Historical dramas like these are the type that win awards, and The Water Diviner already has, having won (in a tie) Australia’s Best Film AACTA. It is the directorial debut of actor Russell Crowe, and it spotlights an important episode […]
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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) ☆ ☆
The second all-star Avengers adventure is decidedly less effective than the first one, though they share many of the same characteristics. Most interestingly to me, this is the third 2015 movie to explore sentient Artificial Intelligence, and the only one which […]
Continue reading »Wild Tales (2014) ☆ ☆ ☆
I finally caught up with Argentina’s entry in last year’s Foreign Film Oscar race. It’s a collection of six unlinked short films that mostly deal with revenge and fury, often in comedic terms. It is, as its title suggests, a […]
Continue reading »Ex Machina (2015) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Robots and Artificial Intelligence are hot subjects in science fiction these days, blending cool technology with the fear that such progress will, perhaps rapidly, replace humanity as the dominant life form on Earth. Both Chappie and Ex Machina explore aspects of […]
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