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Film Review: HAPPYEND (青春末世物語) (2025) - Japan / USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com A Dystopian Whisper That Needed to Shout Neo Sora’s debut feature, “HAPPYEND”, arrives on screen like a beautifully composed sigh. It’s a film steeped in atmosphere, drenched in the specific melancholy of a near-future Tokyo humming with seismic dread and the insidious creep of technological control. It promises the friction of...

Film Review: True Love, for Once in My Life 淺淺歲月 (2025) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com The Quiet Fury of a Heart That Refuses to Break - “True Love, for Once in My Life" arrives like a sustained, melancholic sigh. Directed by Siu Koon-ho and shepherded and produced by the ever-provocative Fruit Chan, this adaptation of Tse Shuk-fun's semi-autobiographical novel is a...

Film Review: Eternity 換乘真愛 (2025) - USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 9/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com In the celestial bureaucracy of modern cinema, where spectacle often overshadows soul, David Freyne’s “Eternity” arrives like a whispered secret passed between angels. This is not merely a romantic comedy, nor is it solely a metaphysical fantasy. It is a film that understands the terrifying weight of the word "forever," yet approaches...

Film Review: Once in a Blue Moon (望月) (2024) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com A Whisper of Longing in the Fluorescent Glow - Hong Kong Director Andy Lo's “Once in a Blue Moon” (望月) is not a film that arrives with fanfare. It sidles in, quiet as the hum of a convenience store refrigerator at 3 AM, and settles into the worn...

Film Review: OMG! Mom's Big News (OMG！阿媽有喜) (2025) - Malaysia Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6/10 Rating: ★ ★ ★ Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com The Lunar New Year film is a genre unto itself, a cinematic firecracker demanding broad laughs, copious tears, and a final, reassuring embrace of family against all odds. Malaysian Director Ernest Chong’s debut feature, “OMG! Mom's Big News”, understands this assignment perfectly. It delivers the required festive payload with a premise...