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Film Review: Pasa Faho (2025) - Australia Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com A Quietly Radiant Tapestry of Heritage and Home - Kalu Oji’s debut feature, “Pasa Faho" (meaning "parts of a whole"), arrives like a warm breeze carrying the scent of distant soil mixed with Melbourne suburbia. It’s a film that eschews the polished sheen often associated with Australian cinema for something far more valuable: lived-in authenticity. Set amidst the...

Film Review: Fwends (2025) - Australia Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7.5/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is a particular, precious alchemy in the cinema that occurs when actors inhabit their roles so completely, and a director captures them with such unassuming grace, that the screen seems to dissolve. We aren't watching a performance; we're granted privileged access to a life. Sophie Somerville's remarkable debut feature, “Fwends”, achieves this delicate magic. It’s a film less...

Film Review: We Bury the Dead (2025) - Australia / USA Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6.5/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com Grief Walks Among the Undead - Australian director Zak Hilditch’s “We Bury the Dead” arrives not with the gnashing frenzy of a Romero rampage, but with the heavy, deliberate tread of a mourner carrying an impossible burden. This is a zombie film stripped of much of its inherent pulp, draped instead in the sodden...

Film Review: The Black Phone 2 黑色電話2 (2025) - USA Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 6.5/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com Scott Derrickson returns to the chilling world he conjured in 2021, dialing up “The Black Phone 2*” This sequel, like a persistent echo on a disconnected line, proves the story isn't quite finished, yet struggles to recapture the primal, basement-bound terror that made the original resonate. It avoids the crass pitfalls of lesser horror follow-ups,...

Film Review: Homerun 跑吧孩子 (2003) - Singapore Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com Jack Neo’s "Homerun" is one of those small miracles of cinema that arrives without fanfare and leaves an indelible footprint on the heart. It’s a film that punderstands childhood desperation with unflinching clarity, yet possesses the political savvy to turn a simple story of lost shoes into a resonant metaphor for a nation finding its feet. Officially remaking...