Writer/director Alex Garland's Annihilation is about duality, specifically the uncomfortable contrast between suicide and self-destruction. Because it's a such a predictable, lumbering and thoroughly unpleasant film, it seems to have much less on its mind. Natalie Portman portrays Lena, a soldier turned biologist who's abducted and forced to take part in a bizarre mission. … [Read more...] about ANNIHILATION New Movie Review