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Film Review: 28 Years Later (28年後) (2025) - UK / 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 Digital Dread and Diminished Returns, But a Welcome Return - Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, the architects of the 2002 lightning bolt that was “28 Days Later”, reunite for “28 Years Later”. It’s a homecoming fraught with expectation and the heavy dust of nearly two decades. Does it recapture...

Film Review: Train Dreams 火車大夢 (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 The Last Echo in the Timber: Clint Bentley's "Train Dreams" Whispers a Requiem for America - Director Clint Bentley's "Train Dreams," materializing on Netflix like a spectral transmission from a vanished world, defies the clamor of modern cinema. This adaptation of Denis Johnson's novella isn't a story told so much as a...

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...