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Film Review: The Smashing Machine 重擊人生 (2025) - 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 “The Smashing Machine” is not the film you expect. Benny Safdie, stepping out from his brother’s shadow for his solo directorial debut, has taken the most recognizable action star on the planet and placed him inside a damp, gray prison of his own making. This is a film about a fighter...

TV Series Review: Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight (Astérix et Obélix : Le Combat des chefs) (2025) (Season 1) - France 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 It has been a long road back to Gaul. The comic-book exploits of Asterix and Obelix, once synonymous with joyous, clever, and distinctly European animation, have in recent years been subjected to the cruder alchemy of live-action, emerging as...

Film Review: Mr. Zheng (Special Friend) 我最特别的朋友 (2025) - China 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 Finds a Melancholy Poetry in the Desert of Digital Fame - The most memorable shots in “Mr. Zheng” are not of its sweeping Gobi Desert vistas, but of its protagonist’s face in close-up. Zhang Songwen, an actor who can convey tectonic shifts of feeling with the slightest tremor of his...

Film Review: Prisoner of War (2025) - USA / Philippines 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 What is it we go to the movies for? Sometimes, we crave transformation; other times, we hunger for craft. “Prisoner of War”is a film of the latter category, delivering its specialized goods with impressive and brutal efficiency. This is a vehicle for the formidable Scott Adkins, and as such, it...

Film Review: The Housemaid 美傭誘罪 (2025) - USA 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 great Hollywood thriller has always understood a fundamental truth: the most dangerous games are played behind closed doors, on polished floors, under the cold glow of recessed lighting. “The Housemaid,” director Paul Feig’s unexpected and glossy detour into psychological suspense, knows this well. It drapes itself in the sleek, moneyed aesthetic...