Spoiler alert: this article contains spoilers. Has there ever been a more beautiful quote-unquote “horror” movie than Annihilation? The answer to that question depends on what you consider beautiful ...

Annihilation 4 out of 5 Stars Director: Alex Garland Writer: Alex Garland (screenplay), Jeff VanderMeer (novel) Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson Genre: Drama, Fantasy, ...

In an opening shot that may as well be a direct quotation from John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” a meteor originating from deep space streaks past the camera and strikes a lighthouse along the United ...

More terrifying than any creature Hollywood could dream up is the unraveling of one’s mind—the steady loss of a consciousness as defined by the memories, motivations, and knowledge built up from ...

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Alex Garland's Annihilation is a bracing blend of cerebral sci-fi and grindhouse terror, a genre movie that's more, maybe too much for some viewers. Based on Tallahassee author Jeff VanderMeer's novel ...

Annihilation's unusual approach to distribution may have you worried even before it hits theaters and Netflix. Don't be. The next film from the writer and director of Ex Machina (and one of our most ...

Natlaie Portman (left) stars in "Annihilation." At its best, science fiction explores the otherworldly to teach us a little something about ourselves and what it means to be human. It can also be ...