While Domhnall Gleeson’s character was busy evaluating the robot in Ex Machina, we were busy evaluating the movie. In our discussion of Alex Garland’s directorial debut, we compare Oscar Isaac’s character, Nathan, to Mark Zuckerberg and other young figures in the tech industry, remark how Gleeson’s character, Caleb, is tested just as much as the robot, Ava, and assess Isaac’s career trajectory before delving into spoiler territory to dissect the film’s ending and themes.
