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Forever Young 無問西東 (2018) - China   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. Filmed in 2011/12 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tsinghua University, “Forever Young” was shelved for more than half a decade before its release. Despite its delayed release, the film was a box office hit in the Mainland, taking in more than $1 billion RMB. With a star studded cast composing of Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Chang Chen, Wang Leehom and Chen Chusheng, Director Li Fangfang didn’t...

Hotel Soul Good 女皇撞到正 (2018) - 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. There are some enjoyable moments in “Hotel Soul Good” and even manages to be somewhat well meaning. However, the second film from director Anthony Yan (“Vampire Cleaning Department”) proves to be hampered by a nonsensical script, poor and bore set designs and a lack of special effects to enhance any supernatural elements on display. What could’ve been following the success of the 00s Wai Ka...

A Home with a View 家和萬事驚 (2019) - 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. With the up pending house prices in Hong Kong, social frustration of the inaction in the government and coupled with hopelessness of the generation next. The result is a well meaning black comedy produced and scripted by Cheung Tat Ming and directed by veteran Herman Yau. It’s very much a local film for Hong Kong audience with a welcome reunion of sorts for...

The Greatest Wedding on Earth 南北一家親 (1962) - 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. After the box office success of “The Greatest Civil War on Earth”, we get an instant sequel with the same theme and tension, replacing the tailor shop with a completing resturant plot-line. Directed by Wong Tin Lam (same as the first film), we get more of the same with a bigger budget and set to play with. Watching the film today, gives the...

The Greatest Civil War on Earth 南北和 (1961) - 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. Trailing back to 1960s, we get a delightful comedy that voices out the obvious tensions between Northern Mandarin and the Southern Cantonese background in Hong Kong. These are all relevant tensions that remains extremely realistic even by modern day Hong Kong. This is the first film of the Northern and Southern trilogy that became one of the biggest box office hits of...