Here's a review of two of the best examples of Screen life movies, a subgenre that takes place entirely on one or more computer or phone screens: "Searching" (2018): This superior Screen life movie has two secret weapons: Star John Cho, who simply elevates anything anything he's in to another level — why we don't see him in five movies per year is a mystery to me — and second is the beautiful job filmmakers did animating all of the computer activity. It all looks real, but of course it's all manufactured to serve the plot. And what a plot! An increasingly frantic dad (Cho) is searching for his bafflingly disappeared daughter.
You'll feel the tension as he comes at the problem from every single angle he can think of. If I ever disappear, I hope someone is this dedicated to saving me. Now streaming on Starz "Missing" (2023): "Missing" is the follow-up (calling it a "sequel" is a bit of a stretch) to 2018's "Missing.
" The very talented Storm Reid stars as a young woman whose mother (Nia Long) has gone missing. She uses every online tool she can come up with to try to find her mom. This is the kind of movie that needs a story that keeps surprising you, and "Missing" delivers in this regard.
Was Mom kidnapped? Is she missing ...
on purpose? Joaquim de Almeida shines as an unexpected ally she connects with on her adventure. Now streaming on Netflix "Sapphire" (1959): In "Sapphire," director Basil Dearden jumps right into the deep end of racial bigotry in this fascinating police.
