Tag Archives: Ex Machina

Review in Brief: Archive (2020/21)

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Indie sci-fi ARCHIVE wears its genre influences on its sleeve – MOON, EX MACHINA, SILENT RUNNING an iconic sequence lifted wholesale from GHOST IN THE SHELL. An engineer (Theo James) develops a series of increasingly sophisticated robot bodies to house … Continue reading →

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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2010-2019

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

We never did decide on a name for this decade that didn’t sound completely stupid did we? Thank goodness for the insight and escapism that cinema offers because the world has been heading for disaster at an alarming rate as … Continue reading →

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Review: The Favourite (2018)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Queen Anne is a British monarch often overlooked, dismissed, forgotten. I’m into my history and I would have struggled to tell you much about her reign before watching THE FAVOURITE. The film isn’t a history lesson, that’s not what writer-director … Continue reading →

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Review: Annihilation (2018)

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Fear not, viewers outside North America, despite reaching us through Netflix ANNIHILATION is not another straight-to-streaming stinker. In fact, Alex Garland’s second film as director is a thought-provoking, odd and uniquely beautiful beast. A military-science expedition into a quarantined area … Continue reading →

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Review: Turbo Kid (2015)

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Future cult classic alert! It takes an incredibly delicate touch to zip back and forth between a wholesome tale of friendship and the most exaggerated ultraviolence imaginable and have it work in harmony. TURBO KID is a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2015

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It’s that time of year, where every critic professional and amateur alike publishes some sort of Best of the Year list. This time last year, I thought 2014 was a mixed bag. 2015 may have been even more so. There … Continue reading →

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Review: Ex Machina (2015)

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It’s about time a movie delivered on the promise of an AI thriller, particularly in 2015, a year with such disappointing offerings so far. CHAPPIE was underdeveloped to the point of stupidity, and AGE OF ULTRON was muddled and overstuffed. … Continue reading →

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