Ex Machina (2014) plays the man-vs.-machine story as a chamber drama. Domhnall Gleeson is the socially naïve computer programmer Caleb who wins a company contest to spend a weekend in the private retreat of visionary company CEO Nathan (Oscar Isaac), a software genius who can’t wait to show Caleb his new project: a sophisticated artificial intelligence […]
If you are in the nay camp in the split decision over the new James Bond film, try the old-school spy games of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Guy Ritchie’s big screen revival of the sixties secret agent series. It’s an origin story of sorts—think “When Napoleon met Illya”—with the two agents in a wary partnership, […]
The big night is over. Chris Rock-ed the #OscarsSoWhite controversy with cutting humor that drew some nervous laughter from the audience. The presenters gave us a mix of sincerity and awkward schtick. The In Memoriam tribute honored Kirk Kevorkian, who all but gutted MGM decades ago, yet snubbed Abe Vigoda, Joan Leslie, and Jacques Rivette. […]
