On the surface, Ex Machina is a state of the art meditation on artificial intelligence with a sleek, somewhat sterile, post-modern sense of the brave new digital world that awaits when Google and Apple turn from making phones and watches to manufacturing brains. Pop the hood and take a look inside the film, however, and you’ll see that Ex Machina‘s circuitry dates back to post-World War II science fiction. Underneath its shiny, new skin, this very welcome oasis of calm, adult entertainment is a robot movie. And like all robot movies, the central question is: what does it mean to be human? (more…)
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Ex Machina Review
Posted: April 27, 2015 in Drama, Reviews, Science FictionTags: Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Artificial Intelligence, David Mamet, Domhnall Gleeson, Isaac Asimov, Oscar Isaac
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