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Film Review: Missing 失蹤 (2019) - Hong Kong
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Andrew ChanMissing 失蹤 (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. In one of more refreshing take on the crowded cliche horror thriller genre, debutant Director Ronnie Chau is largely promising in creating a illuminating atmospheric experience for the cinema goers. The film works best whenever it switches to a parallel universe where time travels and ghosts collides with the reality connecting through creepy buildings and Sai Kung forest locations. The setting builds the tension and the story backdrop...
Film Review: Tune in for Love (2019) - South Korea
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Andrew ChanTune in for Love (2019) - South Korea 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. Fresh from two mega Netflix hits Korean original series (“Something in the Rain” and “One Spring Night”), heartthrob Jung Hae-In coupled with Kim Go-eun excels his transition from longer format to the silver screen with ease and presence. This is a heart breaking and mending film that relates well with the audience with a time gap experience over a decade from 1995 to 2005. The nostalgia...
Film Review: Guilt By Design 催眠·裁決 (2019) - Hong Kong
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Andrew ChanGuilt By Design 催眠·裁決 (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. There is a lot to like and appreciate about the latest trio of directors’ (Lau Wing-Tai, Kenneth Lai and Paul Sze) efforts. Guilt By Design” is extremely well crafted psychological courtroom action thriller that engages you from start to the almost too sensationalised and over the top “Jackie Chan’s style” finale. Nick Cheung excels in the role of a professional hypnotist appointed to be a juror in...
Film Review: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) - USA
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Andrew ChanTerminator: Dark Fate (2019) - USA Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. As the saying goes “I’ll be back!” and just like that we get another “Terminator” rehash that is not only highly unnecessary, but needlessly soulless experience for all involved. In fact, the film is so cheesy that it almost falls in the category of so bad it is good category. Unfortunately it is not the case, as the film starts well and gradually falls apart one terminator fight after another. While it may be fun to see...
Film Review: Laundromat (2019) - USA
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Andrew ChanLaundromat (2019) - 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. Something very interesting about the latest Netflix original film “Laundromat” is not the complicated subject matter that it deals with, but rather the simplicity nature that Director Steven Soderbergh, with a hectic screenplay by Scott Z. Burns manages to portray it on-screen. The “Panama Papers” notoriously did not get the maximum exposure from the global press as it should have been and the result is like the original intention of...