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Film Review: Desire Deseo 慾望 (2026) - Mexico 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 In the lush, sun-drenched suburbs of privilege, where marble floors echo with quiet dissatisfaction, Desire (original title Deseo) unfolds like a slow-burning fuse attached to a powder keg of human longing. Teresa Simone’s feature debut is an erotic thriller that doesn’t so much reinvent the wheel as polish it with Mexican intensity...

Film Review: Ladies First 女士優先 (2026) - 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 In the grand tradition of gender-bending satires that dare to flip the script on power, privilege, and the everyday absurdities of modern courtship, Ladies First arrives on Netflix like a mischievous thought experiment wrapped in broad comedy packaging. Directed by Thea Sharrock and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as the swaggering Damien...

Film Review: Demon City 鬼城殺 鬼ゴロシ (2025) - Japan Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 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 in Demon City when the camera lingers on Tōma Ikuta’s face—blood-streaked, eyes burning with a fury that has simmered for twelve long years—and you feel the weight of every ghost that haunts him. This is not mere vengeance porn, though the film delivers carnage with visceral relish....

Film Review: Once Upon a Time in China III 黃飛鴻之三獅王爭霸 (1992) - 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 In the grand tradition of Hong Kong cinema’s golden age, where history and myth collide in balletic fury, Tsui Hark delivers another thunderous chapter in the Wong Fei-hung saga with Once Upon a Time in China III. If the first two films were bold declarations...

Film Review: Tee Yai: Born to Be Bad ตี๋ใหญ่ ฤกษ์ดาวโจร / 悍匪传奇(2025) - Thailand Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 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 In the sweltering haze of 1980s Bangkok, where the neon glow flickers like distant promises and the streets pulse with the rhythm of survival, a legend is born not from magic, but from the raw, unyielding fire of brotherhood and defiance. Tee Yai: Born to Be...