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Film Review: The Sheep Detectives 綿羊偵探團 (2026) - USA / UK Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 8.5/10 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 early in The Sheep Detectives when the shepherd George (Hugh Jackman, radiating quiet decency in a flat cap and worn jacket) reads aloud from a dog-eared mystery novel to his flock under a vast English sky. The sheep listen—not with the vacant stares of livestock,...

Film Review: Wuthering Heights 咆哮山莊 (2026) - USA / UK 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 is a moment early in Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” when the camera lingers on the back of Jacob Elordi’s neck—dirty, slick with sweat, veins bulging as he chops wood with the kind of violence that suggests he’s murdering the tree rather than merely trimming it. This shot, perhaps four...

HKIFF Film Review: In-I In Motion 尋你我，覓自己 (2026) - France / UK Reviewed at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026 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 Juliette Binoche’s “In-I In Motion” is a startlingly raw and physically electric directorial debut that proves she is as fearless behind the camera as she is in front of it. While so many actor-turned-director projects feel like polished...

HKIFF Film Review: Queen at Sea 欲愛流離 (2026) - USA / UK Reviewed at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026 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 Lance Hammer’s “Queen at Sea” is a haunting, rigorously composed return to cinema that demands your undivided attention. After an eighteen-year absence following his stark 2008 debut “Ballast”, Hammer delivers a film that feels both startlingly modern and...

HKIFF Film Review: The Chronology of Water 水的編年史 (2025) - USA / France / UK / Latvia Reviewed at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2026 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 There is a scene about halfway through Kristen Stewart’s “The Chronology of Water” where Imogen Poots, playing the memoirist Lidia Yuknavitch, stands in a swimming pool at night. The water is black. The...