After delivering one of the most visually stunning TV shows of 2020 with “Devs,” Alex Garland was getting ready to work on a new TV project. Then, 2020 happened and suddenly making a TV show about the need to protest seemed redundant, so Garland changed gears to something more familiar to fans of his directorial […]
Continue readingOutside the secret Devs research facility, the world of writer/director Alex Garland’s FX limited series (aptly titled “Devs”) is a recognizable, present-day Bay Area. In the pilot, we follow Segei (Karl Glusman) and Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) from their San Francisco apartment to the fictional Silicon Valley tech giant Amaya where they work.At the center of […]
Continue readingOn this episode, special guest Alan Yang, director of the new Netflix film Tigertail, stops by to review 1993’s Demolition Man. Tune in to hear the cast discuss Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes’s memorable performances. Stay after the show for a in-depth review of Devs, the sci-fi limited series written and directed by Alex Garland. […]
Continue readingIn our podcast earlier this week on the films of Alex Garland, my co-host Noah described the writer/director as a master of “the cosmic F.U.”Read More: ‘Devs’: Alex Garland Examines False Techno Prophets Via A Stunning Astral Algorithmic Intelligence [Review]And that’s certainly one way to look at the career of a creator who’s dreamt up […]
Continue readingEach new episode of “Devs” takes its time diving back into the world the show has created. But it’s not done through the standard “Previously on” rewind that many other series use. If anything, these episode preludes set the stage for what’s to come.“I was trying to work with a convention that I noticed on […]
Continue readingAlex Garland’s FX on Hulu series “Devs” has just launched on the new platform, with the first two episodes of the science-fiction miniseries now available to stream. The “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation” filmmaker, directing on the small screen for the first time, conjures a dystopian vision of the hubris of Silicon Valley, simmering with atmosphere […]
Continue readingThere’s FX, there is Hulu, and now, thanks to Disney’s ongoing absorption of almost every corner of the entertainment industry, there is FX on Hulu. Alongside the debut of Alex Garland’s acclaimed “Devs” on March 5, consumers can experience the premiere of the new initiative, which is only available to Hulu subscribers.That’s right — despite […]
Continue readingHear me out. FX‘s “Devs” brings both Nietzsche and Goethe to mind (stay with me). The polymath and poet behind Elective Affinities once famously wrote, “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” Goethe, who interrogated human concerns through the lens of science, was speaking to brain chemistry behind passion […]
Continue readingFX presented a day of panels to the Television Critics Association today. Beginning with an executive session with FX CEO John Landgraf, FX announced some major renewals and premiere dates for their hit shows American Horror Story, Fargo, What We Do In the Shadows, Better Things, Archer and new series Devs, Mrs. America, Dave and […]
Continue readingFX has released a new trailer for their upcoming thriller Devs. The eight-episode series hails from Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland, and follows a young software engineer (Sonoya Mizuno) who investigates the secretive development division of her employer (Nick Offerman), which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend. It’s exciting to […]
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