Reviews of my two weekend films: “Wild” and “Ex Machina”
This weekend, I managed to see two movies that have only recently been released: “Wild” [my review here] and “Ex Machina” [my review here].
At one level, these two movies are utterly different: “Wild” is a true story, set in the near past, and covers geography of over 1,000 miles of open land, “Ex Machina” is a fictional story, set in the near future, and location in one claustrophobic building.
But, at another level, there is something very similar between the two works: both centre on a woman who us seeking to gain control over her life – great performances from Reese Witherspoon in “Wild” and Alicia Vikander in “Ex Machina”. Go see ….