Tag: Alex Garland

  • Annihilation

    Annihilation

    Our podcast this month was originally on A Wrinkle in Time. Then we saw the movie… Tune in to the beginning for Jon’s epic rant, and then stay for a discussion of a movie that’s actually worth talking about: Annihilation. Alex Garland is a prolific writer, ranging from novels (The Beach) to screenplays (28 Days…

  • The Machinery of Grading Movies

    The Machinery of Grading Movies

    “‘You don’t get the point,’ he wanted to explain; ‘the picture you see doesn’t consist of the things you see and say words about. There is something else, something you don’t see at all, something you aren’t intended to see. Look at this one over here, by the door here, where the light from the…

  • The Theology of Artificial Intelligence

    The Theology of Artificial Intelligence

    To begin with I must confess that I am a pastor who is a huge fan of science, especially physics and theoretical future science, which also makes me a pretty big geek on sci-fi movies. Secondly (or fifthly), I’m also incredibly fascinated with the thought of artificial intelligence. That is – the possibility of “robots”…

  • Ex Machina

    Ex Machina

    What is it that makes us human? Our anatomy? Our emotions? Our morality? If all these things could be reproduced, what would be left to distinguish the artificial from the flesh and blood? Those are the questions raised by writer/director Alex Garland’s new film Ex Machina. This is the latest addition in a long history…