Civil War is the latest grim cinematic offering from British writer/ director Alex Garland who first came to our attention with the grueling zombie thriller 28 Days Later, chilled us with AI drama Ex Machina and weirded us out completely with the freaky psychological horror of Men. At times evoking Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, Civil War is a confronting,
Read moreSteadily emerging as one of the most interesting contemporary filmmakers, Alex Garland, who intrigued and unnerved us with his AI thriller Ex Machina, brings us his creepiest film yet, the oddball horror misogyny parable, Men. As anyone who has seen the evil, shiny, puppet-like face in the promo will realise, there’s something decidedly sinister at work in this film. Here,
Read moreIn 2001 Stephen Spielberg, picking up an incomplete Stanley Kubrick project, made the flawed but often very moving film AI: Artificial Intelligence. That film explored, within a modern-day Pinocchio story, the possibilities of artificial intelligence and of cyborgs who could think and feel. Alex Garland’s (writer on 28 Days Later) fascinating directorial debut Ex Machina takes the idea of artificial
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