I saw Ex Machina this weekend as well. I mostly liked it. I had the hardest time suspending disbelief over the titanium ID card. No biometrics, no two factor authentication into the sanctum sanctorum? I get it that the real security failure was hubris, but this was a lazy proxy.

I thought it was a bit too obvious up front that the asian woman was another android. I was hoping to be proven wrong.

The female lead when seen in profile wearing the short brown wig bore a strong resemblance to a younger Natalie Portman. I was reminded of the movie Sirens (1993), in which Tara Fitzgerald made r and I each think of Natalie Merchant.

As summer of 2015 mad billionaire AI movies go, it is a damn sight better than Avengers: Age of Raymond Reddington.

I also saw Mad Max: Fury Road this weekend. I was not of a mind to, but Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 99% fresh rating. Of 183 reviewers, only LaSalle from the SF Chron and some ponce from the UK didn't like it. I have a low opinion of LaSalle, but in this case he was right. The movie was visually striking with occasionally bad CGI (artifacts of downscaling some scenes intended for 3D?), a nearly non-existent plot, and Tom Hardy doing an extended glowering audition to succeed Daniel Craig as James Bond. Save your two hours and your cash.