Review: Alex Garland's 'Annihilation' is Visually Inventive, Intellectually Ambitious

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English novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker Alex Garland rose to prominence in 1996 with the release of his first novel, The Beach. After Danny Boyle filmed an adaptation of the book (released in 2000), Garland transitioned into screenwriting, with a proclivity for dystopian science fiction. His impressive filmography reads like an abbreviated list of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century, including 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2011) and Dredd (2012). In 2015, Garland made his directorial debut with the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, for which his script was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award. Garland’s second directorial effort, Annihilation, is another mind-bending masterstroke in the writer-director’s ambitious oeuvre that will prove profound to some viewers, but polarizing to others. ›››

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