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‘MISSING’ Effectively Uses In-Screen Gimmick for Taut Family Thriller 

All good mysteries are constructed like mazes. There’s sudden left turns, dead ends, and only one real way out. The astute viewer ought to be able to follow the clues and connect the dots, usually to at least a few inevitable red herrings before arriving at the real whodunnit. With 2018’s Searching and sequel Missing, the young combo of Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick, and Aneesh Chaganty have perfected a pretty neat new way to create movie mazes.  Read More