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Film Review: Cause We Are Young 求戀期(1997) - 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 In Cause We Are Young (《求戀期》, 1997), director Vincent Kok Tak-chiu captures that fleeting, electric moment when youth collides with the bewildering maze of modern romance. Like a Cantonese cousin to those early-90s ensemble comedies that balanced screwball energy with genuine heart, this film doesn’t pretend to reinvent the wheel...

Film Review: Midnight Girls 午夜麗人 (1986) - 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 There is a certain neon-soaked poetry in the way 1980s Hong Kong cinema captured the restless pulse of a city in transition—the glittering promise of wealth brushing against the grit of survival, where dreams are as fragile as the sequins on a nightclub dress. David Lai’s Midnight Girls (also known as...

Film Review: Once Upon a Time in China III 黃飛鴻之三獅王爭霸 (1992) - 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 In the grand tradition of Hong Kong cinema’s golden age, where history and myth collide in balletic fury, Tsui Hark delivers another thunderous chapter in the Wong Fei-hung saga with Once Upon a Time in China III. If the first two films were bold declarations...

Film Review: Once Upon a Time in China II 黃飛鴻之二：男兒當自強 (1992) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 10/10 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 lanterns of late Qing Canton, where the clash of empires and ideologies threatens to unravel the soul of China, Tsui Hark delivers not merely a sequel but a masterpiece of martial poetry in motion. Once Upon a Time in China II (黃飛鴻之二：男兒當自強) stands...

Film Review: Love: Amoeba Style 愛情Amoeba (1997) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 In the flickering neon glow of mid-90s Hong Kong, where the city itself pulses like a restless heart between towering ambition and quiet longing, Love: Amoeba Style arrives as a tender, unassuming gem. Shu Kei’s ensemble comedy does not shout; it murmurs truths about friendship, desire, and the slippery shapes...