Ex Machina
(April 10th – USA / April 24th – Canada)
Director: Alex Garland / Writer(s): Alex Garland
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Corey Johnson
Synopsis: A young programmer is selected within a company to spend a week at his CEO’s isolated mountain retreat. Upon arrival he learns the true purpose of his stay, to test and interact with a breakthrough artificial intelligence housed within the form fo a female robot.
Opinion: Sometimes it makes sense to give the screenwriter a chance at directing. With Alex Garland he is the best candidate. I admired his work of 28 Days Later and thought that Dredd was the most underrated films of 2012. Here Garland is in his element and is set to deliver us a solid psycological thriller. Who is the real villain needs to be asked. Is it a robot that humankind will need to fear or one who represents capitalism.
Kill Me Three Times
(April 10th – USA)
Director: Kriv Stenders / Writer(s): James McFarland
Cast: Simon Pegg, Teresa Palmer, Alice Braga, Luke Hemsworth, Sullivan Stapleton, Callan Mulvey, Bryan Brown
Synopsis: Three Tales of revenge, blackmail, and murder that all involve professional hit-man Charlie Wolfe after a botched assignment.
Opinion: Kill Me Three Times feels alot like Pulp Fiction. In fact it feels like a Australian take on a Tarantino film. Pegg chews the scenery as a hitman who manages to give a smile or crack a joke even at the most morbid of times.
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