Beej Powers

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Vivarium 2019

★★½ Watched 03 Mar, 2021

Too long to be a Twilight Zone episode, too dull to be a Black Mirror episode. An intriguing premise that is overly drawn out; so far so that you stop caring about the characters.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2016

★★★★ Watched 03 Mar, 2021

Kind and sweet and seriously funny. Didn’t realize it was a Taika Waititi film until I saw him in it. He definitely has a comedy style.

Ex Machina 2014

★★★★½ Watched 20 May, 2015

Maybe I'm giving this movie more praise than it deserves. But I'm not going to overthink it.
I loved it.
It's classic sci-fi. A not too distant future that has all the markings of our reality save for one aspect. And the McGuffin in this movie is the greatest of all sci-fi tropes: A.I.
This is a small film with big ideas. Again, true sci-fi.
There is no sprawling cast of characters with a purpose to serve (or worse no…
Moon 2009

★★★★ Watched 10 Jul, 2012

This is real sci-fi. Not a big spectacle film of F/X shots humping each other. Thought provoking, science based, future tech.