'Annihilation' introduced cosmic horror to new audience

“Annihilation” flew under my radar for a long time, actually. I have no idea how, because when it popped up on my recommended queue on Netflix, I read the description about Natalie Portman being a soldier/biologist and I hit play. That sounded like a good movie by itself, honestly.

Really, “Annihilation” is ultimately an action movie about an all-female cast heading toward an unknown threat. I thi...