My original plan for the night was to be fast asleep at this very moment. But I made the fateful decision to begin Wannabe, and now I'm way too excited to sleep. To say the brand new Thai drama starts off strong is a heinous understatement: this first episode slaughters most drama premieres I've seen... Continue Reading →
‘Bad Genius: The Series’ would have been perfect if not for this sequence
<<This post contains spoilers for Bad Genius: The Series.>> In my previous post, I heartily praised the Bad Genius franchise, specifically the series. At the end of the post, however, I did tease me writing another post explaining the one element of the series I hated. Well, ladies and gents, the nail-biting wait is over.... Continue Reading →
‘Bad Genius’: Why the popular cheating thriller works better as a series
The 2017 Thai film Bad Genius follows four teenagers who scheme up a cheating racket worth millions of baht. The movie was an international hit and -- unsurprisingly -- was remade as a series three years later in 2020. [1] I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I sure as all get-out was not... Continue Reading →
The Color Of Depression: How This Thai Drama Uses Color To Depict A Teenager’s Struggle With Mental Health
Project S: Skate Our Souls (hereby known in this post as S.O.S.) is a 2017 Thai drama which presents a poignant story of one teenager's struggle with mental health and the stigma attached to it. S.O.S. is a solid drama overall. The acting is top-notch, the story is bold, and the cinematography is captivating. This... Continue Reading →