That HOT TV series called "Heated Rivalry"

I’m looking forward for Episode 5 of the highly successful “Heated Rivalry”. It’s the latest (and for me, the best so far) gay-themed TV series on the net. It stars Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov. They’re professional hockey players on the opposing team. 

They appear to be rivals on the ice, but they are secretly hooking up after the games. The TV series is based on a novel by Rachel Reid called “Game Changers”. It’s a six-novel series about different relationships in hockey and 2 of those novels are about Shane and Ilya — “Heated Rivalry” and “The Long Game”.

I read both novels and *spoilers* — it has a happy ending. It’s a relief from all these gay-themed movies and series that has no happy ending, that usually leads to one party being dead. I guess the gay community got tired of these not-happy ending movies and series.

That’s probably the reason that t’s very successful, even on the first 2 episodes. And the visuals are so HOT — great hook-up scenes, showers and bed scenes. The type of visuals that you would never see in a Philippine primetime TV series — not in the next 200 years.

The series is produced by Canadian network Crave and is available on HBO Max. I heard that it will soon be available in the country via HBO, probably by Episode 5 this Friday night, Manila Time.

I’ve watched a lot of the lead stars interviews — and to my surprise, Connor Storrie is not Russian. He studied his Russian accent so well that I’m convince he’s Russian. Both Hudson and Connor have this great facial expression that they convey a lot of different emotions by moving some facial muscles.

Due to the popularity of the show, it was renewed for Season 2 just after 3 episodes were shown. That’s the fastest news of a TV show’s renewal that I’ve ever heard. 

The last time I felt this way towards a TV show (or YouTube show) was during pandemic with the Thai BL Series “2gether”. This one is way better with the story and yes, the bed scenes. 

What’s your opinion about this gay TV series?

Recent Gay Movies I Watched

I just want to document the most recent gay movies I deleted because I no longer have space on my computer's hard drive.

 Aichaku 2025 -- about an American guy who works as a teacher in Japan and fell in love with a Tony Labrusca-looking guy. They setup a cafe in the end. Good movie.

Europa Europa -- about a Jewish boy who evaded the onslaught of the Holocaust by pretending to be a Russian / Nazi.

Twinless -- starring O'Brien. Cool movie about a gay guy befriending the twin of his deceased lover.

Straight 2023 -- cute guys. About a young guy (Franco Masini) who hooked up with a confused guy (has a GF) but eventually left him.

Sauna 2025 -- about a gay guy who fell in love with a transman (women who had her breast removed). Boring with no happy ending.

A Million Little Pieces 2018 -- starring the guy Pietro Maximoff. Has a d*ck reveal but the story is boring as f*ck. About an alcoholic who kept having a relapse.

BOY 2024 -- About a troubled youth who ended being a male prostitute. Boring as f*ck.

Delantero 2021 -- Brazilian (?) film about a young guy confused about his identity. He has mix feeling towards his soccer friend.

Giant Little Ones 2019 -- about a teen who fell in-love with his swimming buddy, but his feelings were not reciprocated. Boring as f*ck

Queer 2024 -- starring Daniel Craig. They ended up in a tropical jungle for some reason. A bit weird and boring.

Unspoken 2024 -- cute coming of age movie. About a Jewish boy who's confused about his identity and research about his grandfather who he thought was gay.

El Cazador 2020 -- a teenage boy fells in love with a transman (boyish girl). Boring as f*ck

My hard drive storage went back to  37.3 GB free space.

Have you watched any of these gay movies? 

New Gay Movies November 2025

I still don't have the budget to subscribe to Gagaoolala -- and I'm missing a lot of new gay movies this year. Good thing that torrenting is still alive in this age of Disney+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, Hulu and Here. 

Using uTorrent, I was able to check the following gay movies this November 2025. I'll watch "Twinless" later -- that movie featuring actor Dylan O'Brien. 

How are you watching your gay movies these days?

The Guys of Pinoy Big Brother Collab (2025)

Now this is a milestone -- GMA 7 and ABS-CBN are doing a collab with their artist -- via the popular show Pinoy Big Brother.

Of course I'm only interested with the guys. So without further ado, here they are:

Josh Ford

Will Ashley

Dustin Yu

Brent Manalo

River Joseph

Ralph De Leon

Michael Sager

Dino and Vince

I seldom watch Pinoy Boys' Love (BL) series. But this one, got me a bit excited. It stars Raven Rigor (Dino) and Andre Miguel (Vince) and is about a young photographer (Dino) meeting his stranger guide (Vince) as they explore the city's aged architecture and intertwined stories. I am guessing it's Manila -- the most interesting city in the Philippines for cinema.

Who else is excite?