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ANNIHILATION
For some film buffs Alex Garland is known for his work writing Danny Boyle directed films such as “Sunshine” and “28 Days Later”, not to be confused with “127 Hours” which was written & directed by Boyle. Garland also adapted Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “Never Let Me Go” starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightly and Andrew Garfield as clones. Definitely one to add to your queue if you haven’t seen it. But most movie-goers only started paying attention to Alex Garland, when he wrote & directed the extraordinary “Ex Machina” (2014) starring Alicia Vikander as a Fembot. Now, he’s adapted the first book in Jeff VanderMeer’s “Southern Reach” trilogy, “Annihilation”, “Authority”, and…
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Guest Blogger Tunisia Jolyn: FENCES
I’m so happy that my new friend and fellow Philly blogger Tunisia Jolyn of self-entitled tunisiajolyn.com agreed to guest post for me and express her thoughts so beautifully on Denzel Washington’s directorial debut FENCES… Denzel Washington Revives a Timeless Classic to New Heights in His Latest Film, Fences By Tunisia Jolyn Remember when your parents messed up and you were mad at them for showing their humanity because you viewed them as superhuman? Through the eyes of young children, parents are seen as godly and that makes sense considering they are the physical manifestation of a miraculous creation – their kids. However, we usually grow up and recognize that…
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Artificial Intelligence: EX MACHINA
Screenwriter Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Dredd, Sunshine) decided he'd direct his latest film, a creepy Sci-fi, with nice plot twists - EX MACHINA. Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) works as a programmer or coding expert for a Google like company called Bluebook. He wins an inter-corporate contest to spend a week with the founder, Nathan (Oscar Isaac) of Bluebook, and thinks it's an amazing chance to hang out with a super intelligent programming genius, hashing out theories and going over Algorithm and Ambient Occlusion and techie junk like that...
