Plot: Brandy is looking to boost her career. Out of the blue, she's being asked to play the lead in a remake of Hotel Reverie, an old British classic. They've rescripted the film so the lead is now a woman. What Brandy doesn't know is that they'll be using brand-new tech to reshoot the film, which requires her to act out the film in real time.
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June 01, 2025
The nightmare of just about every fan of movie classics. At least, if studios were to have a go at this approach on remakes. The tech itself would probably have them wetting their pants. The idea and setup are rather fun, but like many Black Mirror episodes, the film doesn't take it anywhere interesting.
The performances are decent, and the classic look of the film is apt. The way the narration is steered is fun at first, but it gets repetitive quickly, and the narrative twists are rather lazy. It's just disappointing to see how the directors of these shorts do so very little with the freedom of the format.