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Elle
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
9 Of The Best Twisty Detective Thrillers Like 'Dept Q' That'll Have You Completely Hooked
Finished Dept Q and looking for some films just like it to fill your evenings? Well, we've got you completely covered. After a nine-episode arc that had you constantly at the edge of your seat, you may have come to the end of Dept Q wondering what to watch next. And after all that time, you might fancy a quicker fix - which is where our list of films you can watch in one night (or across two if, like some of us, you're prone to a sofa snooze) comes in. As a long-time lover of the 'grisly troubled detective solves a dark crime against the odds, possibly with one or more partners that also have their own interesting and complex backstory' genre, one of the best things about Dept Q was that it was actually satisfying. There is nothing worse than sitting down to watch a crime thriller and it having an absolutely ludicrous ending - whether it's got obvious plot holes, a boring middle and a too-quickly wrapped up ending, or just a completely nonsensical motive, many a crime-drama can prove a disappointment. After years of sifting through such movies, I'm here to tell you that just like Dept Q, these detective crime thrillers will not be a waste of your time, and will have you spending the evening picking apart clues like the sofa detective you are, instead of scrolling mindlessly on your phone. And if these don't fit the bill, don't forget there are already two Dept Q films exploring the novels of the series. If you've got more of a time commitment in mind, we've also compiled a list of the best TV series like Dept Q - and if that's the case, than can I add that Mare of Easttown really is a must-see. Something about Dept Q has that feel of the 90s boom in detective movies based on thriller books that sold by the bucketload. This iteration of the Alex Cross books by James Patterson is one of the biggest around. If you've not seen it yet, it's a real popcorn Friday movie treat. Morgan Freeman plays hotshot detective Alex Cross who's called in when his niece goes missing - and her disappearance is linked to a serial killer. Helped by one of his victims that's managed to escape, played by Ashley Judd. If you love this movie, there's also a sequel, Along Came A Spider. Oh and if you're all in, Amazon Prime rebooted the books with a great series called Cross. Kiss The Girls is available on Netflix. In a similar 90s vein - and with lots of themes similar to that of Dept Q, The Bone Collector is a stone-cold classic of the genre. Denzel Washington plays a paralysed detective, brought in to investigate a series of murders. Unable to leave his apartment, he partners up and relies on a young Angelina Jolie to help solve the grisly crimes. You can buy or rent The Bone Collector from Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime. Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal are both incredible in this dark and tense movie about the kidnap of two young girls - and the fallout of the investigation on the families and the detective tasked with finding them. The twists and turns of this plot will have you GASPING, I promise. One of director Denis Villeneuve's less-talked about films, it's just as good as his other stellar productions. Prisoners is available to watch on Netflix. When you think about tense crime thrillers about kidnap, this incredible film is top of the list. Based on a Dennis Lehane novel (you must also watch the incredible movie adaptation of his book Mystic River), this film was actually Ben Affleck's directorial debut and stars his brother, Casey Affleck as a local police officer brought in to investigate the kidnapping of a young girl in his community. The last 10 minutes will have you blown away and unable to move from the couch. Gone Baby Gone is available to rent or buy, or stream on Paramount+ Loved Yellowstone? Well this is a Taylor Sheridan movie that flies under the radar - unjustly. Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen trying to solve a murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Dark, brooding, thrilling - it's a must-watch. You can watch Wind River on Amazon Prime. Russell Crowe plays a former detective, suffering from memory loss, who is forced to investigate a cold case. As he digs deeper into the case though, as the movie's tagline says, 'he is led to a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie'. Sleeping Dogs is available on Amazon Prime. If you're looking for another hit of Scandi noir after Dept Q, this film is based on the Jo Nesbø novel of the same name about a corporate headhunter who leads a double life as an art thief. The film also stars Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Headhunters is available on Apple TV+ Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her portrayal of pregnant detective, Marge Gunderson - if you're looking for slightly quirky detectives, she's the one. A seminal movie by Joel and Ethan Coen, if you've not seen Fargo, add it immediately to the top of your watch list. I insist. And then work your way through the anthology series that the movie has spawned too. Fargo is available to watch on Amazon Prime. Enjoyed the 'who's policing the police?' aspect of Dept Q? Well, treat yourself to The Departed. Martin Scorsese's masterpiece has one of the best casts ever assembled, from Jack Nicholson to Leonardo DiCaprio to Matt Damon to Mark Wahlberg. When a crime family place a spy within the Boston police force, the shockwaves create one of the best police and crime dramas ever made. Watch The Departed by buying or renting it on a number of digital platforms.
