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Film Review: We Bury the Dead (2025) - Australia / USA Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6.5/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com Grief Walks Among the Undead - Australian director Zak Hilditch’s “We Bury the Dead” arrives not with the gnashing frenzy of a Romero rampage, but with the heavy, deliberate tread of a mourner carrying an impossible burden. This is a zombie film stripped of much of its inherent pulp, draped instead in the sodden...

Film Review: Together 長相黐守 (2025) - USA / Australia Rating: ★★★★☆ (8/10) Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) 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 Tagline:  What is it about romantic entanglement that makes such fertile, terrifying ground for horror? Cinema keeps reminding us: love can be the ultimate nightmare. Michael Shanks’ sharp, startling debut feature “Together" understands this primal fear intimately. It asks a question that chills the bone: What if the secure relationship you fought for becomes the very...

Film Review: Shadow (2022) - Australia 🇦🇺 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺)   One of the beautiful delight of the bittersweet and dark Australian film about the gathering of a group of intellectually disable activists speaking about their rights and how so-called “normal” humans perceive them as often inferior species. This is made all the more damning with the notion of AI technology monitoring and moderating the discussion. Directed by Australian BrianGladwin based on the award winning stage production - The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Become, the 56 minutes film focus on real emotions...

 Top 20 Australian Films (2000-2019) 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. Animal Kingdom  The Babadook The Sapphires Mad Max: Fury Road Mao’s Last Dance Japanese Story Somersault  Candy  Moulin Rouge! ... Rabbit-Proof Fence The Great Gatsby Chopper Lantana Wolf Creek The Dressmaker Paper Planes The Nightingale December Boys Romulus, My Father Happy Feet

Review: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) - Australia   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. Australian director Serge Ou delivers the goodies in the latest Tribute to the origins of Kung Fu films and the influence of the once great Hong Kong cinema to not just Hollywood, but the rest of the world. In making the the in-depth documentary “Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks”, Ou presents more than a fan-boy service affair, but instead provide valuable insights...