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Film Review: Nonnas 母愛食堂 (2025) - USA 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 There are movies that are made, and then there are movies that are cooked. “Nonnas,” the new film from Stephen Chbosky, has been simmering on the back burner for a long time, and it has reduced into something rich, nourishing, and deeply satisfying. It’s a bowl of comfort food for the soul, and...

Film Review: Rumble Ages 烈火青春 (1998) - Hong Kong 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 In the shadow of Hong Kong’s 1997 handover, when the city itself seemed caught between youthful exuberance and an uncertain maturity, comes “Rumble Ages” (1998), a modest trilogy of stories about young love that feels very much like its time. Director James Yuen, in his sophomore feature, assembles three loosely connected...

Film Review: After Typhoon 下一个台风 (2025) - China 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 There is a specific kind of quiet that exists after a disaster. Not the quiet of peace, but the quiet of shock. Li Yu’s After Typhoon understands this. It understands that the worst storms aren’t the ones that knock down your house, but the ones that take up residence inside you. This...

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...

Film Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die 團戰之夜 (2026) - USA 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 A Chaotic, High-Stakes Caffeine Kick - There is a specific kind of joy that comes from watching a director who has spent years in the studio-system wilderness finally cut loose. Gore Verbinski, the mad architect behind the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” films and the deranged masterpiece...