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Film Review: Rob N Roll 臨時劫案(2024) Hong Kong / China 🇭🇰 🇨🇳 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺)   In a career defining comedic performance, Hong Kong award winning actor Aaron Kwok manages to be the X-factor in long time assistant director Albert Mak’s directorial debut in the lunar new year crime comedy “Rob N Roll”. This film works because it never takes itself too seriously and in the process allows the characters to shine with their various over the top traits and antics. With plenty of laugh out loud moments, making it the perfect Chinese...

Film Review: Table for Six 2 飯戲攻心2 (2024) Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺)   As far as sequel is concerned, last year box office success “Table for Six” comes with plenty of expectations. Despite missing super box office star Dayo Wong, the film works extremely well when it is focused on relationships, family and the all the good and bad associated with it. It is this infernal of emotions one after another that makes director Sunny Chan so effective as a communicator as it simply translates directly to the audience like gold....

Film Review: Argylle 特工亞皆老(2023) USA UK 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺)   The real problem with the latest spy espionage crime thriller is the lack of excitement and fun that makes these kind of films at the edge of your seat type of entertainment. Matthew Vaughn’s “Argylle” fails this basic test with pitiful characters being lumped up into a snooze fest. That’s particularly sad, the film boost a decent cast that could have gone some places.   Bryce Dallas Howard lacks the on screen charisma for the leading role as both the writer...

Film Review: No Hard Feelings 調教你處男) (2023) USA 🇺🇸 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺)   Jennifer Lawrence is simply amazing in the raunchy romantic comedy “No Hard Feelings” directed by Gene Stupnitsky (previous works include writing “Bad Teacher”). This film works well on many levels including the most important element of romantic comedy is both chemistry and entertainment value. Both boxes are tick in an absolutely banging manner as a simple story in all ways allows the characters to grow on the audience as one awkward moments matches the next.   The real star of...

Film Review: Ride On 龙马精神(2023) China 🇨🇳 Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia 🇦🇺)   What made Jackie Chan’s latest action comedy drama works better than many of his failed attempts in the past decade, is the clear realisation of his age and what he can truly do. That limitation is being celebrated as the difficulties of a stuntman and add in the horse factor and daughter relationship, making “Ride On”, actually funny, heartfelt and tearjerking experience. That’s the beauty to appreciate in the film, but one must also separate Jackie Chan’s real life persona and is...