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Film Review: The Lord of Hangzhou 杭州王爺 (1998) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 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 There is a quiet moment midway through The Lord of Hangzhou when Tse Kwan-Ho, playing the once-wealthy Mi Qi, sits on a riverbank beneath the moonlight with nothing left but a straw hat and the weight of his own folly. For just a breath, the film lowers its voice and...

Film Review: Golden Boy 金童 (2025) – Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic 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 There's a moment in “Golden Boy" when Cheung Lek—Louis Cheung's washed-up, newly paroled boxer—looks at his ten-year-old son across a book launch. The kid doesn't know who he is. Cheung doesn't know what to say. And for a beat, the movie stops being a sports drama and becomes something rawer: two...

Film Review: Happy Din Don 歡樂叮噹 (1986) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6/10 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 A Transplant That Takes, But Doesn’t Quite Root — There’s a moment about halfway through Michael Hui’s (許冠文) “Happy Din Don” when our hero—sweating under a wig, wobbling on heels, trying to keep his voice from cracking into a baritone—exchanges a look with the camera that says, “Yes, I know exactly...

Film Review: City of Glass 玻璃之城 (1998) - 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 There is a moment in Mabel Cheung's "City of Glass" that stopped me cold. Shu Qi, playing Vivien across two decades of Hong Kong's most turbulent history, stands before a rain-streaked window. She doesn't speak. She doesn't weep. She simply touches the glass, and in that single gesture, Cheung captures...

Film Review: She’s Got No Name (Part 1) 园弄·悬案（上） (2025) - China / 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 Hong Kong Veteran Director Peter Chan’s “She’s Got No Name (Part 1)” is the kind of film that arrives with serious intentions and a heavyweight cast, then spends two hours earnestly trying to earn its own running time. It mostly succeeds, but not without some...