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Weathering with You 天気の子 (2019) - Japan 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. Following up the international fame of “Your Name”, Japanese animation director Makoto Shinkai created another masterpiece abet with much less fanfare and scale. The story goes simpler this time around revolving around a teenager first love story and sweet romance, but at its core the message goes beyond human emotions and boundaries of time. It’s an allegory on climate change, the conflict between short term happiness for...

The Confidence Man JP: The Movie (2019) - Japan 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 highly enjoyable escapist conman type of movie that arose as a spin-off in the star-studded Japanese TV series of the same name. In fact, the lead is played by con-woman Masami Nagasawa, meaning the title should have been named - “Confidence Woman”. Still, the film make use of Hong Kong as an ironic backdrop and even manages to breezes by with...

Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy 使徒行者2：谍影行动 (2019) - 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. One of the best thing about the sequel to the atrocious “Line Walker” is that this film have nothing to do with the original and apart from a few familiar faces and TVB investments. “Line Walker 2” smartly revokes the John Woo and Ringo Lam bloodshed and brotherhood action genre, meaning we get non-stop action display going across Hong Kong, South East Asia and...

Deception of the Novelist 作家的謊言：筆忠誘罪 (2019) - 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. The third film of the “Due West” trilogy that ranges on sex, love, relationships and social concerns comes “Deception of the Novelist”. The film is a bit part infidelity, bit part about a failed marriage and bit part about a murder that ends up with plenty of twists and turns. Even if not entirely successful in its execution, the script is largely ambitious and creative...

Something in the Rain (TV-2018) - South Korea   Original Netflix Series - 16 episodes (60 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 beautiful realistic romance drama series similar to this year’s “One Spring Night” with the same team behind the scenes director Ahn Pan Suk and writer Kim Eun. Film Starlet Son Ye-Jin returns to the small screen after a 5 years hiatus and gracefully acts her age plus a little more in both...