News — Hong Kong Film

Book Review: More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets: The Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Film (2020) - by Mike Wilkins and Stefan Hammond 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 You hold in your hands not a book, but a stunt. A literary high-fall, performed without a net, landing in a crash of bullet casings, ghostly talismans, and shattered mahjong tiles. If the glorious, chaotic cinema of Hong...

Film Review: My Date with a Vampire 驅魔龍族馬小玲 (2025) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 4/10 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 The undead walk among us once more, but this time, they shuffle with the weary gait of contractual obligation. “My Date with a Vampire (2025)”, a reboot of the beloved, gloriously messy 1998 ATV supernatural soap opera, arrives draped in the heavy velvet of nostalgia, only to reveal...

Film Review: True Love, for Once in My Life 淺淺歲月 (2025) - Hong Kong 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 The Quiet Fury of a Heart That Refuses to Break - “True Love, for Once in My Life" arrives like a sustained, melancholic sigh. Directed by Siu Koon-ho and shepherded and produced by the ever-provocative Fruit Chan, this adaptation of Tse Shuk-fun's semi-autobiographical novel is a...

Film Review: Once in a Blue Moon (望月) (2024) - 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 A Whisper of Longing in the Fluorescent Glow - Hong Kong Director Andy Lo's “Once in a Blue Moon” (望月) is not a film that arrives with fanfare. It sidles in, quiet as the hum of a convenience store refrigerator at 3 AM, and settles into the worn...

Film Review: The Shadow’s Edge 捕風追影 (2025) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 8.5/10 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 Jackie Chan Finds His Roar Again - There’s a familiar thrill, a comforting hum of expectation, that settles in when Jackie Chan steps back into a role that truly fits. Not the genial uncle of recent family comedies, nor the weary diplomat forced into action, but the Jackie Chan of coiled...