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Film Review: Dear Ex 誰先愛上他的 (2018) - Taiwan
Andrew ChanDear Ex 誰先愛上他的 (2018) - Taiwan 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. Netflix’ original “Dear Ex” is a deeply affecting tale of how one reacts and adapt to the death of their once loved ones. What complicated the matter is that the late father, the husband and gay partner is the same person (played by in true stoic form by Spark Chen). In return we get an intriguing look into how different people deals with grief, anger, understanding and...
Film Review: Vice 為副不仁 (2018) - USA
Andrew ChanVice 為副不仁 (2018) - 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. After depicting the 2008 financial crisis in “The Big Short”, Director Adam McKay takes on a bigger fish in the form of the most powerful Vice President in US political history - Dick Cheney. “Vice” is the kind of political drama that is also one that is concentrated on human morality, human condition and survival of the fittest. Christian Bale is absolutely spot on as the quiet yet...
Film Review: Integrity 廉政風雲 煙幕 (2019) - Hong Kong / China
Integrity Karena Lam Lau Ching Wan Nick Cheung
Andrew ChanIntegrity 廉政風雲 煙幕 (2019) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) Director Alan Mak and frequent corroborator Felix Chong decided to kick off the Chinese New Year with the first instalment of a trilogy of ICAC films in “Integrity”. Pitting two best actors in the form of Lau Ching Wan and Nick Cheung as Chief ICAC and key whistleblower respectively to the high profile fraud and bribery case. The audience gets two excellent performance plus a strong turn and welcome return to the big screen to screen goddess Karena Lam as Lau’s...
Film Review: A Lifetime Treasure 如珠如寶 (2019) - Hong Kong
A Lifetime Treasure Sammo Hung
Andrew ChanA Lifetime Treasure 如珠如寶 (2019) - Hong Kong Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) The biggest problem of comedian Andrew Lam Man Chung directed, scripted and starring vehicle - “A Lifetime Treasure” is not the cast, but the overall let down of the script and often prolonged crude jokes that gets repetitive as the film progresses. Andrew Lam is a funny guy and his comic timing is second to none, however, when other people are required to be like him and deliver those unique lines, it simply doesn’t work. Imagine Sammo Hung trying to apt...
Film Review: Green Book 綠簿旅友 (2018) - USA
Andrew ChanGreen Book 綠簿旅友 (2018) - USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) What is so beautiful about the part bio-pic “Green Book” directed by Peter Farrelly, it’s the constant normality and subtleness that allows two great actors in Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali to grow and develop their respective characters during time of brutal racism and divide of the 1960s USA. The “Green Book” as the title suggests is a travel guide for the blacks to use when travelling down South, containing “safe” locations to eat and stay. More than just another road movie,...