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Ex-Machina Review by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac are set to become household names when Star Wars: The Force Awakens rolls into town in December, but before then the pair can be seen in Ex Machina, a far more esoteric brand of sci-fi. Gleeson is Caleb, a jobbing coder at the world’s most popular search engine (it’s not Google, but you get the idea). To his delight, he wins an office draw to spend a week at the remote home of the company’s CEO, programming wizard Nathan (he’s not Mark Zuckerberg, but you get the idea), played by man of the moment Isaac, sporting a beard and glasses combo that gives him the appearance of some sort of an Islamic hipster. Nathan isn’t quite what New Jersey Stage Next Article Article Index Events 38