In the spoiler-sensitive environment of today’s entertainment, there may be people who resent the opening scenes of Annihilation, which gives away most of the movie’s direction. A biologist named Lena ...

In a way, Annihilation is like Arrival meets Event Horizon meets The Abyss, and in another, it’s not like anything. The premise feels vaguely familiar for a sci-fi premise. But what writer/director ...

Alex Garland's film isn't scientifically accurate, but what it offers is far more valuable. By Ciara Wardlow [This story contains spoilers for Annihilation] More than a hundred years ago, philosopher ...

Alex Garland's film rarely reminds its audience that the main characters are mostly women. By Josh Spiegel [This story contains spoilers for Annihilation.] “All women,” notes Lena, the lead character ...

Whether you watch it on the big screen or from the comfort of your living room couch, Annihilation is easily the first must-see film of 2018. This mind-bending sci-fi movie stars Natalie Portman as a ...

There’s an early scene in Annihilation, Alex Garland’s cerebral sci-fi-horror drama, where the biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) examines a cluster of kaleidoscopically mutated flowers. “They’re ...

If you're a fan of Jeff VanderMeer's novel Annihilation and you head to the multiplex this weekend to see Alex Garland's adaptation of it, you may be in for a surprise. The sci-fi horror film, based ...

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The entire plot of Annihilation revolves around a government expedition by “Southern Reach.” Years ago, the organization started investigating a national park and lighthouse that were covered in a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. To paraphrase George Carlin, Planetary Annihilation is proof that at some point, someone was ...