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Review: 28 Years Later (2025)

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s return to the world of 28 Days Later reanimates the zombie genre.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJune 26, 202528 Years Later, 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Ralph FiennesComment

Review: 28 Days Later (2002)

With its connections to earlier British works of the post-apocalyptic as well as its influence on the zombie genre, 28 Days Later has earned its place in the annals of British horror.

The Violent Provocation of Alex Garland's Civil War (2024)

Alex Garland’s Civil War is more provocative exploitation film than political treatise.

Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromMay 22, 2024Civil War, Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jefferson White, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Jesse PlemonsComment

Review: Annihilation (2018)

Ex Machina was a promising debut and a superior work of science-fiction, but Annihilation is on a whole other level.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 16, 2018Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac, Alex Garland, Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation, Ex MachinaComment

"What is it like to be an AI?": Ex Machina and the Nature of Consciousness

How do we determine if an artificial intelligence is conscious?

Essays, Movies TodayAnders BergstromJune 25, 2015Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, artificial intelligence, consciousness, Domhnall Gleeson, Ex Machina, Oscar Isaac, philosophy, science fiction, Turing TestComment