Yomiuri Shimbun
22-05-2025
- Science
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Bone Collector Caterpillar Wears Body Parts of Dead Prey
Rubinoff lab, Entomology Section, University of Hawaii at Manoa / Handout via Reuters Six specimens of a newly identified carnivorous caterpillar species nicknamed the 'bone collector' are seen in this image released by the University of Hawaii at Manoa on April 24. In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the 'bone collector.' The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and helpless victims such as ants, beetles, weevils and flies, the researchers said. The crafty caterpillar camouflages itself from the spider, which would happily eat it, by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it collected from the dead insects. Through metamorphosis, this caterpillar eventually turns into its adult form, a moth with a brown and white coloration. Caterpillars are the moth's larval stage, with a segmented and worm-like body. This is the world's only known caterpillar to live with and benefit from spiders, according to Daniel Rubinoff, a professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and lead author of the study published last month in the journal Science. Its grisly behavior would seem well suited for a crime novel. But it represents an example of the creative paths that our planet's living organisms take to survive and thrive. 'They need to hide in a tapestry of bug parts to stay alive in the spider's lair,' Rubinoff said. 'I think it's actually a hero,' Rubinoff said. 'It truly lives 'in the lion's den,' hiding out with a spider and using the spider's web to provide it with food and probably shelter. The caterpillar will attack prey that can't get away but is itself very slow and bumbling, trailing a large [silk] case behind it.' The caterpillars consume weakened or dead insects they encounter in webs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices. 'So it's probably getting the leftovers after the spider has fed,' Rubinoff said. They even resort to cannibalism, attacking other caterpillars of the same species. The 'Bone Collector' was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver's 1997 novel 'The Bone Collector' and subsequent 1999 film of the same name. So how did this caterpillar come to share this notorious nickname? 'I think the term is out there in the ether, and just fit with what these caterpillars are doing. It's a bit tongue in cheek because arthropods don't actually have bones,' Rubinoff said. Arthropods are the massive assemblage of invertebrates that include insects and spiders, as well as crustaceans. The researchers said the 'bone collector' inhabits a patch of mountain forest spanning just 15 square kilometers in the Waianae mountain range. Rubinoff said this caterpillar has a very precarious existence. Only 62 individuals have been observed in two decades of fieldwork. 'Invasive species are the main threat now. Even in protected areas, Hawaii is losing native species due to invasive species taking over habitats and turning them into biological deserts that look like forests but are largely unavailable to native species,' Rubinoff said. The caterpillar, a previously unknown species, is a member of a group of moths called Hyposmocoma native to Hawaii that includes hundreds of species and arose about 12 million years ago. The researchers believe the 'bone collector' comes from a lineage more than 5 million years old. The overwhelming majority of caterpillars eat vegetation. Predatory caterpillars globally comprise less than 0.13% of the planet's nearly 200,000 moth and butterfly species. And among those, the 'bone collector' is the only one known to find food the way it does, making it unique among the world's animals. 'The more we can understand how the world around us works, the better off we will be,' Rubinoff said.
