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Film Review: Nomadland (2020) - USA 🇺🇸 Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help me reach one review per day in 2021. 2021 Review count - 10/365 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews       One of the most beautiful thing about Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” remains the grounded feeling of loneliness and isolation at a distance, meanwhile Frances McDormand’s performance is so powerful that completes the film without the need of melodrama moments. It is this simplest of nature and feeling that allows the audience to reflect upon their own physical and inner journeys both on screen and...

Mortal Kombat (1995) - USA 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. Back in the 90s, the “Mortal Kombat” video game remains highly popular and it’s not entirely shocking that a film production was made as a result. “Mortal Kombat” is a film made for millions of fans worldwide and whilst it contains many elements of Bruce Lee inspired characters and quotations, it is ultimately a cheesy B-movie action extravaganza that is filled with overacting, over the top magic and plenty...

My Spy (2020) - USA 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. The best thing about Dave Bautista’s action family comedy is surprising whenever he shares the screen with child actress Chloe Coleman. The trend of action stars playing spies, undercover cops and buddying up with kids goes back a long way, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Kindergarten Cop”, Jackie Chan’s “The Spy Next Door” and even Dolph Lundgren in “Kindergarten Cop 2”. These kind of films appeal to the family group of fans...

Escape Plan 3: The Extractors (2019) - USA 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. Probably the most unwanted sequel in years comes in the form of Sylvester Stallone’s “Escape Plan 3: The Extractors”. After the simply atrocious “Escape Plan 2”, this follow up is actually a better film, but that’s not hard to pass the mark. The film is saved by the presence of “Ip Man 3” martial arts star Max Zhang who impresses with his Kung fu moves in...

Bulletproof Monk (2003) - USA As part of Film Critics ongoing series - Analysing Chow Yun Fat in Hollywood  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. Chow Yun Fat’s Hollywood follow up of the box office hit “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” took a couple of long years with the well meaning yet mindless entertainment action comedy in music video turned director Paul Hunter’s “Bulletproof Monk”. The odd pairing of Chow with “American Pie” Seann William Scott, provides the film one of...