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Born to Fly: Closing Night at Third Culture Film Festival HK Showcase There are films that entertain, and then there are films that feel like they were made for the people who carry more than one home inside them. This Sunday evening, 30 August 2026, the Third Culture Film Festival brings its HK Showcase to a close at Soho House Hong Kong with exactly that kind of film: Born to Fly, directed by Ali Khajeian. The documentary follows Hong Kong-raised ultra-runner Rahul Sharma as he becomes the fastest person to run the entire length of Sri Lanka — 566 kilometres...

Film Review: Made in Korea 韓國製造的我 메이드 인 코리아 (2026) - India / South Korea Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 particular kind of quiet courage in Made in Korea, the sort that does not announce itself with speeches or montages but accumulates slowly, like the way a stranger’s kindness can rearrange a day. Ra. Karthik’s film understands that the biggest journeys are...

Film Review: Ultimate Revenge 衝鋒：火拼 (2026) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 particular pleasure in watching a Hong Kong action film that knows exactly what it is and refuses to apologize for it. Ultimate Revenge is not subtle, not especially original, and not particularly interested in deep psychology. What it is, however, is loud, kinetic, and frequently exhilarating in the...

Film Review: The Last House 最後孤屋 (2026) - USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 particular kind of dread that settles in when the place you have always considered safe suddenly refuses to let you leave. Louis Leterrier’s The Last House understands that feeling with unusual clarity. It takes the simplest of premises—a family wakes up one morning and discovers every door and...

Film Review: Don’t Say Good Luck (2026) - USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 8.5/10 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 There is a moment early in Don’t Say Good Luck when Sophie Birenbaum, played by Sunny Sandler with a kind of shy, unfinished bravery, stands in a high-school auditorium and sings. She is auditioning for the lead in the school production of Waitress. Her voice is not yet polished, her body...