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Film Review: School on Fire 學校風雲 (1988) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 9/10 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 Ringo Lam’s School on Fire does not merely depict the corruption of youth. It forces you to watch the process in real time, as if someone has locked the classroom doors and set the building alight from the inside. The film opens in the ordinary chaos of a Hong...

Film Review: Eat Drink Man Woman 飲食男女 (1994) - Taiwan Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 10/10 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 There is a moment early in Ang Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman when the master chef Chu stands alone in his kitchen before dawn, testing the temperature of oil with a single drop of water. It sizzles perfectly. He nods once, almost imperceptibly, and begins. That small, private gesture...

Film Review: Murder 黃蜂尾後針 (1993) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 There is something quietly cruel about memory. It can be stolen in an instant, and what remains is not always mercy. Lawrence Cheng’s Murder opens with a shot that should kill. A lawyer named Jessica Yau (Carol Cheng) discovers her husband has been laundering millions for the Thai underworld. He puts a...

Film Review: The Kung Fu Scholar 倫文敘老點柳先開 (1994) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 particular pleasure in watching two young stars, still carrying the glow of their early fame, bounce off each other inside a period school comedy that never quite takes itself seriously. The Kung Fu Scholar is not a great film, but it is a cheerfully serviceable one...

Film Review: Organ Child 器子 (2025) - Taiwan Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics 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 particular kind of grief that does not heal. It calcifies. It waits. And when the prison gates finally open after nearly two decades, it walks out wearing the face of a man who once coached children how to swing a bat and now only knows how to swing something...