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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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Bakit Lahat ng Gwapo May Boyfriend?! (Filipino) [Why Does Every Handsome Guy Have a Boyfriend?!]

By Golu
This is not really a gay centric film in the sense that the main story doesn't go around the gay characters , but it still deserves a review here because the underlying theme is gay friendly. You can call this an ally film. Plus, in my experience, Pinoy movies historically do have some very good goofy comedy, so why not!

30 year old, Kylie has a problem. All three of her last boyfriends eventually came out as gay and she is still single. All these guys were in closet and eventually came out and now she has a pretty good gaydar herself. Kylie is a wedding planner who works with her last crush Benj who is gay hiding in closet and apparently she is the only one who knows. When Benj's childhood friend Diego shows up with his fiancé Fiona to hire them as their wedding planners, Benj's hidden love and crush for Diego comes out. He begs Kylie to figure out in next few days if Diego is also gay or not. Diego is a very charming and handsome man with whom even Kylie gets smitten by. But egged on by Benj, Kylie sets out to prove that she's right again that Diego, who is engaged to be married to a beautiful and classy lady, is indeed another closet case. The problem comes when slowly its Diego and Kylie who eventually fall for each other during the course of wedding planning. They end up as a couple and Benj marries his hot friend Ramon Ramon.

This film was just a sweet silly comedy. Its not trying to belittle any sexuality, but just presenting a point of view in a very light-hearted manner. Benj played by the ace actor Paolo Ballesteros, whose last few films I have reviewed here does well in the part of his character. He is funny but his character is not very developed, but I can understand why. He is just a secondary character since the main focus is on Kylie and her budding love with Diego, who himself is struggling between his forever absent girlfriend, and his over bearing parents. Kylie is the one who shows him love and he finally understands what it means to be in love really. The film continue to be comedy when Kylie almost decides that Diego is gay because of whatever stereotypes she has in her mind, only to be surprised by herself falling for him and being reciprocated. The makers gave a happy ending to everyone, although I feel Diego ending up with Ramon was just too sudden and random. 

Decent, time pass film, a little long, but gives you overall good time. (5.5/10)
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