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Film Review: Remember What I Forgot 曾經擁有(2022) - Hong Kong Rating: 6.5/10 Review Count - 67 Support my goal of writing one film review per day in 2025 - https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Full Review:  https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-remember-what-i-forgot-2022-hong-kong In “Remember What I Forgot” director Keian Chui Tze-yiu presents a nostalgic journey through the quirks of Hong Kong's cinematic landscape, drawing audiences into the eccentric world of a film fanatic. The film, which was shot in 2017 but remained on the shelf until now, emerges as a bittersweet comedy-drama that reflects on the cultural fabric of local cinema. At its heart, the story revolves around Kim,...

Film Review: Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants 射雕英雄传：侠之大者(2025) - China Tagline: A Grand Feast with Uneven Flavors Review Count - 66 Support my goal of writing one film review per day in 2025 - https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Full Review: https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-legends-of-the-condor-heroes-the-gallants-2025-china Tsui Hark, that restless maestro of Hong Kong spectacle, has never been one to shy away from grandeur. With “Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants”, he plunges headlong into the vast, turbulent waters of Louis Cha’s (Jin Yong) seminal wuxia epic, a literary monument as revered in the East as Tolkien is in the West. The ambition is breathtaking,...

Film Review: Last Song for You 久別重逢 (2024) - Hong Kong Tagline: A Haunting Melody of Regret and Redemption Rating: 8/10 2025 Review Count - 65 Support my goal of writing one film review per day in 2025 - https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Full Review: https://neofilmshop.com/blogs/news/film-review-last-song-for-you-2024-hong-kong There are films that dazzle with pyrotechnics, others that challenge with formal audacity, and then there are films like Jill Leung Lai-yin’s profoundly moving debut, “Last Song for You”, that simply, quietly, break your heart open. It’s a film that understands the weight of the past, the phantom limbs of lost love, and the desperate, often irrational,...

Film Review: Man on the Run (2023) - USA Tagline: A Scandalous Tango of Greed, Glamour, and Global Fraud Rating: 7/10 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) 2025 Review Count - 64 Support my goal of writing one film review per day in 2025 - https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Cassius Michael Kim’s “Man on the Run” opens with a question as absurd as its subject matter: What’s the price tag on rubbing elbows with Leonardo DiCaprio or Kim Kardashian? The answer, according to this frenetic documentary, is roughly $250,000 in cash-stuffed trash bags—a grotesque party favor from Malaysian financier Jho...

Film Review: My Robot, Sophia (2022) - USA / Hong Kong Rating: 8/10 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) 2025 Review Count - 63 Support my goal of writing one film review per day in 2025 - https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Tagline: A Poignant Dance Between Creator and Creation In the pantheon of films about artificial intelligence, from the existential dread of “Blade Runner” to the childlike wonder of “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”, few have dared to interrogate the messy, human heartbeat behind the creation of robots. “My Robot, Sophia”, an American documentary by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle, is less...