors were acting. No one was natural. The openly gay guy just moved from one man to another reminding them they are hot and only seem to be wanting one thing only. The two older men trying out men at this stage comes out of nowhere.And the whole episode towards end where Brett's wife comes into the picture is so unnecessary. The show could have just easily focussed on Swell, Brett and their romance and how they navigate through it, given they are "straight". That would have been much better. 

Besides the beautiful views of Hawaii, there is absolutely no reason to see this show. It offers poor acting and a very poor storyline. But it does offer some good penis shots :) (4/10)
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