The Star
05-05-2025
- Science
- The Star
This caterpillar wears its prey's body parts
A picture of a new species of carnivorous caterpillar (left) that uses a protective case made with insect parts. — DANIEL RUBINOFF/AP IN a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the United States, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the 'bone collector'. The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and helpless victims such as ants, beetles, weevils and flies, the researchers said. The crafty caterpillar camouflages itself from the spider, which would happily eat it, by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it collected from the dead insects. Through metamorphosis, this caterpillar eventually turns into its adult form, a moth with a brown and white colouration. Caterpillars are the moth's larval stage, with a segmented and worm-like body. This is the world's only known caterpillar to live with and benefit from spiders, according to Daniel Rubinoff, a professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and lead author of the study published in the journal Science. Its grisly behaviour would seem well suited for a crime novel. But it represents an example of the creative paths that our planet's living organisms take to survive and thrive. 'They need to hide in a tapestry of bug parts to stay alive in the spider's lair,' Rubinoff said. 'I think it's actually a hero,' Rubinoff said. 'It truly lives 'in the lion's den', hiding out with a spider and using the spider's web to provide it with food and probably shelter. The caterpillar will attack prey that can't get away but is itself very slow and bumbling, trailing a large (silk) case behind it.' Six specimens of the 'bone collector'. — University of Hawaii The caterpillars consume weakened or dead insects they encounter in webs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices. 'So it's probably getting the leftovers after the spider has fed,' Rubinoff said. They even resort to cannibalism, attacking other caterpillars of the same species. The 'Bone Collector' was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver's 1997 novel The Bone Collector and subsequent 1999 film of the same name. So how did this caterpillar come to share this notorious nickname? 'I think the term is out there in the ether, and just fit with what these caterpillars are doing. It's a bit tongue in cheek because arthropods don't actually have bones,' Rubinoff said. Arthropods are the massive assemblage of invertebrates that include insects and spiders, as well as crustaceans. The researchers said the 'bone collector' inhabits a patch of mountain forest spanning just 15sq m in the Waianae mountain range. Rubinoff said this caterpillar has a very precarious existence. Only 62 individuals have been observed in two decades of fieldwork. 'Invasive species are the main threat now. Even in protected areas, Hawaii is losing native species due to invasive ones taking over habitats and turning them into biological deserts that look like forests but are largely unavailable to native species,' Rubinoff said. The caterpillar, a previously unknown species, is a member of a group of moths called Hyposmocoma native to Hawaii that includes hundreds of species and arose about 12 million years ago. The researchers believe the bone collector comes from a lineage more than five million years old. The overwhelming majority of caterpillars eat vegetation. Predatory caterpillars globally comprise less than 0.13% of the planet's nearly 200,000 moth and butterfly species. And among those, the bone collector is the only one known to find food the way it does, making it unique among the world's animals. 'The more we can understand how the world around us works, the better off we will be,' Rubinoff said. – Reuters
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Hawaii's 'bone collector' caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the "bone collector." The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and helpless victims such as ants, beetles, weevils and flies, the researchers said. The crafty caterpillar camouflages itself from the spider, which would happily eat it, by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it collected from the dead insects. Through metamorphosis, this caterpillar eventually turns into its adult form, a moth with a brown and white coloration. Caterpillars are the moth's larval stage, with a segmented and worm-like body. This is the world's only known caterpillar to live with and benefit from spiders, according to Daniel Rubinoff, a professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and lead author of the study published this week in the journal Science. Its grisly behavior would seem well suited for a crime novel. But it represents an example of the creative paths that our planet's living organisms take to survive and thrive. "They need to hide in a tapestry of bug parts to stay alive in the spider's lair," Rubinoff said. "I think it's actually a hero," Rubinoff said. "It truly lives 'in the lion's den,' hiding out with a spider and using the spider's web to provide it with food and probably shelter. The caterpillar will attack prey that can't get away but is itself very slow and bumbling, trailing a large (silk) case behind it." The caterpillars consume weakened or dead insects they encounter in webs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices. "So it's probably getting the leftovers after the spider has fed," Rubinoff said. They even resort to cannibalism, attacking other caterpillars of the same species. The "Bone Collector" was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver's 1997 novel "The Bone Collector" and subsequent 1999 film of the same name. So how did this caterpillar come to share this notorious nickname? "I think the term is out there in the ether, and just fit with what these caterpillars are doing. It's a bit tongue in cheek because arthropods don't actually have bones," Rubinoff said. Arthropods are the massive assemblage of invertebrates that include insects and spiders, as well as crustaceans. The researchers said the "bone collector" inhabits a patch of mountain forest spanning just 5.8 square miles (15 square km) in the Waianae mountain range. Rubinoff said this caterpillar has a very precarious existence. Only 62 individuals have been observed in two decades of fieldwork. "Invasive species are the main threat now. Even in protected areas, Hawaii is losing native species due to invasive species taking over habitats and turning them into biological deserts that look like forests but are largely unavailable to native species," Rubinoff said. The caterpillar, a previously unknown species, is a member of a group of moths called Hyposmocoma native to Hawaii that includes hundreds of species and arose about 12 million years ago. The researchers believe the "bone collector" comes from a lineage more than 5 million years old. The overwhelming majority of caterpillars eat vegetation. Predatory caterpillars globally comprise less than 0.13% of the planet's nearly 200,000 moth and butterfly species. And among those, the "bone collector" is the only one known to find food the way it does, making it unique among the world's animals. "The more we can understand how the world around us works, the better off we will be," Rubinoff said.
