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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 For the Sindhi people, that map isn't just outdated; it's torn in half,...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...

Film Review: Mercy 法無赦 (2026) - 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 There is a moment early in “Mercy” when the protagonist, a harried detective played by Chris Pratt, is told he has exactly 90 minutes to convince a digital magistrate not to erase his family’s existence. I glanced at my watch. It was a nervous gesture, and it was exactly the response director Timur...

Film Review: Obedience (十方之地) (2025) - Hong Kong 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 A Stark Portrait of Hong Kong's Margins, Beautifully Seen Yet Distantly Felt - Hong Kong Director Wong Siu-pong's "Obedience" (十方之地) is a film that sees. It sees the cracked pavement and overflowing bins of Hong Kong's Hung Hom district. It sees the slow, deliberate labor of the elderly, bent like ancient trees, pushing...

Film Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (28年後：人骨聖殿) (2026) - UK / 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 A Haunting, Hallucinatory Detour from the Apocalypse - The infected are no longer sprinting through Piccadilly Circus. The frantic terror of “28 Days Later”, that gut-punch of a film that reanimated the zombie genre with digital grit and sheer panic, feels like a fever dream from...