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Film Review: Unexpected Family 過家家 (2026) - China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 9/10 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 Jackie Chan has spent sixty years risking his neck for our amusement. He has jumped from moving trains, dangled from helicopter skids, and rolled down mountainsides encased in a bamboo cage. He is, without question, one of the most physically gifted performers in the history of cinema. But at 72, he...

Film Review: Back to the Past 尋秦記 (2025) - Hong Kong 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 Some movies aren't really movies. They are time capsules, thrown into the sea twenty-four years ago, now washing back up on shore covered in barnacles and memories. "Back to the Past," the feature-film continuation of the beloved 2001 TVB series, is exactly that. It is less a piece of...

Film Review: Where Have You Been? (ŠTO TE NEMA) (2024) - Bosnia and Herzegovina / Italy / USA / UK 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 There is a moment in Mirko Pincelli’s “Where Have You Been” that captures everything the film is trying to say. The camera lingers on a single ceramic coffee cup, one of thousands laid out in neat, endless rows. It’s empty,...

Film Review: Still Standing (2022) - Hong Kong / Italy / UK 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 The Sindhi Story, a Ghost That Refuses to Fade - There is a particular kind of sadness that comes from looking at a map and realizing the country you were born in no longer exists. For the Sindhi people, that map isn't just outdated; it's torn in half,...

Film Review: Pavane (파반느) (孔雀舞曲) (2026) - South Korea 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 Quiet Dance in the Shadows - “Pavane” is the kind of movie they don't make anymore—or, more accurately, the kind they never made much of in the first place. It doesn't shout. It doesn't chase you. It sits in the corner of a dark room and waits for you to...