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Film Review: Jay Kelly 影星傑凱利 (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 Noah Baumbach's "Jay Kelly," is a film that lingers. It’s the kind of picture that sparks arguments in coffee shops and lengthy threads online, not because it’s obscure, but because it strikes a raw, resonant nerve about the price tag attached to the American Dream, particularly the gilded, ruthless version peddled by...

Film Review: People We Meet on Vacation (2026) - USA 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 A Sunny Postcard from the Heart - Director Brett Haley’s adaptation of author Emily Henry’s sun-bleached bestseller, "People We Meet on Vacation," arrives on our screens like a postcard slipped under the door – familiar, warm, and carrying the distinct scent of sunscreen and unspoken longing. It navigates the well-trodden...

Film Review: Good News (굿뉴스) (2025) - South Korea Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic 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 Truth, Lies, and the Absurd Theater of Power - Korean Director Byun Sung-hyun’s “Good News” arrives on Netflix like a meticulously timed satirical bomb, detonating laughter that curdles into something sharper, angrier, and profoundly relevant. Based on the jaw-dropping, almost-too-absurd-to-believe true story of the 1970 “Yodo-go” hijacking, the film transforms a...

Film Review: The Great Flood (巨洪) 대홍수 (2025) - South Korea Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6/10 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 Korean Director Kim Byung-woo’s “The Great Flood”, arriving with a splash on Netflix this December, is a film that possesses undeniable technical skill and moments of genuine, waterlogged terror, only to tragically lose its bearings in a sea of overreaching ideas. It’s a cinematic vessel that springs a devastating leak...

Film Review: The Rip 全信沒收 (2026) - USA 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 A Familiar Siege, Elevated by Brotherhood - Director Joe Carnahan’s “The Rip” arrives on Netflix not with a revolutionary bang, but with the satisfying, well-oiled click of a shotgun being racked. It’s a film that knows its place – firmly within the sweat-stained confines of the cops-in-a-pressure-cooker genre – and executes its...