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Ex Machina (2014)
A smart movie about intelligence, motivation, and consciousness.
A visually artistic film with an intelligent script that burrows quickly into the big question of whether AIs can, or should, be thought of as human. This is not an action packed movie like I Robot, but an atmospheric treatise on whether we should all trust human-like AI, or each other. It contains some nudity and violence, and a rather splendid Disco scene in the billionaire's mountain retreat that is simply bizarre and sublime at the same time.
The acting is spot on and totally believable. The actors are either lucky or astute to have picked such well written roles.
Another must-see film for all serious Sci-Fans.
Young Ones (2014)
Art house Sci-Fi 'must see'
If you love the artistic and non-mainstream risks taken by art-house films, then Young Ones belongs on your watch list with other indie Sci-Fis such as Lars von Trier's Melancholia, Juan Solanas' Upside Down, and Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem.
A gritty film about pioneers in a drought ridden landscape, it's a futuristic dust bowl tale as grim as Grapes of Wrath. It's memorable and keeps your attention, while portraying Sci-Fi in a very believable way. The mix of poverty and high technology, the extremes of the haves and have-nots, and water shortages in the US, amplifies the current state of a society as all good sci-fi films do.
Good actors and acting, and gorgeous to watch. What's not to like?