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Film Review: Love Untangled 고백의 역사 (Gobaekui Yeoksa) 捲捲初戀 (2025) - South Korea 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 A Tangle of Heart and Frizz - There is a moment early in “Love Untangled” when Park Se-ri, a high school student in 1998 Busan, stands before a bathroom mirror with a jar of chemical relaxer in one hand and a prayer on her lips. She is...

Film Review: It’s a Drink! It’s a Bomb! 聖誕奇遇結良緣 (1985) - 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 There is something endearingly lunatic about certain mid-1980s Hong Kong comedies that throw together crime, slapstick, romance, and holiday cheer as if the script were written during a caffeine-fueled all-nighter. “It’s a Drink! It’s a Bomb!” is one of those movies. Its very title sounds like a...

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...