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Asian Movie Review: Kaibutsu

~ Warning! Spoilers! Japanese Movie Review: “Monster” 怪物/ Kaibutsu (Toho & Gaga Corporation 2023) ~ REVIEW I visited my friend’s house a few weekends ago and watched “Kaibutsu” with him. Thus, I am writing this review while the movie is not entirely fresh on my mind, and I didn’t take notes. I went into the film without a clue what it was about besides the fact that it stars two child actors.…

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Asian Drama Review: Koi Nido

~ Warning! Minor Spoilers! Japanese BL Drama Review: “Love is Better the Second Time Around” 恋をするなら二度目が上等/ Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto aka Koi Nido (2024) ~ REVIEW “Koi Nido” is about the second-chance love between business magazine editor Miyata Akihiro and his former upperclassman, university professor Iwanaga Takashi. Their young love ended before it took off due to a misunderstanding…

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Asian Drama Review: The Sign

~ Warning! Spoilers! Thai BL Drama Review: “The Sign” ลางสังหรณ์ (Idol Factory 2023-2024) ~ REVIEW I saw the trailer for “The Sign” and wasn’t initially interested because I’m not a fantasy fan. However, shortly after, my Instagram was inundated with BillyBabe content, and their chemistry sold me. I decided to give “The Sign” a chance, especially since it’s also conveniently on YouTube, and I…

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Chinese Micro Drama Review

~ Spoiler-Free Chinese Micro Drama Review: 裴总每天都想父凭子贵/  裴總每天都想父憑子貴/ “Mr. Pei Loves Her So Much” (2024) ~ REVIEW 1 I have been getting into these stupid Chinese micro-dramas recently. After watching the breakout hit, “I Became a Stepmother in the 80s” (my review here), I decided to watch the other super popular Chinese micro-drama, “Mr. Pei Loves Her So Much.” The plot is pretty ridiculous.…

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Book Review: The Final Curtain

~ Warning! Minor Spoilers! Japanese Book Review: The Final Curtain 祈りの幕が下がる時 (Kyoichiro Kaga/ 加賀恭一郎シリーズ #10) by – Keigo Higashino 東野圭吾[2013] ~ REVIEW This is the final novel in the “Detective Kaga” series and the fourth book to be translated into English. I have previously read the three others that were translated and have so much love for the author, Keigo Higashino. He writes some of the…

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TV Show Review: The Brothers Sun

~ Warning! Spoilers! TV Show Review: “The Brothers Sun” (Netflix 2024) ~ REVIEW I am an SGV/ 626 girlie, and “The Brothers Sun” brought me so much joy as it highlighted where I grew up. It made me miss home so much! With that said, I love Michelle Yeoh and was happy to see her have an action series on Netflix; even though she doesn’t participate in the fighting much, the fight sequences were…

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Asian Drama Review: Pit Babe

~ Warning! Spoilers! Thai BL Drama Review: Pit Babe พิษเบ๊บ (2023-2024) ~ REVIEW Initially, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to watch “Pit Babe” since I’m not a fan of omegaverse. However, I saw Pavel and Pooh’s audition clip where Pavel went in for a fake kiss, which sold me because their chemistry was sizzling hot. The pilot episode was well done, and the drama has so much eye candy, especially with…

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Book Review: One True Loves

~ Warning! Minor Spoilers! Book Review: One True Loves by – Taylor Jenkins Reid (2016) ~ REVIEW Previously, I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six, written by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and I loved them both very much. I meant to pick up more from this author, but none of her other titles caught my eye. I remember that in the movie adaptation for “One True Loves,” Simu…

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Anime Review: My Happy Marriage

~ Warning! Spoilers! Japanese Anime Review: “My Happy Marriage” わたしの幸せな結婚 (2023) ~ REVIEW I saw snippets of the live-action on Instagram and thought “My Happy Marriage” looked so cute and romantic. However, only the anime is available on Netflix, so I decided to watch that first. Some people online have said that anime is better than live-action. Regardless, I feel totally misled. I went into…

