Another screening

"In The Valley Of Elah" has plenty in common with 2005 western "The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada". A larger than life and twice as heartbreaking performance from Tommy Lee Jones. Austere settings. Uncompromising individuals. Cruel fate. Rough justice. And a cracking storyline... TLJ is a retired military MP searching for his soldier son, who returned from serving in Iraq without making contact then mysteriously went AWOL. Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron are difficult to fault in their supporting roles (as distraught mother and sympathetic detective). Four stars minimum. Hoyts tell me it'll hit Oz cinemas on February 21.