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“Bathed in a pink-pop glow, its pastiche of romance and horror collide in a viciously mischievous parable of technology and control that speaks to these most anxious times.”~Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly

Aroview: It's no spoiler to say that Iris (Sophie Thatcher) is not what she seems in this cutting-edge sci-fi comedy thriller that deploys some pretty cool ideas around the tension between human and artificial intelligence (and beauty) as it turns the tables on toxic masculinity, control and entitlement.

Another of its kind to be set in a billionaire's country retreat, it's a slick confection from the zeitgeist that doesn't reinvent the genre wheel, but it's an iteration with just enough novel add-ons to make it well worth the upgrade.