Review of Annihilation (2018) by Jack L — 03 Dec 2018

Gotta love movies where you spend way more time thinking about it than you did watching it.

This review of Annihilation (2018) was written by Jack L on 03 Dec 2018.

Annihilation has generally received positive reviews.

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My initial review of this may change but I have to say that this film bored me so much that I just turned it off and put on Bill and Ted's…

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By Erik K (224) on 23 Jan 2019

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