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White Boy Rick (2018) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     Based on the true story of the youngest FBI informant Richard Wershe Jr, the film stays extremely grounded and surprisingly suffers from a lack of sensationalise cliches that could have elevated it to a different level. Instead, director Yann Demange wants to focus the story on the titled character and end up lacking any sympathy on the black demographics that was also hit badly by the drug wars where many lives and families were destroyed in the process. We get a Matthew...

Hunter Killer (2018) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     One of the best thing about Gerard Butler’s war actioner is the good old fashioned feel about the whole affair. Much in the reins of 90s Cold War style action affair, the film takes up an interesting twist in its decent portrayal of the Russian president and some of its generals. I enjoyed the reminisce of a bygone era of where this kind action flicks dominated the cinematic experience of most action fans. Director Donovan Marsh is clearly reflection of the old school...

White Dragon (TV - 2018) - UK   Aka Strangers   - 8 Episodes (60 minuted per Episode   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. Hong Kong star Anthony Wong and British star  John Simm headlines this intriguing British TV murder thriller set largely within the neon lighting of modern Hong Kong. It highlights the highest levels of corruption within government figures, diplomats and the police force. We get to witness the always happening city of Hong Kong...

Love at First Swipe [Season 1] (TV - 2018) - Malaysia   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     I don’t normally review online TV series, but this original production by TonTonMY and YouTuber - JinnyBoy’s director Reuben Kang remains one of the best tearjerker romantic and coming of age short online TV series (5 episodes at 25 minutes each) in the past year. What made the short series work so well is the modern look on social dating apps and how in essence it is precisely paralleling how people used to post ads on newspaper...

Iceman 2: The Time Traveler 冰封侠: 时空行者 (2018) - China   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)      Not entirely sure what Donnie Yen was thinking when he made the sequel to an already terrible film - Iceman 3D. The sequel was filmed in 2014 and released suddenly 4 years later is simply bad filmmaking, terrible special effects, non existent acting and an atrocious and incoherent plot to boot. It is so bad that it is not even funny and when a village of people dies, there is zero emotions and when Donnie tries to act,...