Ex Machina

Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, EX MACHINA. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company’s brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test-charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan’s latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated–and more deceptive–than the two men could have imagined.

I came into this movie thinking this would be a cross between A.I and Will Smith’s IRobert. It is actually much better than both movies. Alex weaves a sexual very cerebral thought provoking Sci Fi drama that is akin to 2001 a space odyssey than either one of the to aforementioned movies above. What would you do if a machine provided you more emotion and care than any human interaction you have experienced? Would you treat it differently or would you treat him/her the way he/her is treating you? That is the question that this movie asks. with a twist that gets most people saying whaaaaa?

Great movie. Look for the Oscar nomination

The Martian

Coming into this movie I thought of all the other stranded space movies that had people find life on that planet or find out about themselves being alone. This movie changed my view of space movies like Gravity and interstellar. Imagine a “castaway” in space. But. And I mean but with only science as your guide to survive. Matt Damon is the star but there were multiple actors that really did a good job with their position in the movie. 

Synopsis: Mars space team working on the planet get caught in a storm. One astronaut gets caught in the storm and gets abandoned. Team leaves and on earth, NASA tells everyone about a brave astronaut that died during the storm. What ensues afterwards is how one man has to figure out how to survive on a planet that can’t grow anything with 6 months of food. But one plus. He’s a botanist. His intelligence and ability to improvise makes this realistic saga believable. Especially with likable Matt at the helm as the lead actor. Jeff Daniels and Chiwitel was amazing as always. There were other supporting characters that really helped along the movie as well. Even my boy Donald Glover made. Appearance. Very good movie. Be warned of the following:
Science
Politics
Bravery
Suspense
Humor
And Science

Very good movie

12 Angry Men / 12 Citizens

The 12 angry men series

As a huge fan of the great movie by Sidney Lumet and Henry Fonda. I try to convince people to see this movie even if the characters never leave the room. Here’s the plot:
The movie concerns the deliberations of the jury of a homicide trial. At the beginning, they have a nearly unanimous decision of guilty, with a single dissenter of not guilty, who throughout the movie sows a seed of reasonable doubt. The interaction between the jurors and their baggage they brought to their decision makes these movies amazing. Great acting, writing and the directing for all three was amazing. Here is how the other two movies are set 

12 Angry Men was remade for television in 1997. Directed by William Friedkin. In this production, the judge is a woman and four of the jurors are black, but most of the action and dialogue of the film are identical to the original. Modernizations include a prohibition on smoking in the jury room, the changing of references to income and pop culture figures, more dialogue relating to race, and occasional profanity.

In 2014, Chinese film director Xu Ang remade 12 Angry men as 12 Citizens. It was shown at the 2014 Rome Film Festival on October 19, 2014[8] and was released in China on May 15, 2015. The difference :

Given that China does not use juries — though it has experimented with a lay judge system — Xu had to devise some artifice to convene a jury in China.

His solution? Frame the action as a law-school exam about Western legal proceedings, with parents of students drafted to serve as jurors to render a verdict after a mock trial. The righteous juror No. 8, who keeps the gaggle of malcontents driving toward justice.

All three movie shows a difference in environment, era and cultural differences that makes them worth the time to see individually.

Because of the new Chinese version that came out, it was worth revisiting the previous films.

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Here’s a little humor and parody played on the story from the creative mind of Amy Schumer.

Amazing movies try them out