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‘Cold case of a missing kid’ seems to be the formula that works the best for most of the British Supernatural Thrillers these days.  Requiem  , too follows the trend when 23 years later, the case of a toddler who went missing in 1994 comes into limelight. The series begins in breathtaking pace and the subsequent episodes somehow goes meandering and is unable to keep up with the brilliant beginning.  It’s definitely not as good as  Dark ,  The Five  or Broadchurch but definitely better than 1922 and Collateral. The series begins with an old man in a small Welsh Village commits suicide, followed by another suicide in London of the mother of a rising Cello star Matilda Gray ( Lydia Wilson ) right in front of her. The element of supernatural is laden in the very first shots itself. Matilda and her friend Hal Fine( Joel Fry ) travels to the Welsh Village in search of the truth following the few clues left behind by her mother. The remainder of the season...

Collateral (2018) , is a  new four part limited mini-series that was made by BBC and presented to the rest of the world as a Netflix Original. We were thoroughly intrigued by the trailer which promised a lot with the stellar cast. The 4 episodes of this mini series occur over four consecutive days. They have tried to address too many issues in this short mini series, which in my opinion might have muddles the waters a bit.  Carey Mulligan  as DI Kip Gillespe,  Jeany Spark  as Major Sandrine Shaw,  John Simm  as MP David Mars and  Nicola Walker  (one of my favorite mini screen actors) as a gay clergy were stellar in their roles.  The series has bits about the pains of a homecoming soldier, the desperation of the refugees fleeing from their terror riddled home countries, drug abuse amongst young mothers,  LGBT acceptance amongst the English clergy, rank abusing Army superiors and the immigration stance that has ravaged all ...