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Asian Drama Review: We Best Love Season 1 & 2

~ Warning! Spoilers! Taiwanese Drama Review: “We Best Love (WBL): No. 1 For You” 永遠的第一名 / “We Best Love (WBL): Fighting Mr. 2nd” 第二名的逆襲 (WeTV 2021) ~ REVIEW On my Instagram feed, I saw that insane slap that I now know occurred in the second season, which made me curious about this Taiwanese BL drama, “We Best Love.” Something about red flags and toxic love attracts me when it’s in the fictional…

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The Night Agent

~ Warning! Spoilers! TV Show Review: “The Night Agent” (Netflix 2023) ~ REVIEW After a basketball game, one of my teammates told me that he had just finished watching “The Night Agent” and quite enjoyed it. I responded, letting him know that I had seen the trailer, but it didn’t catch my eye. Also, I was so disappointed with Noah Centineo’s agent-themed series that was on Netflix, and “The…

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Book Review: Something Wilder

~ Warning! Minor Spoilers! Book Review: Something Wilder by – Christina Lauren (2022) ~ REVIEW It’s a new year, and I started it with a Christina Lauren book I haven’t read yet. Christina Lauren is a hit or a miss, but their recent books have treated me well. I was looking forward to Something Wilder. Lily and Leo are a young pair in love living on her family ranch in Colorado. Something calls…

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TV Show Review: My Life with the Walter Boys

~ Warning! Major Spoilers! TV Show Review: “My Life with the Walter Boys” (Netflix 2023) ~ REVIEW Did Netflix add another guilty pleasure teen show for me to consume? Why yes, they did! I binge-watched “My Life with the Walter Boys” over the weekend, and it’s not bad, but also not good. Here is the scale: it’s not as terrible as “XO, Kitty,” but it did not live up to the standards set by “To…

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Book Review: As Good as Dead

~ Warning! Major Spoilers! Book Review: As Good as Dead (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #3) by – Holly Jackson (2021) ~ REVIEW I have been enjoying this trilogy a lot; the first book was amazing, and the second one was decent. I was extremely excited for the finale. The hold for the audiobook took so long on my library app, but it finally came through at the start of 2024. Unfortunately, I was…

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Asian Drama Review: Moonlight Chicken

~ Warning! Spoilers! Thai Drama Review: “Moonlight Chicken” พระจันทร์มันไก่ [GMMTV 2023] ~ REVIEW At the end of last year, I got into Thai BL and GMMTV. Now, I have a list of actors on GMMTV’s roster that I care for, and I will slowly get through their list of work. “Moonlight Chicken” follows Uncle Jim, who runs a Hainanese chicken rice diner. One night, Wen, a customer, stays past closing…

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Movie Review: Saltburn

~ Warning! Spoilers! Movie Review: “Saltburn” [2023] ~ REVIEW I had no interest in watching “Saltburn” initially, but then I saw online that people found one scene to be traumatizing, which is my buzzword. Luckily, it’s on Amazon, which I still have, even though subscribers must now pay for no ads. That’s fucking ridiculous, but that’s a rant for another day.    “Saltburn” follows Oxford…

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Asian Drama Review: I Cannot Reach Out

~ Warning! Minor Spoilers! Japanese Drama Review: “I Cannot Reach You” 君には届かない。Kimi ni wa Todokanai [2023] ~ REVIEW I was over at my friend’s place for Christmas when I mentioned that a popular Japanese BL drama had recently been added to Netflix USA. So, we checked and discovered that “I Cannot Reach You” has eight episodes, each lasting only twenty minutes. We decided to binge-watch it after…

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#asian drama review #I Cannot Reach You #Japanese Drama Review #Kimi ni wa Todokanai #LilVakaVivLu #君には届かない