CNA
25-04-2025
- Science
- CNA
Hawaii's 'bone collector' caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey
In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the "bone collector." The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and helpless victims such as ants, beetles, weevils and flies, the researchers said. The crafty caterpillar camouflages itself from the spider, which would happily eat it, by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it collected from the dead insects. Through metamorphosis, this caterpillar eventually turns into its adult form, a moth with a brown and white coloration. Caterpillars are the moth's larval stage, with a segmented and worm-like body. This is the world's only known caterpillar to live with and benefit from spiders, according to Daniel Rubinoff, a professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and lead author of the study published this week in the journal Science. Its grisly behavior would seem well suited for a crime novel. But it represents an example of the creative paths that our planet's living organisms take to survive and thrive. "They need to hide in a tapestry of bug parts to stay alive in the spider's lair," Rubinoff said. "I think it's actually a hero," Rubinoff said. "It truly lives 'in the lion's den,' hiding out with a spider and using the spider's web to provide it with food and probably shelter. The caterpillar will attack prey that can't get away but is itself very slow and bumbling, trailing a large (silk) case behind it." The caterpillars consume weakened or dead insects they encounter in webs spun by spiders in tree hollows and rock crevices. "So it's probably getting the leftovers after the spider has fed," Rubinoff said. They even resort to cannibalism, attacking other caterpillars of the same species. The "Bone Collector" was the nickname of a serial killer in author Jeffery Deaver's 1997 novel "The Bone Collector" and subsequent 1999 film of the same name. So how did this caterpillar come to share this notorious nickname? "I think the term is out there in the ether, and just fit with what these caterpillars are doing. It's a bit tongue in cheek because arthropods don't actually have bones," Rubinoff said. Arthropods are the massive assemblage of invertebrates that include insects and spiders, as well as crustaceans. The researchers said the "bone collector" inhabits a patch of mountain forest spanning just 5.8 square miles (15 square km) in the Waianae mountain range. Rubinoff said this caterpillar has a very precarious existence. Only 62 individuals have been observed in two decades of fieldwork. "Invasive species are the main threat now. Even in protected areas, Hawaii is losing native species due to invasive species taking over habitats and turning them into biological deserts that look like forests but are largely unavailable to native species," Rubinoff said. The caterpillar, a previously unknown species, is a member of a group of moths called Hyposmocoma native to Hawaii that includes hundreds of species and arose about 12 million years ago. The researchers believe the "bone collector" comes from a lineage more than 5 million years old. The overwhelming majority of caterpillars eat vegetation. Predatory caterpillars globally comprise less than 0.13 per cent of the planet's nearly 200,000 moth and butterfly species. And among those, the "bone collector" is the only one known to find food the way it does, making it unique among the world's animals. "The more we can understand how the world around us works, the better off we will be," Rubinoff said.
