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Film Review: Just 1 Day 給我1天 (2022) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 particular kind of Hong Kong romance that knows exactly what it is and refuses to apologize for it. Just 1 Day belongs to that lineage. It is gentle, a little sentimental, and deeply attached to the city it moves through — the kind of film that trusts...

Film Review: The Jade Pendant 唐人街1871 (2017) - USA / Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 circular green jade pendant that Peony wears against her skin, a gift from her grandmother meant to bring luck and protection. In The Jade Pendant, that small piece of stone becomes the quiet center of a larger, more turbulent story — one about Chinese immigrants...

Film Review: A Family Affair 全家福 (1984) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 Family Affair earns solid marks for the way it lets two children carry a marriage that the adults have already given up on. Dean Shek’s 1984 Cinema City comedy-drama is not a farce about divorce. It is a domestic picture that happens to have a clown for a grandfather,...

Film Review: Headlines 頭號人物 (2001) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 The newsroom in Headlines is never still. Cameras swing, phones ring, editors bark, and three reporters scramble toward stories that will not wait. Leo Heung’s 2001 film is not a sleek media satire and it is not a crusading exposé. It is something quieter and more local: a modest Hong Kong drama...

Film Review: Righting Wrongs 執法先 (1986) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 9/10 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 moment early in Righting Wrongs when Yuen Biao, playing a prosecutor who still believes the law is a kind of church, watches the system fail in front of him. A witness is supposed to be protected. The witness is not protected. The family is not protected. The...