Innovative thriller keeps the tension on the small screen

In "Searching," a father (John Cho) frantically seeks to find out what's happened to his daughter, who never came home. A tense, inventive thriller.

John Cho stars as a father looking for his missing daughter in well-done techno thrill ride

John Cho stars in a thriller viewed entirely through a computer screen. Read the Empire review.

John Cho and Debra Messing star in 'Searching,' Aneesh Chaganty's contemporary spin on the missing-child thriller.

'Screenlife' films are intended to free filmmakers to reinvent storytelling for an online age but some of the late twists here are formulaic 

Aneesh Chaganty's drama transcends its gimmick, offering up a smart and refreshing spin on movies that literally play out on smalls screens.

The eeriest scene in the gripping techno-whodunit “Searching” consists of little more than a computer screensaver, glowing silently in the dark like a je...

A father uses technology to find his missing daughter in the latest ‘screenlife’ thriller.

The entirety of the action in Aneesh Chaganty’s psychological thriller unfolds on screens, apps and online.

The stylistic approach employed by director/co-writer AneeshChagantry – that of having the movie screen show only what’s on a computer’sdesktop – is ...

It aims for and earns genuine emotion rather than cheap thrills.

The “What happened to my daughter?” mystery “Searching” is like a poker game. Everything goes well until that last hand where you lose it all. And le...

Director Aneesh Chaganty's feature debut takes a deep dive into the dark web — and keeps moviegoers on the edge of their seats.

John Cho stars in a thriller that takes place entirely on computer and smartphone screens, and somehow, it works.

Sony has snapped up all rights to this fiendishly clever directorial debut starring John Cho

Searching's screenplay is not nearly as cerebral as Tron but it's just as inventive.

It's every parent’s worst nightmare. In Searching a dad hacks into his teen’s computer — which is bound to remind smart members of Generation Z to upgr...

John Cho stars as a father looking for his missing daughter in a drama that plays out entirely on computer screens.

John Cho should be our next leading man. Above all else does the thriller Searching, directed by Aneesh Chaganty, make this abundantly clear. Cho stars as Da...

The latest in the cyber-horror sub-genre, Searching warns that if our online secrets are not safe, neither are we.

Aneesh Chaganty's "Search" does begin to lose steam near its very end, but nonetheless, the twists keep it fresh, alive, and clickable.

The new John Cho mystery is like a typical crime thriller, except all the action takes place on phones and computers, which, chillingly, is a very accurate d...

The producer of Unfriended returns with a taut thriller that proves there’s life left in this formula.

Director/co-writer Annesh Chaganty's debut feature cannily explores online identity in an IRL thriller

’Searching’ is a new kind of thriller that cements John Cho’s place as a capable leading man.

Aneesh Chaganty's clever missing-persons mystery stars John Cho as a father trying to find his daughter from behind a computer screen.