Neutral territory with underwhelming “shock” tactics. In the near future, the United States of America is gripped in a state of modern civil war. A group of four press journalists and photographers travel across the eastern states to reach the capital for a story. But the transformed landscape and citizens will not make this easy……
Tag: Alex Garland
Review: Men
Possibly the most over-indulgent film by Alex Garland yet… When a woman’s husband kills himself, she rents out an old manor in the English countryside to escape the haunting memories. However, the town doesn’t seem to be all as it appears, and her escape might be taking a completely different route. Alex Garland is something…
Review: Annihilation
Another month, another Netflix release! Annihilation is a surprisingly different experience. When a Lena’s husband returns from war having been presumed dead, he is suffering from a bizarre pathogen and she looks to find out what happened. She finds herself recruited into a suicide mission investigating a extraterrestrial landscape that is overwhelming the natural world….
Review: Ex Machina
Wow, I am struggling to think of problems with this intelligent sci-fi thriller. Caleb, a young computer specialist, is hired by a recluse multi-millionaire programmer to test groundbreaking artificial intelligence within a secret, isolated laboratory. Ex Machina is the directorial debut of Alex Garland, writer of incredible science fiction screenplays such as Sunshine, Dredd and…