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Film Review: Citizen Vigilante 公民義警 (2026) - Croatia / Germany Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 6.5/10 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 In the shadowed alleys of a Europe straining under the weight of its own contradictions, Citizen Vigilante arrives like a blunt instrument swung in the name of justice long denied. Uwe Boll, that perennial provocateur whose filmography reads like a rogue’s gallery of cinematic sins and occasional virtues, delivers a modern...

HKIFF Film Review: The Chronology of Water 水的編年史 (2025) - USA / France / UK / Latvia Reviewed at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026 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 There is a scene about halfway through Kristen Stewart’s “The Chronology of Water” where Imogen Poots, playing the memoirist Lidia Yuknavitch, stands in a swimming pool at night. The water is black. The...

Film Review: Sentimental Value 情感的價值 (2025) - Norway Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 10/10 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 I left the theater after Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” feeling as though I’d been hollowed out and meticulously reassembled, piece by aching piece. This is not merely a film; it is an act of profound emotional archaeology, excavating the buried fault lines of family and the treacherous terrain where art meets life. Trier, already a...