Deus Ex Machina: Religions Use Robots to Connect With the Public The 15th century had the printing press. Today, a handful of religious institutions are developing interactive machines to share ...

Elliot and Mr. Robot get a lesson about who’s really running the show. By Sean T. Collins “There’s a powerful group of people out there that are secretly running the world. I’m talking ...

Fortunately, audiences get just that in Ex Machina. The film, eerie and mind-stretching, marks the feature debut of novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland ( The Beach , 28 Days Later ).

Ex Machina is never overly dependent on CGI, ... The film’s title is a play on the phrase deus ex machina ... Garland interprets the phrase literally: Here, that machine is a robot named Ava, ...

The robot in Ex Machina is less robot and more artificial intelligence. Q: Is Haley Joel Osment in Ex Machina? A: ... In other words, Ex Machina can’t cheat by introducing a deus ex machina.

Deus ex machina is far from a forbidden tool. Used with care and purpose, it can pack a punch at the end of your story—learn how here.