Tag: Alex Garland

A movie with war and journalism with nothing to say?

Billed as folk horror, Men is the story of Harper (Jessie Buckley), a widow who escapes to the country for a much-needed recharge. As Harper gradually explores her surrounding and the nearby village, we learn a few things. Firstly: every man she meets has Rory Kinnear’s face, from her puttering Airbnb host to a small child she meets in a church.

On paper, Annihilation is everything I want from a movie. The film stars a group of female scientists and explorers - a biologist, physicist, psychologist, anthropologist, and paramedic - venturing into an unknown phenomenon dubbed "the shimmer." Once inside the glimmering sphere that blankets a small piece of land in Florida, they reflect on the circumstances that led them each to accept the risky mission and confront the physical horrors that stalk them through the bizarre, mutated landscapes.

We're in the homestretch for the weekend, and after a pretty eventful day in the comics world, let's take a look at a few headlines being discussed on the Entertainment side of things