Missing is a follow-up but not a direct sequel to 2018’s Searching in which a father desperately trawled through social media and other online resources to find his daughter after her disappearance. Remarkably, that film was composed entirely of images from screens, particularly the internet and social media pages at which the father was looking. Missing takes that concept even
Read moreBased on Kate Kyriacou’s book, The Sting, which documented the events surrounding the elaborate police operation to capture the man who tragically abducted and murdered Queensland boy Daniel Morecambe, the gripping Australian crime drama The Stranger explores not only the depths of criminal behaviour but also the dark places it takes those who investigate these crimes. It’s important to note
Read moreSome might have deduced from the movie poster – which features individual shots of the large, sharply dressed ensemble cast – that quirky murder mystery comedy, See How They Run is a homage to Agatha Christie’s whodunnits. This very likeable, if slightly tepid film is actually based around Christie’s phenomenally long-running play The Mousetrap. Set in London in 1953, the
Read moreThe touching and highly relevant romantic crime drama Queen and Slim reworks the Thelma and Louise ‘couple on the run’ story to incorporate the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. In a scenario that could have been plucked from recent headlines, Tinder dating African American couple, defence attourney, Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith) and the unassuming Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) are pulled over while driving
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