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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: Silent Friend 寂靜的朋友 (Stiller Freund) (2026) - Germany / France / Hungry Reviewed at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026 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 There is a moment in Ildikó Enyedi's "Silent Friend" when the camera simply rests on the gnarled bark of a centuries-old Ginkgo biloba, and something remarkable happens. You stop waiting for something to happen. That,...