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Film Review: The Owl vs Bombo 貓頭鷹與小飛象 (1984) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6.5/10 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 A ramshackle charmer that never quite finds its rhythm. There is a moment in “The Owl vs Bombo” when Sammo Hung, that human fireplug of Cantonese cinema, finds himself leading a tap-dance routine with Deanie Ip. It lasts perhaps ninety seconds. He wears a goofy grin. His feet move with...

Film Review: The Lord of Hangzhou 杭州王爺 (1998) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 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 quiet moment midway through The Lord of Hangzhou when Tse Kwan-Ho, playing the once-wealthy Mi Qi, sits on a riverbank beneath the moonlight with nothing left but a straw hat and the weight of his own folly. For just a breath, the film lowers its voice and...

Film Review: Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe 熊猫计划之部落奇遇 (2026) - China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 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 in “Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe” when Jackie Chan, seventy-two years young and still game as ever, dangles from a vine that glows with the earnest overkill of mid-tier CGI while a digitally rendered giant panda named Hu Hu pulls a face that suggests...

The Lee Legacy: A Counterfactual Analysis of How the Survival of Bruce and Brandon Lee Could Have Accelerated Asian American Representation in Hollywood By Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia)Film Critic, Festival Director & Founder, Neo Film Blog Support my paper by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Support my paper by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com 9 May 2026 Author Bio Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) is a Hong Kong-based film critic, festival director, and founder of Neo Film Blog. Deeply passionate about Hong Kong and Asian cinema, he champions the region’s rich...

Film Review: Wish You Well 非传统浪漫关系 (2026) - China 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 bracingly honest anti-rom-com that knows love is a mess and likes it anyway. There’s a moment about forty minutes into Liang Wenzhe’s “Wish You Well” where Zhu Yanmanzi’s character, relationship blogger Zhu Junhao, catches herself actually feeling something real amid the chaos of her post-divorce experiment. The camera holds on...