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The Greatest Civil War on Earth 南北和 (1961) - Hong Kong 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. Trailing back to 1960s, we get a delightful comedy that voices out the obvious tensions between Northern Mandarin and the Southern Cantonese background in Hong Kong. These are all relevant tensions that remains extremely realistic even by modern day Hong Kong. This is the first film of the Northern and Southern trilogy that became one of the biggest box office hits of...

Hong Kong West Side Stories 向西聞記 (2018 - TV Series) - Hong Kong   Length: 12 episodes (23 minutes each)   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 divertingly interesting HMVOD original series about the younger generation dealing with various social and relevant issues on marriage, love, dating, sex and pretty much what’s the current situation of Hong Kong right now. With an element of black comedy twist, based on the online serial by xxx and directed...

Avengers: Endgame (2019) - 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. As far as a fitting finale of an epic scale as big as Avengers, the “Endgame” is probably as dramatic and action packed as it gets. Directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo crafted a blockbuster with plenty of pauses, emotional moments and enough space for each superhero to immense their presence. By the end of the film, each of the superhero seems like humans to us, our...

Unicorn Store (2017) - 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. Strictly independent, comes the on-screen inspired pairing of Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson with a futurist vision in the now established Marvel pairing. This is a very unique film as it is so light hearted in its execution with a strong focus on staying true to your childhood dreams including wanting to have an unicorn. It is the kind of suspension of belief kind of experience that...

Somewhere Beyond the Mist 藍天白雲 (2017) - Hong Kong   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. There is something extremely outright depressing in “KJ” Director Cheung King Wai’s latest film “Somewhere Beyond the Mist”. In fact, redemption is kept to be minimal as we witness how simple minded people can do wicked actions due to the circumstances that they have been thrown upon and in this case, a troubled pair of youth. We get an engrossing tale of problems for...