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And so we arrive at director Alex Garland's Ex Machina. Getting a good sci-fi movie nowadays can be tricky; especially since superhero films are taking over the genre Ex Machina, while it might have a flaw or two, approaches the subject of artificial intelligence in a way true to the roots of the stories that have[...]

By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHAtTheMoviesEpisode7.mp3] Following on from my last film-based podcast with Bill Plympton to discuss his new animated feature Cheatin' (which you can still listen to here), this time I'm back with writer/director Alex Garland to talk about his recent sci-fi thriller Ex Machina which is in cinemas now. Alex & I discuss the many stages his[...]

Ex Machina is the directorial debut of Alex Garland (Dredd) and stars Domnhall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander The film focuses on the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence as a young programmer is put into an experiment by evaluating the human traits of an A.I female. Ex Machina hits US theaters April 10. Here's the US[...]

Dredd ends up leading a small group into the Cursed Earth to retrieve the body and tells the story through flashbacks of how the Judges of Mega-City One rose to power. There had been reports that Lionsgate and screenwriter Alex Garland had been talking about a sequel earlier this year Assuming Urban isn't just pulling things[...]

By one of our West Coast corespondents Gavin Lees: This year's Emerald City Comicon featured a number of film screenings at Seattle's historic Cinerama, with some of the stars in attendance.  Saturday night's main event was Dredd 3D, with star Karl Urban, production designer Jock, and 2000AD's Arthur Wyatt, who is currently working on Underbelly, a[...]