Alex Garland’s Civil War may be the movie of the month, but before Kirsten Dunst or Cailee Spaeny ever picked up their cameras to document a crumbling, divided America, Natalie Portman’s Lena set out with a team of three other scientists to explore an equally terrifying phenomenon called The Shimmer in the director’s landmark sci-fi thriller, Annihilation. The chilling 2018 film about a cancerous invasion of the Earth is the type that latches onto your brain and never really lets go—so much so... Read this story
