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Searching

The film that I have chosen to speak about today is called Searching. It stars Debra Messing and John Cho. The film portrays John Cho as a father by the name of David. It shows a father's journey to discover the truth about what happened to his daughter Margot. Debra Messing plays Detective Rosemary Vick who is the police officer on the case.  Prior to Margot going missing, we learn that Margot's mother had passed away from lymphoma two years earlier which caused the relationship between Margot and John to become fractured. Margot had been attending piano lessons which she cancelled 6 months ago. She was also talking to her uncle and they were taking weed together. There is an online video of a man by the name of Randy Cartoff who admitted to sexually assaulting Margot and then killing himself. David receives an email of a memorial service that he can arrange for Margot. There is a scene in the beginning part of the film where Margot rings David three times, twice by her phon...
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This is the first blog that I have done in 5 years. I will be talking about the film 'A Simple Favor'.  A Simple Favor was directed by Paul Feig who has directed films with actor Melissa McCarthy such as Ghostbusters, Spy, Bridesmaids and The Heat. The first that I watched A Simple Favor, I instantly fell in love with it. The characters change throughout the film, it becomes apparent that the two female characters are in control in this film. We have Stephanie Smothers played by Anna Kendrick who is quite innocent in the beginning of the film, she over volunteers for extra curricular activities and is quite lonely as well. On the other hand we have Emily Nelson who is completely different, she swears a lot, she likes martinis and works as a fashion P.R in the city.  Emily asks Stephanie for 'A Simple Favor' to pick her kid Nicky up from school. Emily goes missing and Stephanie starts to discover that she didn't know Emily as much as she thought she did. Stephani...