Alex Garland
1) Annihilation
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
What she and her fellow scientists discover is a world populated by mysterious life forms that might offer answers, but which exposes them to madness and death. Beside the screenplay, the book also includes 20 pages of behind-the-scenes photos.
2) The beach
Author
Publisher
Pearson Education
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Contemporary / British English 'Close your eyes ... imagine idyllic white sands and coral gardens.' Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about 'the beach', a secret island. It is paradise on earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns into hell...
3) Ex machina
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Alex Garland writes and directs this sci-fi thriller starring Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson. Gleeson plays Caleb, a promising young programmer, who is selected by the CEO (Isaac) of a large internet company to spend a week at his retreat in the mountains. When he arrives, Caleb soon learns that the retreat is in fact the location of a laboratory involved in pioneering research into artificial intelligence and robotics and is home to the world's...
4) Annihilation
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Natalie Portman stars in this US action drama written and directed by Alex Garland. Based on Jeff VanderMeer's novel of the same name, the film follows a biologist (Portman) as she sets out on a dangerous expedition to the mysterious uninhabited region known as Area X. Accompanied by a psychologist, an anthropologist and a surveyor, the biologist desperately searches for clues about her husband (Oscar Isaac) who disappeared while on a similar expedition...