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Over My Dead Body 死屍死時四十四 (2023) - Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺)   Director Ho Cheuk-tin continues his wonderful form with an excellent black comedy follow-up from award winning court case crime thriller debut “The Sparring Partner”.  What is so fascinating, about Ho’s latest film is the essence of black comedy and parody about everything everywhere that is what happening in Hong Kong, both subtly and literally in the face. That’s to be commendable as the laughters keep rolling in and whilst knowledge of local culture and Cantonese are vital to understanding...

Till We Meet Again 生前約死後 (2019) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)  Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. There is something lingering and beautiful behind popular TV actor Steven Ma turned director, screenwriter and star in “Till We Meet Again”. It is not the usual commercial film experience as it is very much a personal project about his own struggles with grief, depression and dealing with lost. It is the kind of film that is constantly a difficult watch and often cloying to...

38HKFA Coverage: Men on the Dragon 逆流大叔 (2018) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) as part of 38th Hong Kong Film Awards Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Local Hong Kong film production about Hong Kong stories will always have an advantage in the current reviewer mindset. New Director Sunny Chan (long time screenwriter for “Love Undercover” series) crafted a bittersweet tale of middle aged crisis shaped within an underdog sporting spirit in the form of dragon boat competition. It is more about...

Distinction 非同凡響 (2018) - Hong Kong     Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   There is a lot to think about, inspire about, ponder about and evaluate about in “Trivisa” Director Jevons Au’s latest effort in “Distinction”, also opening film of the Hong Kong Kids International Film Festival. The film goes deep, dwells in the real human emotions and nature in telling a story not often told about in Hong Kong, special education students and those that take great care of them - the families, the teachers, the peers. It goes without saying that Hong Kong is...