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Tell The World I Love You (Thai)

By Golu
This Thai film is going for that crime and romance mix inside the BL space, trying to blend coming of age struggles with gritty gang violence thrown in. Honestly, this movie really didn't need to exist. It grabs actors straight out of BL shows that you'll recognize instantly, then tries to drop them into this gritty setting with a story that just doesn't land. Even if there was some kind of heart buried in here somewhere, the way it's actually put together feels pretty amateur. Kheng comes from a rough background and has his heart set on studying in China, so he's grinding hard trying to land a scholarship. We don't get much of his backstory, but he's living with his friend Tai, who I'm pretty sure has feelings for him too, and Tai backs him up in every way he can. One day Kheng witnesses a group of thugs beating up a guy named Boang, who turns out to be a drug dealer, though Kheng has no clue about that at the time. He ends up saving Boang's life an...
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Stableboy (Vertical BL Drama)

By Golu

So the same duo from Waterboy is back again for another one of these vertical BL quickies out of the Reelshort universe. Honestly, at some point I really need to just stop watching these things. I've already given up on the AI generated ones completely, and pretty soon I'm going to have to cut these out too unless I've got literally nothing else lined up. Like, how many more times are we going to recycle the exact same story and just slap a new setting on it. That said, I will give it this much credit, at least it's not stuck in another university or gaming setting this time. Going by the title, this one's doing a western cowboy theme for its gay vertical series.

Evan's an openly gay kid from the city who gets shipped off by his dad to a ranch in the Midwest, with one condition attached, he's got to join the high school rodeo team or he can kiss his dream of going to culinary school in Paris goodbye. Standing in his way is Colt Maddox, the team captain, straight, golden boy cowboy type, whose whole shot at going pro is riding on winning State. Colt's dad forces Evan into working as Colt's stableboy, thinking it'll toughen him up, but obviously that plan doesn't go the way anyone expected. Evan keeps trying to push down his feelings for Colt, who's meanwhile flirting with him constantly without really committing to where he actually stands. After they finally kiss, things blow up at the dinner table when Colt just sits there and lets his dad throw around slurs about gay people, which understandably sets Evan off. Colt tries to justify it by explaining that his world isn't like Evan's, that living openly the way Evan does just isn't realistic where he's from. From there it's your classic enemies to friends to lovers arc playing out exactly how you'd expect. Colt keeps stepping in whenever the other cowboys start bullying Evan. And of course, love wins out in the end when Colt stands up in front of the whole community and confesses how he feels about Evan, and everyone ends up totally fine with it.

One thing worth pointing out is that thankfully there's no jealous ex girlfriend causing drama here, and since we've already seen these two leads together before, there's an actual spark between them that carries over. The setting does try to touch on real stuff, like homophobia in small towns, bullying, and the exhausting weight of having to hide who you are, and it handles it with a decent amount of sensitivity. Sure, some of it gets pretty over the top, especially with the goofy stunts other rodeo guys pull trying to mess with Evan first and then Colt. There's also a decent amount of steamy content between the two leads if that's what you're here for. But at the end of the day, even with a new setting slapped on, this is still just another generic BL story. These micro drama shows really need to raise their game soon or they're going to end up stuck in a rut. (3.5/10)

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