Category: Movies and Books

Movies and Books
September 13, 2020

Gameboys: Boy-meets-Boy in a Pandemic

My colleague introduced me to Gameboys, a Boy Love (BL) series from the Philippines, a couple of months ago. Each week I’ve been following it after binge-watching the first eight episodes. Alright, I confess: I have not been following any BL series as religiously. When I did, these BL series were from Thailand. I think the last one I followed was He’s Coming to Me, […]

Movies and Books
August 24, 2020

Revisiting Childhood Fiction: Animorph Series

Animorph Book 1: The Invasion Timothy, my classmate in primary school, introduced this series to us back in the late 90s. I think it was around 1997 or 1998. In those two years, I devoured as much of the books as I could. In turn it contributed to my imaginary world constructed around me. Alien Invasion, Adolescent Heros The series revolves around 5 teenagers suddenly […]

Movies and Books
September 4, 2013

Opinion on the Mortal Instruments–Book and Movie

Last week I had the opportunity to watch “THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES” at MBO tHe Spring, Kuching. It was a nice experience. Nothing heavy or serious. Boy meets girl weaved with same-sex attraction. A love triangle which exists between the protagonist, Clary, with Simon and Jace draws a parallel love triangle like Twilight’s. (I thank the people seated behind me for drawing that […]