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Book Review: More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets: The Encyclopedia of Hong Kong Film (2020) - by Mike Wilkins and Stefan Hammond 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 You hold in your hands not a book, but a stunt. A literary high-fall, performed without a net, landing in a crash of bullet casings, ghostly talismans, and shattered mahjong tiles. If the glorious, chaotic cinema of Hong...

Film Review: My Date with a Vampire 驅魔龍族馬小玲 (2025) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 4/10 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 The undead walk among us once more, but this time, they shuffle with the weary gait of contractual obligation. “My Date with a Vampire (2025)”, a reboot of the beloved, gloriously messy 1998 ATV supernatural soap opera, arrives draped in the heavy velvet of nostalgia, only to reveal...

Film Review: The Travellers (2025) - Australia 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 You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave... The oldest stories resonate the deepest. Australian Director Bruce Beresford, returning to the intimate Australian terrain that birthed films like "Breaker Morant" and "Don's Party," understands this profoundly. "The Travellers," released late last year, isn't about reinventing the prodigal son's...

Film Review: Sinners 罪人們 (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 A Southern Gothic Hymn Drenched in Blood and Blues - Director Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” arrives not with a whisper, but with the guttural wail of a slide guitar and the thick, cloying scent of Mississippi Delta soil – and blood. It is a film of audacious ambition, a genre cocktail shaken violently and...

Film Review: Song Sung Blue 藍色情歌 (2025) - USA 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 A Hallelujah for the Dreamers Who Never Made the Big Time - Director Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue” arrives not with the bombast of a stadium tour, but with the flickering neon glow and slightly frayed sequins of a midwestern lounge act. It tells the true story – or rather, a...