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City Is Ours" delivers a gripping blend of glitz, crime, and relentless drama. Its well-crafted characters share a singular trait-greed, selfishness, and an unapologetic commitment to their own perspective. The acting is outstanding across the board, but the portrayal of Jamie truly stands out-capturing the essence of a deluded, self destructing fool with unsettling brilliance. The series weaves in a dose of dark humour, the kind that only Liverpudlian trash can pull off - adding an extra layer of authenticity.

Visually stunning, it showcases both the grandeur and the grit of this iconic northern city.

After waiting 36 years for the sequel to the brilliant 1980s film *Beetlejuice*, you'd think it would be worth the wait. Unfortunately, *Beetlejuice 2* is an absolute nightmare.

Everything about this film feels different-the pace, the look, the jokes (or lack thereof). The story itself is muddled and nonsensical, with one noisy, busy scene after another. It feels like a load of writers brainstormed ideas but didn't bother to whittle them down into a coherent story.

A subplot involving one of Beetlejuice's ex-girlfriends hunting for him seemed irrelevant and pointless. Another storyline about a killer didn't appear to reach a conclusion.

The teen character Astrid, tried to replicate the original Lydia but came off as shallow and clichéd.

This sequel felt more like a bad episode of *American Horror Story* than a follow-up to one of the great comedies of the 1980s. It's puzzling why the same director and actors couldn't recapture the magic of the original. Perhaps creativity and imagination are as dead as Beetlejuice himself.

After enjoying *Pearl* and *X*, I had high hopes for this 1980s-themed finale. Unfortunately, *Maxxxine* turned out to be one of the worst films I've seen sine the 80s!

The first two films successfully created old-style horror, making me care about the characters and feel genuine tension. Mia Goth's portrayal of Pearl in the second film was outstanding, deserving of an Oscar nod. But *Maxxxine* failed on multiple levels.

The main character development didn't make much sense. A porn star trying to break into mainstream 1980s movies, hiding the fact she escaped a serial killer? It was implausible, wouldn't it be the other way around? Since when was a porn star accepted in 1980s Hollywood?

The film's 1980s aesthetic was also clichéd and boring; stone-washed jeans, big hair, booming ballads etc, etc Yawn! The supporting characters were shallow and two-dimensional; I could predict who would meet their grizzly fate as soon as they were introduced, unfortunately their demises weren't quick enough.

The story was ridiculous, about as believable as a bad episode of *Charlie's Angels*. Perhaps this absurd plot is why Mia Goth seemed disinterested in this role.

If this embarrassment of a film was made in the '80s, it would have gone straight to VHS.