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James was so busy comparing himself as Guardian to Supergirl and Superman that he lost sight of why he started doing this in the first place: he wants to help people. He felt like he had a greater purpose than being a photographer on the sideline. He felt like he was meant to be on the field giving this city and its people his all each and every day.
Elsewhere on the Rhea front, Rhea put on one hell of a show for a vulnerable Lena Luthor who has wanted nothing more in her life to please her mother and feel worthy. And Rhea spotted that from a mile away and used it to her advantage.
Rhea essentially used Lena Luthor in order to create a way for her Daxamites to come to Earth to rebuild their planet on the already-existing Earth, which clearly is the big threat as we wind down the season. So much for Cadmus?
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, The City of Lost Children takes us to a land of undetermined time and location. There, the children are kidnapped and held captive by a twisted scientist with a single intention. He needs to stop his accelerated aging process by getting the one thing he needs: dreams. To do this, he uses his machine on the prisoners and extracts their dreams.
The City of Lost Children is a surreal film that shouldn't be interpreted like other similar ventures. Jeunet has always felt comfortable in the territory of hard-to-explain premises that end up being less important than the worlds he designs from an audiovisual perspective. It plays like a horrific take on the idea of Pleasure Island in Pinocchio or Neverland in Peter Pan. By far, it's the most original and unique film on this list and it features a young Ron Perlman delivering an incredible performance. Rent on Prime Video
Starring some of the finest actors to ever grace the big screen, including the legendary Edward Woodward and horror icon Christopher Lee, it is one of the finest examples of creating a real palpable sense of dread as the foreboding atmosphere culminates in one of the most memorable and shocking finales committed to film. Whenever The Wicker Man is mentioned, make sure to refer to the 1973 version, as the modern remake is among the unspeakable. Rent on Apple TV
The Nameless tells the story of Claudia Gifford, the mother a six-year-old girl who one day faces the horror of coming upon the body of her missing daughter. Five years after the events, she receives a call from Angela, who claims to be alive. This sends Claudia down a spiral of conspiracies that have to do with where Angela was all this time, and who was sinister enough to fake her murder.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Ramsey Campbell, The Nameless is one of Spain's most interesting approaches to modern horror that uses the dramatic setting of a desperate mother to put together a horror plot that will bend your mind beyond what you imagine. It is not recommended for faint-of-heart viewers. The film's not available for streaming
This Ben Affleck mystery thriller was the first opportunity that the movie star was given to demonstrate his aptitude behind the camera, and it ended up being one of the greatest directorial debuts of all time. Fraught with emotion and tension, Gone Baby Gone tells the story of two detectives, played by Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan, as they track down a young girl abducted from her mother's apartment.
Aneesh Chaganty's screenlife thrillerSearching tells the story of David Kim, a desperate father who's forced to seek the help of a detective as his missing 16-year-old daughter vanished without a trace. Given the film's format, Kim relies heavily on the use of screens to find some clues about where Margot could be. The ending will shock you to your core, as you may have taken the time to make a few guesses about where Margot was and who was behind her kidnapping.
Many would think such a film wouldn't be successful because it all takes place on a single screen. But the truth is Searching is an extremely effective thriller led by John Cho. Searching is a gripping narrative that will have the audiences guessing until the very end, unsure what the outcome. The film was so successful the concept was revisited in 2023 with a great sequel titled Missing, which flipped the dynamic of a child looking for their lost parent. Stream on The Roku Channel
The Imposter is a very disturbing documentary that tells the story of Frdric Bourdin, a genius Frenchman who pretended he was a missing American boy and everyone believed him. As he's taken to his family in the United States, Bourdin must now play the part of Nicholas Barclay. But the problem is two mysteries remain: For how long will he be able to keep pretending? And what happened to the real Nicholas?
The film is told from the perspective of Bourdin himself, so you can rest assured that we didn't spoil you one bit. The story is fascinating from the very first moment because it's hard to believe he was able to fool everyone across the world. However, the dark turn comes at some point when Bourdin finds himself in a plot that he should have foreseen before being a selfish prankster. Stream on Peacock
Differing slightly from many of the films on this list, Room focuses much more on the missing person than it does on those trying to find them. In this case, the center of attention is a young woman who has been held captive in a small room for seven years since she was a child and now has a small child of her own with her at the hands of her captor.
