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Josh Ruben successfully creates a rom-com slasher mash-up, using 90s tropes and kitschy dialogues. Though fun enough to entertain for a romantic evening with your partner, it falls at times into the cliché trap it tries to mock. Also, the final reveal is somewhat disappointing. That said, it contains Devon Sawa as a grumpy cop, plus the two leads play well enough off each other. The kills are gory, the camera doesn’t shy away, and the majority of the jokes do land.

Hancock’s directorial debut feels refreshingly different by taking familiar tropes from features such as Terminator, Lolita, or even Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder and blending them all. Though packed with unexpected turns, the biggest twist was ruined by the marketing campaign. The pacing can be a little clunky at times, while Sophie Thatcher gives an extraordinary performance, and Jack Quaid plays a fun, self-centred villain. The cinematography is intimate, and the effects a

This is one of the most disappointing MCU entries. All the potential, none used in execution. Though not the worst film of the MCU, Brave New World tries to be too much, and fails as it tries to juggle three plots in one film. Character development is barely existent, introduced side stories lead into nothing, and the dialogue sounds like a blueprint of exposition. Most impressive was the camera work, giving the whole look a grimey 70s thriller feeling.