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30 for 30: Be Water (2020) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. There is so much to love a about the latest ESPN documentary “30 for 30: Be Water”, as much as it is about Bruce Lee, it is really about general Asian American representation in Hollywood during the racist 60s and 70s. It is all the more inspiring when director Bao Nguyen allows real life clips and interviews of key people in Lee’s life to flow...

Battle Creek Brawl (The Big Brawl) 殺手壕 (1980) - USA / Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Exactly 40 years ago, a young Jackie Chan fresh off his success in Hong Kong as a local action Kung fu superstar, tried his hand at Hollywood. It would be the second Hollywood feature film after Bruce Lee with an Asian leading man. Directed by Robert Clouse (“Enter the Dragon”) comes “Battle Creek Brawl” also known as “The Big Brawl”. Watching...

Midnight in Paris (2011) - USA / Spain   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)  Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Even the bravest fans of Woody Allen will say that he misses his mark for a good decade already. However in his 41st film, Allen shows us the qualities that make us fall in love with him for. Witty dialogue, cynical nature, feeling out of place in society, life and everything in general, “Midnight in Paris” is a perfect dose of dream, reality and fiction....

Fong Sai Yuk 方世玉 (1993) - Hong Kong As part of the ongoing Film Critics - Martial Arts series - “Discovering the world of Martial Arts cinema” Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Made at the height of Jet Li’s rise to fame after the “Once Upon a Time in China” series. Li wisely teams up with action director Corey Yuen for this Hong Kong martial arts classic. A much lighter version of folk hero than Wong Fei Hung, “Fong...

The Grand Grandmaster 乜代宗師 (2020) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Despite popular Cantonese stand up comedian Dayo Wong’s most honest intentions, his second directorial effort in “The Grand Grandmaster” is really one big mistake after another. The film is constantly lagging in its overdue jokes, comic timing is often turned off and a rather subdued Wong does not help the entire proceeding. The only saving grace comes in the form of Annie Liu in her first...