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A Sun 陽光普照 (2019) - Taiwan  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. In the 5th feature film from Taiwanese Director Chung Mong-Hong (“Parking” and “Godspeed”), “A Sun” is a difficult yet rewarding film to sit through with its epic 156 minutes running time. It’s one of those enduring journey filled with broken family dynamics, coming of age, growing up and dealing with relationships and work. It’s a mature outing from Chung as he slowly allows the audience to witness the...

Tigertail (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. From the creator of “Master of None”, comes an inspiring and emotional personal journey of Director and writer Alan Yang in an outstanding debut “Tigertail”. Released on Netflix, this production goes back to the Taiwanese roots of the 1950s and portray the journey of life sacrifices of family, love and everything to pursue the “American Dream”. The film shows real emotions from seasoned and veteran industry actors like the always...

Review: Itaewon Class 이태원 클라쓰 (2020) - South Korea Season 1 - 16 Episodes 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. One of the most talked about K-drama “Itaewon Class” delivers the good on a promising storyline, interesting plot line, intriguing characters and rags to riches story in the most unbelievable yet fascinating manner. This is a good drama from start to finish and if not for a sightly over the top ending, this is still easily one of the best...

Crash Landing on You (TV-2020) - South Korea   Season 1 - 16 Episodes 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. One of my favourite aspect of the latest all-star pairing of Hyun Bin and Son Ye-Jin’s Korean romantic drama “Crash Landing on You” is the realistic portrayal of North Korean lifestyle with just the right balance of the everyday lifestyle in the countryside and the contrast with the ultra rich and powerful living in Pyongyang. This is a beautifully paced...

The Last Thing He Wanted (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. This is a total disappointment of a film that boasted with an A-list casting and dampened by a hampered script and direction that is all over the place. A lack of vision from the director Dee Rees never settle for a particular genre instead blends a crime thriller, war journalism and illegal firepower trafficking and family drama all into one spiral of a film. There are...