 Hey nerds, I'm Jared, and I'm here to review the new Natalie Portman movie Annihilation. Annihilation tells the story of a group of female soldiers who are tasked to go into what's called the Shimmer. Just mysteriously, a risen along the coastline full of all these mutating creatures and weird happenings. Directed by ex-Mackinac's Alex Garland, it stars their aforementioned Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Jason Lee, Oscar Isaac. Portman is a strong presence as Lena, and she's ably supported by the rest of the cast. Equal parts psychological thriller and horror movie? This is a movie that will get under your skin. I'm a big fan of Garland as a director, and I'm so glad that after ex-Mackinac, which was an amazing movie, that this follow-up is such a success. He keeps the tension high throughout, with amazing set pieces and some really gory moments. As the group fractures and their minds betray them, you never know what you're quite looking at and neither do the characters. It upturns expectations at every turn, and it's nothing like I thought it was going in. I also like that there are a couple ways to read this movie. I hate when a movie spoon feeds the audience. If I was to pick out any bad parts though, it would probably be the ending. I'm not sure that he sticks the landing on this. As I said, there's multiple ways to read it though, so I could be completely off, depending on your opinion. But it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the movie overall. All in all, it's a cracker of a movie, an annihilation to jump to the top of your watch queue when it hits Netflix on March 12th. What did you guys think? Did you like annihilation? Let us know in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe. And until next time, I'll see you nerds at the movies.