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The Black Phone (2021) Director: Scott Derrickson It was in the mid-70s that innocence was lost. Before this time, life on Earth was a peaceful one. Children could wander about without fear of being abducted. Ladies could go out unaccompanied. They would not end up as tomorrow's headline. And road rage was not a thing yet and be assured that Mat Rempit would not crash into your car in the dead of night, unannounced, as you scramble back home, following all the road rules, after a long day at the office. It used to be serial killers, looneys, and UFOs only attacked America. Well, other nations have caught up too. The world is no longer a safe place. Mad people are everywhere, in every society. It is just a question of how competent the arm of the law is in that locality. With more money at their disposal, time and manpower can be put aside for that purpose. If day-to-day living is in peril, they just have to accept victims as collateral damage of changing times. It is said that ener...

The disappearance of  Madeline McCann (Documentary, 2019) Netflix The work of policing and prosecuting evolved in modern societies to protect its citizen. It was thought that solid police and robust legal systems would ensure peace and harmony. No wrongdoer would go unpunished, and the system is supposed to deter crime. But looking at how the whole system has turned out to be, instead of protecting the very people it is supposed to shield, it is inconveniencing them. Aggrieved parties who report a crime are instead having the table turned against them. The whole machinery of defending one's innocence has begun to be so cumbersome, costly and convoluted that upholding one's good name remains in the domain of the rich. Having investigations and litigations go on and on like forever gives no peace of mind to any party but a reason of existence for civil servants to push pencils. These are further fueled by media that cries wolf and create a mountain out of a mole of every question...