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Go Back to China (2019) - USA / China 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 another lovely little film from Director Emily Ting, following up well from “Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong”. If Emily Ting’s feature debut is a “love letter” to Hong Kong, then “Go Back to China” is a “fish out of water” personal growth story to tell. It is a film about family, relationships with people, growing up and finding that path and journey. It...

The Hunt (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. After several delayed release due the supposed controversy around the literally hunting of certain groups of humans as a sport for the elites. The Hunt” directed by Craig Zobel is a fast and furious satire that goes the route of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and “Hunger Games”. This highly brutal and entertaining film provides the ground work for a deeper storyline, but unfortunately fails to go the distance and...

The Banker (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 thoroughly enjoyable and inspiring story of how a shoeshiner black kid growing up in the racially divided 60s manages to overcome plenty to become one of the first black owners of American banks and prime building locations. It’s a rags to riches story in the typical format except it’s is more calculated and intelligent in its execution as the underlying character have both ambition and drive...

Spenser Confidential (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. There is a lot of downtime and adequacy in the long time paring of Director Peter Berg and  star Mark Wahlberg in the Netflix original film “Spenser Confidential”. That’s precisely the problem with this film as the audience doesn’t really care what happens next or the consequences to any of the characters. It is that kind of film where a lot of things is happening, but nothing of note...

Pain and Glory (2019) - Spain 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 film brings the audience into the minds and journey of the main character as he goes thru life ups and downs. Director Pedro Almodóvar perfectly combines these spectrum of life from youth to middle age and retirement to a film about loss, love, imagination and memory. What we end up getting is a powerful film that portrays how fragile a mind is and how events in different...