News — Stephy Tang

Twelve Days 12日 (2023) - Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺) Writer-director Aubrey Lam Oi-wah returns to her directorial debut from 23 years ago in “Twelve Nights” that captures the ups and downs of a relationship. In “Twelve Days”, the film captures 12 days of a marriage that is destined to fail, not because of the manner how the characters grew out of each other, but rather the fact that the male lead played by Edward Ma remains so one-dimensional with almost zero redeeming qualities. This is made worse with a storyline that...

My Prince Edward 金都 (2019) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew CHAN (Film Critics Circle of Australia)  Help me reach one review per day in 2021.  https://www.patreon.com/neofilmreviews Buy me a coffee ☕️ or two to support our Asian cinema film reviews since 2004! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog   What makes “My Prince Edward” different to the numerous romantic comedy that Stephy Tang used to play, is the realistic element and the gender commentary that makes debut director and writer Norris Wong, a film to watch. This is not your typical happy go lucky film, as it explore a personal story as well as social concerns...