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Movie review: �Ex Machina� puts the fear of God into us about machines

"Ex Machina" is an "Island of Dr. Moreau" for the singularity era. It's a cerebral, chilling and austere thriller that stokes our fears about digital privacy and artificial intelligence, a film that works largely thanks to a breakout mechanically empathetic turn by Alicia Vikander ("A Royal Affair,""Seventh Son"). Domhnall Gleeson ("Frank") is Caleb, a top-notch computer coder who has been summoned to the remote Norwegian retreat of his reclusive search engine mogul boss. Nathan (Oscar Isaac, "Inside Llewyn Davis") is a little eccentric, a genius who lives alone, save for a silent Japanese servant (Sonoya Mizuno) in a...