Tense, emotional, and disturbing, the claustrophobic nature of the film showcases Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay's fantastic acting abilities as the prisoners who are forced to survive and emotionally deal with the harrowing circumstances they must navigate on a daily basis. This powerful and unflinching tale of survival and hope received universal acclaim from critics, with praise, in particular, being directed towards the acting (indeed, Brie Larson won an Academy Award) as well as its direction, atmosphere, and realism. Highly evocative and compelling, Room was not only one of the most celebrated movies at the time of its release, but also of the entire decade and is still just as impactful to watch as it was back in 2015. Stream on Max
On the morning of May 25, 1979, Etan left his SoHo apartment at 113 Prince Street by himself for the first time, planning to walk two blocks to board a school bus at West Broadway and Prince Street.[7] He was wearing a black "Future Flight Captain" pilot cap, a blue corduroy jacket, blue jeans and blue sneakers with fluorescent stripes. He never got on the bus.[8]
At school, Etan's teacher noticed his absence but did not report it to the principal. When Etan did not return home after school, his mother Julie called the police. At first, detectives considered the Patzes to be possible suspects but quickly determined they had no involvement. An intense search began that evening, using nearly 100 police officers and a team of bloodhounds. The search continued for weeks. Neighbors and police canvassed the city and placed missing-child posters featuring Etan's portrait, but this resulted in few leads.[9][10]
Etan's father Stanley was a professional photographer and had a collection of photographs he had taken of his son. His photos of Etan were printed on countless missing-child posters and milk cartons. They were also projected on screens in Times Square.[11]
Assistant United States Attorney Stuart R. GraBois received the case in 1985 and identified Jose Antonio Ramos, a convicted child sexual abuser who had been a friend of Etan's former babysitters, as the primary suspect. In 1982, multiple boys had accused Ramos of trying to lure them into a drain pipe in the area where Ramos was living. When police searched the drain pipe, they found photographs of Ramos and young boys who resembled Etan. GraBois eventually found out that Ramos had been in custody in Pennsylvania in connection with an unrelated child molestation case. In 1990, GraBois was deputized as a deputy state attorney general in Pennsylvania to help prosecute a case against Ramos for sexually abusing children and to obtain further information about Etan's case. When first questioned by GraBois, Ramos stated that, on the day when Etan disappeared, he had taken a young boy back to his apartment to rape him. Ramos said that he was "90 percent sure" it was the boy whom he later saw on television. However, Ramos did not use Etan's name. He also claimed he had put the boy on a subway going uptown.[12]
In 1991, while Ramos was incarcerated, a jailhouse informant told GraBois and FBI agent Mary Galligan that Ramos had told him he knew what had happened to Etan. Ramos even drew a map of Etan's school bus route, indicating that he knew that Etan's bus stop was the third one on the route.[11] In a special feature on missing children, the New York Post reported on October 21, 1999, that Ramos was the prime suspect in Etan's disappearance.[13] Ramos had been known by the Patz family and was the prime suspect all along, but in the early 1980s authorities were unable to prosecute Ramos.[citation needed]
Etan's body was never found, and he was declared legally dead on June 19, 2001.[14] Stan and Julie Patz pursued and won a civil case against Ramos in 2004.[15] They were awarded a symbolic sum of $2 million, which they have never collected.[16] Ramos has never been criminally prosecuted for the murder of Etan. Every year, on Etan's birthday and the anniversary of his disappearance, Stan Patz sent Ramos a copy of his son's missing-child poster. On the back, he typed the same message: "What did you do to my little boy?"[11][14][17]
Ramos has denied that he killed Etan.[11] Ramos served a 20-year prison sentence in the State Correctional Institution in Dallas, Pennsylvania, for child molestation.[17] He was released from prison on November 7, 2012. Soon after his release he was arrested on a Megan's Law violation.[18]
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