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Film Review: Wish You Well 非传统浪漫关系 (2026) - China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7.5/10 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 bracingly honest anti-rom-com that knows love is a mess and likes it anyway. There’s a moment about forty minutes into Liang Wenzhe’s “Wish You Well” where Zhu Yanmanzi’s character, relationship blogger Zhu Junhao, catches herself actually feeling something real amid the chaos of her post-divorce experiment. The camera holds on...

Film Review: She’s Got No Name (Part 1) 园弄·悬案（上） (2025) - China / 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 Hong Kong Veteran Director Peter Chan’s “She’s Got No Name (Part 1)” is the kind of film that arrives with serious intentions and a heavyweight cast, then spends two hours earnestly trying to earn its own running time. It mostly succeeds, but not without some...

Film Review: Every Dog Has Its Day 马腾你别走 (2026) - China 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 Most experienced viewers would have recognized a kindred spirit in Yue Yang's "Every Dog Has Its Day" — a film that understands the movies don't always need to shout to be heard. Here is a quiet Chinese drama about two men who have nothing in common except the quiet...

Film Review: Shanghai Wonton 菜肉馄饨 (2025) - China 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 A Soulful Bowl of Memory and Mismatched Hearts - There is a scene in Chinese Director Wu Tiange's "Shanghai Wonton" where the protagonist, Lao Wang, meticulously folds a tiny square of dough around a lump of seasoned pork. His gnarled, aging fingers move with a precision that his fading mind can no...

Film Review: Under Current 內幕 (2025) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7.5/10 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 Sleek, Smoldering Thriller of Wallets and Wills - Director Alan Mak returns to the gray-zone battlegrounds he knows so well with “Under Current”, a film that operates like a precision-engineered watch—cold, intricate, and compelling in its relentless forward motion. This isn’t the bullet-riddled, heroic bloodshed of old Hong...