A Review: Ex Machina

There is very little new in the world of cinema, with every movie seeming like a rehash of something else. So, it’s nice when a story at least reaches back far enough that I can tag Ovid as inspiration, or Mary Shelley. Both Pygmalion and Frankenstein are done to death, but when they are done well, you know you’re getting a quality narrative. Ex Machina is both done well at once.

Domnhall Gleeson stars as Caleb, your run of the mill programmer, seemingly selected at random to visit with his b...