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Annihilation

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Directed by Alex Garland
Produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, and Eli Bush
Screenplay by Alex Garland Based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer
With: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, David Gyasi, Benedict Wong, and Oscar Isaac
Cinematography: Rob Hardy
Editing: Barney Pilling
Music: Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
Runtime: 115 min
Release Date: 23 February 2018
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
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Alex Garland follows up Ex Machina with this more expansive (and more effective), female-driven sci-fi/body-horror/mystery that owes much to Tarkovsky, Carpenter, Cronenberg, and Rod Serling, yet still manages to feel compellingly original. The first rate cast makes each woman on the team distinctive.