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‘Ex Machina’: Is it possible to love an android?

Dan Webster

Here's something new: Three posts in a row that involve the Magic Lantern Theater. Thrilling, eh?

This one is an update of the theater's Friday lineup, which includes a second run of the intriguing sci-fi film "Ex Machina." Written and directed by Alex Garland, the novelist-turned-filmmaker who gave us the basis for the screenplay "The Beach" and who delivered the screenplay for the zombie flick "28 Days Later," "Ex Machina" tells the story of a young computer programmer (Domhnall Gleeson) who is recruited by his rich boss (Oscar Isaac) to test the human qualities of an android (played by Alicia Vikander).

Click here to access my review of "Ex Machina."

The Lantern will continue showing "Iris" and "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Through the Window and Disappeared."