‘Ex-Machina’: spawn of HAL 9000

While the Marvel science-fiction action extravaganza “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is kicking off the warm weather movie season with record-breaking grosses, many of the same multiplexes are hosting the more cerebral sci-fi drama “Ex-Machina” which marks the directorial debut of novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland. The indie distributor A24 did the same sort of counter-programming […]