If you’re not sure about watching a whole movie where your point-of-view is limited to computer and smartphone screens, you’re not alone — “Searching” filmmakers Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian told me they had very similar reservations. Chaganty said that when the pair was first approached by Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs (the production company behind the […]
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‘Searching’ is the rare movie about the internet that actually gets the internet
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At first glance, Searching looks like just another cautionary tale about the dangers of the internet.
John Cho plays David, a dad who delves into his daughter’s virtual life after she goes missing. As you’d guess, he soon discovers there was a whole other side to his beloved Margot (Michelle La) that he never knew.
But of all the film’s twists and turns (and it’s a mystery thriller, so there are plenty), the biggest one might be that it’s not really anti-technology at all.
To director Aneesh Chaganty, this was key. “Everything, everything we watch about technology is about how our screens are alienating us, how we’re obsessed with likes, how AI is going to take over the world so we should just stock up on our canned foods now,” he told Mashable earlier this month in LA. Read more…
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View More ‘Searching’ is the rare movie about the internet that actually gets the internetJohn Cho’s new thriller ‘Searching’ is so 2018
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The central gimmick of Searching – it’s a missing-person thriller played out entirely on smartphone and computer screens – might seem cheesy at first.
But it’s really just a fact of life in 2018.
A lot of us really do spend most of our waking hours staring at and interacting with screens of one kind or another.
In that regard, it’s not that weird for a story to be set on the internet. It’s weird there aren’t more stories told this way, the occasional Unfriended aside.
Anyway, though the approach is unusual, the actual concept of the film is pretty straightforward. It’s a mystery thriller with John Cho playing a concerned dad on the search for his missing daughter. Read more…
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View More John Cho’s new thriller ‘Searching’ is so 2018Summer movie preview: What to watch if you’re in a dark and twisted mood
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Welcome again to our 2018 summer movie preview, where we run down the season’s highlights. We’ve already told you watch to watch to get excited or get happy. Today, we’re taking things in a more sinister direction.
The sun may be hot this summer, but your soul’s still cold as winter. What you really want is to crawl into a freezing black cave (a.k.a. your local theater) where you can really tear into something kinda dark – something mysterious or thrilling or just off-the-rails strange.
If this sounds like you, we’ve got just the thing. Here’s what to watch if you’re in a dark and twisted mood… Read more…
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Meghan Markle porn searches have royal watchers all hot and bothered
For many, a royal wedding brings thoughts of white gowns and elaborate fascinators. But for others, apparently, their thoughts turn straight to porn.
Pornhub reports that there was a big spike in searches for Meghan Markle after it was announce…