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Second Opinion – Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation, 2018. Directed by Alex Garland. Starring: Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong, and David Gyasi. SYNOPSIS: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. Heavens bless a *hard* science fiction mind-meld starring female leads that can sell […]

Movie Review – Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation, 2018. Written and Directed by Alex Garland. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, David Gyasi, and Oscar Isaac. SYNOPSIS: Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X – a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is […]

New poster for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Ahead of its arrival on the streaming service next month, Netflix has released a UK poster for Alex Garland’s Annihilation, featuring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Tuva Novotny; take a look below and be sure to check back here at Flickering Myth later this afternoon for our review… SEE ALSO: Natalie Portman […]

Natalie Portman leads an expedition into Area X in new Annihilation images

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Following a TV spot for Annihilation [watch it here], Paramount Pictures has now released a batch of images for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s award-winning novel featuring stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac, and director Alex Garland; take a look at the images here… SEE […]

Alex Garland’s Annihilation gets a new TV spot

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With less than three weeks to go until the release of Annihilation, a new TV spot has arrived online for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s award-winning novel; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Annihilation featurette explores The Shimmer The book’s official synopsis read: Area X has been cut off from the rest of the […]

Annihilation featurette explores The Shimmer

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With less than a month to go until Annihilation arrives in cinemas, Paramount Pictures has released a new featurette for Alex Garland’s upcoming sci-fi action horror which sees stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Gina Rodriguez discussing the mysterious phenomenon The Shimmer; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Annihilation here […]

Natalie Portman in talks to replace Reese Witherspoon in Pale Blue Dot

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if you cast your mind back to 2015, you may recall that Reese Witherspoon signed on to produce and star in the sci-fi drama Pale Blue Dot for Fox Searchlight Pictures. Well, having subsequently departed the role due to a scheduling conflict with season two of Big Little Lies, it seems that director Noah Hawley […]

Natalie Portman featured on new poster for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Ahead of its release next month, a new poster has arrived online for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming sci-fi action horror Annihilation featuring Natalie Portman; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Annihilation here The book’s official synopsis read: Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature […]

Natalie Portman stars in new trailer for Alex Garland’s Annihilation

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Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation. The sci-fi action horror stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac; check it out here… The book’s official synopsis read: Area X has been cut off from the rest of […]