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Film Review: Hindi Vindi (2025) - Australia Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 8.5/10 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 Finding the Universal Song Within - Some films announce themselves with a roar; others, like “Hindi Vindi”, arrive with the gentle, insistent pull of a melody you can't quite place but feel deep in your bones. This Indo-Australian collaboration, a vibrant tapestry woven from Bollywood's expressive heart and Australian cinema's keen eye for intimate realism, isn't just a...

Film Review: 100% Pure Rage (2025) - Australia Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 5.5/10 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 Neon-Soaked Scream from the Void That Runs Out of Breath - Gen Z Aussie Director Haruki Ryles' “100% Pure Rage" arrives like a boot to the head from the sunburnt outskirts of Australian cinema. Shot for the price of a used hatchback – a mere $3,000 AUD – it transforms the familiar sprawl of Brisbane and...

Film Review: Bring Her Back (2025) - Australia Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 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 Australian directors Danny and Michael Philippou’s "Talk to Me" wasn't just a hit; it was a cultural injection, a possessed fist to the gut that announced new, electrifying voices in horror. Their follow-up, “Bring Her Back”, is a different kind of haunting. Forget the viral, adrenaline-fueled party trick. This is a film that trades velocity for viscosity,...

Film Review: Fear Below (2025) - Australia I rated it 6/10 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 Not the crystalline terror of the open ocean, but the thick, brown soup of the Murray River in 1946. Not sleek neoprene, but clanking, copper diving suits that look like medieval torture devices crossed with deep-sea coffins. “Fear Below”, Australian director Matthew Holmes' simple genre mash-up, takes the well-worn shark thriller and drags it kicking and gasping into the muddy depths of post-war Australian noir. It’s a...

Film Review: Spit (2025) - Australia Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6/10 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 Welcome, Wobbly Return for a Beloved Scoundrel - The peculiar alchemy of a beloved screen character is a fragile thing. Twenty-two years ago, in the criminally underappreciated “Gettin’ Square”, David Wenham conjured magic as Johnny “Spit” Spitieri – a perpetually flustered, twitchy, low-level crim with a heart buried somewhere beneath layers of incompetence and sheer, sweaty desperation. He...