Tag: Ex Machina
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When accountants attack: why Netflix is cancelling Halle Berry’s new sci-fi movie
Could The Mothership have been 2024’s Ex Machina? We’ll never know, as the alien farm drama joins Batgirl in the dustbin of write-offsWhy would you scrap a movie that is all but finished before anyone except studio suits have had a chance to see it? The answer, for Hollywood bigwigs, is a tax write-off. In…
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Is The Creator the best science fiction movie of 2023 – or is AI controlling the hype?
Gareth Edwards’ battle between mankind and our robot overlords is being touted as a zeitgeist-defining masterpiece – hopefully the promo is under human controlIs Gareth Edwards’ The Creator primed to enter the pantheon of great sci-fi movies? Or should we be wary of all the hype? Because – like our future machine overlords – the…
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This 80s Horror Movie Is the Most Disturbing A.I. Film Ever
We love a good killer computer movie. That soulless, lifeless gaze is unsettling as all hell in a way that can’t help but be entertaining. The fact that AI, in the real world, poses credible dangers to the world at large only makes it a more gripping subject in fiction. Really, two of the greatest…
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Alicia Vikander Says Fame Made Her Miserable: ‘I Was Always by Myself’
Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander (“The Danish Girl”) has a career that balances blockbusters like “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” and “Tomb Raider” with art films “The Green Knight” and “Ex Machina” and prestige TV with “Irma Vep.” However, in an interview with The Sunday Times, the actress opened up about the loneliness and isolation that work inspired.“When,…
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‘Civil War’: Alex Garland Says His Follow-Up To ‘Men’ Will Be His Last Time Directing & Wants To Return To Screenwriting
Alex Garland’s latest film “Men” may be the most divisive of his directing career thus far. And that may explain why the movie fared so poorly at the box office, dropping out of the US top ten in only its third weekend. But that’s a poor way to judge a film by Garland. None of…
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Chris Hemsworth’s Spiderhead Dance Was A Moment Of Self-Discovery
Chris Hemsworth’s “Spiderhead” character, Steve Abnesti, is a distinctly modern antagonist. He’s a CEO who hides his sociopathic outlook behind a casual smile and dudebro attitude, assuring his employees he’s “just like them” while not-so-subtly lording his power over those around him. He recalls Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac) from “Ex Machina,” down to the pair’s…
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Oscar Isaac Discusses His Big Year: ‘Having More Ownership of the Creative Gave Me More Energy Back’
Oscar Isaac likes to quote Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard: “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” In the past two years, Isaac has learned this the hard way, pushing himself into ever riskier emotional terrain as an actor.Ever since he broke out in 2013 with his first lead role as a sensitive finger-picking folk singer in…
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Alex Garland Knows He’s Made the Most Inscrutable Movie of His Career with ‘Men’
Alex Garland’s latest mind-spinner is a movie called “Men,” about a woman being terrorized by one man who appears to represent all men, and it’s, of course, written and directed by a man.Garland, ever the boldly-going screenwriter of films like “The Beach” and “28 Days Later” and director of decidedly uncommercial visions like “Annihilation” and…
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Devs’ Complexity Comes From One Seemingly Simple Question
This article contains spoilers for a major plot point in “Devs.”As a filmmaker, Alex Garland has shown himself adept at tackling profound questions while maneuvering between science fiction and horror, sometimes within the same movie. You can see it carried forward from his early screenwriting projects like “28 Days Later” and “Sunshine,” to later directorial…
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A.I. Isn’t What Drives The Anxiety Behind Ex Machina
“Ex Machina” was lauded as an investigation into the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. But self-aware A.I. is still in nascent stages, and the dangers of digital technology are very real today. The increasingly prevalent role of the internet in our lives has created what filmmaker Alex Garland referred to as a “tech paranoia” in…